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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...

Cool Girls, Inc. works to improve the academic skills and overall well-being of low-income girls (aged 9-13) who have limited access to community resources. Through a four-pronged service approach, Cool Girls, Inc. provides instruction in life skills and healthy living, offers academic...

Congreso de Latinos Unidos serves Eastern North Philadelphia, providing education, workforce and health services to the Latino community. Central to Congreso’s approach is placing the client at the center of all decisions, measuring participant outcomes and creating strategic partnerships. Its...

Friends of the Children puts children most at risk of academic failure on the path to productive adulthood. By pairing them with a paid mentor in an intensive, sustained relationship for up to 12 years, Friends of the Children helps youth succeed in school and avoid criminal behavior. OUR...

First Place for Youth helps foster youth in California find a safe place to live, continue their education, and get their first job. It uses a nationally recognized model to provide some of California’s most vulnerable young people with the tools they need to reach their full potential in...

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...

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,...

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...

Researcher and evaluator Melinda Tuan describes what the fund's nine initial grantees have accomplished in the first two years of the initiative, the challenges they have faced, and the lessons they—and we—have learned.

Committed to transparency, EMCF reports regularly on the performance of the Foundation and its grantees, and on its financial stewardship. Our annual financial statements are posted below. Until 2015 we also posted annual reports, which may be retrieved below as well. Since then we have chosen...

A board of three trustees governs and guides the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation: Nancy Roob , President H. Lawrence Clark,  Chair James McConnell Clark, Jr.

EMCF relies heavily on advice from panels of experts in evaluation and communications, and works closely with two strategic collaborators to assist grantees with evaluation and business planning. Members of the Evaluation Advisory Committee and Communications Advisory Committee are much more...

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EMCF invests more than money in strengthening promising programs and extending their benefits to more youth. Our commitment includes thorough research, intensive planning, and expert advice. EMCF's performance-based investment approach incorporates six major components: Due Diligence We...

The Social Innovation Fund was a federal initiative that enlisted private intermediaries to help expand evidence-based programs promoting economic opportunity, healthy lives, and youth development. As the fund's largest intermediary, EMCF helped 12 grantees reach an estimated 110,000...

The Foundation relies heavily on its Evaluation Advisory Committee for advice about building an evidence base, recommendations and referrals. Formed in 2001, this panel of nationally respected independent experts convenes semi-annually to review the evidence and evaluations of candidates for...

EMCF often engages The Bridgespan Group, a leading provider of strategic consulting and capacity-building services in the social sector, to assist grantees with strategies to scale their impact. The Bridgespan Group is a nonprofit organization that collaborates with social sector leaders to...

EMCF frequently engages MDRC, a prominent developer and evaluator of interventions to improve the lives of low-income Americans, to help grantees strengthen their evidence base. MDRC has helped eight of the 12  True North Fund   grantees develop evaluation plans, and has undertaken their...

Growth capital fuels an organization’s expansion, but it is difficult for nonprofits to secure because most private and public funding supports the delivery of services. The multimillion-dollar investments that EMCF makes differ from most philanthropic and government grants in that they...