Ensuring All Learners Unlock Their Fullest Potential
Our Mission
To improve higher education and career success among underserved populations through evidence-based innovation.
Our Focus
ECMC Foundation makes investments in two focus areas: College Success and Career Readiness.
Our Values
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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News
Recent Update
The Case for Re-examining State Financial Aid Funding Formulas
The present moment offers opportunities for change, making the most of new funding sources, and finding ways to generate new knowledge about what works best for students.
Grantee Spotlight
Update on ECMC Foundation’s 2020 Commitment to Close Equity Gaps in Online Postsecondary Career and Technical Education
With $2.5 million in funding from ECMC Foundation, the Urban Institute and its partners are working to promote equity consciousness and action, adopt data-driven approaches, support digital skills and access, and implement other practice changes that could improve the quality of online programs.
President's Corner
Reflecting on 2021: A Moment of Opportunity
In my office, there’s a plaque I received nearly 30 years ago from one of my early mentors. It says, “In crisis, there’s opportunity.”
After nearly two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, we all know about crisis, and our experiences of it have been myriad – from physical health and well-being to economic and social. In higher education, there has been a well-documented drop-off in student enrollment — at four-year colleges as well as community colleges, and especially among young people. That’s due in part to the pandemic but also to a nationwide skepticism about the value proposition of higher education. So, the charge for the Foundation is to help ensure that postsecondary education functions effectively so more students ultimately succeed, demonstrating why 21st-century generations should invest their time and money in college in the first place.
What makes ECMC Foundation innovative — and what has kept us motivated throughout the last 20 months — is our ability to recognize opportunity and run toward it, even amid challenges. We’ve used this time to double down on promoting equitable growth, make “big bets” and build an infrastructure of opportunity. The preliminary results are encouraging.