POLICY IDEAS
HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS
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AMERICA FORWARD COALITION
NATIONAL IMPACT
100 + HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS
15K $2.47B $1.7B 9M
COMMUNITIES CUMULATIVE LEVERAGED LIVES IMPACTED ANNUAL BUDGET IN GOVERNMENT FUNDING TOUCHED TO SUPPORT RESULTS
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HIGH IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS: HIGH IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS: HOW CHILDREN LEARN HOW ADULTS & FAMILIES THRIVE
13 10,000 DEGREES 25 LET'S GROW KIDS 38 CHILDREN'S AID
13 ABRIENDO PUERTAS /OPENING DOORS 26 MATCH EDUCATION 39 COMPASS WORKING CAPITAL
13 ACELERO LEARNING/SHINE EARLY 26 MINDRIGHT 39 CORPORATION FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING LEARNING 26 MORTAR 39 ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS 14 ALIENTO 27 NATIONAL BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL 40 EXALT YOUTH 14 ALTERNATIVE STAFFING ALLIANCE TEACHING STANDARDS 40 FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE 14 AMERICA’S PROMISE ALLIANCE 27 NATIONAL CENTER FOR LEARNING DISABILITIES (NCLD) 40 FREEDOM PROJECT 15 APPLETREE INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION INNOVATION 28 NEW CLASSROOMS INNOVATION 41 GREENLIGHT FUND PARTNERS FOR LEARNING 15 AURORA INSTITUTE 41 LIFT 28 NEW LEADERS 15 BARD EARLY COLLEGES 42 LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION 28 NEW TEACHER CENTER 16 BELLXCEL 42 OUR VOICE/NUESTRA VOZ 29 P.S. 305 16 BEYOND 12 42 PER SCHOLAS 29 PARENTS AMPLIFYING VOICES 43 PILLARS 16 BOTTOM LINE IN EDUCATION 43 POWER 17 BRAVEN 29 PEACE FIRST 17 CITIZEN SCHOOLS 43 REDF (THE ROBERTS ENTERPRISE 30 PEER FORWARD DEVELOPMENT FUND) 17 CITY YEAR, INC. 30 PEER HEALTH EXCHANGE 44 ROCA 18 COLLEGE ADVISING CORPS 31 POWERMYLEARNING 44 ROOT CAUSE 18 COLLEGE FORWARD 31 PUBLIC ALLIES 44 SACRED GENERATIONS 18 COLLEGE POSSIBLE 31 READING PARTNERS 45 SINGLE STOP 19 DIVERSE CHARTER SCHOOLS COALITION 32 SERVICE YEAR ALLIANCE 45 THE FIRST 72+ 19 EDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR (EDLOC) 32 SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE 45 THE URBAN ASSOCIATION OF FORESTRY AND 19 EDUCATORS FOR EXCELLENCE 32 STATION1 FIRE PROFESSIONALS
20 ENCORE.ORG 33 TEACH FOR AMERICA 46 THINK OF US
20 ENLEARN 33 THE LEARNING ACCELERATOR
21 EYE TO EYE 33 THE MICHELSON 20MM FOUNDATION HIGH IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS: HOW GOVERNMENT DRIVES RESULTS 21 GENERATION CITIZEN 34 THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK
21 GENESYS WORKS 35 TRANSCEND, INC. 47 CONNECTICUT CENTER FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION
22 HIGHLANDER INSTITUTE 35 TRANSFORMING EDUCATION, INC. 47 CURYJ
22 IMBLAZE BY BIG PICTURE LEARNING 35 TURNAROUND FOR CHILDREN 47 FUSE CORPS
22 iMENTOR 36 UASPIRE 48 MILLENIAL ACTION PROJECT
23 INSTITUTE FOR CHILD SUCCESS 36 UNBOUNDED 48 NEW POLITICS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
23 JUMPSTART 36 VALOR COLLEGIATE ACADEMIES 48 NONPROFIT FINANCE FUND
24 KIPP PUBLIC SCHOOLS 37 WYMAN CENTER 49 PUSHBLACK
24 LEADING EDUCATORS 37 YEAR UP 49 SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP @ THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 24 LEAP INNOVATIONS 37 YOUTHBUILD USA 49 SOCIAL FINANCE U.S.
50 THE PEOPLE
50 THIRD SECTOR CAPITAL PARTNERS
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6 25 4 WA 3 7 ME MT ND 22 7 16 17 49 VT 42 OR 8 2 MN NH MA WI 26 NY 22 ID 4 SD 20 CT MI 33 RI WY 11 26 26 11 8 IA PA NJ 36 5 33 8 NE 20 11 OH 22 26 49 NV 25 DE 17 IL IN 9 MD UT 10 WV DC VA CA CO KS MO KY 22 21 18 NC 14 17 TN OK 11 17 AZ SC 10 27 NM AR 9 31 31 AL GA MS TX LA 5 26
FL AK 7 HI
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FOCUS AREAS
HOW CHILDREN LEARN pages 13-37
HOW TO CREATE CONDITIONS SO ALL ADULTS AND FAMILIES CAN THRIVE pages 38-46
HOW TO RESTORE BELIEF IN GOVERNMENT BY EQUIPPING REFORMERS TO DELIVER RESULTS pages 47-50
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Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors 10,000 Degrees Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Alternative Staffing Alliance BellXcel Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Alternative Staffing Alliance America’s Promise Alliance Eye to Eye Acelero Learning/Shine Early America’s Promise Alliance Eye to Eye Learning LISC BellXcel ImBlaze Alternative Staffing Alliance Millenial Action Project City Year, Inc. LISC America’s Promise Alliance New Leaders Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Public Allies BellXcel PowerMyLearning EdLoC Springboard Collaborative Beyond 12 Teach For America Eye to Eye Teach For America Braven Transforming Education FUSE Corps Third Sector Capital Partners Citizen Schools YouthBuild USA ImBlaze Transforming Education City Year, Inc. KIPP Schools Year Up College Advising Corps LEAP Innovations ALASKA CuryJ LISC Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Millenial Action Project Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EdLoC New Leaders America's Promise Alliance Educators 4 Excellence Peer Health Exchange Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors LISC Eye to Eye PowerMyLearning America's Promise Alliance Millenial Action Project Family Independence Initiative Public Allies AppleTree Institute for Education PowerMyLearning FUSE Corps Reading Partners Innovation Generation Citizen REDF Bard Early Colleges Genesys Works Teach For America BellXcel ARIZONA ImBlaze Third Sector Capital Partners Citizen Schools iMentor Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Transcend City Year Jumpstart Aliento Transforming Education Diverse Charter Schools Coalition KIPP Schools Alternative Staffing Alliance YouthBuild USA EdLoC Leading Educators Eye to Eye Eye to Eye LEAP Innovations Jumpstart FUSE Corps LIFT LISC CONNECTICUT Genesys Works LISC Millenial Action Project Jumpstart Millenial Action Project Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors New Leaders KIPP Mindright Acelero Learning/Shine Early PowerMyLearning Learning LEAP Innovations New Classrooms Innovation Public Allies America’s Promise Alliance LIFT Partners for Learning REDF BellXcel LISC New Leaders Teach For America Compass Working Capital Millenial Action Project Peer Forward The People Connecticut Center for Social Mindright Peer Health Exchange Transcend Innovation New Leaders PowerMyLearning Transforming Education Educators for Excellence PAVE Public Allies Wyman Center Eye to Eye Peer Forward Reading Partners Year Up Jumpstart Per Scholas REDF YouthBuild USA LEAP Innovations Public Allies Sacred Generations LISC Reading Partners Springboard Collaborative New Classrooms Innovation Springboard Collaborative Teach For America ARKANSAS Partners for Learning Teach For America The Michelson 20MM Foundation New Leaders Third Sector Capital Partners Acelero Learning/Shine Early The Urban Association of Forestry Learning PowerMyLearning Transcend and Fire Professionals (FFRP) City Year, Inc. Public Allies Transforming Education Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc. Jumpstart REDF Turnaround for Children Transcend KIPP Schools Springboard Collaborative Wyman Center Transforming Education LISC Teach For America Youthbuild USA Turnaround for Children Millenial Action Project Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc. uAspire New Leaders Transcend Year Up PowerMyLearning Wyman Center YouthBuild USA Teach For America YouthBuild USA Transforming Education YouthBuild USA
6 UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD PB FLORIDA Transforming Education Peer Health Exchange FUSE Corps Wyman Center PowerMyLearning LISC Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Year Up Public Allies Millenial Action Project Acelero Learning/Shine Early YouthBuild USA REDF PowerMyLearning Learning Teach For America Teach For America Alternative Staffing Alliance Third Sector Capital Partners YouthBuild USA America’s Promise Alliance HAWAII Transcend City Year, Inc. Transforming Education Eye to Eye Acelero Learning/Shine Early Wyman Center KENTUCKY ImBlaze Learning Year Up KIPP Schools BellXcel YouthBuild USA Acelero Learning/Shine Early Learning LEAP Innovations LISC America’s Promise Alliance LISC Millenial Action Project BellXcel Millenial Action Project Teach For America INDIANA ImBlaze New Classrooms Innovation Wyman Center LISC Partners for Learning YouthBuild USA Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors PowerMyLearning New Leaders Acelero Learning/Shine Early Learning Teach For America P.S. 305 Alternative Staffing Alliance Wyman Center Peer Forward IDAHO BellXcel YouthBuild USA PowerMyLearning Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Citizen Schools Public Allies BellXcel College Advising Corps Single Stop Citizen Schools Diverse Charter Schools Coalition LOUISIANA Teach For America ImBlaze FUSE Corps The People LEAP Innovations KIPP Schools Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Third Sector Capital Partners LISC LEAP Innovations Acelero Learning/Shine Early Transcend Transforming Education LISC Learning uAspire YouthBuild USA Millenial Action Project Alternative Staffing Alliance Wyman Center PowerMyLearning Bard Early Colleges Year Up Public Allies BellXcel YouthBuild USA ILLINOIS REDF Citizen Schools Teach For America City Year, Inc. GEORGIA Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Third Sector Capital Partners Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Alternative Staffing Alliance Transforming Education EdLoC America’s Promise Alliance Eye to Eye Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Wyman Center BellXcel Family Independence Initiative Acelero Learning/Shine Early YouthBuild USA Bottom Line First 72+ Learning Braven FUSE Corps Alternative Staffing Alliance Citizen Schools ImBlaze America’s Promise Alliance IOWA City Year, Inc. KIPP Schools Beyond 12 College Advising Corps Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Leading Educators Citizen Schools College Possible America’s Promise Alliance LEAP Innovations College Advising Corps Educators 4 Excellence BellXcel LISC Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Eye to Eye Highlander Institute Millenial Action Project Eye to Eye Family Independence Initiative LISC New Leaders Jumpstart (FII) New Leaders Our Voice/Nuestra Voz KIPP Schools Genesys Works Public Allies PowerMyLearning Leading Educators ImBlaze Third Sector Capital Partners Public Allies LEAP Innovations iMentor Transcend REDF LISC Jumpstart Wyman Center Single Stop Millenial Action Project KIPP YouthBuild USA Teach For America New Classrooms Innovation Leading Educators The First 72+ Partners for Learning LEAP Innovations Third Sector Capital Partners New Leaders LIFT KANSAS Transcend Per Scholas LISC Transforming Education PowerMyLearning Millenial Action Project Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors YouthBuild USA REDF New Classrooms Innovation America’s Promise Alliance Teach For America Partners for Learning Citizen Schools The People New Leaders College Advising Corps Transcend
PB UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD 7 MAINE Generation Citizen Wyman Center Transcend Highlander Institute YouthBuild USA Transforming Education Alternative Staffing Alliance ImBlaze Wyman Center LISC Jumpstart YouthBuild USA Millenial Action Project KIPP Schools MINNESOTA REDF LEAP Innovations Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Transcend LISC MONTANA Alternative Staffing Alliance YouthBuild USA Match Education Maycomb Capital America’s Promise Alliance LISC Millenial Action Project BellXcel PowerMyLearning MARYLAND New Classrooms Innovation College Possible REDF Partners for Learning Diverse Charter Schools Coalition YouthBuild USA Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors New Leaders Educators 4 Excellence Acelero Learning/Shine Early Peace First FUSE Corps Learning Peer Health Exchange Genesys Works NEBRASKA Alternative Staffing Alliance Per Scholas KIPP Schools America’s Promise Alliance PowerMyLearning LEAP Innovations Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Bard Early Colleges REDF LISC America’s Promise Alliance BellXcel Roca New Leaders BellXcel Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Single Stop PowerMyLearning College Possible Eye to Eye Station1 Public Allies Millenial Action Project iMentor Teach For America Reading Partners New Leaders KIPP Schools Third Sector Capital Partners REDF Wyman Center Leading Educators Transcend Teach For America YouthBuild USA LISC Transforming Education Third Sector Capital Partners New Leaders uAspire Transcend Peer Forward Wyman Center Transforming Education NEVADA Per Scholas Year Up YouthBuild USA Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors PowerMyLearning YouthBuild USA Acelero Learning/Shine Early Public Allies Learning Reading Partners MISSISSIPPI America’s Promise Alliance REDF MICHIGAN ImBlaze Roca America’s Promise Alliance LISC Springboard Collaborative Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors BellXcel New Leaders Teach For America Acelero Learning/Shine Early Jumpstart PowerMyLearning Third Sector Capital Partners Learning LISC Teach For America Transcend Alternative Staffing Alliance Millenial Action Project Third Sector Capital Partners Year Up America’s Promise Alliance PowerMyLearning Transcend YouthBuild USA BellXcel Single Stop YouthBuild USA Citizen Schools Teach For America City Year, Inc. YouthBuild USA MASSACHUSETTS College Advising Corps Diverse Charter Schools Coalition NEW HAMPSHIRE Family Independence Initiative MISSOURI Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors ImBlaze Alternative Staffing Alliance BellXcel Leading Educators Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors America’s Promise Alliance City Year, Inc. LEAP Innovations Alternative Staffing Alliance BellXcel Diverse Charter Schools Coalition LISC America’s Promise Alliance Beyond 12 ImBlaze Millenial Action Project City Year Bottom Line LISC New Leaders College Advising Corps Citizen Schools The People City Year Peer Forward Diverse Charter Schools Coalition College Advising Corps Per Scholas FUSE Corps Compass Working Capital PowerMyLearning ImBlaze NEW JERSEY Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Public Allies Jumpstart REDF KIPP Schools EdLoC Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Teach For America LISC Educators for Excellence Acelero Learning/Shine Early Eye to Eye The People PowerMyLearning Learning Family Independence Initiative Transforming Education Teach For America Bard Early Colleges
