Ensuring All Learners Unlock Their Fullest Potential

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Our Mission

To improve higher education and career success among underserved populations through evidence-based innovation.

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Our Vision

All learners unlock their fullest potential.

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Our Focus

ECMC Foundation makes investments in two focus areas: College Success and Career Readiness.

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Our Values

Our values are centered on four principles: Long-Term Investments, Entrepreneurial, Research and Reforms, and Measurement and Evaluation.

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Our Grants & Investments

ECMC Foundation is a national foundation that makes grants and investments across the United States.

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News

New Blog Post

Transitions - A More Inclusive Way to Look at Transfer

Due to high stop-out rates, many of today’s students will attend multiple institutions after high school, start and stop their education at least once, and collect a virtual suitcase of skills and credentials across education providers, on-the-job training and self-taught learning.

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Recent Op-ed

How the Pandemic is Changing Higher Education for the Better

During college graduation season, it’s easy to get swept up by the notion of the great promise of higher education, even if recent statistics tell a different, more sobering story.

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Investee Video Spotlight

Building a More Diverse Talent Pipeline

Education Innovation Ventures is proud to have invested in Onramp, a workforce solutions company that offers custom-built apprenticeship programs for corporate partners looking to expand their recruitment pipelines with high-potential candidates from non-traditional backgrounds. 

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President's Corner

Special Update From Peter J. Taylor

Certain times in your life create space for personal reflection and change, and I find myself approaching one of them as I prepare to retire from ECMC Foundation in the first quarter of 2023 when I turn 65. I’ve made this decision with great care, as I am extremely committed to the Foundation’s success—now and in the future.

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