The Couch Family Foundation offers grants to support the building and scaling of statewide high-quality early care and education (ECE) systems in New Hampshire.
Donor Name: Couch Family Foundation
State: New Hampshire
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/30/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Within this priority, the Foundation supports collaboration with public and private partners to build statewide capacity in New Hampshire for leadership, advocacy, and effective public policies that support strong systems of early care and education. Specific strategies include:
- Enhancing advocacy and grassroots organizing to build collaborative coalitions shaping equitable policies to increase access to and quality of ECE for the youngest Granite Staters.
- Bolstering strong, coordinated local, regional, and state systems to equip ECE programs and providers across settings with the resources and tools required to promote children’s learning and development and support a well-prepared and compensated ECE workforce.
- Advancing research and innovation to further explore how to build and scale equitable, high-quality ECE programs and systems.
Funding Information
The Foundation generally awards grants of $10,000 or less to first-time grantees.
Eligibility Parameters
The Foundation prioritizes grants to organizations that have strong leadership, deep community relationships, a collaborative approach to community building and that have demonstrated focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Foundation provides the following types of grant support:
- Unrestricted (i.e., General Operating)
- Project
- Capital
- Event Sponsorships.
Eligibility Criteria
Grantees must meet the following requirements:
- Applicants must have 501(c)3 nonprofit status or fiscal sponsorship through a 501(c)3 organization.
- The Foundation does not make grants to individuals or religious organizations.
- Grants are not made to public, private, or independent elementary and secondary schools. Trustees will consider requests from nonprofit organizations whose purpose is to enhance the learning opportunities and well-being of children in school.
For more information, visit CFF.