Our work at Interactive Parenting Media has been supported by many organizations and individuals since our first broadcast in 2002. This page includes a list of funders and other key partners who are critical to the success and sustainability of Childhood Matters and Nuestros Niños radio shows. We are grateful to each of our partners for their support and dedication to our work, and we are proud of the learning opportunities we create through the radio broadcasts. You can learn about opportunities to partner with Childhood Matters and Nuestros Niños radio shows as a sponsor, through underwriting, or as a volunteer. For more information scroll to the bottom of this page or click here.
	All Stars Helping Kids All Stars Helping Kids provides key operating support for our organization, as they strive to make a difference in the lives of at-risk kids, and to break the cycle of poverty through education.
	Early Childhood Funders The Early Childhood Funders (ECF) is an informal association of foundations, public funders, and private donors focusing on improving the lives of young children and their families through effective grantmaking. Membership is voluntary, members meet three to four times a year to broaden their knowledge of the early childhood field and to share insights, grant-making opportunities and informational resources.
	Every Child Counts First 5 Alameda County First 5 Alameda County provided a critical initial grant so that the Childhood Matters radio show could air its first few shows, starting in November, 2002, and they continue to give ongoing support for both radio shows as part of their effort to ensure that every child from birth to age five reaches his or her developmental potential.
	Fatherhood Collaborative of San Mateo County The Fatherhood Collaborative supports programming on both shows in support of men and fathers taking an active role in the well-being of children and families.
	First 5 Contra Costa County First 5 Contra Costa County supports both radio shows as part of their effort to ensure that young children will be healthy, ready to learn, and supported in safe, nurturing families and communities.
	First 5 Marin County First 5 Marin County supports both radio shows as part of their effort to assure that all children ages 0–5 in Marin County thrive.
	First 5 Monterey County First 5 Monterey County administers funding for our recent expansion of Nuestros Niños into Monterey County, to address pressing needs of families in southern Monterey County.
	First 5 San Francisco First 5 San Francisco provides support for both radio shows towards their mission of ensuring that every child living in the county has the opportunity for optimal health and development.
	First 5 Santa Clara County First 5 Santa Clara County Commission provides support to both radio shows as part of their effort to ensure that children in Santa Clara County thrive: physically, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually.
	Giants Community Fund The Giants Community Fund has supported programs on violence prevention in families and communities, as part of their focus on helping youngsters live healthy and productive lives.
	Internet Archive The Internet Archive stores digital audio copies of each Childhood Matters and Nuestros Niños radio show, creating an archive of all of our programs and allowing us to make them freely available on our websites.
	Kaiser Permanente Community Grants Initiative The Community Grants Initiative of Kaiser Permanente, Northern California, provides funding for general operations and for Parenting Tips on health issues broadcast on the two radio programs.
	Latino Community Foundation The Latino Community Foundation has supported literacy programs on Nuestros Niños, as part of their unique efforts to strengthen Latino communities through innovative and culturally relevant programming.
	Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health provides funding for both shows as part of their effort to highlight and address issues affecting pre-teens.
	Monterey Bay Aquarium Monterey Bay Aquarium has supported both radio programs as part of their commitment to cultivating respect for the beauty and wonder of the ocean for residents of the Bay Area.
	Morris Family Foundation The Morris Family Foundation has provided a generous grant to help us with the redesign of our brand, logo, and web site.
	Safe Passages Safe Passages has provided support for both radio shows, helping us address topics of domestic violence and community safety for vulnerable populations.
	Taproot Foundation The Taproot Foundation provided Interactive Parenting Media with a service grants to help us develop capacity and increase our impact in the community.
	The David B. Gold Foundation The David B. Gold Foundation has supported both radio shows in their effort to address root causes of child abuse prevention, and strategies for effective intervention.
	The Isabel Allende Foundation The Isabel Allende Foundation supports shows related to improved childhood literacy as part of their aspiration to fund projects dedicated to empowerment and social justice.
	The Junior League of Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula, Inc. The Junior League of Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula supports both radio shows as part of their effort to addresses difficult issues such as societal violence and children at risk.
	The Mimi and Peter Haas Fund The Mimi and Peter Haas Fund provides support for outreach to families and providers in San Francisco about Childhood Matters and Nuestros Niños radio shows with the goal of making both shows "household" names and broadly recognized as excellent sources of support and advice about raising children to thrive.
	Parents Place One of the nation's first family resource centers to provide supportive services to children, teens and families based on prevention and early intervention. Comprehensive services include support groups, parenting workshops, parent/child activity groups, resource library, community bulletin board, one-on-one coaching, consultation and mentoring.
	The Silicon Valley Community Foundation The Silicon Valley Community Foundation supports programming on both radio shows with particular focus on parents of children living in San Mateo County and Santa Clara County.
