Alliance for Early Success Grants

The Alliance for Early Success offers grants to support early childhood advocacy at both state and national levels. These grants focus on scaling impacts, enhancing advocacy effectiveness, and elevating marginalized voices. Eligible organizations must be tax-exempt and align with the Alliance's mission, while avoiding lobbying or funding for individual programs. Partnerships are encouraged to maximize collaborative efforts. The grants are flexible, allowing recipients to utilize funds as needed to bolster their advocacy initiatives.

NOTE: Please note that grant applications to the Alliance for Early Success are by invitation only.
Strategic Investments
The Alliance for Early Success makes two types of grants:
funding for state organizations working to scale early childhood impacts and outcomes, andfunding for leading national organizations that support that state-level advocacy.
The Alliance’s grants are provided on a highly flexible basis. Our state advocacy grants are also core operating grants, which means grantees can use them in any way they need in order to support their birth-through-eight policy advocacy.
Core Strategies
Accelerate Advocacy Effectiveness through a staff and a national advocacy community that deliver technical assistance, peer exchange, and support. Elevate Antiracist Priorities in advocacy organizations through advisory work, resources, and grants; in our own organization through learning and process improvement.Expand State Advocacy Community through granting, support of traditionally marginalized advocacy voices, and catalyzing coalitions.

Eligibility

The Alliance invests in state and national not-for-profit organizations whose missions align with our outcome map and our Birth Through Eight State Policy Framework. All organizations must be tax-exempt and follow charitable purpose guidelines set by the IRS. Indirect expenses may not exceed 10% of any total request.National technical assistance organizations with a mission and goals that are consistent with the Alliance for Early Success can submit an idea for consideration.

Ineligibility

The Alliance does not invest in:LobbyingOrganizations outside the United StatesIndividuals, programs, or schoolsPolitical, social, or fraternal organizationsCapitol investments, loans, or scholarships