The Early Childhood Investment Corporation is seeking applications for its Child Care Innovation Fund.
Donor Name: Early Childhood Investment Corporation
State: Michigan
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/14/2022
Grant Duration: 1 year
Size of the Grant: $100,000
Details:
The Child Care Innovation Fund collaborates with regional and community partners to pilot or scale up common-sense business and financing solutions for child care. Created in 2021 with a seed investment from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Fund invests in innovations designed to benefit employers, working families, child care business owners and early educators.
Prioritized Geographic Areas
Applicants whose work supports geographic areas in Michigan that meet the criteria below will be prioritized for funding:
- Geographic areas where the ratio of children ages 0-5 to the number of licensed child care spots is greater than three
- Geographic areas where the ratio of children 0-5 to the number of licensed child care spots is less than three but more than one.
The Innovation Fund makes two types of grants:
- Start Up: Pilot a child care innovation Up to $100,000
- Scale Up: Expand the depth and reach of an existing child care innovation pilot Up to $150,00
Grant Period
June 1, 2022 – May 31, 2023
Eligible Organizations
Their grant awards support organizations or partnerships of organizations to pilot or scale up a child care innovation which is designed to benefit an entire region and/or community of the state, not one individual child care business. The following types of organizations are eligible to apply:
- Not-for-profit organizations
- For-profit organizations
- Governmental units (e.g., local government, local governmental unit, public or municipal corporation, or unit of a State university system)
- Partnership of multiple organizations (with an identified lead applicant/fiduciary)
For more information, visit Child Care Innovation Fund.
