ECMC Foundation

ECMC Foundation is a Los Angeles-based, nationally focused foundation whose mission is to inspire and to facilitate improvements that affect educational outcomes—especially among under served populations—through evidence-based innovation. It is one of several affiliates under the ECMC Group enterprise based in Minneapolis. ECMC Foundation makes grants in two focus areas: College Success and Career Readiness. Additionally, out of the Education Innovation Ventures portfolio, ECMC Foundation makes program-related investments, into both nonprofit and for-profit ventures. ECMC Foundation’s vision is for all learners to unlock their fullest potential and achieve family-sustaining wages.

Jacob Fraire

President

111 past transactions

The RP Group

Grant in 2024
The RP Group strengthens the abilities of California Community Colleges to gather, analyze and act on information in order.

Community of Saints Regional Catholic School

Grant in 2024
Community of Saints Regional Catholic School is a educational institution that offers primary education to students.

Bestprep

Grant in 2024
BestPrep is a nonprofit organization that provides educational programs to students. It is offering virtual programs, distance learning, and in-person opportunities. These programs help them meet curriculum requirements by offering students a variety of opportunities to build a business, career, and financial literacy skills.

Stanford Sierra Youth & Families

Grant in 2024
Stanford Sierra Youth & Families (SSYF) provides a continuum of care to empower youth and families to overcome challenges together, as well as connects youth in foster care to the permanent loving families they need and deserve. This includes the following array of comprehensive programs: family advocacy and support, behavioral and mental health services, juvenile justice intervention, mentoring, foster care, adoption services, and pre- and post-adoption support. SSYF supports the entire family with professional treatment and compassionate care, so every youth has the opportunity to thrive at home, in school, and in the community.

EagleForce Robotics

Grant in 2024
EagleForce Robotics promotes STEM education among K-12 students through mentorship based programs.

Achieve Twin Cities

Grant in 2024
Achieve Twin Cities helps students to seek better career and education opportunities.

Luna Peak Foundation

Grant in 2024
Luna Peak Foundation is a family-run nonprofit inspiring others through life-celebrating books and products.

Los Angeles LGBT Center

Grant in 2024
Los Angeles LGBT Center is a Volunteer youth professional mentorship.

Page Education Foundation

Grant in 2024
Page Education Foundation fosters academic and community engagement among students of color.

Jeremiah Program

Grant in 2024
Jeremiah Program disrupts the cycle of poverty for single mothers and their children, two generations at a time.

River Falls Community Food Pantry

Grant in 2024
River Falls Community Food Pantry provides essential groceries to support food security.

4 Paws 2 Freedom

Grant in 2024
4 Paws 2 Freedom is a non-profit organization helping military veterans battling Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Sacramento Children’s Museum

Grant in 2024
Sacramento Children’s Museum provides hands-on experiences for cognitive development.

Ability Center of Virginia

Grant in 2024
Ability Center of Virginia is a nonprofit organization that provides summer camps, ability programs, arts, and fun games to the disabled.

CCHAT

Grant in 2024
CCHAT is a hearing program that offers cochlear implants, hearing aids, and diagnostics to help them to listen and develop spoken language.

Path to College

Grant in 2024
Path to College enriches and guides underprivileged students toward higher education.

We Can Ride

Grant in 2024
We Can Ride connects hearts and hooves to make a positive impact on lives and communities.

Good in the Hood

Grant in 2024
Good in the Hood is working for the community and society welfare through combined participation.

JP4 Foundation

Grant in 2024
JP4 Foundation IS uplifting underserved urban communities through healthy activities, healthy meals, and healthy relationships.

Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge

Grant in 2024
Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge is a nonprofit organization that helps men, women and teens find freedom from drug and alcohol addiction.

Avis Brebnor Memorial Award for Excellence

Grant in 2024
Avis Brebnor Memorial Award for Excellence provides assistance to underrepresented minority students for higher education.

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School

Grant in 2024
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School is provide a Catholic, college preparatory education and professional work experience to students.

The Camden Promise

Grant in 2024
The Camden Promise supports neighbors through service and community initiatives.

AdoptAClassroom.org

Grant in 2024
AdoptAClassroom.org is a national nonprofit that increases opportunity for student success by empowering teachers with community partners.

826LA

Grant in 2024
826LA is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills. The organization collaborates with teachers to develop engaging projects and provides one-on-one tutoring through trained volunteers. 826LA also hosts workshops and events, such as those at the Hammer Museum, to further enhance students' learning experiences. Additionally, the Time Travel Mart, a unique store, helps fund their free programs.

Roseville Area Schools

Grant in 2024
Roseville Area Schools is a K-12 school district offering quality teaching and learning services to its pupils.

Team Women

Grant in 2024
Team Women support women through all career stages for lifelong growth.

