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2006 Supporting Grants

Supporting Grants


BoardSource

Washington, DC - $30,000 over six months to support the creation of a diagnostic tool to assess nonprofit boards' effectiveness.

www.boardsource.org


Bridgespan Group

Boston, MA - $2.5 million over three years to support implementation of the organization's strategic growth and quality improvement plan called "Chapter 2."

www.bridgespangroup.org


Cheswick Center

Boston, MA - $71,000 over four months to assess EMCF's relationship and management efforts with its grantees, and develop an evaluation framework to guide future improvements in this area.


Cheswick Center

Boston, MA - $19,200 over four months to assess EMCF's leadership development activities, and produce an evaluation framework for future investments in this area.


Child Trends, Inc.

Washington, DC - $ 120,000 over one year to support ongoing research on "disconnected youth" and expand its database of experimentally evaluated programs in Child Trends DataBank and LINKS.

www.childtrends.org


The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation

New York, NY - $250,000 over one year to provide consultation and support to assist the Foundation's grantees in addressing their organizational development issues.

www.emcf.org


Good Gear LLC

Boston, MA - $75,000 over six months to provide executive coaching support and board development assistance for the Foundation's Youth Development Fund grantees.


Good Gear, LLC

Boston, MA - $75,000 over one year to provide executive coaching and support on board development to the Foundation's Youth Development Fund grantees.


New York University Research Center for Leadership in Action

New York, NY - $60,000 over two months for support developing and facilitating the 2006 EMCF grantee retreat, which centered on talent development and succession planning.

wagner.nyu.edu/leadership/


Nonprofit Finance Fund

New York, NY - $500,000 over one year to support efforts to revise the financial models of the Foundation's grantees, and assist the organizations develop growth capital funding campaigns. The grant will also support the organization develop and disseminate diagnostic and analytical tools to help nonprofits understand capital requirements and explore financing options.

www.nonprofitfinancefund.org


Public/Private Ventures

Philadelphia, PA - $90,000 over one year to provide technical assistance to the Foundation's grantees related to workforce development.

www.ppv.org


Vera Institute for Justice

New York, NY - $120,000 over one year to support the establishment of the Center for Economic Mobility, whose mission will be to identify and support programs that enable low-income people to acquire the education, skills, and opportunities to better their socioeconomic status. The Center will provide evaluation support, including outcomes analysis and benchmarking consultation, to the Foundation's grantees.

www.vera.org


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EMCF Named Social Innovation Fund Intermediary


On July 22, 2010, the Corporation for National and Community Service announced it had selected the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation as of one of 11 intermediaries for the Social Innovation Fund (SIF). It has awarded the Foundation a $10 million federal grant to support youth-serving organizations with effective, evidence-based programs and a potential for substantial growth.

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Highlights from the News


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Mentor program aids at-risk kids in Prince George's schools (Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection)
The Washington Post, June 24, 2010

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Proven sex-ed programs get a boost from Obama (CAS-Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program) All Things Considered, National Public Radio, June 6 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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