# ECMC Foundation

> ECMC Foundation is a VC fund in Los Angeles backing Non Profit and Education. See 190 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 190
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 90%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ecmcfoundation/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ECMCFoundation
- Website: https://www.ecmcfoundation.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ECMCFoundation

ECMC Foundation is a Los Angeles-based, nationally focused foundation whose mission is to inspire and to facilitate improvements that affect educational outcomes—especially among under served populations—through evidence-based innovation. It is one of several affiliates under the ECMC Group enterprise based in Minneapolis. ECMC Foundation makesgrants in two focus areas: College Success and Career Readiness. Additionally, out of the Education Innovation Ventures portfolio, ECMC Foundation makes program-related investments, into both nonprofit and for-profit ventures. ECMC Foundation’s vision is for all learners to unlock their fullest potential and achieve family-sustaining wages.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for ECMC Foundation. Shizune tracks 6 team members at ECMC Foundation. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/ecmc-foundation?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $380k–$3.1M |
| Grant | $20k–$1.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $150k–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Non Profit | 75 | 39% |
| Education | 46 | 24% |
| Social Impact | 37 | 19% |
| Social | 24 | 13% |
| Higher Education | 9 | 5% |

82 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 99 | 52% |
| Seed | 12 | 6% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 2% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 1% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 104 | 55% |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1% |
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jacob Fraire | President | 92 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jacob-fraire-ec22 |
| Jessica Haselton | Director of Program-Related Investments | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jessica-haselton |
| Lynn Alvarez | Vice President of Programs and Strategy | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lynn-alvarez |
| Patrick Bourke | Program Officer, Career Readiness | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-bourke-c4f7 |
| Peter Taylor | President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-taylor-4 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ColaborativoPR | ColaborativoPR promotes collaborative efforts to improve the quality of public education and expand access to opportunities in communities with high rates of poverty and inequality. | $450K | Grant | Oct 28, 2025 |  |
| The RP Group | The RP Group strengthens the abilities of California Community Colleges to gather, analyze and act on information in order. | $405K | Grant | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| South St. Paul Educational Foundation | South St. Paul Educational Foundation funds educational enrichment and scholarships. |  | Grant | Jul 25, 2024 |  |
| South St. Paul Educational Foundation | South St. Paul Educational Foundation funds educational enrichment and scholarships. |  | Grant | Jul 25, 2024 |  |
| Tubman | Tubman is a multi service nonprofit organization that serves individuals and families. Tubman helps people of all ages, genders, and cultural backgrounds who have experienced relationship violence, elder abuse, addiction, sexual exploitation, or other forms of trauma. Tubman offers a wide range of services, including emergency shelter, therapy,counseling, legal help, and programs for youth. |  | Grant | Jul 25, 2024 |  |
| Tubman | Tubman is a multi service nonprofit organization that serves individuals and families. Tubman helps people of all ages, genders, and cultural backgrounds who have experienced relationship violence, elder abuse, addiction, sexual exploitation, or other forms of trauma. Tubman offers a wide range of services, including emergency shelter, therapy,counseling, legal help, and programs for youth. |  | Grant | Jul 25, 2024 |  |
| Assistance League of Minneapolis/St. Paul | Assistance League of Minneapolis/St. Paul develops and implements philanthropic programs to benefit children and adults in the region. |  | Grant | Jul 25, 2024 |  |
| Saint Paul Urban Tennis | Saint Paul Urban Tennis is a non-profit organization. They provide tennis and life skills programming to youth. It has lessons and drills for adults of all ability levels. |  | Grant | Jul 25, 2024 |  |
| Saint Paul Urban Tennis | Saint Paul Urban Tennis is a non-profit organization. They provide tennis and life skills programming to youth. It has lessons and drills for adults of all ability levels. |  | Grant | Jul 25, 2024 |  |
| Puente Learning Center | PUENTE Learning Center is a non-profit organization committed to education for all ages. |  | Grant | Jul 25, 2024 |  |

10 of 190 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [JFF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jff-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars-metro-retail) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [American Student Assistance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/american-student-assistance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amfam-institute-impact-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does ECMC Foundation invest in?

ECMC Foundation invests primarily in Non Profit, Education and Social Impact startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 190 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is ECMC Foundation's check size?

ECMC Foundation typically joins rounds of $380k–$3.1M at Seed, $20k–$1.3M at Grant and $150k–$2M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds ECMC Foundation participates in.

### How do I contact ECMC Foundation?

Public channels for ECMC Foundation include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at ECMC Foundation?

The team at ECMC Foundation includes Jacob Fraire (President), Jessica Haselton (Director of Program-Related Investments) and Lynn Alvarez (Vice President of Programs and Strategy), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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