Search

Addressing a conference, After the Leap: Building a Performance Management Culture, EMCF President Nancy Roob argues that a piecemeal approach cannot solve major social problems.

Peter D. Bell, who served as president of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation from 1986-1995, passed away on April 4, 2014. 

In these stories, PropelNext grantees share what they and their teams have learned from EMCF’s initiative promoting data-driven practices.

How Harlem Children’s Zone built trust in a community before it built a school.

EMCF President Nancy Roob tells the Chronicle of Philanthropy why grantmakers and nonprofit leaders often feel we get thrown off course.

The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation is sad to report that its Trustee Emeritus, James “Jim” McConnell Clark, died at his home in Woods Hole, MA on October 24, 2015 at the age of 93. 

As 2007 draws to a close, I would like to share with you some exciting developments in the evolution of the Foundation’s work. This year we began to experiment with an innovative approach to raising and aggregating large amounts of growth capital up-front to support the dramatic expansion and...

The board of trustees of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation has approved investments of up to $8.25 million over three years in three exceptional nonprofits....

An interview in Nonprofit Quarterly about Blue Meridian Partners' "big bets" approach to investing in youth.

Following First Statewide Pay-for-Success Program Helps At-Risk Moms Governing magazine reports on South Carolina’s innovative public-private initiative to quadruple the number of low-income families NFP serves. Following | HealthySteps | June 24, 2019 A Noble Collaboration: Capital Flows to...

Harlem Children’s Zone honors the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s President and CEO for her impact on philanthropy and America’s youth.

In a December 2013 speech at the After the Leap conference, EMCF President Nancy Roob argues that a piecemeal approach cannot solve major social problems.

Nancy Roob, President of EMCF, discusses the impact large-scale investments in proven solutions can have on the lives of disadvantaged young people.

Our grantees' achievements constantly renew our sense of what's possible, and have the potential to make an even greater impact if given the resources to grow to scale.

It will come as no surprise that the recession is affecting the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and our grantees, as it is everyone. How long the economic crisis will last, whether it will worsen, and what will be the ultimate consequences for the Foundation’s strategy and the work of our grantees...

These are challenging times for nonprofits and the vulnerable populations many of them serve. A Nonprofit Finance Fund survey of more than 1,100 nonprofit leaders found that almost a third of their organizations operated at a deficit in 2008. 

While economists debate whether the recession has ended or still lingers on, nearly everyone agrees that our recovery will be long and slow. For many nonprofits and the vulnerable populations they serve, the light at the end of tunnel is a long way off. 

The Corporation for National and Community Service announces that it has selected the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation as of one of 11 intermediaries for the Social Innovation Fund.

Videos Watch Nancy Roob's TEDx Talk Nancy Roob, President & CEO of EMCF and CEO of Blue Meridian Partners, shared her vision for a massive change in how philanthropy funds social programs. Video | Year Up | January 7, 2019 Creating Opportunities for Young Talent and Business Year Up’s Boston...

The New York Times highlights how the philanthropic collaboration’s large investments empower nonprofit leaders to “dream big” and battle intergenerational poverty.