About MA ECFC

The Massachusetts Early Childhood Funder Collaborative is a partnership effort working to ensure that all young children in Massachusetts have the opportunities and supports they need to thrive. This group of public and private foundation and individual funders has come together with the intention of serving as a vehicle to strengthen the community of early childhood funders and to drive policy and systems change by catalyzing a unified early childhood strategy.

Our Vision​

All young children in Massachusetts will have the opportunities and supports they need to thrive in their earliest years, perinatally to age 5.

Our Mission

Connect, educate, and activate philanthropic funders, in partnership with key stakeholders, to inspire investments that ensure all Massachusetts children can reach their potential.

Our Role

The Massachusetts Early Childhood Funder Collaborative (MA ECFC) will contribute to achieving its Vision by:

• Building awareness of the importance of Early Childhood and driving growth in Early Childhood philanthropy in Massachusetts
  
• Creating a vehicle to strengthen the funder community and provide a forum to exchange knowledge and expertise.
  
• Identifying gaps, levers, and strategic opportunities for coordinated investment
• Leveraging the Collaborative’s collective voice to influence policy and systems change
  
• Catalyzing cross-sector collaboration and alignment to advance a unified early childhood strategy in Massachusetts
  
• Identifying clear and common metrics to track and evaluate the Collaborative’s progress and inform process or strategy refinement

Guiding Principles

The work of the MA ECFC will be guided by the following principles.

Equity

We will focus our efforts on families marginalized due to race, income or immigration status who experience inequitable access to services and inequitable outcomes.

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Cultural Relevance

We will ensure that the work we do and the programs, services, and work we support are respectful of and responsive to the language and culture of our families and communities.

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Families as Partners

We will ensure that the work we do as well as the programs, services and work we support are grounded in respect, equity, and partnership with the families and communities we serve.

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Fair, Equitable Support for the Early Childhood Workforce

We will support and advocate for systems that include equitable, sustainable living wages for early childhood workforce with defined career trajectories and leadership opportunities.

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Whole Child

We will ensure that the programs, services and work we support attend to all areas of a child’s growth and development.