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 non-profit 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.
Follow the efforts to fund early childhood programs for low-income families in the Bay Area.
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.