Our Grants

We are a group of national early childhood education focused funders who envision a country in which opportunity and achievement gaps no longer exist so that all students, especially children from families with low incomes and children of color, make significant and sustained gains in cognitive, social, and emotional development. To manifest this vision, we help to ensure that every young child has access to high-quality early childhood education programs led by well-prepared and appropriately compensated teachers. Along with our work to support racial equity, fund intensive research projects, and organize convenings for the field, The Collaborative awards grants centered around early educator competencies, preparation, and compensation. Learn more about our grantmaking strategies here.

Requests for grant funding are submitted to The Collaborative by invitation only.

Grants

2023

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: INNOVATE FINANCIAL SYSTEMS TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR INCREASED AND SUSTAINABLE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (ECE) COMPENSATION 

Compensation 

The Collaborative will fund a limited number of grants to state/local/municipal/territory/tribal governments to innovatively build systemic and structural capacity to support sustainable and equitable early childhood education (ECE) workforce compensation (wages and benefits) increases.  

We are no longer accepting proposals for this funding opportunity.

Learn more and download the full RFP here.  

 

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