Grantees

We work together with our invited grantees to improve the mental, emotional, and behavioral health and well-being of young children, especially those from low-income families and under-resourced communities.

2025 Grantees

Bipartisan Policy Center

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  • A two-year (2023 and 2024) general operating support grant to the Early Childhood Team at the Bipartisan Policy Center to support their work in child care research and policy.

    A second two-year grant (2024 and 2025) to support the Economic Policy Team at Bipartisan Policy Center to conduct research and policy work in paid family leave and refundable child tax credits for working families and their children.

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Blueprint Labs

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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  • A two-year (2024 and 2025) grant to Blueprint Labs, a research lab that uses data and economics to uncover the consequences of policy decisions and improve society. With this grant, Blueprint Labs will conduct six research projects involving lottery-based preschool programs to assess the long-term impacts of preschool on student outcomes.

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Child Care Aware of America

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  • Child Care Aware of America works to ensure that all families have access to quality, affordable child care. With this two-year (2024 and 2025) grant, Child Care Aware of America will launch its Financing Child Care Initiative, creating an actionable path forward on how to achieve a long-term solution for financing child care in the U.S.

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Home Grown

Project

  • Our annual membership dues support this national collaborative of funders committed to improving the quality of and access to home-based child care.

    As a collaborative member, we made a two-year grant (2023 and 2024) to fund Home Grown’s Pre-K Standards in Home-Based Childcare initiative that will provide technical assistance to city and state leaders to ensure the inclusion of home-based providers in publicly funded pre-K initiatives.

    A second two-year grant (2023 and 2024) supports Home Grown’s initiative to partner with state and local governments to create comprehensive networks as durable infrastructure for home-based child care providers.

    An additional two-year grant (2024 and 2025) supports the Thriving Providers Project to compensate family, friend, and neighbor caregivers serving a diverse population in New York City to understand the degree to which stabilizing the economic well-being of providers improves the availability and quality of care for young children.

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Institute for Medicaid Innovation

Project

  • Our three-year grant (2024 to 2026) supports the Institute for Medicaid Innovation’s Doula Learning & Action Collaborative, which focuses on galvanizing key Medicaid partners, community-based organizations, and doulas to reduce inequities in perinatal care experiences and outcomes. With IMI’s learning collaborative model, the state-based teams work together to identify key barriers and then foster systemic changes to expand and improve doula care within Medicaid programs.

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PlayReadVIP National Center

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Project

  • PlayReadVIP National Center supports parents by utilizing play and reading to enhance early relational health, and by using video feedback as a tool for parents and caregivers by reinforcing their strengths. This two-year (2024 and 2025) grant supports the National Center in creating a financially sustainable business model based on direct billing and reimbursement that will lead to additional program sites.

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Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health

Project

  • A two-year grant (2024 and 2025) that supports ‘Improving Maternal Mental Health by Embedding Community Health Workers in Obstetric Settings,’ a pilot project to study the potential benefits and challenges of integrating community health workers in obstetric clinics with a high percentage of Medi-Cal patients.

    A second grant (2025) supports the Maternity and Postpartum Care Payment Reform Expert Workgroup, which will convene 8-12 leading maternity care financing experts to publish and disseminate a report on the maternity care reimbursement reform. The report will provide insight into alternative payment strategies to improve maternal health outcomes.  

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Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center

Vanderbilt University

Project

  • The three-year general operating support grant (2024 to 2026) to sustain and expand the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center. The Center translates research in child development into state-level policies and public investments and provides guidance to state leaders on the most effective investments states can make to ensure all young children thrive.

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Stanford University Center on Early Childhood

Project

  • A two-year grant (2024 and 2025) to support the Stanford University Center on Early Childhood in the development, pilot testing, and evaluation of FIND-PD. FIND-PD is an online, self-paced, multi-level training series for early childhood educators. The training series builds on caregivers’ existing capabilities and offers practical strategies to enhance positive interactions, build child skills, and reduce challenging child behavior. The Center has developed a 24-month plan to expand the program.

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Zero To Three

Project

  • A two-year grant (2024 and 2025) for the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health-Financing Policy Project, providing technical assistance to state leadership teams to develop and implement financing policy plans that support the healthy development of very young children. Technical assistance will include collaborative learning, resource development, and expert consultation.

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