Oct 1 2024

Out-of-School Time Bimonthly Funder Meetup: October 2024

Grantmakers for Education

Virtual

October 1, 2024, 2:00-3:30 pm ET

From Ballot Measures to 501c4s: Getting into the Policy and Advocacy Game

Foundations often shy away from direct policy and advocacy work to avoid participating in or funding lobbying. However, there are many ways that funders can legally support these efforts and show up as critical partners in pushing for policy change and increased public funding for youth programs. Join the OST Impact Group for our next bimonthly funder meetup where we’ll hear from two funders who have taken different approaches to funding direct policy work. The Andy Roddick Foundation will share its success in supporting a local ballot initiative to increase access to affordable, high quality child care for families in Austin, Texas, and the Heising Simons Foundation will share its experience creating and funding a 501c4 organization to increase public financing of the early childhood education field at the federal, state,and local levels. Join peer funders in exploring how your foundation can get into the policy and advocacy game.
 

Learn more about the speakers below.

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About the Series

Join the EdFunders Out-of-School Time Impact Group for an ongoing conversation with Grantmakers for Education members who fund or are interested in funding the out-of-school time sector. Each video call will provide opportunities for learning and collaboration.

Register once for the ongoing series and join as your schedule allows. Registration is open to Grantmakers for Education member funders.

Calls are scheduled from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. ET on the first Tuesday every other month.

About the Speakers

Elizabeth Gaines

Elizabeth Gaines
CEO
Children’s Funding Project

Elizabeth is the founder and CEO of Children’s Funding Project. Begun in 2018, Children’s Funding Project is the response to Elizabeth’s 25 year career in child advocacy that persistently led her to question whether adequate resources were being directed to children. Her career began with leading after-school and community-based youth programs at the Goodman Community Center in Madison, Wisconsin. She later served as youth policy analyst for Citizens for Missouri’s Children, followed by 13 years at the Forum for Youth Investment, where she helped policy leaders develop tools and techniques to improve their use of data, increase their policy alignment, and more efficiently apply resources for greater impact. Elizabeth is also the executive director of Children’s Funding Accelerator, the advocacy arm of Children’s Funding Project.

As an expert on children’s policy at the state and local level, Elizabeth has worked with communities in nearly all 50 states to establish children’s cabinets, conduct fiscal maps, and pursue dedicated funding for youth. Her publications include: The Adding It Up Guide to Mapping Public Resources for Children, Youth and Families; the Forum for Youth Investment papers on state children’s cabinets and councils; How Public Policy Can Support Collective Impact, co-authored with FSG; and a collaboration on Funding Our Future: Generating State and Local Tax Revenue for Quality Early Care and Education. Since 2018, Elizabeth has guided Children’s Funding Project through over 40 projects with national networks, state and local governments, advocates, and youth leaders. A native of St. Louis, MO, Elizabeth attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and currently resides in Washington, D.C.


Jaime Garcia

Jaime Garcia
President & CEO
Andy Roddick Foundation

 
 
 
 


September Jarrett

September Jarrett
Program Officer
Heising-Simons Foundation

September Jarrett is a program officer for the Education program of the Heising-Simons Foundation, focusing on policy and systems change in California. September draws on two decades of experience in program and policy development focused on children and families in the public and private sectors. Her experiences include serving as executive director of San Francisco Office of Early Care and Education, as well as program director at the Mimi and Peter Haas Fund. Early in her career, she helped develop the Child Care Facilities Fund of the Low Income Investment Fund, an award-winning public-private partnership designed to expand the supply of high-quality early care and education facilities. September holds a master’s degree in public policy from the New School for Social Research and a bachelor’s degree in urban studies from San Francisco State University. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two sons.

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