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To improve higher education and career success among underserved populations through evidence-based innovation.
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ECMC Foundation makes investments in two focus areas: College Success and Career Readiness.
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Our values are centered on four principles: Long-Term Investments, Entrepreneurial, Research and Reforms, and Measurement and Evaluation.
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ECMC Foundation is a national foundation that makes grants and investments across the United States.
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Transitions - A More Inclusive Way to Look at Transfer
Due to high stop-out rates, many of today’s students will attend multiple institutions after high school, start and stop their education at least once, and collect a virtual suitcase of skills and credentials across education providers, on-the-job training and self-taught learning.
Recent Op-ed
How the Pandemic is Changing Higher Education for the Better
During college graduation season, it’s easy to get swept up by the notion of the great promise of higher education, even if recent statistics tell a different, more sobering story.
Investee Video Spotlight
Building a More Diverse Talent Pipeline
Education Innovation Ventures is proud to have invested in Onramp, a workforce solutions company that offers custom-built apprenticeship programs for corporate partners looking to expand their recruitment pipelines with high-potential candidates from non-traditional backgrounds.
President's Corner
Basic Needs Count in College Decisions
It’s difficult to imagine how we can expect anyone to finish a degree or earn a career-ready credential when their basic needs aren’t met. Even where critical supports exist, students don’t always know about them or, they can’t access them quickly. A new report from ECMC Foundation grantee Believe in Students shows that it takes students nearly two weeks to receive emergency aid. Emergencies often don’t wait that long, which is why the Foundation partners with organizations like Edquity to help students get aid within 24 hours. Moreover, because every student’s needs differ, service capacity at individual institutions tends to be limited at best, and nonexistent at worst.
ECMC Foundation’s Basic Needs Initiative (BNI) aims to change this dynamic, including the lack of services to promote mental health.