8 UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD PB BellXcel Citizen Schools PowerMyLearning Citizen Schools Braven City Year, Inc. Public Allies City Year, Inc. Diverse Charter Schools Coalition College Advising Corps Single Stop Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Eye to Eye Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Teach For America Generation Citizen Highlander Institute EdLoC Third Sector Capital Partners KIPP Schools ImBlaze Educators 4 Excellence Transcend Leading Educators Institute for Child Success exalt youth Transforming Education LISC Jumpstart Eye to Eye Wyman Center New Classrooms Innovation KIPP Schools Generation Citizen Year Up Partners for Learning LISC Genesys Works YouthBuild USA PowerMyLearning Mindright Highlander Institute Reading Partners New Classrooms Innovation ImBlaze REDF Partners for Learning iMentor NORTH DAKOTA Teach For America New Leaders Institute for Child Success Third Sector Capital Partners Per Scholas Jumpstart LISC YouthBuild USA PowerMyLearning KIPP Schools PowerMyLearning REDF LEAP Innovations The People Single Stop LIFT OREGON Teach For America LISC Transcend Maycomb Capital OHIO Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Transforming Education New Classrooms Innovation Alternative Staffing Alliance Wyman Center Partners for Learning Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors America’s Promise Alliance Year Up New Leaders Acelero Learning/Shine Early Citizen Schools Learning YouthBuild USA Peer Forward College Possible Alternative Staffing Alliance Peer Health Exchange Family Independence Initiative America’s Promise Alliance Per Scholas (FII) Bard Early Colleges NEW MEXICO PowerMyLearning ImBlaze BellXcel Public Allies LISC Citizen Schools Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Reading Partners Millenial Action Project City Year, Inc. Acelero Learning/Shine Early REDF New Leaders EdLoC Learning Single Stop PowerMyLearning Eye to Eye America’s Promise Alliance Springboard Collaborative REDF Family Independence Initiative Citizen Schools Teach For America Single Stop (FII) Family Independence Initiative The Opportunity Network Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc. FUSE Corps The People YouthBuild USA ImBlaze KIPP Schools Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc. LISC LEAP Innovations Transcend New Classrooms Innovation LISC Transforming Education PENNSYLVANIA Partners for Learning Millenial Action Project Turnaround for Children Public Allies Mortar Wyman Center Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Teach For America Per Scholas Year Up Acelero Learning/Shine Early Transcend PowerMyLearning Learning YouthBuild USA Transforming Education Public Allies America’s Promise Alliance BellXcel Wyman Center REDF Teach For America Citizen Schools YouthBuild USA NORTH CAROLINA Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc. City Year, Inc. Transcend College Advising Corps Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Wyman Center College Possible NEW YORK Alternative Staffing Alliance YouthBuild USA Compass Working Capital America’s Promise Alliance Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors BellXcel Eye to Eye Acelero Learning/Shine Early Citizen Schools Learning OKLAHOMA FUSE Corps College Advising Corps America’s Promise Alliance ImBlaze Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Bard Early Colleges Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Jumpstart Eye to Eye BellXcel Acelero Learning/Shine Early KIPP Schools KIPP Schools Learning Bottom Line LEAP Innovations LISC Alternative Staffing Alliance Braven LISC Millenial Action Project America’s Promise Alliance Children's Aid New Leaders
PB UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD 9 Millenial Action Project Reading Partners Millenial Action Project Transcend Mindright Teach For America New Leaders Transforming Education New Leaders YouthBuild USA Per Scholas Wyman Center Peer Forward PowerMyLearning Year Up Per Scholas Public Allies YouthBuild USA Power SOUTH DAKOTA Reading Partners PowerMyLearning REDF Public Allies LISC Teach For America WASHINGTON REDF Teach For America Third Sector Capital Partners Single Stop Transcend Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Springboard Collaborative Transforming Education Alternative Staffing Alliance Teach For America TENNESSEE Wyman Center America’s Promise Alliance Transcend Year Up BellXcel Wyman Center Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors YouthBuild USA City Year, Inc. Year Up Alternative Staffing Alliance Diverse Charter Schools Coalition YouthBuild USA America’s Promise Alliance Enlearn BellXcel UTAH Eye to Eye City Year Freedom Project RHODE ISLAND Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors FUSE Corps EdLoC College Advising Corps ImBlaze BellXcel Eye to Eye LEAP Innovations Jumpstart City Year, Inc. ImBlaze LISC LEAP Innovations College Advising Corps KIPP Schools PowerMyLearning LISC Compass Working Capital LEAP Innovations Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc. Millenial Action Project Diverse Charter Schools Coalition LISC Wyman Center New Leaders Eye to Eye New Classrooms Innovation YouthBuild USA PowerMyLearning Generation Citizen Partners for Learning Reading Partners Highlander Institute New Leaders REDF ImBlaze PowerMyLearning VERMONT Teach For America Jumpstart REDF Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc. LEAP Innovations Teach For America LEAP Innovations Transcend LISC Transcend Let's Grow Kids Transforming Education New Leaders Valor Collegiate Academies LISC Year Up PowerMyLearning Wyman Center Millenial Action Project YouthBuild USA REDF YouthBuild USA PowerMyLearning Teach For America Wyman Center Transcend YouthBuild USA WEST VIRGINIA Wyman Center TEXAS Year Up America’s Promise Alliance Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors YouthBuild USA VIRGINIA LISC Acelero Learning/Shine Early Peer Forward Learning Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors PowerMyLearning Alternative Staffing Alliance SOUTH CAROLINA BellXcel YouthBuild USA America’s Promise Alliance College Advising Corps BellXcel Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Eye to Eye Citizen Schools Alternative Staffing Alliance FUSE Corps WISCONSIN City Year, Inc. America’s Promise Alliance LISC College Advising Corps BellXcel Millenial Action Project Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors College Forward Citizen Schools New Leaders Acelero Learning/Shine Early Diverse Charter Schools Coalition Learning City Year, Inc. Peer Forward Family Independence Initiative Alternative Staffing Alliance College Advising Corps Per Scholas (FII) America’s Promise Alliance Diverse Charter Schools Coalition PowerMyLearning Generation Citizen City Year, Inc. Institute for Child Success SE@UVA Genesys Works College Possible LEAP Innovations Single Stop Highlander Institute Eye to Eye LISC Teach For America KIPP LEAP Innovations New Leaders The People LEAP Innovations LISC Peer Forward Think of Us LISC Millenial Action Project PowerMyLearning Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc. New Leaders
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WYOMING
Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors Eye to Eye LEAP Innovations LISC
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Aurora Institute Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) Encore Enlearn Enterprise Community Partners GreenLight Fund National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) New Politics Academy New Teacher Center Nonprofit Finance Fund Pillars Push Black Root Cause Service Year Alliance Social Finance U.S. The Learning Accelerator The People UnboundED
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HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONSWORK BETTER – HOW CHILDREN LEARN 13 NEW YORK, NY YORK, NEW AR; CA; CT; FL; GA; HI; IN; KY; KY; HI; IN; FL; GA; CT; AR; CA; NM; NY; NV; NJ; LA; MD; MI; 2001 the Acelero Learning Head Start program program Start Head Learning the Acelero those triple nearly are that outcomes show sample, Start Head national the best of the national versus points 16.15 scoring the Peabody on points of 6.4 average Test. Vocabulary Picture than 5,000 more serve who employees families their and children low-income states. in four 35 Head with over partnerships Assist than more serve that programs Start the country. across children 36,000 Children served for two years through through years two for served Children 1,000 over has Learning Acelero Shine intensive has Learning Early Shine • • • IMPACT OH; OR; PA; PR; TX;OH;WI PR; OR; PA; FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS WWW.ACELERO.NET; SHINEEARLY.COM WWW.ACELERO.NET; ACELERO LEARNING LEARNING ACELERO EARLY SHINE / LEARNING UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD MOVE TO UNITED Acelero Learning is a for-profit company company a for-profit is Learning Acelero on positive focus a relentless to committed the close to in order outcomes and family child for future better a and build gap achievement served by communities and families, children, seven after In 2009, program. Start the Head high– own its and growing building of years developed that program Start Head performing curriculum, data, to approaches new powerful disseminating began Acelero services, and family subsidiary, Acelero’s methodology. proven its providing on focuses Learning, Early Shine other Head to assistance and technical training leverage to effort in a continued programs Start the impact to innovations Learning’s Acelero large. at community childhood early Bringing a relentless focus on positive on positive focus Bringing a relentless the close to outcomes and child family gap and build a better achievement and families, children, for future the Head Start by served communities program. LOS ANGELES, CA ANGELES, LOS AL ; AK; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; CT; DC; CO; CA; AK; AZ; AL; LA; ID; IL; IN; KS; FL; GA; IA; 2007 increases in their knowledge of of knowledge their in increases development, literacy and language health development, social-emotional preparation. school and development, parents, as rights their understanding school. in rights children’s their and graduates program AP/OD parent 1,000 AP/OD parent other facilitating now are communities. local their in groups Parents demonstrated significant significant demonstrated Parents in gains noteworthy exhibited Parents over that report organizations Partner • • • IMPACT LOCATIONS MA; MD; MI; MN; MO; NC; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NY; NJ; NM; NY; NE; NH; NC; MN; MO; MA; MD; MI; VA; UT; TN;TX; SC; PR; OR; PA; OK; NV; OH; WA; WI; WY FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS WWW.AP-OD.ORG / PUERTAS ABRIENDO DOORS OPENING
Honoring and supporting parents as as Honoring and supporting parents and their child’s leaders of their families teacher. influential and most first (AP/OD) works Doors Abriendo Puertas/Opening practices promote to children young of parents with and development, learning children’s fostering one of AP/OD is and advocacy. leadership, parent working States in the United programs the largest Since old. years 0-5 children of Latino parents with low- served 80,000 over has the program 2007, 500 family-serving in over parents/families income the around states in 38 and schools organizations Latino parents what to listening Through country. a shared curriculum, in a comprehensive wanted the customization, ongoing and process, design families of a diversity meets successfully program and visioning creating while are, they where the first that Understanding opportunities. growth for lifelong crucial are lives children’s of years five development, and cognitive and social learning and the knowledge build families AP/OD helps teachers. first best be their children’s to skills SAN RAFAEL, CA RAFAEL, SAN CA 1981 who start at four-year colleges earn earn colleges four-year at start who years. within six degrees bachelor’s from graduate to and transfer students the times three at colleges four-year average. national students Degrees 10,000 aid, financial loan debt student with 85% less graduate graduate. college the average than Over 80% of 10,000 Degrees students students Degrees 80% of 10,000 Over college community Degrees 10,000 in free $18 million to approximately Due • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS
10,000 Degrees is a 2019 California Nonprofit Nonprofit California a 2019 is Degrees 10,000 Francisco San serving the greater Year the of low-income from students helping Area Bay college. and through to get backgrounds with students provides organization The including support wraparound comprehensive matching, college counseling, aid financial management, aid financial coaching, near-peer to college community from support and transfer more serves Degrees 10,000 college. four-year and annually families and students 10,000 than 2,000 students than more supports currently 800 in than and more colleges in four-year powered is Degrees 10,000 colleges. community which program, fellowship innovative its by similar from graduates college recent features two-/ time for full hired backgrounds low-income 10,000 are fellows Most commitments. three-year one-on-one alumni who work program Degrees delivering students, college and school high with high cultural with expertise along deep content successfully help students they as competency, campus. on and off life navigate Helping students from low-income low-income from students Helping college and through to get backgrounds impact their positively to in order and the world. communities 10,000 DEGREES WWW.10000DEGREES.ORG WWW.ALIENTOAZ.ORG WWW.ALTSTAFFING.ORG WWW.AMERICASPROMISE.ORG
