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EMCF President and CEO Nancy Roob says in a video interview the most effective leaders "are serious about performance, looking at data, and challenging themselves to do better and better every year."

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.

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.

October 18, 2018 Today Blue Meridian Partners is announcing  plans to become an independent, (501(c)(3) enterprise. With this step, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation is entering the next and final stage of our limited-life strategy. But EMCF’s work is not yet complete. First, we will fulfill...

The Foundation shares its plan for completing its work and leaving a lasting impact for children and youth, with the support of Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

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'...

The grantees of EMCF and Blue Meridian Partners have a transformative impact on the lives of economically disadvantaged children and youth. {"43":["177","192"],"40":["177"],"39":["181","184"],"46":["385"],"13":["385"],"44":["192"]}

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 billions of untapped philanthropic dollars by pooling...

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.