
Since 1999, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation has concentrated on increasing the number of low-income youth served by programs with proof or persuasive evidence that they help economically disadvantaged young people make the transition to healthy, productive, independent adulthood. To accomplish this, the Foundation devotes much of its resources, efforts and time to assisting grantees in building their evidence base. Helping grantees reach the highest level of proof possible ensures the impact and enhances the sustainability of their programs, while increasing the return on the Foundation’s investment.
With the expert assistance of an independent Evaluation Advisory Committee, the Foundation:
This section of our website describes each of these activities and includes reports on the performance and projections of all our grantees. These reports, along with our 2009 annual report, continue our commitment to reporting publicly on the progress of the Foundation and our grantees in meeting the objectives we have set for ourselves.
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation is investing up to $42 million over three years in nine organizations whose evidence-based programs promise to transform the life trajectories of thousands of low-income youth. In support of these grantees, the Foundation is establishing the True North Fund to leverage public money from the SIF and private money from the EMCF and institutional and individual philanthropic partners to effectively capitalize and expand programs that can serve more vulnerable young people.
(Youth Villages) The New York Times, February 21, 2011
(Nurse-Family Partnership) Huffington Post, March 14, 2011
(Citizen Schools) NBC Nightly News, October 15, 2010