Thrive by Five: The Washington Early Learning Fund

    

Thrive by Five Washington is a public-private partnership (165 KB PDF) of businesses, foundations, and government that is dedicated to improving the quality of early learning throughout Washington state. The partnership was founded in 2006.

Thrive by Five Washington is working to complement existing efforts to enhance parent education and to support childcare, preschool, and other learning environments. The partnership also serves as a new funding mechanism to pool public and private resources for targeted, outcome-oriented strategies for quality early learning.

Along with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the following organizations support Thrive by Five Washington: 

• Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Bezos Family Foundation
• The Boeing Company
• Foundation for Early Learning
• The Ginger and Barry Ackerley Foundation
• Kirkpatrick Family Foundation
• Kirlin Charitable Foundation
• Medina Foundation
• Microsoft
• Paul G. Allen Foundation
• Russell Investment Group
• Social Venture Partners - Seattle
• Tabor 100
• Talaris Research Institute
• United Way of King County
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• Washington Dental Service Foundation
• Washington State Department of Early Learning
• Washington State Department of Health–Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems

To learn more about the Washington Early Learning Fund partnership and plans, visit the Web site of Thrive by Five Washington.