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Foundation Performance

The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation holds itself accountable for achieving program and strategy, financial, communications, and operations milestones that are laid out at the beginning of each year. The Foundation is also exploring the creation of new metrics to measure the impact of its investments and, ultimately, its “social return on investment.”

In keeping with its commitment to reporting publicly the performance of its grantees, the Foundation is planning to recount progress toward its stated goals in new reports and publications in 2008. We believe such reporting is unique for not only a private foundation, but for most nonprofits. We plan to share information about our performance, and the lessons learned from adopting this new, more transparent approach to documenting our performance.

Latest Developments

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An Experiment in Coordinated Investment

This report describes the factors that led the EMCF to develop its Growth Capital Aggregation Pilot, highlights key aspects of this joint approach to supporting the growth and sustainability of three highly effective youth organizations, and outlines what EMCF and its co-investors hope to learn and accomplish over the next several years.

$120 Million in Growth Capital Secured to Advance Opportunities for Low-Income Youth

EMCF President Nancy Roob discusses the progress made by EMCF through its Growth Capital Aggregation Pilot, along with the nineteen co-investors and the board of directors of Nurse-Family Partnership, Youth Villages, and Citizen Schools.

In the News

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Nun's Three Transfer Schools Give Bronx, Brooklyn Students A Second Chance

New York One's feature NYer of the Week honors Good Shepherd Services Executive Director Sister Paulette LoMonaco.
May 9, 2008

Program Is 'Last Stop' for Youths Aging Out Of State Foster Care

The Memphis Commercial- Appeal highlights Youth Villages' Transitional Living Program.
May 6, 2008

City Effort Give At-Risk Teens Job Skills

The New York Daily News on Good Shepherd Services' work to help youth find meaningful employment.
April 22, 2008

For Good, Measure

A New York Times Magazine piece on efforts to measure the impact of philanthropy.
March 9, 2008

Determined to Find a New Beginning

The New York Times features the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO).
February 17, 2008

New Fund to Help Charities Add Efficiency by Growth

The New York Times reports on the success of EMCF's pilot to raise growth capital up-front for grantees.
December 21, 2007