Supporting The Taylor House

Grant in 2024
Supporting The Taylor House ensures young adults gain the skills needed for self-sufficiency and confidence.

Avenues for Youth

Grant in 2024
Avenues for Youth specializes in youth education, career, health, and wellness.

Hmong Early Childhood Coalition

Grant in 2024
Hmong Early Childhood Coalition works to provide early childhood education access to Hmong Community.

DC College Access Program

Grant in 2024
The District of Columbia College Access Program (DC-CAP), founded in 1999, is a privately funded non-profit organization.

Forward Thinking Foundation

Grant in 2024
Forward Thinking Foundation helps youth to secure better future by teaching life skills and providing necessary assistance.

Pre-Health Dreamers

Grant in 2024
Pre-Health Dreamers provide a growing community for health career-bound undocumented students.

Neighborhood House

Grant in 2024
Neighborhood House has been providing high-quality early childhood education programs for decades and was one of the first Head Start preschool providers in the Northwest region. They offer a full range of We focus on providing culturally appropriate services to all enrolled families, many of whom are recent refugees and immigrants neighborhood House builds community and increases access to housing, health, education, and economic opportunity. create opportunities for people who face cultural, language, and systemic barriers to living longer, happier, and healthier lives. They believe equity is determined by the community and those that live in it. We share power, work to repair past inequity, and listen and learn from each other and our communities. We work together, with humility and courage, to disrupt poverty, racism, and injust.

Assistance League of Minneapolis/St. Paul

Grant in 2024
Assistance League of Minneapolis/St. Paul develops and implements philanthropic programs to benefit children and adults in the region.

H2O for Life

Grant in 2024
H2O for Life helps to raise awareness and funds to resolve global water crisis issue.

Dougherty Family College

Grant in 2024
Dougherty Family College runs degree programs for students seeking meaningful professional career.

Every Meal

Grant in 2024
Every Meal mission is to fight child hunger through community and school partnerships.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

Grant in 2024
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America provides children with assistance to reach their full potential. It is a non-governmental organization providing volunteer supported mentoring through a network that provides children with assistance to achieve measurable outcomes such as educational success, avoidance of risky behaviors, higher aspirations, greater confidence, and better relationships. It provides its network of mentors through its partnership with schools, parents, guardians, corporations, and communities. It pairs children with screened volunteer mentors and monitors and supports these one-to-one mentoring matches throughout their course. BBBS primarily provides professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships to children who face adversity and single or low-income households or families where a parent is incarcerated or serving in the military. It currently has nearly 340 agencies across the country. BBBS serves approximately 200,000 children, their families and 200,000 volunteer mentors. It was established in 1904 and it is based in New York.

Broken Men Foundation

Grant in 2024
Broken Men Foundation helps men to overcome bad past by providing support and teaching basic life skills.

Sparkyouth Nyc

Grant in 2024
SparkYouth NYC works with emerging youth organizations at a critical stage of their development. It is transforming the lives of underserved children. Community-based start-up organizations providing valuable skills to these kids are identified, funded, and supported by them, allowing them to embark on new paths.

Minnesota Education Equity Partnership

Grant in 2024
Minnesota Education Equity Partnership transforms practices, policies, and public narratives to build an education system. They develop leadership services and trainings for educators, districts, schools, organizations, leaders, and faculty. They build equitable educational spaces that uplift the students and advance racial equity and excellence in education.

Ann Bancroft Foundation

Grant in 2024
Ann Bancroft Foundation provides grants, mentorship and ongoing development opportunities to girls.

Immigrants Rising

Grant in 2024
Immigrants Rising provides undocumented youth the tools they need to reform themselves and their institutions. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Sacramento Loaves & Fishes

Grant in 2024
Sacramento Loaves & Fishes operates in the wholesale industry, providing essential services to the community. The organization offers a variety of programs aimed at assisting individuals in need. These include a dining room service, a school program, and various other initiatives designed to support and uplift those who require assistance. With a team of 13 employees, Sacramento Loaves & Fishes is committed to serving as an oasis of dignity for those it helps. The organization maintains an active online presence, providing information and updates through its website and social media platforms.

Libros Schmibros Lending Library

Grant in 2024
Libros Schmibros Lending Library provides a wide range of books to Boyle Heights residents.

The Connect Center

Grant in 2024
The Connect Center ensures people with the resources they need to succeed.

South St. Paul Educational Foundation

Grant in 2024
South St. Paul Educational Foundation funds educational enrichment and scholarships.

Prime Time Palm Beach County

Grant in 2024
Prime Time Palm Beach County nurtures potential through quality out-of-school initiatives.

Lutheran Social Service of MN

Grant in 2024
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota is the largest, statewide non-profit social service organization in Minnesota with 2,300 employees.

