Herzfeld Foundation: Early Childhood Education Grant

The Herzfeld Foundation is currently accepting applications for its Early Childhood Education Grant, aimed at licensed nonprofit childcare providers in Milwaukee. Grants ranging from $15,000 to $60,000 will support initiatives that enhance educational quality, expand capacity, improve educator retention, and foster collaboration among providers. The foundation encourages innovative proposals that strengthen financial stability and sustainability, ultimately benefiting the community's children and families.

We are currently accepting grant applications from Milwaukee-based licensed nonprofit childcare providers for grants to support early childhood education initiatives.
Grants are intended to help ECE providers in Milwaukee invest in initiatives to improve the quality of their educational services and programming, expand their classroom capacity or hours of operation, improve educator retention and recruitment, build organizational capacity, or enhance financial stability and sustainability. We are particularly interested in proposals that allow ECE providers to implement or scale up new educational initiatives or business-related strategies. In addition, we encourage proposals that involve collaboration between two or more ECE providers or between an ECE provider or providers and one or more community-based organizations or educational nonprofits to offer new early learning opportunities or improve organizational efficiency and sustainability. Providers may apply for more than one grant if a second grant involves a collaboration with at least one additional entity.
Funding
Maximum grant is $60,000, minimum grant is $15,000.

Eligibility

Licensed nonprofit group or family childcare providers who operate in the city of Milwaukee are eligible for grants to support early childhood education (ECE) initiatives that are designed to enhance the quality of existing services and programming, expand programming or classroom capacity, or build organizational capacity and financial sustainability.

Ineligibility

This program does not fund capital campaigns, general operations, fundraising/gala events, or scholarship programs.If specifically linked to added capacity, enhanced quality or safety, or improved financial sustainability, grants for physical improvements to facilities will be considered.