The Bezos Family Foundation is the latest funder to throw its support behind an effort to strengthen early education in Native American communities. The place-based approach emphasizes local strengths and traditions.
Read MoreBlue Meridian’s big investment in HealthySteps demonstrates the funding collaborative’s commitment to early childhood and interventions that disrupt the intergenerational cycle of poverty.
Read MoreEducation Cannot Wait is a U.N.-created fund with a mission to support children’s learning during times of crisis. Director Yasmin Sharif details how the organization works, and its plans for future philanthropic fundraising.
Read MoreThis couple from America’s richest family are founders of a sizable but low-profile foundation. Here’s what we learned from a deep dive into their grantmaking on maternal health, early childhood development, and more.
Read MoreEarly childhood education has gained more funding in recent years, but it still receives a small share of philanthropy compared to K-12. Our latest briefing gives you the key details.
Read MoreA surging movement is demanding greater investment in America’s underfunded and disjointed care infrastructure. Guest author Ashley Beckner of Imaginable Futures explains how philanthropy is evolving in response.
Read MoreWill the U.S. tackle its early care crisis once and for all? Many early ed funders believe it’s past time, including the Trust for Learning, a unique coalition of family foundations working to improve access for every child.
Read MoreAs part of our State of American Philanthropy series, our new brief examines funding for early childhood education. The pandemic has pushed the issue into the spotlight and philanthropy’s role is more important than ever.
Read MoreEducation advocates are making a big push for early care, but the cause has a long list of supporters, including police, military and business leaders. Here’s why some big ed funders are backing their work on the issue.
Read MoreThe groundbreaking grantmaker left it to her latest grantees to publicize their gifts—or not. Since then, there’s been a steady stream of gift announcements, some of them massive. Here’s what you need to know.
Read MoreIn an effort to break the cycle of poverty, the Duke Endowment is making an ambitious investment in early childhood and place-based giving, with a focus on Guilford County, North Carolina.
Read MoreA lot has happened since 2018, when Jeff Bezos first made a $2 billion pledge for early education. We take a look at his giving to date, including a major focus on his expanding network of Bezos Academy preschools.
Read MoreThe Ballmer Group is a longtime funder of efforts to improve economic mobility, including support for K-12 and early childhood. It’s also been sharing more details about its grantees lately. Here’s what we know.
Read MoreThe pandemic has made it clear just how important early childhood education is, leaving some cautiously optimistic about new funding streams. With federal legislation stalled, however, fundraisers are still hustling to close gaps.
Read MoreSince 1986, the LEGO Foundation has been supporting children based on a core belief in the “power of play.” When the pandemic hit, the funder had to reconfigure its giving to meet new, urgent needs.
Read MoreThe nonprofit All Our Kin has been working for 20 years to support family care educators. As the early care crisis grows, and Washington wrestles over alternatives, it’s an approach that deserves more philanthropic attention.
Read MoreJennifer Rainin is CEO of the Bay Area-based Rainin Foundation, a funder to watch that supports early ed, arts and medical research. We talked to the artist and former teacher about her foundation and career in philanthropy.
Read MoreWith a net worth of $6.5 billion, Giving Pledge signatory Judith Faulkner is ramping up her philanthropy through her Roots and Wings Foundation. We check in with Shana Dall’Osto, foundation executive director.
Read MoreBack in 2016, Detroit’s historic Marygrove College was close to shutting its doors. Here’s how the Kresge Foundation mustered local support to reimagine the institution as an innovative education hub.
Read MoreThe Educare Learning Network, a public-private partnership between governments and foundations, is working to close the opportunity gap—and pursue transformative change in our troubled early education system.
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