Early Childhood Education Foundations & Grantmakers
Find foundations and grantmakers supporting early childhood education, pre-K programs, and child development initiatives. Explore funders investing in the earliest years of learning.
Showing 145 grantmakers with 5+ grants on their latest 990, most giving first
The Hyde and Watson Foundation
Warren Township, NJ
Assets
$88.2M
Grants
611
Total Given
$6.1M
Fund for Educational Excellence Inc
Baltimore, MD
Assets
$35.1M
Grants
74
Total Given
$6.0M
Park City Community Foundation
Park City, UT
Assets
$31.5M
Grants
99
Total Given
$5.8M
Meeting Street Schools
Charleston, SC
Assets
$311.8M
Grants
6
Total Given
$5.4M
Metro United Way Inc
Louisville, KY
Assets
$46.4M
Grants
124
Total Given
$5.1M
The Francis Family Foundation
Kansas City, MO
Assets
$93.1M
Grants
174
Total Given
$4.8M
James C & Norma I Smith Foundation
Dallas, TX
Assets
$76.4M
Grants
37
Total Given
$4.3M
IFF
Chicago, IL
Assets
$828.3M
Grants
89
Total Given
$4.3M
Richard and Ethel Herzfeld
Milwaukee, WI
Assets
$81.5M
Grants
68
Total Given
$4.2M
The Josephine S Gumbiner Foundation
Long Beach, CA
Assets
$6.3M
Grants
80
Total Given
$4.0M
Los Angeles Universal Preschool
Los Angeles, CA
Assets
$9.0M
Grants
81
Total Given
$3.9M
Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc
Lowell, MA
Assets
$75.2M
Grants
110
Total Given
$3.9M
Bella Vista Foundation
San Francisco, CA
Assets
$68.4M
Grants
105
Total Given
$3.8M
Turrell Fund
Montclair, NJ
Assets
$120.4M
Grants
183
Total Given
$3.8M
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
Cleveland, OH
Assets
$79.3M
Grants
284
Total Given
$3.5M
Jumpstart for Young Children Inc
Boston, MA
Assets
$10.8M
Grants
31
Total Given
$3.0M
The Sallie Mae Fund Inc
Newark, DE
Assets
$2.5M
Grants
21
Total Given
$3.0M
The Stocker Foundation
Elyria, OH
Assets
$34.6M
Grants
208
Total Given
$2.9M
United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc
Roanoke, VA
Assets
$7.5M
Grants
24
Total Given
$2.7M
JEP J DAU
Chicago, IL
Assets
$45.6M
Grants
6
Total Given
$2.4M
Burt Foundation
Ann Arbor, MI
Assets
$14.7M
Grants
29
Total Given
$2.4M
Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children
Boise, ID
Assets
$2.6M
Grants
29
Total Given
$2.3M
Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation
Rockland, MA
Assets
$53.4M
Grants
345
Total Given
$2.3M
The Martin Foundation Inc
Naples, FL
Assets
$38.7M
Grants
50
Total Given
$2.3M
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