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2026 Annual Report

FTF 2026 Annual Report takes a look at FTF at 20 years

The report, Impacting Young Lives Throughout Arizona, is an in-depth look at FTF’s investments made from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026.

E Squared Marketing

E Squared Marketing: Investing in Family-Friendly Policies

  • AZ communities

Ashley Richards founded E Squared Marketing to support mothers who want to build successful careers while being present for their families.
Mom with a preschool-age girl in her lap, reading a book.

Arizonans overwhelmingly support updating early childhood programs’ funding model

  • AZ communities

A recent poll of 600 Arizonans shows 80% support for including vaping and other nicotine products in the early childhood funding model.

Remembering early childhood champion Ira A. Fulton

  • early childhood

Arizona philanthropist Ira A. Fulton, who worked with the Basha family to champion the creation of First Things First, recently passed away.

University of Arizona: Investing in Child Care

  • AZ communities

University of Arizona invested in subsidizing child care to strengthen its workforce, improve retention and better serve the community.

Imagining an Arizona Without a Child Care Gap

  • child care

Picture this: Parents dropping off their children at safe, reliable child care before heading to work. Children spend their day building school readiness…

Maricopa County Kids Club: Investing in Child Care

  • AZ communities

Maricopa County invested in subsidized child care to strengthen its workforce, improve retention and better serve the community.

Community advocates to influence change

  • Phoenix North

FTF recently collaborated separately with the cities of Phoenix and Tempe on 2 potential local investments in early childhood education.

Arizona survey highlights ongoing child care challenges for working parents

Child care challenges continue to affect Arizona working parents. More than 800 working parents shared insights about the experiences they face in securing and…

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