Supporting Grants

To assist youth-serving grantees become more effective in their work, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation makes a limited number of targeted grants to intermediary organizations that provide specialized training and expertise in the areas of evaluation and performance tracking; strategy development and refinement; talent recruitment, retention and development; communications; board strengthening; and fundraising. More information can be found in the section Other Supports.

The Bridgespan Group, Inc.
Boston, MA - $2,887,000 over one year to provide consulting support to the Foundation's grantees on business planning and ongoing strategic planning and assistance, as well as provide advisory support on the Foundation's Youth Development Fund grantmaking strategy.
www.bridgespan.org

LWP, LLC
Boston, MA - $200,000 over one year to provide executive coaching and support to the chief executives of EMCF grantees. 

MDRC
New York, NY - $125,000 over one year to advise Children's Aid Society-Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program, Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection, and other EMCF grantees on planning related to conducting rigorous, third-party evaluations.
http://www.mdrc.org

MDRC
New York, NY - $4 million over 27 months to support the evaluation activities of EMCF grantees and work related to EMCF's Social Innovation Fund collaboration.
http://www.mdrc.org

New York University
New York, NY - $150,000 over six months to support work by the University's Research Center for Leadership in Action to organize and conduct EMCF's 2010 grantees retreat.  
wagner.nyu.edu/leadership/ 

The Foundation also makes a very limited number of grants through its Venture Fund to support projects or make investments in organizations that fall outside its current Youth Development strategy, but help advance its overall mission. The Foundation also uses Venture Fund grants to advance areas that are essential to the long-term quality and effectiveness of its work, such as evaluation, communications and philanthropy.

Note: The Foundation does not accept unsolicited applications for supporting grants or for the Venture Fund.

The Communications Network
Naperville, IL - $40,000 over two years for general operating support.
www.comnetwork.org 

Council on Foundations, Inc.
Washington, DC - $45,000 over one year for general operating support.www.cof.org

The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region
Washington, DC – $60,000 over two years to support the activities of the Youth Transitions Funders Group.
www.ytfg.org

The Foundation Center
New York, NY - $60,000 over one year for general annual support.
www.foundationcenter.org 

Grantmakers for Education
Portland, OR - $8,000 over one year for general operating support.
www.edfunders.org

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Washington, DC - $500,000 over three years to support the development of a strong network of intermediary organizations and disseminate lessons from this work with the broader philanthropic field.www.geofunders.org

Independent Sector
Washington, DC - $15,000 over one year for general operating support.
www.independentsector.org

Philanthropy New York
New York, NY - $19,450 over one year for general operating support.
www.philanthropynewyork.org

Project HOPE
Millwood, VA - $100,000 over one year to provide long-term rehabilitation services to victims of the January 2010 earthquake that devastated the country of Haiti.