Broward College Foundation

Grant in 2024
Broward College Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, dedicated to supporting Broward College through charitable contributions. The foundation raises funds to provide scholarships, enhance academic programs, and improve learning facilities. It manages an endowment fund, with assets overseen by a board of directors, which aims to create a positive impact on the community by changing lives through education. Through community awareness and advocacy, the foundation seeks to foster educational opportunities for students at Broward College.

Kids in Need Foundation

Grant in 2024
The Kids In Need Foundation’s mission is to ensure that every child is prepared to learn and succeed by providing free school supplies.

Hands to the Future

Grant in 2024
Hands to the Future supports students from immigrant, refugee, or multicultural backgrounds to complete their education.

St. David's Center

Grant in 2024
St. David's Center for Child and Family Development offers pediatric therapies, mental health services, and autism services.

Down Syndrome Foundation

Grant in 2024
Down Syndrome Foundation helps down syndrome camps and organize events.

Take Stock in Children

Grant in 2024
Take Stock in Children is a non-profit organization that provides student college scholarships & mentorship programs to needy students.

Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS)

Grant in 2024
Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS) helps refugees and other displaced people in starting new lives.

Cristo Rey Sacramento

Grant in 2024
Cristo Rey Sacramento provides affordable college preparatory education and professional work experience to high school students.

LA Country High School for the Arts Foundation

Grant in 2024
LA Country High School for the Arts Foundation supports young artists by providing financial aid for their courses.

Puente Learning Center

Grant in 2024
PUENTE Learning Center is a non-profit organization committed to education for all ages.

Tubman

Grant in 2024
Tubman is a multi service nonprofit organization that serves individuals and families. Tubman helps people of all ages, genders, and cultural backgrounds who have experienced relationship violence, elder abuse, addiction, sexual exploitation, or other forms of trauma. Tubman offers a wide range of services, including emergency shelter, therapy, counseling, legal help, and programs for youth.

Reading Partners

Grant in 2024
Reading Partners is a national education nonprofit dedicated to improving literacy among elementary school students who are reading significantly below grade level. The organization partners with schools to deliver individualized tutoring and reading instruction, aiming to support children who are six months to two and a half years behind in their reading skills. Reading Partners envisions a future where all children in the United States possess the reading abilities necessary to fulfill their potential. The organization emphasizes the transformative power of reading, believing that it can significantly alter the lives and outcomes for both children and their communities. By focusing on community empowerment and measurable results, Reading Partners strives to foster a love for reading and ensure that every child has the opportunity to become a lifelong reader.

Metropolitan Economic Development Association(MEDA)

Grant in 2024
Meda provides business consulting, access to capital, and market opportunities for minority entrepreneurs. Meda also operates a business development center under cooperative agreement with the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Minneapolis MBDA Business Center connects Minnesota Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) with business opportunities. In 2016, Meda served 676 customers through our combined service offerings and helped minority businesses secure $165 million in contracts. Since its beginning in 1971, Meda has helped more than 20,000 entrepreneurs of color and assisted in the start-up of more than 550 businesses.

International Spanish Language Academy

Grant in 2024
International Spanish Language Academy is nurturing the development of personal growth, strong character, academic excellence among children

Brothers Empowered

Grant in 2024
Brothers Empowered works to uplift male population of the society through various programs .

Red Lake Nation College

Grant in 2024
Red Lake Nation College promotes cultural heritage alongside modern education.

Lake Elmo Elementary

Grant in 2024
Lake Elmo Elementary is a kindergarten and preschool in the region.

Girls Dream Code

Grant in 2024
Girls Dream Code empowers young girls of color to pursue an interest in technology by providing free tech workshops and resources!

Leadership Education For Asian Pacifics

Grant in 2024
LEAP is a non-profit organization that offers leadership training and programs, publishes research, and conducts community education. LEAP is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to achieve full participation and equality for Asian and Pacific Islanders through leadership, empowerment, and policy.

FOCUS Minnesota

Grant in 2024
FOCUS Minnesota provides financial aid and assistance to the people in need.

The Sanneh Foundation

Grant in 2024
The Sanneh Foundation Empowers Kids, Improves Lives, and Unites Communities.

Treehouse Hope

Grant in 2024
Treehouse Hope brings hope and connection to teens across the country through dedicated programs.

Downtown Women's Center

Grant in 2024
Downtown Women's Center provides health and homecare services for homeless individuals and homeless women in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction. They provide physical, dental, and emotional well-being services.

Moms on a Mission

Grant in 2024
Moms on a Mission serves the community by helping families settle into new homes.

Hope 4 Youth

Grant in 2024
Hope 4 Youth helps young people experiencing homelessness in the region.

People Incorporated Mental Health Services

Grant in 2024
People Incorporated Mental Health Services supports mental health and wellness by collaborating and integrating services.

