The Children’s Workshop early learning centers begin their next chapter in the nonprofit sector. For thirty years, The Children’s Workshop (TCW) has been a family owned and operated business providing high-quality early education and care to young children throughout Rhode Island. In 1990, owner David MacDonald started the organization to provide childcare for employees of his mortgage company. From these roots, by 2018 TCW grew to 22 locations and over 500 employees throughout MA and RI. In 2018, in preparation of his retirement, MacDonald sold 17 locations to independent operators and set the intention to donate 5 schools (Central Falls, Providence, Rumford, Warren and Pawtucket) to the nonprofit originally founded by his oldest daughter, Maggie Teller, in 2011.