Early Childhood
$50
can teach a frontline staff member to identify the effects of trauma on clients.
$100
can cover a year’s worth of leadership training to keep and develop a great teacher.
$500
can supply a child with daycare and preschool until their parents find work and can make ends meet.
$5000
can provide an unemployed adult with vocational training, counseling and job placement services.
We invest in organizations that provide early literacy and positive parenting support to families with children ages 0-3, helping lay a strong early childhood foundation for positive outcomes later in life.
We invest in organizations that provide early literacy and positive parenting support to families with children ages 0-3, helping lay a strong early childhood foundation for positive outcomes later in life.
2019 IMPACT:
INVESTMENT: $1.3M
PERCENTAGE OF CORE GRANTMAKING INVESTMENT: 8%
THE NEED: 80% of brain growth occurs within the first three years of life, with disparities between low- and high-income children evident as early as nine months.
TIPPING POINT IMPACT:
- Tipping Point grantees supported the healthy birth and immunizations of 769 babies.
- Tipping Point-funded organizations increased parental capacity including knowledge, attitudes, and behavior for 597 parents of young children.