ALIENTO ALTERNATIVE AMERICA’S PROMISE STAFFING ALLIANCE ALLIANCE
FOUNDED 2016 FOUNDED 2007 FOUNDED 1997
HEADQUARTERS MESA, AZ HEADQUARTERS NORTHAMPTON, MA HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON, DC
LOCATION AZ LOCATIONS AZ; CA; CO; DE; FL; GA; IL; IN; LOCATIONS AK; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; FL; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; GA; IA; IL; KS; KY; MA; MD; NC; OH; OK; OR; SC; TX; TN; WA; WI MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; NE; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; Transforming trauma into hope and OR; PA; SC; TN; TX; WA; WI; WV action with dreamers, undocumented Helping people with obstacles to students, and mixed–status families. employment enter and advance in the Making the promise of America real for workforce. every child. Aliento is a community organization that is DACA, undocumented, and youth-led. It is America’s Promise Alliance is a nationwide Alternative Staffing Alliance, managed by ICA directly impacted people and allies who are coalition of nonprofits, corporations, educators, Group, is a national network of employment invested in the well being, emotional healing, community and civic leaders, and youth who are social enterprises that deliver staffing services to and leadership development of those impacted joined together by the shared belief that every businesses, and recruit, place, and support job by the inequalities of lacking an immigration young person deserves to succeed, and every seekers who struggle to get work due to criminal status. In Aliento, community healing is created adult is responsible for making that happen. records, disabilities, homelessness, lack of skills through art that leads to thriving communities. Through coordinated leadership and campaigns, and experience, and other factors. Using this This art reflects the humanity of undocumented America’s Promise Alliance members work business model, ASOs supply employers with immigrants and mixed–status families. together to provide the “5 Promises” necessary reliable, well–matched talent and empower Aliento's vision is to see youth from migrant for every child to thrive. Its campaigns, initiatives, individuals to succeed in the labor market and families empowered to lead their communities and distinctive convenings align organizations become more financially stable. and institutions toward more equitable
HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW CHILDREN LEARN CHILDREN HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT and individuals behind a common vision for a solutions that reflect the values of honoring better future and bold goals to reach it. With the most impacted peoples’ leadership, truth and efforts of more than 450 organizations, 250 state reconciliation, spaces for sharing and listening, IMPACT and community partners, and thousands of transformative work, and growth. individuals, the Alliance does what no single • In 2018, Alliance members placed 32,000 organization can do on its own: catalyze change job seekers in competitive employment on a scale that reaches millions of young people. IMPACT and generated $190 million in earned revenue, of which about 80% is paid in wages and statutory benefits. • ASO workers earn an average wage of • Aliento engages, trains, and organizes over IMPACT $11.80 per hour. Half of the enterprises 16,000 people through its programs. responding to its 2017 performance survey • Nearly 700 of its youth have stepped into pay wage rates at or above their market’s leadership positions, leading events, • The nationwide graduation rate is 84.6%. living wage for a single adult. meeting with stakeholders, and educating More than 2.8 million additional high • Besides paying good wages, alternative allies about its mission. school graduates have completed staffing businesses strive to improve the • Aliento has successfully advocated for the their high school education since the quality and dignity of temporary work by passage of resolutions in support of migrant beginning of the America’s Promise promoting high safety standards and families, including tuition equity for all Alliance GradNation campaign. equipping candidates for long-term students regardless of immigration status. • Graduation rates have increased in success through coaching and skills • It has organized hundreds to educate some high-povety states by more than training, placement in temp-to-hire lawmakers on the impact of not having 10 percentage points since 2011, showing opportunities, and access to social access to higher education, resulting in progress is possible. supports. the passage of legislation in the Senate. • By 2017, two states (Iowa and New Jersey) remained at the national goal of 90% and 25 additional states had surpassed 85%. Six-year trend lines show 24 states making gains of 5 percentage points or more.
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HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONSWORK BETTER – HOW CHILDREN LEARN 15 NEW YORK, NY YORK, NEW DC; LA; MD; NJ; NY; OH NY; NJ; MD; LA; DC; 2001 (BHSEC) students (Class of 2018) earned earned of 2018) (Class students (BHSEC) with concurrently degree an associate diplomas. school high their high from graduated 2018) of (Class credit. of college year one with over school a earn universities and colleges four-year degree. bachelor's 83% of Bard High School Early College College Early High School of Bard 83% graduates of BHSEC 97% Approximately attendwho graduates BHSEC of 85% Over • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS WWW.BARD.EDU/EARLYCOLLEGE
Enabling students from all backgrounds all backgrounds from Enabling students in college. succeed to satellite Colleges—tuition-free, Early The Bard through operated College Bard of campuses systems— school public with partnerships particularly students, high school empower postsecondary completing not of risk at those complete and afford, access, to education, and life civic to contribute to prepared college Early The Bard pathways. professional of a range and influence to work simultaneously Colleges focused movement college early a growing lead Colleges Early The Bard and excellence. on equity high school- many that on the belief founded are of the rigors for and ready eager are students age Colleges Early Bard These education. a college pursue to adolescents for opportunity an provide arts and in the liberal study of course a college 60 college to up with graduate and sciences Bard from degree associate and an credits no at diploma, a high school alongside College the student. to cost UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD MOVE TO UNITED BARD EARLY EARLY BARD COLLEGES VIENNA, VA VIENNA, NATIONAL 2002 Over 100 school visits were conducted to conducted visits were school 100 Over developed to build the field of personalized, of field the build to developed education. competency-based in bodies legislative and policymakers in 2018-2019. D.C. and states than 30 more personalizedsupporting legislation federal education. competency-based and learning student-centered research and observe in action. models learning Technical assistance was provided to to provided was assistance Technical in included was funding and Language More than 200 publications have been have publications than 200 More • • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS
For almost two decades, Aurora Institute has has Institute Aurora decades, two almost For leaders education innovative of the field led of future the shaping practitioners, and children of millions for and learning teaching the and around States the United throughout on providing focused is Institute Aurora world. educational high-quality ensuring access, equal practice and policy and driving opportunities, Aurora outcomes. equitable more yielding equity-oriented, student-centered, is Institute Institute Aurora year Each future-focused. and an annual for 3,000 leaders than more convenes the of further to the transformation symposium research Through systems. education nation’s and convenings, webinars and publications, Aurora and networks, assistance and technical hub, a knowledge-building as acts Institute and practitioners, supporting experts, leaders, knowledge building by alike policymakers other the field, into tapping issues, emerging about for capacity building and demand, driving models. innovative Driving the transformation of education of Driving the transformation the advancement and accelerating systems to and practices policies of breakthrough all. for high-quality learning ensure AURORA INSTITUTE WWW. .ORG WWW. WASHINGTON, DC WASHINGTON, DC 1996 all ability levels made greater gains in gains made greater levels ability all receiving than students math skills early math-focused comprehensive, different curricula. than students vocabulary in receptive curricula, used commonly other receiving the normalbelow starting those especially range. students as exposure, with more increase performing pre-K finished of ECR years with in receptive percentile the 50th above print vocabulary, expressive vocabulary, and awareness, phonological knowledge, math skills. early Every Child Ready (ECR) students across across students (ECR) Ready Child Every gains made greater students AppleTree to appear Child Ready Every of The effects • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATION APPLETREE INSTITUTE EDUCATION FOR INNOVATION
AppleTree is a nonprofit committed to erasing the to erasing committed a nonprofit is AppleTree with children young providing by gap achievement foundations cognitive and emotional, social, the an After winning in school. thrive need to they the in 2010 from (i3) grant in Innovation Investing created AppleTree Education, of U.S. Department instructional comprehensive evidence-based, an Every called children 3– and 4–year-old for model an innovative through Developed Ready. Child instructional the approach, research-to-practice in real- improved and tested constantly is model school 2014-2015 the During classrooms. world 1,600 than more educated Ready Child Every year, a partner attend half than more those, Of children. is AppleTree where center learning or early school Child Every implement in helping involved deeply development, professional providing by Ready and school teachers of mentoring/coaching tools assessment various and leadership, progress. and children’s quality school measuring Erasing the achievement gap before gap before the achievement Erasing kindergarten. WWW.APPLETREEINSTITUTE.ORG WWW.BELLXCEL.ORG WWW.BEYOND12.ORG WWW.BOTTOMLINE.ORG
BELLXCEL BEYOND 12 BOTTOM LINE
FOUNDED 1992 FOUNDED 2009 FOUNDED 1997
HEADQUARTERS WESTWOOD, MA HEADQUARTERS OAKLAND, CA HEADQUARTERS BOSTON, MA
LOCATIONS AL; CA; CO; CT; DC; HI; IA; ID; LOCATIONS CA; GA LOCATIONS IL; MA; NY IL; IN; KY; LA; MA; MD; MI; MN; MS; NC; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; WA Ensuring all students have the opportunity Helping first-generation students from to succeed in college and beyond. low-income backgrounds get into and graduate from college, and go far in life. Envisioning all children on a path to Beyond 12 is a national technology-based nonprofit excel. whose mission is to significantly increase the Bottom Line, with its integrated, data-driven number of students from under–resourced approach, not only helps first-generation college BellXcel empowers educators with evidence- communities who graduate from the nation’s students gain admission to college, but also based solutions that make it easier and more colleges and universities. Through personalized continues to work with students upon arrival on cost-effective for them to design and deliver high– student coaching service, a longitudinal student campus to ensure they have the tools and support quality, measurable summer and after–school tracking platform, and an analytics engine, needed to graduate and secure a good first job. learning experiences that improve children’s Beyond 12 helps high schools, college access and Students work one-on-one with an advisor who academic skills, social-emotional development, scholarship programs, and colleges provide their serves as a relentless ally for their ambition. and self-confidence for lifelong success. BellXcel students with the academic, social, and emotional Through its Access Program, high school is a national nonprofit leader in out of school time support they need to succeed in higher education. students progress through each aspect of the education. PPartners use BellXcel to create holistic By collecting and sharing longitudinal data that college admissions process, from drawing up a learning programs that can combine academics, cross K-12 and higher education, Beyond 12 not list of schools and drafting a personal statement, enrichment, social-emotional learning (SEL), only provides students with differentiated coaching to finding scholarships and choosing the right professional development, and community and HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW CHILDREN LEARN CHILDREN HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT that ensures they earn a college degree, but also school for them. The Success Program then family engagement. In 2018, BellXcel–Powered provides actionable feedback to high schools and helps students transition to life on campus and programs reached approximately 19,000 pre-K programs about their college preparatory efforts, supports them for up to six years as they navigate scholars and 2,100 educators at 154 sites in 32 improves the retention work of colleges and diverse obstacles such as selecting courses, U.S. states. universities by sharing data-driven insights gained securing internships, maintaining financial aid, from supporting students, and influences the overcoming personal challenges, and building a national conversation about student success. professional “brand” as they prepare to graduate
IMPACT and enter the workforce.