The SEAD Project

Grant in 2024
The SEAD Project bridges cultural roots and modern aspirations for Southeast Asian communities.

Florida Atlantic University Foundation Academy of Community Inclusion

Grant in 2024
Florida Atlantic University Foundation Academy of Community Inclusion helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

9 Dots

Grant in 2024
9 dotsides primary and secondary education services. They provides omputer science education ,computer science courses.For inquiries contact email and phone numbers are available on the website.

Teach For America, Twin Cities

Grant in 2024
Teach For America, Twin Cities is committed to improving educational outcomes for economic mobility.

Junior Achievement of Sacramento

Grant in 2024
Junior Achievement of Sacramento promotes financial literacy among young people for better career opportunities.

Boriken Cultural Center

Grant in 2024
Boriken Cultural Center promtoes Puerto Rican art, dance, and music in the region.

National Empower Group

Grant in 2024
National Empower Group brings people together with programs focused on empowerment and unity.

People for PSEO

Grant in 2024
People for PSEO enables high school students to earn free college credits.

Saint Paul Urban Tennis

Grant in 2024
Saint Paul Urban Tennis is a non-profit organization. They provide tennis and life skills programming to youth. It has lessons and drills for adults of all ability levels.

Ready To Succeed

Grant in 2024
Ready To Succeed is a career and personal development program that provides youth impacted by foster care and low-income first-generation college students with the resources, relationships, and opportunities they need to thrive, both personally and professionally.

Youth First Community of Promise

Grant in 2024
Youth First Community of Promise helps youth achieve their potential with a focus on safety, growth, and community involvement.

Literacy Minnesota

Grant in 2024
Literacy Minnesota is a life-changing literacy services for kids, youth and adults in Minnesota. Functional literacy is critical for navigating the workforce, advocating for oneself and fulfilling basic needs. In their vision of a world in which every person has access to life-changing learning, they believe literacy can advance equity and justice.

District 279 Foundation

Grant in 2024
District 279 Foundation provides learning opportunities to scholars through funding programs and projects.

Bridge2Life South Florida

Grant in 2024
Bridge2Life South Florida is helping people to attain higher education and career opportunities.

Northside Achievement Zone

Grant in 2024
The Northside Achievement Zone mission is to end generational poverty and build a culture of achievement in North Minneapolis.

Youth Orchestras of San Antonio

Grant in 2024
Youth Orchestras of San Antonio offers a world-class musical journey that helps youth excel creatively and academically.

HBCU Executive Leadership Institute

Grant in 2024
HBCU Executive Leadership Institute supports the education and business goals of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Kentucky Student Success Collaborative

Grant in 2023
Kentucky Student Success Collaborative assists universities and colleges in providing high-quality, diverse, innovative, accessible, and affordable student experiences.

Escalate USA

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Escalate USA is a frontline retention platform helping employers retain talent and creating pathways for entry-level talent.

Clusiv

Venture Round in 2022
Clusiv is an innovative e-learning platform specifically designed for individuals who are blind or visually impaired. Founded in 2021 and based in Austin, Texas, Clusiv focuses on providing accessible vocational training that equips users with essential skills for the modern workforce. The platform offers self-paced courses that cover critical topics such as cloud file management, email proficiency, and virtual interview preparation, enabling users to confidently engage in remote job opportunities. By enhancing the employability of blind and visually impaired individuals, Clusiv aims to improve their employment outcomes and assist organizations in hiring and training diverse talent.

WorkingNation

Grant in 2022
WorkingNation is a nonprofit media and journalism organization. They produces content from filmmakers and journalists that underscores the urgency of the unemployment crisis. They provide information in news, video, and magazines.

Workcred

Grant in 2022
Workcred is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation. Workcred's mission is to strengthen workforce quality by improving the credentialing system, ensuring its ongoing relevance, and preparing employers, workers, educators, and governments to use it effectively.

Gladeo Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Gladeo Inc is a media and technology company with a mission to build a more inclusive, equitable and prepared workforce of the future. Gladeo provides branded inclusive, storytelling career navigation platforms and career/industry related e-courses to high schools, workforce/job agencies, non-profits, colleges and universities. Some notable customers include: Los Angeles Unified School District, Bay Area Community College Consortium, Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation.

MentorWorks Education Capital

Pre Seed Round in 2020
MentorWorks Education Capital, Inc. is a Boston-based company founded in 2016 that specializes in providing Income Share Agreement (ISA) financing, an alternative to traditional student loans. This financing model enables students to complete their educational programs while minimizing the burden of debt. In addition to financial support, MentorWorks offers career development services, mentorship, and access to a network of employers, creating a comprehensive support system that enhances students' career prospects. By integrating financial assistance with professional guidance, MentorWorks aims to reduce students' net financing costs and facilitate successful career transitions.
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