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February 9, 2017 In 10 Years: A New Normal for Philanthropy At 2017's TEDxPennsylvaniaAvenue in Washington DC, Nancy Roob shared how a life-changing experience encouraged her and EMCF to re-imagine the way philanthropists collaborate to help meet our nation’s most pressing challenges. Text of...
On October 18, 2018, Blue Meridian Partners and the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation shared two announcements: " Blue Meridian Partners — Our Next Chapter " and " An Update on EMCF's Limited-Life ." This page has been updated (on June 7, 2019) to answer questions about Blue Meridian Partners'...
December 13, 2016 Dear Friends and Colleagues, We are writing to share exciting news. With a deep desire to improve the lives of many more disadvantaged children and youth, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation's trustees have decided to "sunset" the Foundation and spend all of its resources...
With a deep desire to improve the lives of many more disadvantaged children and youth, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation's trustees have decided to "sunset" the Foundation and spend all of its resources (approximately $1 billion) over the next decade.
CEO Nancy Roob provides a one-year update on Blue Meridian Partners and describes how it selected its six initial investments.
EMCF's Lissette Rodriguez co-authors a Chronicle of Philanthropy article arguing that blending evidence and equity, listening and learning, is key to increasing philanthropy’s impact.
We are excited to announce that 12 nonprofits have been selected to join PropelNext's Northern California 2021 grantee cohort.
Youth Villages is a leading national nonprofit providing effective local solutions that help America’s most emotionally and behaviorally troubled youth and their families live successfully. It serves youth from birth to age 22 with a continuum of evidence-based in-home and residential...
Year Up’s Boston chapter offers youth “a foot in the door of corporate America.”
The Children’s Home Society of North Carolina (CHSNC) is the main provider of child placement and permanency services in that state. It supports healthy, loving environments for children and families with programs ranging from adoption and foster care to teen pregnancy prevention and parent...
The Chronicle of Philanthropy describes EMCF’s plans to maximize its impact on children and families living in poverty.
EMCF President Nancy Roob welcomes and thanks 13 co-investors in the True North Fund, a partnership created to leverage federal funding from the Social Innovation Fund.
A report by researchers Bill Ryan and Barbara Taylor, EMCF's Youth Development Fund: Results and Lessons from the First 10 Years, chronicles the achievements of EMCF's grantees and the evolution of our grantmaking approach.
Talent Development Secondary (TDS) develops and implements effective programs for improving middle and high school students’ academic performance and college and career readiness. TDS partners with schools, introduces research-based strategies such as teacher teams and small learning...
An intensive evaluation has found that EMCF’s capacity-building initiative made a "profound and sustained" impact on the policies and practices of nonprofits in its first cohort.
“She’s going to college!” A CIS site coordinator inspires a struggling teen to become a "self-motivator" by letting her know she’s not alone.
Blue Meridian Partners is a pioneering philanthropic model for finding and funding scalable solutions to the problems that trap America’s young people and families in poverty and limit economic mobility. Blue Meridian’s model helps unlock unprecedented resources for social sector leaders and...
“I want to be a mom on my own time.” A pastor’s daughter in Delaware describes how access to effective birth control makes her “feel so empowered as a woman.”
An Uber video interviews a Becoming a Man counselor and promotes the company’s partnership with Youth Guidance’s program in Chicago.
Blue Meridian Partners is a new capital aggregation collaboration investing at least $1 billion in high-performance nonprofits poised to have truly national impact for economically disadvantaged children and youth.