• Over 25 years, BellXcel has impacted IMPACT over 175,000 children, and 10,000 plus educators. • Scholars enrolled in BellXcel-powered • Beyond 12 tracks the postsecondary IMPACT summer programs in 2018 showed 2.5 progress of over 50,000 college students months of gains in math and two months and coaches close to 2,000 students each of gains in reading, reversing summer year. • Over 95% of Bottom Line high school learning loss. • 67% of Beyond 12’s coached students students commit to a college by May 31. • According to a Bellwether study, 100% of graduate or remained enrolled at the • 78% of Bottom Line students graduate teachers reported that BellXcel positively end of their sixth year, compared to 44% with a bachelor’s degree from college. influenced their approach to the new of underrepresented minority students • Bottom Line students are up to 43% more school year. and 56% of first-generation students likely to graduate from college in six years • 91% of educators surveyed reported that nationally. or less compared to their peers. scholars were more prepared for school • Beyond 12 has been acclaimed nationally • Bottom Line supports almost 8,000 in the fall; 90% of educators reported for its innovative approach as a Robin students annually. that scholars had higher self-confidence. Hood College Success Prize finalist, as a Google Bay Area Impact Challenge winner, and as one of Fast Company’s top 10 most innovative companies in education.
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HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONSWORK BETTER – HOW CHILDREN LEARN 17 BOSTON, MA AR; CA; CO; DC; FL; IL; LA; IL; LA; DC; FL; AR; CA; CO; MA; MI; MO; NH; NY; OH; OK; 1988 two-to-three times more likely to improve improve to likely more times two-to-three math assessments. and on English to move support needing as identified skills social-emotional in critical on-track readiness. to career linked alumni Year of City 47% careers; education teachers, as field the education in work at and counselors, and administrators, nonprofits. education Schools partnering with City Year were were Year with City partnering Schools students of two-thirds helped Year City to pathways building is Year City • • • IMPACT LOCATIONS FOUNDED FOUNDED FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS PA; RI;PA; SC; TN; TX; WA; WI WWW.CITYYEAR.ORG
Uniting diverse teams of young adults for for adults of young teams diverse Uniting in systemically of full-time service a year public schools. under-resourced It succeed. and schools students helps Year City adults young of group a diverse and trains recruits in schools members AmeriCorps serveto as coaches success every day—student day, all models, and role mentors, tutors, as who work mindsets and skills the with students preparing with In partnership and in life. in school thrive to provide members AmeriCorps Year City teachers, and social-emotional academic individualized serve most; need it who students to support and classroom; the in resources essential as climate, culture, school positive a to contribute 3,000 AmeriCorps In 2018-2019, and community. 29 across served schools in 349 members and in schools their work Through U.S. cities. not members AmeriCorps Year City communities, students of lives the in difference a make only that skills valuable acquire serve, also they but of generation the next become them to prepare leaders. engaged civically UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD MOVE TO UNITED CITY YEAR
st BOSTON, MA CA; DC; GA; ID; IL; IN; KS; LA; LA; IN; KS; ID; IL; CA; DC; GA; OH; OK; NM; NY; MA; MI; NC; 1995 Citizen Schools students are 25% more more 25% are students Schools Citizen Citizen Schools’ evidence base shows shows base evidence Schools’ Citizen Century Skills. Century than low-income in college to enroll likely likely more times two nationally, students and college, four-year a from graduate to a postsecondary to earn likely 30% more STEM field. in a degree/certificate significant and long-term impact for for impact long-term and significant additional three including students, year in math in first of learning months a 71% on-time high and attendance to (compared rate graduation school In addition, peers). of matched 59% just 21 of mastery exhibited students of 70% • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS OR; SC; TXPA; WWW.CITIZENSCHOOLS.ORG SCHOOLS CITIZEN
Helping all students to thrive in school in school thrive to all students Helping hands-on learning through and beyond mentors. and career U.S. underserved with partners Schools Citizen to access have students ensure to schools middle mentors. with learning project-based hands-on, Learning the Expanded pioneered In 2006, it AmeriCorps which model, through Time (ELT) and support academic deliver fellows teaching the from teachers” “Citizen volunteer with partner “apprenticeships”— after–school for community and public trial mock teach lawyers local robotics teach engineers software speaking; which Catalyst, launched it In 2017, and coding. during classrooms to apprenticeships brings US2020 its renamed it In 2019, day. the school a national Network, + Mentors Makers to model hands- provide that communities 21 of coalition learning and maker-centered education STEM on STEM 10,000 over with country, the across in the 2018- students serving 150,000+ mentors year. school 2019 CHICAGO, IL CHICAGO, CA; IL; NJ; NY NJ; IL; CA; 2013 graduates are 23 percentage points points percentage 23 are graduates full-time a strong to secure likely more to pathways by job—characterized and benefits, employee promotion, salaries—or starting market-competitive school. in graduate enroll job out first their in parents their earning the average comparison, of college—by shot 50-50 a has only 30 age at American parents. their than more of earning one least at have to likely more points peers. their than college during internship Braven’s most recent class of college of college class recent most Braven’s out- already are graduates 48% of Braven percentage 22 were graduates Braven • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS
Braven empowers promising, underrepresented underrepresented promising, empowers Braven students, college people—first-generation young and backgrounds, low-income from students confidence, the skills, color—with of students to necessary and networks experiences, Braven jobs. first strong to college from transition universities public large within embedded is cutting- build to employers with and partners the undergraduate into education career edge and first-generation low-income for experience who often students, and provides goers college a network with campus, from disconnected feel Braven belonging. of and sense supporters of achieving and college in persisting are fellows attainment. and job internship of levels exciting Empowering first-generation, low- first-generation, Empowering college under-represented and/or income, work. to put education to students BRAVEN WWW.BEBRAVEN.ORG WWW.ADVISINGCORPS.ORG WWW.COLLEGEFORWARD.ORG WWW.COLLEGEPOSSIBLE.ORG
COLLEGE ADVISING COLLEGE FORWARD COLLEGE POSSIBLE CORPS
FOUNDED 2005 FOUNDED 2003 FOUNDED 2000
HEADQUARTERS CHAPEL HILL, NC HEADQUARTERS AUSTIN, TX HEADQUARTERS ST. PAUL, MN
LOCATIONS CA; GA; IL; IN; KS; MA; MI; MO; LOCATION TX LOCATIONS IL; MN; NE; OR; PA; WI NC; NY; PA; RI; SC; TX; UT; VA
Coaching underserved students to Making college admission and success achieve the benefits of higher education possible for low-income students Increasing opportunity for America’s and a college degree. through an intensive curriculum of students. coaching and support. College Forward believes that access to higher College Advising Corps is a national nonprofit education is the right of every young person, College Possible serves students when and increasing the number of first-generation, low- regardless of socioeconomic status. College where they need support. The key to its success income, and/or underrepresented students Forward provides intensive, individualized is near-peer coaching—leveraging the power of applying to, enrolling in, and graduating from college access and college completion services young, idealistic, and dedicated recent college college. Believing a college education constitutes to low-income and first-generation students. In graduates serving as AmeriCorps members to the greatest determinant of upward social collaboration with school districts, higher and offer advice, mentoring, and support to students mobility and lifetime earning potential, College other community organizations, College Forward from low-income backgrounds as they navigate Advising Corps places recent graduates from its orients high school students and their families the often complex world of college preparation partner colleges in underserved high schools to the college experience, preparing them for and persistence. to act as full-time college advisers. In addition entrance examinations, applications, and the to guiding students through the admissions financial aid process. Once enrolled, “collegians” and financial aid processes, advisers work with are supported through a unique completion IMPACT
HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW CHILDREN LEARN CHILDREN HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT teachers and administrators to instill a college- program to ensure their attainment of a going culture in the school. Corps advisers take bachelor’s degree. Texas ranks among the lowest an open-door, whole–school approach and • 97% of College Possible students earn in the country for persistence and graduation embed themselves in the school community, admission to college. rates among college students; however, 83% of • College Possible students are four times opening the eyes of students and their parents College Forward students who enroll in college more likely to graduate from college than to the possibility of a postsecondary degree. persist in their studies. their low-income peers. College Advising Corps students also persist in their postsecondary studies at rates mirroring the national average despite its serving schools with IMPACT large numbers of low-income and first-generation college students. • 99% of College Forward students graduate from high school and are accepted to college each year. IMPACT • More than 90% of College Forward students enroll in college within 12 months of high school graduation, • Students who meet with the College and 77% attend four-year colleges and Advising Corps adviser in their school are universities. 30% more likely to apply to college and • College Forward’s program has grown to 26% more likely to apply to three or more support over 15,000 first-generation, low- schools compared to the other seniors in income students to and through college, their schools. and partnered with over 70 educational • College Advising Corps students are 23% institutions across the country to provide more likely to be accepted to a college or technical training and resources. university and 27% more likely to submit a FAFSA and apply for financial aid.
