Early Care & Education Funders Collaborative

Early Care & Education Funders Collaborative

Status: Active, ongoing program

Geographic Scope: Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia region

Focus Areas:

Early care and education system improvement

Advocacy support for early care educators

Systems change within early childhood sector

Professional development for early childhood educators

Equitable access to quality early care and education

Program Goals

The Collaborative prioritizes critical and urgent challenges within the early care and education system. It seeks to encourage systems change work that might not otherwise occur without the seed funding of private philanthropy.

Recent Funding

2024-2025 Round: $280,000 awarded to 10 organizations
• Expected to benefit 30,000 early childhood educators
• Expected to benefit over 540,000 children under five

Grantee Partners

• Maryland Early Childhood Leadership Program (MECLP)
• Educare D.C.
• DC Action
• Community Youth Advance
• Children's Opportunity Alliance
• DC Family Child Care Association
• Southeast Children's Fund
• Child Resource Connect
• Multicultural Spanish Speaking Providers Association
• Maryland State Family Child Care Association
• DC Fiscal Policy Institute
• Voices for Virginia's Children

Contact

Address: 712 H Street NE, Suite 1099, Washington, DC 20002 Phone: (202) 347-7737 Email: info@wawf.org Tax ID: 52-2028612