Best State To Raise a Family
(WalletHub, 1st in 2020; 2nd in 2021)
9 Jan 2024
News
ECMC Group is laser-focused on its mission to help students succeed, from its philanthropic grantmaking and impact investing to its support of organizations focused on uplifting underserved learners. For the past 30 years, ECMC Group has championed learners, particularly individuals from historically under-resourced communities, to find postsecondary education pathways that offer career paths with the potential for ongoing advancement and a family-sustaining wage.
A new investor in the GREATER MSP Partnership, ECMC Group is a Minneapolis-based nonprofit that provides financial tools and services, as well as funding for innovative programs to help students achieve their academic and professional goals. ECMC Group’s chief of staff, Heidi Johnson, has worked closely with ConnextMSP for the past year to support Black youth across the metro region, with a specific focus on leveling the playing field for equitable education and career onramps. Heidi also recently joined the ConnextMSP Leadership Council.
Best State To Raise a Family
(WalletHub, 1st in 2020; 2nd in 2021)
in Voter Participation
(U.S. Elections Project, 2020)
Best State for Women and for Working Moms and Dads
(Wallethub, 2020)
in Volunteering
(Corporation for National and Community Service)
in Child Well-Being
(Kids Count Report, 2021)
in Healthy People
(2021 Camelot Index)