The National Academy of Sciences is a private society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research and dedicated to furthering the use of science and technology for the public good. This grant supports a national study on financing early care and education for children from birth to kindergarten that is accessible, affordable to families, and of high quality, with a specific focus on the inclusion of a well-qualified and adequately supported workforce. View Website

The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan (NKFM) was founded in 1955 with the mission of preventing kidney disease and improving the quality of life for those living with it. This grant provides program-specific operating support funding as part of the Detroit Early Childhood Education Support initiative to NKFM PEACH (Project for Early Childhood Health) program, which provides wraparound services to early childhood centers in Detroit. View Website

This grant will support Kresge’s membership in the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative (ECFC), a national coalition of foundations that are committed to supporting the healthy development and learning of children prenatal to eight with a specific focus on low-income children living in conditions of risk, in the context of their families and communities. Since 1992, ECFC has helped to align and mobilize funders with a demonstrated investment priority in early childhood development and learning. ECFC membership will enable the Detroit Team to maximize opportunities for collaboration with a leading network of foundations engaged in early childhood policy and practice and this grant is part of the broader Hope Starts Here suite of investments to engage in national field advancement efforts that will strengthen the early childhood systems building work in Detroit.

Early Childhood Funder’s Collaborative is a national coalition of foundations and corporate giving programs that are dedicated to the positive development of young children. This grant supports the Kresge Foundation’s membership in the collaborative. View Website

The collaborative comprises many of the nation's leading early childhood funders at the national, state, regional and local levels. Grant funding will be used for membership dues support.

This grant supports the implementation of the Hope Starts Here (HSH) framework through project support to IFF to resource a bridge organization providing project management and strategic design to onboard a long-term implementation office. Hope Starts Here is a result of an extensive community planning process, co-chaired by the Kresge and W.K. Kellogg Foundations, that engaged a broad range of stakeholders to develop a comprehensive framework to support early childhood priorities in Detroit. IFF has provided project administration support throughout the planning phase of the HSH process, and will subcontract with FSG, a national consulting firm with extensive social sector expertise, to provide implementation capacity during the search and onboarding of an implementation office that will be responsible for the implementation of the framework’s priorities in the long-term. View Website

This grant will support the HighScope Educational Research Foundation (HighScope) to develop and implement the 47th Annual HighScope International Conference. The conference will convene 1,500 national and international early childhood policy leaders in Detroit for an in-depth exploration of the opportunity gap facing children birth through age eight. HighScope is an independent early childhood research, development, training, and public outreach organization headquartered in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Kresge support will enable HighScope to host 2019 conference in Detroit to examine strategies to improve the quality and impact of early childhood programs on children’s healthy development and school readiness.  View Website

HighScope is an independent early childhood research, development, training, and public outreach organization headquartered in Ypsilanti, Michigan. This grant, as a part of the Kresge Detroit Early Childhood Education Support initiative, will support HighScope develop and implement the 47th Annual HighScope International Conference. The conference will convene 1,500 national and international early childhood policy leaders in Detroit for an in-depth exploration of the opportunity gap facing children birth through 8 years of age. View Website

The center, formerly known as the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services, offers integrated social, immigration, health, employment and education supports for low-income people and spearheads the National Network for Arab American Communities. This grant, part of the Detroit Early Childhood Education Support initiative, supports ACCESS to refine and implement its wraparound services delivery model for early childhood centers in Detroit. View Website

Citizen Detroit is a neutral civic education and civic participation organization that uses research to build knowledge and understanding of the complex issues affecting residents' lives. This grant provides project support to Citizen Detroit to conduct a needs assessment and national survey to evaluate policy recommendations to increase and align funding for early childhood in Detroit. View Website

HighScope is an independent nonprofit research, development, training and public outreach organization with a focus in early childhood education and professional development. This short-term grant will help HighScope develop and implement the 45th Annual HighScope International Conference, which will bring together 1,300 national and international early childhood policy leaders in Detroit for an in-depth exploration of the opportunity gap facing children birth through age 8. View Website

HighScope is an independent research, development, training and public outreach organization, best known for its landmark Perry Preschool Project, a 40-year longitudinal study demonstrating the long-lasting effects of high-quality early childhood education. This grant will support the 44th Annual HighScope International Conference for up to 1,200 national and international early childhood policy leaders in Detroit in May 2016 to explore the opportunity gap facing children birth through age 8. View Website

Campaign for Black Male Achievement is a national membership organization dedicated to improving the life outcomes of black men and boys. This cross-team grant for general operations support – a partnership between Kresge’s Detroit Program and Kresge’s Boys and Men of Color Working Group – will help the organization strengthen access to high-quality early childhood programs in Detroit. View Website

This grant will support Kresge’s membership in the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative (ECFC), a national coalition of foundations that are committed to supporting early childhood priorities across the United States. View Website

This grant will support Kresge’s membership in the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative (ECFC), a national coalition of foundations that are committed to supporting early childhood priorities across the United States. View Website

This grant provides project support to the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) to provide technical assistance to advance strategic planning for the Marygrove P-20 Partnership. HCZ is a national leader in place-based education through their child and family-centered neighborhood approach in central Harlem that connects cradle-to-career education with neighborhood-based wraparound supports. Over the course of the next year, HCZ will conduct two strategic planning workshops and site visits for the Marygrove P-20 partners to learn from best practices and to deploy those on the Marygrove campus. View Website

This grant will support Kresge’s membership in the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, a national coalition of 30 foundations and corporate funders that are committed to supporting early childhood policy, practice, research and programming across the United States. View Website

This grant will support Kresge’s membership in the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative (ECFC), a national coalition of foundations committed to supporting early childhood priorities across the United States. View Website