What We Fund:
Early Learning

Creating a powerful, diverse community that informs, accelerates, and amplifies early childhood policy allies’ effectiveness in achieving state actions necessary for each and every young child to thrive.

Providing a safe, caring, child-centered learning environment where all children, regardless of circumstances, can learn and grow through meaningful and purposeful play.

Nurturing and sustaining child-centered, antiracist early learning communities.

Advancing a child care system that effectively serves all children and families.

Supporting families and caregivers, shape policy and build communities that promote the learning and development of children and youth throughout Washington State through a strong statewide network of local child care resource and referral programs.

Improving the well being of children by effecting positive changes in public policies, priorities, and programs.

Supporting and strengthening our community through empowering all families by providing integrated support and equitable practices.

Changing the lives of underserved children and families through education and supportive services.

Changing the lives of underserved children and families through education and supportive services.

Changing the lives of underserved children and families through education and supportive services.

Striving to inspire children to dream more, learn more, care more, and be more.

Joining low-income pregnant mothers with specially trained nurses to help mothers and babies reach their fullest potential.

Ensuring more families have affordable access to quality child care and early learning programs for their children.

Strengthening lives and securing futures.

Providing early childhood development support to families where they are most likely to access it – the pediatric primary care office.

Elevating the conditions of the early childhood education profession while maintaining its incredible diversity by providing culturally responsive professional development support that is respectful of provider skills, knowledge, home culture, and language and is accessible to those already working long hours, often for low pay.

Providing open access to quality higher education that fosters lifelong learning and success within our communities.

Ensuring that every school will be a thriving school that prepares every student to graduate ready for college, career and community.

Ensuring that every school will be a thriving school that prepares every student to graduate ready for college, career and community.

Providing free and equitable access to cultural and educational experiences.

Supporting the education of every child by raising private funds, awarding grants, developing community partnerships, and advocating for Madison’s public schools.

Delivering culturally, linguistically diverse books and literacy learning reinforcement programs to underserved children engaging them in literacy activities designed to create a love of learning and reinforce skills young readers need.

Working collaboratively to ensure that all Milwaukee children from birth to three years old have access and exposure to learning environments that promote social-emotional development, cognitive growth, and lifelong success.

Seeding a new model of public education that ensures young children are on track to succeed in a college or career preparatory program from birth through high school graduation.

Advancing the fundamental principles of democracy and justice at the local, state and national levels by building power within immigrant communities in collaboration with key allies.

Offering the highest level of early care and education to children from varied socio-economic backgrounds.

Empowering vulnerable first-time moms to transform their lives and create better futures for themselves and their babies.

Leveraging national foundation dollars paired with those of state and local funders to grow the network of effective, well-resourced community organizers focused on child care

Giving young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read aloud together.

Giving young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read aloud together.

Fostering a sense of community among children, their families, and staff, with a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Advancing the wellness of children, individuals, and families by providing early childhood and mental health services to help community and family thrive.

Advancing the wellness of children, individuals, and families by providing early childhood and mental health services to help community and family thrive.

Advancing quality early learning for families with children, before birth through their earliest years, to help close the opportunity gap.

We optimize the opportunity early childhood presents to build a strong foundation for life. We do this by cultivating a system of organizations and professionals across Wisconsin to promote quality, strengths-based, early childhood services in all communities.

Uniting the community to achieve measurable results and change lives, United Way of Dane County is committed to building a Dane County where everyone can succeed in school, work and life.

Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.

Empowering Latino students and their families from early childhood to college through holistic academic, leadership, and community programs.

Advancing positive change for children by focusing on the professionals who provide child care for well over 70% of Wisconsin’s youngest children.

supporting the implementation of best health & safety practices within early childhood care settings

Advancing positive change for children by focusing on the professionals who provide child care for well over 70% of Wisconsin’s youngest children.

Ensuring that all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life.