	The Trio Foundation The Trio Foundation has provided early and ongoing support for programs on a wide variety of issues for both radio shows, including the importance of art for the developing child and family diversity.
	United Way of Monterey United Way of Monterey supports our recent expansion of Nuestros Niños into Monterey County, as part of their effort to address the most pressing needs of families in southern Monterey County.
	United Way of the Bay Area United Way of the Bay Area was an early funder for Interactive Parenting Media using the radio shows to address issues related to education, children's health, and safe communities.
	Walter & Elise Haas Fund The Walter & Elise Haas Fund has supported both radio shows as part of their work toward creating a healthy, just, and vibrant society, in which individual members feel a personal stake in the well-being of the whole.
Special Thanks Museums and other community organizations that have provided promotional gifts for Childhood Matters and Nuestros Niños include: Bay Area Discovery Museum Charles M. Schulz Museum Children's Discovery Museum Exploratorium Habitot Children's Museum Monterey Bay Aquarium Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA) Radio Stations
	98.1 KISS-FM KISS FM is an essential partner and has been since 2002. The staff, management, and talent of this top-10 radio station has helped Childhood Matters rise to its prominence as a well-respected resource in the community. Rona joins popular morning host Renel every Friday between 8:30 and 9:00am for a preview of the next show.
	KOCN 105.1 FM As part of our expansion to Monterey, we are very happy to be broadcasting on the premier R & B station in the Monterey area. K-Ocean covers Big Sur, Carmel, Monterey, Salinas and Santa Cruz.
	KLOK 1170 AM KLOK AM is an early partner, broadcasting Nuestros Niños since 2003. Radio Cadena Univision offers news, talk and sports, and its 50,000 watt transmitter in San Jose blankets the Bay Area.
	José, 700 AM In Monterey County we can also be heard on this Spanish-language station featuring adult contemporary hits from the 70’s to today. José’s strong signal covers Monterey, Santa Cruz, and parts of Santa Clara County.
	La Kalle, 100.7 KVVF-FM and 105.7 KVVZ-FM La Kalle features a bilingual, bi-cultural format with a mix of music, including reggaeton, hip hop, and Latin pop. With transmitters in San Rafael and San Jose, La Kalle it covers the entire Bay Area.
	La Nuestra, KBBF 89.1 FM Based in Santa Rosa, KBBF enables Nuestros Niños to reach several thousand North Bay listeners. KBBF FM is the first community-based, noncommercial Spanish language station in the United States. La Nuestra reaches 10 North Bay counties from its tower on Mt. St. Helena.
	Super Estrella, 107.1 FM Our expansion to Monterey County also includes this “hits only” radio station offering pop and alternative Spanish rock music. 107.1 FM reaches young adults and families who are bilingual or Spanish dominant.
	Tricolor, 99.5 KLOK FM As part of our expansion to Monterey County, we are working with this regional radio station with its strong signal and its “Mexicanisima” lifestyle format. For listeners in Monterey, Carmel and Santa Cruz, KLOK-FM has a repeater at 99.9 FM.
Individuals We are grateful to the many individual donors, relatives, friends, guests, and listeners who have helped us bring parent education to the air waves. Thank you! Grant Bellows Grant volunteered his time and energy to researching and helping to launch the Childhood Matters podcast and RSS feeds. We are indebted to him for seeing the project through and making our shows more widely available to the public. Carolyn Cavalier-Rosenberg Carolyn’s early support gave us a wonderful spark of hope as we launched our first efforts to find funding for Childhood Matters, the radio show. She has a permanent place in our roster of heroes. Scott Hartley, Illustrator Scott’s lively drawings can be found on www.childhoodmatters.org as well as our promotional card for the Childhood Matters radio show. Thank you to Scott for his early contribution to the Childhood Matters brand. Ralph Singer Ralph is an excellent photographer who generously gives time, energy, and spirit to Childhood Matters. He’s also given us photographs, which appear on these web pages! The Richard and Roselyn Lindheim Memorial Trust This trust was created to further the work and values of Richard and Roselyn Lindheim. We greatly appreciate and will continue to use support from this trust to engage in innovative ways to bring information and ideas to the community. Opportunities Interactive Parenting Media is a 501 (c) (3) organization, committed to providing excellent parent education for a broad audience through radio and other media. In today’s deregulated media environment, we have high expenses to stay on the air. We depend on the generosity of others who recognize the value of our work. We accept donations of any size. Contributions are tax-deductible. We are interested in working together with companies on projects that will benefit parents and children in the Bay Area, in California, in the United States, and in fact anywhere in the world. We can offer wide variety of opportunities for action. Please contact us at: Partnerships - Interactive Parenting Media partnerships@childhoodmatters.org 877-372-KIDS back to top