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HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONSWORK BETTER – HOW CHILDREN LEARN 19 NEW YORK, NY YORK, NEW CA; CT; IL; MA; MN; NY MN; MA; IL; CT; CA; 2010 2010 through thousands of media stories and stories of media thousands through school as such on issues actions advocacy education and leadership, teacher climate, funding. from Voices 2018, in survey national and views the capturing the Classroom, country the across educators of opinions impacting issues of variety wide a on profession. the teaching and students than 40 policy papers, shaping important shaping papers, policy 40 than legislation. Teachers conducted a groundbreaking a groundbreaking conducted Teachers Educators’ voices have been elevated elevated been have voices Educators’ Since 2011, E4E teachers have written more written have teachers E4E 2011, Since • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS
WWW.E4E.ORG in a leading voice have Ensuring teachers andtheir students the policies that impact profession. Educators teachers, school public by Founded of movement a growing (E4E) is Excellence for around united educators, 30,000 than more for and principles values of set a common the and elevating learning student improving to together work They profession. teaching create their schools, impact that identify issues and advocate challenges, these to solutions students all give that and programs policies for six Through education. a quality to access the country, across in communities chapters stay to teachers for opportunities provide they with connect their leadership, expand informed, and advocate and decision-makers, colleagues and students for change create To change. for forward- of movement a build they colleagues, identify teachers and train educators, thinking teacher- create positions, on leadership take to for and advocate recommendations, policy led ideas. teacher-generated of implementation UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD MOVE TO UNITED EDUCATORS FOR FOR EDUCATORS EXCELLENCE LOS ANGELES, CA ANGELES, LOS CA; CO; DC;CA; LA; CO; MA; NY;TN OH; 2016 provides support, training, and and support, training, provides members. its for connections districts, school to of color leaders 200+ organizations management charter 40+ for talent seeking foundations and, positions. to million $1.7 distributed Fund, Boulder to advance working innovators 15 EdLoC programs. and policy third–way innovative A 350+ member national community community national member A 350+ connect services pipeline Leadership the arm, philanthropic new EdLoC's • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS
Guided by its Third Way Values of ending of Values Way Third its Guided by sustainable creating poverty, generational children, all for wants it schools creating change, beyond and going solutions, multiple advancing is (EdLoC) Color of Leaders Education education, to working color of 350+ leaders of a community people of and influence the leadership elevate inclusive more and leading in education color of to seeks EdLoC education. effortsto improve have that divides the polarizing through break by education public to improve efforts consumed the and proliferating identifying, equipping, itsaligning leadership, values-aligned with field priorities, and policy values these toward members resources. to access them with and providing address to situated uniquely are members EdLoC’s sharing communities, Black/Latinx of the needs serve. they those with experiences common many Increasing the number of effective, the number of effective, Increasing Latino leaders and Black values-aligned positions in education in high-level can be they where fields and adjacent of in the lives force a transformative and communities. families, children, WWW.EDLOC.ORG LEADERS EDUCATION (EDLOC) COLOR OF NEW YORK, NY YORK, NEW CA; CO; DC; GA; IN; LA; MA; LA; MA; DC; GA; IN; CA; CO; NJ; MD; MI; MN; MO; NC; NH; 2017 currently has 57 member schools and and schools member 57 has currently D.C., and states 21 across networks serving schools individual 175 totaling students. 50,000 over a reduced scores, test stronger include students White gap between achievement increased students, Latino and Black and enhanced and attendance, of college rates skills. thinking critical An ever-expanding coalition, DCSC DCSC coalition, An ever-expanding schools of diverse benefits The academic • • IMPACT NY; OK; RI;PA; SC; TN; TX; WA FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS
The Diverse Charter Schools Coalition (DCSC) Coalition Schools Charter The Diverse other and with each with members connects their practice. improve help to resources outside of and leaders founders school encourages It in the Coalition schools high-performing public a beacon serving as while diversity embrace to school other and founders new for resource and charter integrated creating in interested leaders on and analysis research supports It schools. and on the academic diversity of the impact and students students its of outcomes social the across schools diverse similarly attending policy and local state, federal, makes It nation. new and existing support that recommendations also It schools. charter public diverse-by-design and philanthropic government for advocates in diversity demographic incentivize to support schools. public Catalyzing and supporting the creation supporting the creation and Catalyzing and expansion of high-quality diverse strategic through schools public charter membership advocacy, research, activities, and outreach. DIVERSE CHARTER COALITION SCHOOLS WWW.DIVERSECHARTERS.ORG WWW.ENCORE.ORG WWW.ENLEARN.ORG
ENCORE.ORG ENLEARN
FOUNDED 1999 FOUNDED 2012
HEADQUARTERS SAN FRANCISCO, CA HEADQUARTERS SEATTLE, WA
LOCATIONS NATIONAL LOCATIONS NATIONAL
Realizing the potential of longer lives Supporting underserved students with and intergenerational connection to equity-focused learning interventions that solve the most pressing social problems. enable students to not only meet but also surpass the grade norms of their peers. Encore.org is an ideas and innovation hub that taps the talent of the 50+ population Enlearn has developed a groundbreaking, equity- as a force for good. With the support of 250 driven personalized learning platform to radically partner organizations, 100,000 supporters, and accelerate learning among the most underserved thousands of activists, Encore.org’s Gen2Gen learners. Driven by machine learning designed campaign mobilizes people 50+ to stand up for specifically to address equity gaps in education and with young people, helps youth-serving and with an initial focus on math, the Enlearn organizations tap experienced talent, and brings platform was built on over 12 years of research the generations together to improve life for all. and iteration in learning science, education Encore.org connects and provides fellowships technology, machine learning, and knowledge to people seeking midlife transitions to the representation. Critical to Enlearn platform’s nonprofit sector; to innovators working to impact on learning is the ability to follow the engage older adults in early childhood care and student thought processes being used to solve HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW CHILDREN LEARN CHILDREN HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT education; and to new and necessary thought a problem in real time, which provides very leaders working at the intersection of aging, rapid, laser-specific diagnostics of knowledge longevity, intergenerational connection, and gaps and misconceptions, as well as insights social justice. Encore.org’s newest initiative taps on mindset, confidence, and engagement with older homeowners to help solve the affordable learning. By diagnosing key learning obstacles housing challenge facing national service and misconceptions in real-time, Enlearn is able members. to deliver the right problem with the right support at the right time, personalized to the student’s learning DNA. IMPACT
• More than 2,000 seasoned professionals IMPACT have been placed in fellowships where they’ve contributed the equivalent of more than $200 million to nonprofit • In studies with over 100,000 students, organizations in over 50 metropolitan the Enlearn platform resulted in 96% of areas—increasing nonprofit capacity and participating students across all grades age-integrating the nonprofit workforce. from 1-12 achieving mastery on an algebra • Encore.org helped scores of nonprofits— post test after only 1.5 hours of use. including AVID, Jumpstart, Girls Scouts, • Teachers tripled the frequency of MENTOR, Strive for College, the Alliance providing personalized, 1:1 support to for Strong Families and Communities, students in classrooms using Enlearn Thread, and more—incorporate Encore compared to control groups. talent in paid and volunteer roles. • Students attempted 4.5 times more math practice problems in classrooms using Enlearn compared to control classrooms.
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HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONSWORK BETTER – HOW CHILDREN LEARN 21 HOUSTON, TX HOUSTON, CA; DC; IL; MN; NY; TX NY; MN; IL; DC; CA; 2002 4,404 students (trained, employed in in employed (trained, students 4,404 100% alumni); program and internships, high graduated participants of program in college. enrolled 94% and school and internships, their during million $7.04 111,020 received participants program in 2018. training of professional hours $45,000-$50,000. was same the earn 46% combined; parents parent. one least than at more or In 2018, Genesys Works served served Works Genesys In 2018, Genesys WorksCollectively, interns earned alumni of employed salary The median than both more earn of alumni 23% • • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS GENESYS WORKS WWW.GENESYSWORKS.ORG
Providing pathways to career success success career to pathways Providing in underserved students high school for training, skills through communities and experiences, meaningful work relationships. impactful opportunity of the doors opens Works Genesys in underserved students high school for training, the skills providing by communities they and support experience, work professional of and a lifetime success career achieve need to consists program Its self-sufficiency. economic and professional technical of weeks eight of corporate paid year-long a training, skills and coaching, and career college internship, The college. and through to alumni support professional into students more move to is goal and diverse productive a more creating careers, in the process. workforce UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD MOVE TO UNITED level policies policies level NEW YORK, NY NY YORK, NEW CA; MA; NY; RI; OK; TX OK; RI; NY; MA; CA; 2008 2008, with over 18,000 receiving the the receiving 18,000 with over 2008, the 2018-2019 in program Action Civics year. school a to make power have they believe with a communities their in difference students of the number in increase 175% official. a public contacted ever who have topics before even issues in local engaged attention. gain mainstream GC has reached 60,000 students since since students 60,000 reached GC has students of in GC, 70% participating After youth are that shows GC analysis impact • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS Generation Citizen (GC) is transforming how civics civics how transforming (GC) is Citizen Generation life. to the subject bringing by taught is education real- champions it organization, a nonprofit As young all equips that education democracy world to needed and knowledge the skills with people democracy American ensure To change. effect prioritizes GC people, all of voices the represents that communities from students with working the political from excluded been historically have process. Civics Action its classroom, In the by participation civic robust inspires program the with directly engage to students inviting their impacting and institutions issues local leadership, thought provides It communities. to coalitions and builds research, conducts – district state–and for advocate Civics. Action prioritize schools ensure that a activating is Citizen Generation Nationwide, in lead to prepared people young of movement democracy. the nation's
Ensuring that all students in the United in the United Ensuring that all students for education” a “drivers’ receive States of action civics. in the form democracy, WWW.GENERATIONCITIZEN.ORG GENERATION CITIZEN NEW YORK, NY NY YORK, NEW AL; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DE; DC; DE; DC; CT; CO; CA; AL; AZ; MD; NC; FL; GA; IL; LA; MA; 1998 1998 program show a 20% increase in in increase a 20% show program them statistically putting self-esteem, personal their in higher significantly without learning than students growth differences. statistically a by fell participants 16%. significant about positively think them helped mentor increased with 85% reporting the future, a result. as self-esteem 73% and the program, after empowered them to helped mentor their believed self-advocates. become advocates them better participation made well. as themselves for Students participating in Eye to Eye’s to Eye’s in Eye participating Students to Eye’s in Eye symptoms Depressive their reported mentees to Eye of Eye 87% academically more felt of mentees 87% their felt program the in mentors of 89% • • • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; TN; VA; WA; WI;WYWA; NJ;VA; TN; NY; RI; OH; PA; EYE TO EYE EYE TO WWW.EYETOEYENATIONAL.ORG
Eye to Eye is a national, nonprofit mentoring mentoring nonprofit a national, is Eye to Eye of thousands of the lives changing program the United across adults young and children arts mentoring a research-based Using States. with students college committed in which model deficit (LD) and/or attention disabilities learning children (ADHD) mentor disorder hyperactivity helps Eye to Eye challenges, the same who face self-advocacy LD/ADHD improve with students to proven skills abilities, meta-cognitive and LD/ADHD of and success the life to be essential to approach grassroots Eye’s to Eye adults. parents, with partnerships leverages mentoring create to and universities schools, communities, child. each surrounding advocates of a network Improving the life of every young person young of every the life Improving with a learning disability or attention disorder. hyperactivity deficit WWW.HIGHLANDERINSTITUTE.ORG WWW.IMBLAZE.ORG WWW.IMENTOR.ORG
HIGHLANDER IMBLAZE BY BIG iMENTOR INSTITUTE PICTURE LEARNING
FOUNDED 1990 FOUNDED 2014 FOUNDED 1999
HEADQUARTERS PROVIDENCE, RI HEADQUARTERS PROVIDENCE, RI HEADQUARTERS NEW YORK, NY
LOCATIONS IA; MA; NJ; NY; RI; TX LOCATIONS CA; CO; DE; FL; ID; IL; KY; LA; LOCATIONS CA; IL; MD; NY MA; MI; MO; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OR; PA; RI; TN; WA Partnering with communities to imagine Building mentoring relationships that and create more equitable, relevant, and empower first-generation students from Helping all students increase their social effective schools; and using research to low-income communities to graduate capital, and schools disrupt opportunity build capacity to improve outcomes and high school, succeed in college, and gaps that exist for young people, through experiences for all students. achieve their ambitions. community-based internships and mentorships. Highlander Institute envisions students, Since its founding in 1999, iMentor has matched educators, and communities partnering as more than 33,000 students with mentors and agents of change to design classrooms that ImBlaze by Big Picture Learning is a powerful established a track record of significantly empower, schools that adapt, and systems mobile platform that encourages students’ improving college outcomes for its students. that liberate. Highlander Institute specializes interests by enabling them to find and pursue iMentor began with a single class of students in in learning models that are focused on creating internship opportunities with adults in their the Bronx, and now serves more than 10,000 equity through education. The Institute designs community who share their interests. Through students in 40 schools across the country, and implements proof-of-concept work, building ImBlaze, students can pursue internships increasing the number of first-generation not only the tools that enable districts to connected to relevant projects that often result in students who go to college, graduate with diagnose problems and design solutions from actual career opportunities. ImBlaze empowers a degree, and are prepared to successfully a student-centered perspective, but also the equitable student agency, ownership, and enter the 21st century workforce. iMentor has HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW CHILDREN LEARN CHILDREN HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT capacity-building strategies that energize local choice, and accelerates place-based, real-world developed a rigorous and innovative model that educators to customize Institute knowledge learning for all students. What’s more, educators reimagines the ways schools and communities and experience, mobilizing home-grown teams can use the tool to facilitate students’ search support students on their journey to post- of learning specialists driven to personalize the processes, track internship attendance, and secondary success. The pillars of this model learning experience for all students. ensure student success, making it a seamless include: multi-year partnerships with high option for schools wishing to implement more schools, integration of technology to drive progressive practices while also adhering to success, and a data-driven approach to local compliance structures. IMPACT innovation anchored by in–house data collection, analysis, and evaluation.
• During the 2018-2019 school year, IMPACT across 99 schools in nine stages, 96% of classroom teachers coached by IMPACT Highlander Institute shifted their teaching • In five short years, ImBlaze has resulted in practices toward more personalized students spending over 100,000 days out models. • Nationally, 73% of iMentor students in the community learning from mentors. • Classrooms coached and supported enroll in college on time compared to • There are currently over 23,000 internship by Highlander Institute have shown 54% of students from demographically opportunities cataloged in ImBlaze, statistically significant growth in student and academically similar schools in its making the connection between mentor outcomes, especially with Black and Latinx regions. and learner that much closer. students. • Nationally, 45% of iMentor’s college • In the Big Picture Learning network, which entrants graduate college within six years serves as the home base for ImBlaze, of enrollment, compared to 25% of low- over 75% of students who do not head income youth nationwide. to college following graduation secure employment through their high school internships. ImBlaze facilitates many of these connections.
