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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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ECMC Foundation is a national foundation that makes grants and investments across the United States.
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Addressing College Students’ Basic Needs: What We’re Learning So Far
In the fall of 2019, ECMC Foundation launched its Basic Needs Initiative. As we continue exploring promising approaches to effectively address basic needs insecurity on campus, we've gathered key insights from our learning community’s work so far.
Recent Op-ed
We Need a National Strategy on Middle-Skill Jobs. Without It, Here’s What Colleges Can Do.
Middle-skill roles—those requiring some education or training beyond high school but not a bachelor’s degree—are not only critical, but account for more than half of jobs in the United States. And yet, we lack a national strategy for how to prepare people for them.
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.