Clients
ACS partners with non-profits, philanthropic organizations, and government agencies.

The Arras Foundation is committed to growing a healthier community in which all people in Fort Lawn, Great Falls, and Lancaster County, South Carolina have the opportunity to reach their full potential. Working strategically and collaboratively across five focus areas (community investment; youth development; open dialogue; partnership building; and shared learning), the Arras Foundation adapts to support the changing conditions and needs of its community and people.

The Brazelton Touchpoints Center (BTC) provides professional and leadership development, organizational learning and change, and research and evaluation services for family-facing professionals working in pediatrics, early childhood care and education, infant mental health, children’s libraries and museums, home visiting, early intervention, child welfare, and other fields.

Child Trends promotes the well-being of all children and youth through applied research that informs public policies, builds the evidence base for what works, and mines data to identify young people who are overlooked or ill served by public systems. Our research is known for its rigor and objectivity, making Child Trends a uniquely powerful and respected voice for children and youth.

The Early Childhood Policy in Institutions of Higher Education (ECPIHE) initiative seeks to support the development of a new field of early childhood policy. In so doing, it seeks to enhance the study of, and experiences related to, advancing early childhood policy in American institutions of higher education (IHEs), while focusing on creating fair opportunities, embracing diverse perspectives, and addressing systemic disparities.

The Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio serves the needs of the students and educational community by supporting, collaborating and partnering with local, regional, state and national agencies and providing quality leadership, products, programs and professional services. ESCNEO supports 47 school districts across 5 counties.

The Franklin Department of Job and Family Services (FCDJFS) is a county, state and federally supported agency responsible for basic financial, medical and social services programs.

Launched in 2021, GCFC is a partnership of 50 foundations, nonprofits, and governments. It builds on the Greater Cleveland Covid-19 Rapid Response Fund’s work, which provided over $19 million to nonprofit organizations at the pandemic’s onset. GCFC aims for long-term policy changes to promote economic well-being and resilience in the nonprofit and human service sectors.


Lead Safe Cleveland is a Coalition from Enterprise, created as a public-private partnership to support effective, enforceable, and equitable solutions to lead poisoning in Cleveland, Ohio.

Louisiana Department of Education is built on the premise that Louisiana students are just as capable as any students in America, and that those closest to children – parents and teachers – are best positioned to help students achieve those expectations. Louisiana’s Academic Strategy creates a birth through 12 system and its Academic Plan focuses on Access to Quality Early Childhood Education, Academic Alignment in Every School and Classroom, Teacher and Leader Preparation, and Pathways to College or a Career.