ECMC Foundation expands postsecondary success by investing in ideas, leaders, and institutions that help learners persist, complete, and move into meaningful careers. Through strategic grantmaking, mission-aligned investments, and a clear North Star goal that guides our work, we partner with organizations across the country to strengthen systems and support long-term opportunities for learners furthest from opportunities.
Our Commitment
By 2040, gaps in postsecondary completion are eliminated, ensuring that all learners can access the education and credentials that open doors to economic mobility. Our North Star goal shapes our priorities, guides our decisions, and informs how we measure progress toward lasting impact.
How We Fund
We provide catalytic funding to nonprofits, institutions, and intermediaries advancing innovative, evidence-informed approaches that support student persistence, completion, and career readiness. Our funding lifts up promising models, strengthens organizational capacity, and helps scale solutions that improve outcomes for learners across the country.
How We Invest
Through mission-aligned investments, ECMC Foundation deploys flexible capital to early-state ventures and funds developing tools, technologies, and models that strengthen postsecondary learning and career pathways. This work is advanced through Education Innovation Ventrues (EIV), the Foundation’s investment arm, which identifies and supports solutions with the potential to scale adn deliver measurable improvements in learner success. These investments complement our philanthropic funding and help accelerate approaches that can drive long-term, system-level impact.
