Throughout our history, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation has enjoyed a variety of relationships with funding partners, ranging from simple information-sharing to more complex, closely aligned co-investments.  We are committed to advancing funding partnerships for the benefit of our grantees and the entire youth development field.

One example is our collaboration with co-investors in our Growth Capital Aggregation Pilot. Funding partners in this effort include foundations, corporations, and individual philanthropists who share our vision for improving the lives of low-income youth.

The following co-investors have joined the Foundation in committing $120 million in growth capital to support the expansion of three highly effective nonprofit organizations: Nurse-Family Partnership, Youth Villages and Citizen Schools:

Nurse-Family Partnership
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
The Picower Foundation*
NFP Board of Directors

Youth Villages
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Day Foundation
The Duke Endowment
FedEx Corporation
GreenLight Fund
Jenesis Group
The Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
Strategic Grant Partners
YV Board of Directors

Citizen Schools
ArcLight Capital
The Atlantic Philanthropies
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Josh & Anita Bekenstein
John S. and James L Knight Foundation
Koogle Foundation, a donor advised fund at Silicon Valley Community Foundation
The Lovett-Woodsum Foundation
The Picower Foundation*
Samberg Family Foundation
Skoll Foundation
CS Board of Directors
Anonymous

* In December 2008, following the arrest of Bernard Madoff on charges of securities fraud, the Picower Foundation, whose endowment Madoff managed, announced it was ceasing operations.  Picower had pledged a $3 million investment in Nurse-Family Partnership, of which $1 million had been paid, and a $1.5 million investment in Citizen Schools, of which $500,000 had been paid. The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation regrets the loss of a longstanding funding partner and is helping Nurse-Family Partnership, Citizen Schools and co-investors raise additional funding.