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HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONSWORK BETTER – HOW CHILDREN LEARN 23 UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD MOVE TO UNITED BOSTON, MA MA AR; AZ; CA; CT; DC; GA; IL; MA; MA; AR; AZ; CA; CT; DC; GA; IL; MO; MS; NJ; RI;WA NY; PA; 1993 Jumpstart children make gains in the the in gains make children Jumpstart to determined skills literacy and language Jumpstart success. school of predictors be 1.5 are skills in literacy gains children’s of children the gains than greater times classrooms. in non-Jumpstart competencies, social-emotional on key more times two are children Jumpstart range in the “strength” to score likely to the national norm. compared their to relevant career a pursuing in service. Jumpstart Over the course of the year, 90% of 90% of year, the of the course Over impact of Jumpstart’s study on a Based interested are volunteers student 73% of • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS
Ensuring every child in America enters enters in America child Ensuring every succeed. to prepared kindergarten challenges education the early tackles Jumpstart workforce service, direct in the U.S. through Jumpstart advocacy. and policy development, develop that programs service direct provides and social-emotional literacy, the language, young preparing for critical are that skills college trains Jumpstart success. for children the curriculum who implement students in underserved classrooms in preschool AmeriCorps, member of A proud communities. children 123,000 served over has Jumpstart 1993. since volunteers 50,000 and engaged early a high-quality develops also Jumpstart that programs through workforce education enter to volunteers student college prepare and support and train profession the teaching in the practitioners education early current for advocates Jumpstart In addition, classroom. workforce the strengthen that policies public all. for education early equitable and promote WWW.JSTART.ORG JUMPSTART GREENVILLE, SC GREENVILLE, ICS identifies research- identifies ICS NJ; SC NJ; NY; 2010 home visiting through research on on research through home visiting advocacy, legislative practices, innovative to jurisdictions assistance technical and models. financing alternative exploring to help of events series a hosting is and the development support policymakers young function in executive strong of children. to support mechanisms Success for childhood early of effective scaling the interventions. ICS is working to expand evidence-based evidence-based to expand working is ICS papers of series a published has ICS Pay to develop continually works ICS • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS
Fostering the success of all children. the success Fostering a is (ICS) Success Child for The Institute institute and policy research nonpartisan providers, service policymakers, with working and business funders, agencies, government and supports that a culture advance to leaders Resting children. all of the success sustains policy, pillars—research, core three its on — and integration of the challenges meet to approaches based care, health development, childhood early partners its and supports and education, ICS practices. best these in implementing foster that systems broader on the focuses bringing children, of and health the education Through exponential. is that change about of and align the efforts integrate to work its in the early and advocates providers service diverse together brings ICS field, childhood in the the effect maximizes and perspectives people. young of lives WWW.INSTITUTEFORCHILDSUCCESS.ORG INSTITUTE FORCHILD SUCCESS WWW.KIPP.ORG WWW.LEADINGEDUCATORS.ORG WWW.LEAPINNOVATIONS.ORG
KIPP PUBLIC LEADING EDUCATORS LEAP INNOVATIONS SCHOOLS
FOUNDED 1994 FOUNDED 2008 FOUNDED 2014
HEADQUARTERS SAN FRANCISCO, CA HEADQUARTERS NEW ORLEANS, LA HEADQUARTERS CHICAGO, IL
LOCATIONS AR;MA CA; CO; DC; FL; GA; IL; IN; LOCATIONS CA; GA; IL; LA; MD; MI; OK LOCATIONS CA ; CO; CT; DC; FL; GA; ID; LA; MA; MD; MN; MO; NC; NJ; IL; IN; LA; MA; MI; MN; NY; NY; OH; OK; PA; TN; TX OH; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; UT; VT; WA; WI; WY Partnering with school systems to build and sustain the conditions, teaching, and Helping children develop the academic Transforming education nationwide into a leadership to ensure that the students and character strengths they need to uniquely personal experience, designed to furthest from opportunity succeed in succeed in college, lead choice-filled prepare, inspire, and empower all learners school and in life. lives, and build a better tomorrow for to ignite their unlimited potential. themselves, for their communities, for Leading Educators (LE) works to cultivate LEAP Innovations was founded on the belief us all. equitable and excellent experiences for every that all children, regardless of race, cultural student every day. By partnering with school background or socioeconomic status, have KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, is a systems to implement curriculum-based unlimited potential and a right to a high-quality national network of free, open-enrollment, supports for strong teaching and learning, education. LEAP Innovations gives districts and college-preparatory public schools that prepare LE aims to erase the variability in students’ schools foundational change–management students in underserved communities for success opportunities to learn and succeed in school. support to make sustainable shifts to a in college and in life. KIPP builds a partnership Its approach harnesses the potential of teacher personalized learning model. Its work enables among parents, students, and teachers that puts leaders, working within supportive systems to new learning environments, helping educators learning first. More than 88% of KIPP’s students drive sustained progress today and beyond. are from low-income families and eligible for design their approach, hone their practice, HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW CHILDREN LEARN CHILDREN HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT the free or reduced-price meals program, and develop professionally, and work with new 95% are African American or Latinx. By providing technologies to empower this shift. By driving IMPACT outstanding educators, more time in school the adoption of personalized learning, as well as learning, and a strong culture of achievement, fostering a connected ecosystem of learning to • During the 2018-2019 school year, LE KIPP is helping all students climb the mountain support personalized pathways, LEAP is working worked with 172 schools and 15 school side-by-side with educators and innovators to to and through college. systems to develop the instructional leadership skills of 645 teacher leaders, create a new paradigm for education that is truly impacting the work of 2,800 teachers centered around the learner. and 67,387 students. Since 2008, LE has
IMPACT worked with approximately 2,000 teachers and school leaders across the country. • 74% of teachers who participated in IMPACT • As of the 2019-2020 school year, KIPP has school-based professional learning a total of 242 schools serving more than increased their alignment score on LE's 100,000 students, with plans to continue content knowledge assessment, with an • LEAP has worked with more than 140 growing annually. average increase of 15 points in ELA and schools; 2,400 in-service and pre-service • As of the fall of 2018, 91% of KIPP students 10 points in math. educators; and nearly 40,000 students graduate from high school and 80% enroll • Recent evaluation data from its Louisiana (90% students of color; and 80% qualify in college. school partners shows that 61% of for free or reduced-price lunch). • 45% of alumni who graduated from KIPP students in LE schools scored significantly • Students in the first three cohorts saw high schools completed a bachelor’s above the mean score in math compared statistically significant improvement in degree, approximately three times higher to the similar control group of students. literacy. than the average for students from low- In other words, the intervention led to • Students in ELA classrooms in the bottom income families. an 11% increase in percentile rank for an third of their incoming test scores showed average student. a statistically significant increase of 8.3 percentile points. • For four consecutive years, teachers stated the LEAP programs improved their teacher practice (99%+) and increased student engagement (90%+).
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HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONSWORK BETTER – HOW CHILDREN LEARN 25 UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD MOVE TO UNITED BURLINGTON, VT BURLINGTON, VT 2000 Let's Grow Kids established universal universal established Kids Grow Let's Vermont’s in increased Participation public a data-driven launched It pre-K in the Vermont state legislature. state the Vermont in pre-K System Improvement and Rating Quality new, 500+ and 75%, to 15% from (QRIS) were spaces care child high-quality the state. throughout created campaign, education and awareness grasstops 30,000+ engaged has which supporters. and grassroots • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATION LET’S GROW KIDS WWW.LETSGROWKIDS.ORG
Let’s Grow Kids is a statewide movement movement a statewide is Kids Grow Let’s Vermont’s for change transformational pursuing and economy. communities, families, kids, and capacity quality increases Kids Grow Let’s support to system learning and care the early of while today, educators and early families, kids, from Vermonters mobilizing simultaneously and change policy for call to life of walks all a and sustain create to investment increased the future. for birth-to-5 system high-quality Vermont 100% of that mean will in 2025 Success 5 have birth age to children with families learning and care early to access affordable meet that in their communities opportunities pay will families Vermont 100% of their needs; for income annual 7%–15% of than no more programs care child and 100% of care; child recognition quality Vermont’s in participate will the performing at the majority with system levels. highest Securing affordable access to high-quality access Securing affordable 2025. by families all Vermont for care child WWW.MATCHEDUCATION.ORG WWW.MINDRIGHT.IO WWW.WEAREMORTAR.COM
MATCH EDUCATION MINDRIGHT MORTAR
FOUNDED 2000 FOUNDED 2016 FOUNDED 2014
HEADQUARTERS BOSTON, MA HEADQUARTERS NEWARK, NJ HEADQUARTERS CINCINNATI,SAN FRANCISCO, OH CA
LOCATION MA LOCATIONS CA;MA DC; NJ; PA LOCATION OH
Delivering extraordinary results for our Empowering communities of color Enabling underserved entrepreneurs charter school students, equipping our to heal from trauma from systemic and businesses to succeed, creating graduate school of education students oppression. opportunities to build communities for success in high-poverty public through entrepreneurship. schools, and serving as a source of MindRight is a tech and social justice startup innovation in education nationwide. with the mission to empower youth of color to MORTAR was created to bridge the gap between heal from trauma from systemic oppression, untapped entrepreneurs and a city on the rise,
Match Education is the combined brand including structural violence, poverty, and existing to ensure that all entrepreneurs and name of the three legal entities through which racism. It provides culturally responsive, small businesses—regardless of socioeconomic work is conducted. An engine of discovery personalized mental health coaching over text status, gender, race, or background—have an and applied innovation in education, Match message to teens. It also provides partners real- opportunity to participate in the rejuvenation of Education operates a high-performing urban time data on student emotional well–being to its city. The hope is that its approach will create public charter school, and a unique graduate drive systems change to better support youth a local economy where entrepreneurs of all school of education that trains teachers for high- of color. MindRight's vision is to use technology backgrounds and colors can not only participate, poverty schools. Out of this applied work, Match to create opportunities for systemic healing for but also transfer economic opportunity and Education refines, validates empirically, and communities of color. Forbes has recognized ownership to future generations. Mortar sees disseminates new ideas and practices on core MindRight as one of the top 30 innovations of from the success of its graduates that there are HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW CHILDREN LEARN CHILDREN HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT questions in education reform. Its entities focus the next century. entrepreneurs—male and female—throughout on the following areas of work: Match Public the region with great ideas who need resources Charter School, a high-performing, innovative and training to create vibrant businesses, charter public school in Boston, serving students IMPACT sustainable jobs, and stable households—and from pre-K to 12th grade on multiple campuses when these resources are available, great things across the city; the Charles Sposato Graduate can happen. • On average, for every 100 students, School of Education, which grants a master’s MindRight is supporting 10,000 incoming in effective teaching (MET) degree; and Match texts/month. • 90% of all surveyed users reported Export, its vehicle for sharing the inventions IMPACT improved stress management. developed in its applied work. • 56% of users who screened for high trauma in pre-assessment reported • Since 2014-2018, MORTAR has supported reduction in PTSD indicators. This is the dreams of nearly 250 entrepreneurs compared to youth who did not use through 17 cohorts of its Entrepreneurship IMPACT MindRight, where 43% who screened Academy, including 87% entrepreneurs for high trauma reported reductions in of color. PTSD indicators. • By 10th grade, nearly 100% of Match • 67% of alumni are Black women. students have achieved proficiency in • To date, 71% of MORTAR alumni are still math, literacy, and biology. in business. • 100% of CSGSE trainees have received at least one offer for a full-time teaching position. • Match Export has had over 1 million unique visitors to its free, publicly accessible websites. Best practices are shared with teachers and instructional coaches, as well as all curriculum materials for grades 3-12.
