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Performance Milestones

EMCF investments include performance milestones that the grantee sets in consultation with the Foundation and to which it agrees to be held accountable. Examples of performance milestones include:

increasing the number of youth served in current locations
adding new locations to increase the number of youth served
completing an external evaluation
increasing the organization’s budget
codifying programs so they can be replicated with similar quality and results
aligning staff structure
formulating a leadership succession plan
diversifying funding sources
improving program performance data and using it to drive effectiveness

If an organization meets its initial performance milestones, the Foundation will consider additional grants.

Detailed reports on the performance of our grantees and of the Foundation itself can be found under Results.

In the Spotlight

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President Obama Cites Four EMCF Grantees for Their Exemplary Programs

When the White House announced the creation of a Social Innovation Fund to support expanding “innovative, promising ideas that are transforming communities,” it cited as examples four grantees of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation: Nurse-Family Partnership, Youth Villages, Harlem Children’s Zone and Citizen Schools.

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In the News

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Staying after is fun at Citizen Schools

South Coast Today, January 5, 2010

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The Harlem Children's Zone Featured on CBS 60 Minutes

December 6, 2009

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Nurse home visits for pregnant women could keep their children off the streets in years to come (Nurse Family Partnership)
Newsweek, September 12, 2009

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One teenager stubbornly fights to escape drugs, crime, poor education (Youth Villages)
Memphis Commercial Appeal, December 18, 2009

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