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The CT Early Childhood Funder Collaborative (Collaborative) is a project of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy (CCP) for which CCP serves as fiscal sponsor.
The Collaborative comprises 21 funders from around the state who bring many years of experience in supporting and operating programs that serve the needs of children and families.
American Savings Foundation
Children’s Fund of Connecticut
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
Community Foundation of Greater New Britain
Connecticut Community Foundation
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority
Fairfield County's Community Foundation
The Fund for Greater Hartford
William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund
The Grossman Family Foundation
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund
Liberty Bank Foundation
Melville Charitable Trust
McCall Kulak Family Foundation*
Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation
Silverbird Fund
Social Venture Partners Connecticut
United Way of Connecticut
United Way of Western Connecticut
Viking Global Foundation
*CT ECFC Supporting Partners
Founded in 2011, the Collaborative worked toward the creation of an Office of Early Childhood (OEC) at the state level that merges state agencies serving young children and their families to better integrate systems and services. In 2013, the Office of Early Childhood was created via executive order, and in response, the mission of the Collaborative expanded and became more robust: To bring the collective voice and resources of philanthropy to build and sustain a comprehensive early childhood system that works for all children, families, communities and the workforce in Connecticut.
Mission
To bring the collective voice and resources of philanthropy to build and sustain a comprehensive early childhood system that works for all children, families, communities and the workforce in Connecticut.
Vision
A comprehensive system that is effective, efficient and high-quality that leads to improved outcomes for all children, families, communities and the workforce in Connecticut.
Values
Alignment of infrastructure, state to local
Community engagement, citizen involvement
Cross-sector collaboration
Public/private partnership
Address equity issues, social and racial, growing gap between rich, not rich
Data-informed work and decision-making rooted in fact and in story
Diversity and needs of individual members of the collaborative |