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HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONSWORK BETTER – HOW CHILDREN LEARN 27 UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD MOVE TO UNITED WASHINGTON, DC WASHINGTON, NATIONAL 1977 NCLD works closely with its Professional Professional its with closely works NCLD NCLD succeeded in getting the Respond, the getting in succeeded NCLD Leadership Adult Young a operates NCLD Innovate, Succeed and Empower (RISE) (RISE) Empower and Succeed Innovate, of House U.S. the both into introduced Act in 2019 the Senate and Representatives and Act Education the Higher to improve and access post-secondary increase disabilities. with students for completion who are adults young of 25 Council their share to and poised empowered to voices and their use experiences federal and local the at change create learning with students of on behalf levels issues. attention and dozens and of experts Board Advisory education, of fields the in partners of the up to lift rights civil and disability, and with learning students of voices marginalized other and issues attention groups. • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS WWW.NCLD.ORG
The mission of the National Center for Learning Learning for Center the National of The mission of the lives improve to (NCLD) is Disabilities the 1 in 5 with nationwide and adults children issues—brain-based and attention learning reading, with trouble include that difficulties concentration, organization, math, writing, motor skills, social comprehension, listening empowering these—by of or a combination skills, transforming adults, young and parents and rights equal for and advocating schools, in a society create to NCLD works opportunities. the academic, possesses every individual which in succeed needed to skills and emotional social, and in life. work, at school, Improving the lives of people with the lives Improving issues. learning and attention NATIONAL CENTER LEARNINGFOR DISABILITIES ARLINGTON, VA ARLINGTON, NATIONAL 1987 1987 makes clear that the nation’s 122,000 122,000 the nation’s that clear makes have Teachers Certified Board National learning. student on impact a measurable More than a decade of academic research research of academic than a decade More • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS
The National Board for Professional Teaching Teaching Professional for Board The National to founded was Standards the quality advance high maintaining by learning and teaching of accomplished what for standards and rigorous do; to able be and know should teachers certifying system voluntary national a providing and standards; these who meet teachers integrate to reforms education related advocating in American Certification Board National on the expertise of capitalize and to education Recognized Teachers. Certified Board National the as standard” “gold certification, teacher in for higher standards believes Board the National students. for learning better means teachers Advancing accomplished teaching for all for teaching accomplished Advancing students. WWW.NBPTS.ORG NATIONAL BOARD NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL FOR TEACHING STANDARDS WWW.NEWCLASSROOMS.ORG WWW.NEWLEADERS.ORG WWW.NEWTEACHERCENTER.ORG
NEW CLASSROOMS NEW LEADERS NEW TEACHER CENTER INNOVATION PARTNERS FOR LEARNING
FOUNDED 2011 FOUNDED 2000 FOUNDED 2008
HEADQUARTERS NEW YORK, NY HEADQUARTERS NEW YORK, NY HEADQUARTERS SANTA CRUZ, CA
LOCATIONS CA;MA CT; FL; GA; IL; MA; NJ; LOCATIONS AL; AR; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; LOCATIONS NATIONAL NM; NY; OK; TN FL; GA; IA; IL; LA; MA; MD; MI; MN; NC; NE; NJ; NY; NV; OR; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; WA; WI Improving student learning by Creating and inspiring better ways accelerating the effectiveness of new to give every student an educational Recruiting, developing, and supporting teachers and school leaders. foundation for lifelong success. outstanding leaders for high-need public schools. New Teacher Center (NTC) works with schools, Founded in 2011, New Classrooms Innovation districts, state policymakers, and educators Partners is a national nonprofit that partners across the country to develop and implement New Leaders transforms underperforming with schools to design and implement induction programs aligned with district learning schools by developing outstanding leaders innovative learning models. Its work is driven by goals. NTC induction programs include one-on- at every level of the education system from a commitment to create and inspire better ways one mentoring and professional development, teacher leaders to principals and their to give every student an educational foundation all taking place within school environments that supervisors. It works in deep partnership for lifelong success. The first learning model is support new teachers. NTC has developed a with the state, district, and charter partners, called Teach to One: Math (TTO), which middle comprehensive induction program that provides delivering leadership solutions that build on and high schools across the country—public new teachers with one-on-one mentoring their strengths and address their most-pressing schools, district schools, charter schools, and professional development opportunities priorities. Its evidence-based programming independent schools—can adopt as their core within the school environment. In addition, the cultivates diverse, equity-driven leaders math program. TTO ensures each student is organization develops and provides innovative equipped with the skills to elevate instruction, HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW CHILDREN LEARN CHILDREN HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT learning the right math lesson at the right time programs, services, resources, and tools that enhance learning, and build vibrant, inclusive to best meet their individual needs. It is used by address national issues related to new teachers school communities. To encourage widespread thousands of students in schools nationwide. and teacher development. Finally, NTC advocates adoption of effective, sustainable leadership for and designs public policies to strengthen new practices, it also advocates for federal and state educator induction and mentoring. policies that support the work of school leaders everywhere. IMPACT IMPACT
• An independent third-party study found IMPACT that students across the full set of 14 • When teachers participate in the NTC TTO schools that operated the program induction model, students gain up to five for three years saw 23% greater learning • New Leaders has trained 3,900 education months of additional learning. gains than students nationally on the leaders who annually reach nearly half a • After two years of NTC support, new NWEA MAP test. Students grew even million PK-12 students, mostly students teacher retention in Hillsborough County more—53% above the national average— of color and children from low-income Public Schools District increased 31%, and in schools aligned to growth-aligned families. 90% of NTC-trained mentors and coaches accountability measures. • In 2019, the RAND Corporation found that remained in the district after five years. • Students consistently make learning gains students who attend New Leader schools • Evidence shows that NTC-trained mentors on NWEA’s MAP test that are 1.5 times the perform significantly better than their provide more instructionally focused national average. peers in both math and literacy. support and student-centered support • Students who begin the year below grade • Through its work advising school systems, than control teachers. level in math achieve learning gains that New Leaders has impacted 13,000 leaders are 1.8 times the national average. and 7 million students across the country, truly scaling best practices to impact many more students in need of great leadership.
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HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONSWORK BETTER – HOW CHILDREN LEARN 29 BOSTON, MA MA 1992 Peace First supports thousands youngof thousands supports First Peace its leveraged who people young of 96% platformits who leveraged youth of 89% platform its youth who leveraged 96% of platform its youth who leveraged of 100% people across 138 countries around the around countries 138 across people world. with people relationships built platform worldviews. with different work and respect to likely more now are different who are people to understand them. from something notice to likely more now are it. to fix want and right not that’s should, can, and they make that believe a project. completing after a difference • • • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATION
Empowering young people with the tools, people with the tools, young Empowering they need to and resources community, world. and peaceful a just create a national is First Peace in 1992, Founded generation the next create to exists that nonprofit natural as people young views It peacemakers. of and it thinkers, and creative solvers problem as see themselves to ability in their invests digital free of blend a unique through leaders including programming, and real-life resources tools. design and critical training leadership work to choice the afforded is person young Every experts, matter and subject mentors online with the from support peer-to-peer garner as well as that every team And community. peacemaking the provided is Challenge First in the Peace enlists in the form funding start-up secure to opportunity ideas their catalyze help to mini-grants $250 of on the Peace place takes this of All reality. into marketplace largest world’s platform—the First initiatives. change social youth-led for WWW.PEACEFIRST.ORG UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD MOVE TO UNITED PEACE FIRSTPEACE WASHINGTON, DC WASHINGTON, DC 2016 PAVE led the #WeNeed25 coalition to to coalition the #WeNeed25 led PAVE to families D.C. 1,000 over surveyed It and parent the of 30% represented It process selection a first-of-its-kind led It secure $20.25 million for out of school school of out for million $20.25 secure programs. time (OST) toward goes funding increased ensure it need that areas and the programs most. for process engagement community with focus card citywide report new the efforts. canvassing and group both serving operator school a new for a where families, military 8 and Ward identified parents of eight committee their in see to wanted they school the community. • • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATION
PAVE is dedicated to creating an environment an environment creating to dedicated is PAVE not is in D.C. education for vision the where with rather but families and children for created the and changing shifting and families, children and communities so that power of dynamics schools great in creating partners are parents and constructively intentionally PAVE in the city. in policy in education engage to parents asks lead to parents for opportunities creates D.C.; the understand to parents helps advocate; and parents between relationships builds system; the and influencing making who are and those on behalf and advocates landscape; education supports and equitable options school great of sector. of regardless children, all for Connecting, informing, and empowering and empowering Connecting, informing, in a voice families give leaders to parent in education in the vision for and choice D.C. Washington, WWW.DCPAVE.ORG PARENTS VOICES AMPLIFYING EDUCATION IN MIAMI, FL MIAMI, MA FL 2017 P.S. 305 has trained over 200 parent parent 200 over trained 305 has P.S. who have leaders of parent 100% leaders in pursuit of a more equitable equitable of a more in pursuit leaders County. in Miami-Dade system education Power Parent 305’s P.S. completed to this would recommend Accelerator participants. future • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATION
WWW.PS305.ORG P.S. 305 is Miami’s first and only educational educational and only first Miami’s is 305 P.S. improve to working organization, advocacy by Guided schools. public K-12 Miami-Dade’s 305 P.S. and excellence, equity of values the elements all around clarity on creating focuses parents and engages system the education of pipeline that development in a leadership decision- become them to and empowers trains great for voice and amplify their makers students, for is goal Its children. all for schools members and community teachers, parents, of performance the about be informed to academic improve to work and actively schools choice, quality, for advocating by outcomes education the of levels all at accountability and stakeholders of group diverse This system. grassroots through primarily this accomplishes policies best-practice implement to organizing level. district the school at Informing, activating, and empowering and empowering activating, Informing, improve to families low-income in children for outcomes educational civic Miami–Dade County through system. engagement in the school P.S. 305 P.S. WWW.PEERFORWARD.ORG WWW.PEERHEALTHEXCHANGE.ORG
PEER FORWARD PEER HEALTH EXCHANGE
FOUNDED 1996 FOUNDED 2003
HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON, DC HEADQUARTERS SAN FRANCISCO, CA
LOCATIONS CA;MA DC; FL; MD; MI; NY; PA; LOCATIONS CA; CO; IL; MA; NY SC; VA; WV
Empowering young people with the Transforming the lives of low-income knowledge, skills, and resources they youth by connecting them to college and need to make healthy decisions. careers.
Peer Health Exchange (PHE) recruits, selects, Peer Forward, a national leader in college access and trains college student volunteers to teach a and persistence for low-income high school skills-based health curriculum. As slightly older students, has been transforming young peers, PHE’s volunteers are well positioned lives nationwide since 1996. In high schools to lead honest conversations about young throughout the United States, Peer Forward people’s choices and health. In PHE’s program, creates a corps of students, Peer Leaders, who young people learn essential health information lead their classmates through the necessary and develop critical skills including decision- steps to get to and through higher education. making, communication, advocacy, and To date, Peer Forward has guided more than access to health resources in their schools and 350,000 low-income youth from more than 500 communities. By applying the skills they learn in schools on the path to college and career. PHE workshops outside of the classroom, PHE young people can make informed choices that HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW CHILDREN LEARN CHILDREN HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT contribute to better health and life opportunities. IMPACT
IMPACT • In 2018-2019, 61% of all seniors in PeerForward partner schools applied to higher education, and nearly half of • The American Institutes for Research all students applied to three or more conducted an independent evaluation institutions, greatly increasing their comparing students who received PHE to chances of enrollment. those who did not. The PHE program has • PeerForward high schools achieve a statistically significant effect on sexual statistically significant higher rates and mental knowledge, skills, and help- of FAFSA application—15%-26%—for seeking behavior. financial aid than similar schools, • As a result of the program, PHE students increasing the likelihood of eventual were more likely to: visit a health center; enrollment and completion. know how to access contraceptives, and • PeerForward expands the postsecondary show greater intentions to use them in the counseling capacity of a high school future; accurately define what constitutes counselor’s office eightfold. PeerForward consent in a sexual situation; and identify Peer Leader teams conducted 1,373 the warning signs of poor mental health. activities and events, including 432 geared toward career preparation for students in grades 9-11, reaching an estimated 89,000 students.
