Our Funders

The NCCF operating budget is approximately $3 million annually, with research activities supported by an endowment from The V & L Marx Foundation and a broad range of private and public funders, including:

  • The Buffett Early Childhood Fund
  • The Carnegie Corporation of New York
  • The David and Lucille Packard Foundation
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
  • The Foundation for Child Development
  • The Heising-Simons Foundation
  • The Julie Fisher Cummings Scholarship Fund
  • The Lemann Foundation
  • MDRC
  • The National Center on Education and the Economy
  • The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • The Pew Charitable Trusts
  • The Rauch Foundation
  • The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • The Spencer Foundation
  • State Governments of Washington, Ohio, Mississippi, Colorado, New Hampshire, and North Carolina
  • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • The Willliam T. Grant Foundation