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Supporting & Venture Fund Grants

Supporting Grants

To assist youth-serving grantees become more effective in their work, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation makes a limited number of targeted grants to intermediary organizations that provide specialized training and expertise in the areas of evaluation and performance tracking; strategy development and refinement; talent recruitment, retention and development; communications; board strengthening; and fundraising. More information can be found in the section Other Supports.


Venture Fund

The Foundation also makes a very limited number of grants through its Venture Fund to support projects or make investments in organizations that fall outside its current Youth Development strategy, but help advance its overall mission. The Foundation also uses Venture Fund grants to advance areas that are essential to the long-term quality and effectiveness of its work, such as evaluation, communications and philanthropy.

Note: The Foundation does not accept unsolicited applications for supporting grants or for the Venture Fund.


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EMCF Named Social Innovation Fund Intermediary


On July 22, 2010, the Corporation for National and Community Service announced it had selected the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation as of one of 11 intermediaries for the Social Innovation Fund (SIF). It has awarded the Foundation a $10 million federal grant to support youth-serving organizations with effective, evidence-based programs and a potential for substantial growth.

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Highlights from the News


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Mentor program aids at-risk kids in Prince George's schools (Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection)
The Washington Post, June 24, 2010

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Proven sex-ed programs get a boost from Obama (CAS-Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program) All Things Considered, National Public Radio, June 6 2010
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The Harlem Children's Zone Featured on CBS 60 Minutes

December 6, 2009

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Nurse home visits for pregnant women could keep their children off the streets in years to come (Nurse Family Partnership)
Newsweek, September 12, 2009

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