At CEDAC and the Children’s Investment Fund, women play a central role in the work of strengthening communities across Massachusetts. This past Women’s History Month, we celebrated the women whose leadership, expertise, and day-to-day contributions help advance our mission — from expanding access to affordable housing to improving childcare and early education spa...

  Over the past year, CEDAC and the Children’s Investment Fund partnered with nonprofit organizations across Massachusetts during the earliest stages of development, when projects are still ideas on paper and critical decisions shape what becomes possible. This is where much of CEDAC’s work takes place: before groundbreakings, before ribbon cuttings, and oft...

Today, CEDAC proudly released our 2024 Annual Report. The report highlights many of the impactful projects that we helped fund throughout the year. Through our collaborations with over 41 community-based partners and more than 20 funders, we provided $44.5 million in early-stage funding and technical assistance for projects that were creating or preserving over 2,300 un...

CIF Director Theresa Jordan, Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler, State Representative Adrian Madaro, East Boston Social Centers (EBSC) Executive Director Justin Pasquariello, Senator Sal DiDomenico, an EBSC educator and student, and EEC Commissioner Amy Kershaw. Last Monday, the Healey-Driscoll administration announced that 20 programs from across Massachusetts will r...

Today, CEDAC released our FY23 Annual Report, highlighting our most exciting and impactful projects of the past year that were completed alongside our non-profit community development partners in our ongoing efforts to create greater access to high quality affordable housing and child care across Massachusetts. In 2023, the Commonwealth achieved historic milestones in t...

Greater Lawrence Community Action Council. © Damianos Photography Children’s Investment Fund, CEDAC, and the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) announced over $18M in funding for child care facilities this year. This unprecedented level of funding is the largest state investment in early childhood education and out-of-school time facilities in...

A newly renovated classroom at the Child Care of the Berkshires. (@Damianos Photography) The Healey-Driscoll Administration and the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) awarded FY23 grants through the Early Education and Out of School Time (EEOST) Capital Fund to provide critical resources necessary to sustain the Commonwealth’s essential child care infrastruc...

CEDAC is thrilled to share our FY22 Annual Report, detailing recent projects and initiatives completed alongside our nonprofit community development partners in our ongoing efforts to create greater access to high quality affordable housing and child care across Massachusetts. In 2022, with the world beginning to once again look to the future after weathering the global...