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After helping people and communities in need for a half-century, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation is investing all its assets within the next decade to leave a lasting impact on children and families living in poverty. Since 1999, EMCF has championed economically disadvantaged youth, and...
EMCF is proud to have partnered with more than 45 co-investors in aggregating growth capital for 20 youth-serving organizations. We continue to maximize the impact of high-performing nonprofits as a General Partner in Blue Meridian Partners....
In 2007, the Foundation tested whether a new form of coordinated, collaborative philanthropy could help grantees expand and improve the life prospects of significantly greater numbers of vulnerable youth. After eight years’ experience investing in youth development, EMCF concluded that three...
EMCF makes investment decisions on the basis of sound business planning— a nonprofit’s roadmap to growth and sustainability. The plan may outline goals for evaluation, organizational capacity and other elements essential to expansion, and we often underwrite its cost. It covers various aspects...
EMCF’s current concentration on disadvantaged youth was preceded by a rich, 30-year legacy of programs that sought to improve the lives of low-income people, and others with limited opportunities. The Foundation’s main priorities in the 1980s and 1990s were programs in five areas. When EMCF...
Latin American Youth Center serves youth of all ethnic backgrounds in Washington, DC and operates the Maryland Multicultural Youth Centers at three sites in Maryland. Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) offers a comprehensive set of services that include education, social services, work skills,...
Green Dot Public Schools is a leader in transforming public education in Los Angeles and beyond so that all young adults receive the education they deserve to prepare for college, leadership and life. Green Dot operates charter middle and high schools in economically disadvantaged...
The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program helps youth who have dropped out of school and are unemployed gain the skills, education and self-discipline necessary to become productive adults. The 17-month education, employment readiness, and youth development program has been proven to raise...
MY TURN is a dropout prevention and intervention solution for small, high-poverty cities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The organization works with in-school and out-of-school youth, ranging in age from 14 to 21, as they make gateway decisions in their lives. Its goal is to equip youth...
EMCF augments growth capital by providing every grantee with a highly engaged strategic adviser and access to outside expertise and other resources as necessary. A portfolio manager with extensive experience in organizational management and youth development works closely with each grantee and...
EMCF and Blue Meridian Partners measure the progress of grantees toward their growth and evaluation goals to ensure they are making an impact on the lives of vulnerable youth. Although our grants are generally unrestricted, we and the recipient set annual and end-of-investment milestones on...
Roca, Inc. serves low-income youth in the Greater Boston communities of Chelsea, Revere and East Boston with a comprehensive intervention model it developed to support long-term behavior changes that lead to economic self-sufficiency and the ability to live out of harm’s way. This model, in...
The See Forever Foundation supports the Maya Angelou Public Charter School, which operates two successful alternative high schools and an alternative middle school in Washington, DC. The See Forever Foundation (SFF) also operates Maya Angelou Academy (formerly Oak Hill Academy), a school...
Our Piece of the Pie, based in Hartford, CT, provides intensive, long-term case management services to youth, ages 14 –24. In the agency’s cornerstone program, Pathways to Success, youth development specialists help each young person develop an individualized service plan for making a...
Vocational Foundation, Inc. provides vocational and literacy training to youth (aged 17-21) who have dropped out of school and lack a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent educational degree. The organization offers a five-month literacy and job-training program and follows this up with...
Washington Tennis and Education Foundation combines tennis and education to help kids aged 8 to 18 living in low-income areas in Washington, DC. Its mix of academic enrichment, supplemented by tennis and life skills instruction, works to develop discipline, build self-esteem, and improve...
Self Enhancement, Inc. (SEI) serves primarily African-American youth, ages 8-25, and their families with in-school, afterschool, summer and post-secondary programs in Portland and Miami. SEI’s program model, centered on staff becoming a “parent, mentor and instructor” to each young...
EMCF believes that rigorous evaluation provides the most persuasive evidence that a program is effective and, equally important, can help make it more effective. A broad evidence base instills confidence not only that an organization’s program works, but also that it can be replicated and...
Asian American LEAD is a Washington, DC-based organization that helps Vietnamese and Asian-American youth, primarily from low-income, immigrant families, complete high school and go on to college. The organization uses a five-pronged approach to youth development, offering each child...
EMCF's Communications Advisory Committee provides expert independent advice about how best to articulate and promote the work of the Foundation and its grantees. Formed in 2010, this panel of nationally respected experts in communications, marketing, public relations and advertising meets...