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HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONSWORK BETTER – HOW CHILDREN LEARN 31 OAKLAND, CA OAKLAND, CA; CO; DC; MD; MN; NY; OK; NY; OK; DC; MD; MN; CA; CO; SC; TX; WA 1999 Experimental and quasi-experimental quasi-experimental and Experimental students of K-5 more 85% or Annually, students of K-2 more 85% or Annually, fourth-grade and third- of 50% Annually, evaluations demonstrate that over over that demonstrate evaluations the in students year, of a the course reading general their improve program sight in skills specific as well as skills reading and fluency, efficiency, word comprehension. individualized their exceed or meet goals. growth literacy of foundational mastery demonstrate skills. literacy gaps equivalency grade with students of rate their double more or year of one learning. • • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS
Helping children become lifelong lifelong become children Helping to communities empowering by readers with instruction individualized provide results. measurable national AmeriCorps proud a is Partners Reading students K-4 supports that program service reading foundational with who need support behind grade months 25 to six and are skills in operates Partners Reading in reading. level in under- in schools centers 200 reading over across regions 10 in communities resourced community supervised, Trained, the country. tutoring one-on-one literacy provide volunteers the school and after during weekly twice and curriculum a research-based Using day. achieves that model program evidence-based school each engages Partners Reading results, inspires that in a program and community equity, educational improve to works change, reading. of and power the joy and spreads WWW.READINGPARTNERS.ORG UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD MOVE TO UNITED READING PARTNERS READING are from the from are MILWAUKEE, WI MILWAUKEE, AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; FL; IA; IA; DE; FL; CT; DC; AZ; CA; CO; MN; NM; IL; IN; LA; MD; MI; 1992 public–service sector. sector. public–service and school from disconnected previously employed, school, in enrolled work, are term service of on taking another and/or the from of graduation within 90 days program. the that apprentices indicated Allies services of quality and the level improved provide. organizations their 80% of alumni continue to work in the in to work continue 80% of alumni those including of Allies, 90% percent hosting 79% of organizations year-end, At • • • IMPACT LOCATIONS FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS NY; NC; OH; PA; TX;NY;WI NC; OH; PA;
communities, and often the very neighborhoods, and often the communities, movement serve. they national A in which of hundreds with in collaboration operated communities 24 in organizations nonprofit nearly launched has Allies Public nationwide, signature Its service. in public 8,000 careers a 10-month combines program AmeriCorps community- a with apprenticeship nonprofit development leadership to approach centered values core six of the practice emphasizes that diversity collaboration, life: public invigorate that continuous change, asset-based and inclusion, and innovation. integrity, learning, Creating a just and equitable society and and equitable a just Creating it. sustain leadership to the diverse both the face change to aims Allies Public cultivating by leadership of and the practice from leaders “home-grown” diverse, talented, the of Cognizant backgrounds. underrepresented development leadership between connection the of the majority development, and community — “Allies” participants—or program’s WWW.PUBLICALLIES.ORG PUBLICALLIES NEW YORK, NY YORK, NEW MA AK; AL; AR; AZ; CA;CO;CT; FL; FL; AZ; CA;CO;CT; AR; AK; AL; MA; LA; KY; KS; IN; GA; IL; 1999 PowerMyLearning schools outperformed schools PowerMyLearning say schools in 88% partner of students data using at improved teachers of 94% comparison schools in math proficiency in math proficiency schools comparison points of 7 percentage an average by each year. to help resources to find how know they understand do not they things them learn in math. supporting and instruction their to drive agency. student • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS MD; MI; MN; MO; NC; MS; MT; ND; NJ; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; RI;PA; SC; TN; TX; UT; VT; VA; WA; WV WI;
PowerMyLearning is a national education education a national is PowerMyLearning learning of the triangle strengthens that nonprofit and teachers, students, between relationships that believes succeeds. It so every child families when supported successful most are students relationships learning strong of a triangle by It and families. teachers, students, between nationwide and districts schools with partners engagement and family teaching transform to and workshops, coaching innovative through platform, digital award-winning its through and a nonprofit, As Connect. PowerMyLearning committed especially is PowerMyLearning communities, low-income from students to and English differences, learning with students learners. language Ensuring that all children reach their reach Ensuring that all children potential. fullest WWW.POWERMYLEARNING.ORG POWERMYLEARNING WWW.SERVICEYEARALLIANCE.ORG WWW.SPRINGBOARDCOLLABORATIVE.ORG WWW.STATION1.ORG
SERVICE YEAR SPRINGBOARD STATION1 ALLIANCE COLLABORATIVE
FOUNDED 2016 FOUNDED 2011 FOUNDED 2016
HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON, DC HEADQUARTERS PHILADELPHIA, PA HEADQUARTERS BRONX, NEW YORK
LOCATIONS NATIONALMA LOCATIONS CA; CT; DC; DE; MD; NY; PA LOCATION MA
Working to make a year of paid, full-time Closing the literacy gap by bridging the Inspiring and empowering people of service — a service year — a common gap between home and school. all backgrounds to pursue science and expectation and opportunity for all young technology to foster an equitable, creative, Americans. Low-income parents—often perceived as prosperous, and sustainable world. liabilities rather than as assets—have been left
Service Year Alliance is working to make a year out of the teaching process. Parents’ love for Station1 is a nonprofit educational institution that of paid, full-time service—a service year—a their children is the single greatest, and most is based on a new model of higher education—one common expectation and opportunity for all underutilized, natural resource in education. that is built on a foundation of inclusion and equity, young Americans. A service year before, during, Springboard Collaborative closes the literacy learning through frontier project-based inquiry or after college gives young people the chance gap by bridging the gap between home and and research, and the integration of science and to transform their lives, make an impact in their school. Springboard coaches teachers and family technology with societal perspective and impact. community, and become the active citizens members to help their kids read on grade-level. Station1 creates and implements transformative and leaders our nation needs. Service Year Its offerings combine personalized instruction education, research, and internship programs that Alliance is working to accomplish its mission for pre-K through third grade, workshops educate a diverse range of students and fosters by supporting the national service field to grow training parents to teach reading at home, and academic success, meaningful careers, and the number of service year positions available professional development for teachers. By lifelong learning in the changing world. to young people; improving and enhancing the training parents and teachers to collaborate, HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW CHILDREN LEARN CHILDREN HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT service year experience for currently serving Springboard puts students on a path that closes the literacy gap by fourth grade. Springboard has corps members; and ensuring that all young IMPACT people, regardless of their background, have set an ambitious goal: to help 100,000 students the opportunity to serve. reach reading goals and 30,000 students read on grade level by 2023. It is Springboard’s • Station1 carried out extensive national and international engagement through over ambition—and its charge—to prove that all 25 invited keynotes, presentations, and parents can teach. IMPACT workshops (1,200+ attendees). • It received three major grants from MIT and is developing and implementing a • Since Service Year Alliance’s founding, STEM discipline-specific version of the IMPACT federal funding for full-time AmeriCorps, social inquiry curriculum at MIT. Peace Corps, and YouthBuild positions • Local community engagement is occurring has grown from $916 million in FY 2015 through collaborations and partnerships, • Springboard’s summer and after–school to $1.255 billion in FY 2019—a cumulative for example, with Riverwalk, the programs average a three to five month increase of $1.2 billion in funding for Lawrence History Center, and The Youth reading gain, closing the gap to grade-level service years over Service Year Alliance's Development Organization. performance by 54% in just five to 10 weeks. existence. • In schools that struggle to get 20% of • Service Year Alliance recently announced parents to report card conferences, the Serve America Together campaign, Springboard’s weekly family workshops which works to build public awareness, average 91% attendance. For every engage presidential candidates, and hour a teacher leads a family workshop, empower communities, and works parents deliver 25 hours of home-based with Congress to pass legislation that instructional time. will make national service a common • Through Springboard’s emphasis on expectation and opportunity for all young coaching, teachers and families turn Americans. effective practices into lasting behavior change. A six-month follow–up study showed teachers and parents sustain habits long after programming has ended.
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HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONSWORK BETTER – HOW CHILDREN LEARN 33 LOS ANGELES, CA ANGELES, LOS CA 2010 million invested across 20 start-ups start-ups 20 across invested million 2016 . since 2010. since 5,000 than more and students million nationwide. schools student in million than $350 in more savings. The foundation has invested over $1.2 over invested has foundation The in grants $1.5 million over awarded has It 4 over by used resources free offers It resulted has work The foundation's • • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS WWW.20MM.ORG THE MICHELSON MICHELSON THE 20MM FOUNDATION
Catalyzing innovation in education. innovation Catalyzing Gary K. Michelson, The Dr. in 2010 by Founded dedicated is 20MM Foundation Michelson educational equitable that ensuring to careers meaningful to lead that opportunities all. to accessible are edge the cutting At helps the foundation higher education, of nonprofits, entrepreneurs, forward-thinking the opportunity close and organizations advocacy, through change Stimulating gap. the philanthropy, venture and making, grant every at students support to aims foundation life to enrollment from their journey, of step post-graduation. UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD MOVE TO UNITED PRINCETON, NJ PRINCETON, NATIONAL 2012 action-oriented resources accessed by by accessed resources action-oriented online TLA’s to visitors 100,000 over with even conferences, and platforms than 160 via more distribution further organizations education with partnerships the country. across 1 nearly serving districts, 18 advanced and lessons to capture students million and collaboration, tools, encourage scale to how for base the evidence build approaches. to ecosystem solutions and launches supporting including gaps, and problems of EducationSuperHighway, the creation Learning the Resources, Up Open Learning the Innovative and Commons, Hub. Expert TLA offers hundreds of openly licensed, licensed, openly of hundreds offers TLA with works Network Director Innovation Its resources, mobilizes needs, identifies TLA • • • IMPACT LOCATIONS FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS
The Learning Accelerator (TLA) envisions a future a future (TLA) envisions Accelerator The Learning an effective, receives student each in which is that education—one and engaging equitable, technology and supported by data by informed and unique full their reach them to —enabling nonprofit national the leading is It potential. personalized of “potential” the make to helping and possible education and mastery-based student. and teacher every for practical By building approaches, identifying promising openly and scale, at learning for networks and disparate across knowledge disseminating makes it stakeholders, unconnected previously to level, any at educator, any for possible it child, every for learning and teaching improve in America. school in every in every classroom, Connecting teachers and leaders with the and leaders Connecting teachers they need and networks tools, knowledge, and mastery-based enact personalized to K-12 education. transform to practices WWW.LEARNINGACCELERATOR.ORG LEARNING THE ACCELERATOR NEW YORK, NY YORK, NEW AL; AZ; AR; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; CT; DC; DE; CA; CO; AR; AL; AZ; LA; KY; IN; KS; HI; IL; FL; GA; 1990 research continues to demonstrate that that to demonstrate continues research members corps America For Teach have and achievement student promote and students on impact immediate an communities. in every to lead on gone have alumni state teachers, as in education, sector and district chiefs, education public some of of leaders and leaders, school in schools high-performing the most outside in fields as well as the country, of students the that impact lives education communities. their and A growing body of rigorous independent independent rigorous of body growing A 60,000 of nearly network growing TFA’s • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS MD; MA; MI; MN; MO;, MS; NV; NL; NM; NY; NC; WA;WI OH; SD; TN; TX; VA; OK; RI; SC; PA;
Teach For America (TFA) works in partnership with with partnership in works (TFA) America For Teach opportunity educational expand to communities poverty. of the challenges facing children for of corps a diverse develops and recruits TFA and professionals graduates college outstanding teach to commitment two-year an initial make to and rural in urban schools in high-need public lifelong and become communities, low-income in the the classroom and outside inside leaders inequity. educational end to movement Enlisting promising future leaders in the future promising Enlisting inequity. end educational to movement TEACH FOR AMERICA FOR TEACH WWW.TEACHFORAMERICA.ORG WWW.OPPORTUNITYNETWORK.ORG
THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK
FOUNDED 2003
HEADQUARTERS NEW YORK, NY
LOCATION NY
Igniting the drive, curiosity, and agency of underrepresented students on their paths to and through college and into thriving careers, powered by a commitment to access and community.
The Opportunity Network (OppNet) connects students from historically and systematically underrepresented communities to college access and success, internships, career opportunities, and personal and professional networks. Its founding OppNet Fellows program, an intensive six-year experience for students beginning the summer after 10th grade, cultivates the passions and skills of students to persist through college and launch the careers of their choice upon graduation. Anchored in its proprietary Career HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW CHILDREN LEARN CHILDREN HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT Fluency® curriculum, which articulates the necessary skills and mindsets for college and career readiness, the OppNet Fellows program integrates individualized college guidance, robust networking opportunities for professional and personal growth, multi-industry career exposure, experiential learning for college success, and five summers of skill-building paid internships and enrichment programs.
IMPACT
• 92% of students in the six-year OppNet Fellows program graduate from college within six years, and 90% secure meaningful employment or graduate school admission within six months of college graduation. • 870 students were served in 2019. • 97% of internship supervisors would re- hire their OppNet intern.
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HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONSWORK BETTER – HOW CHILDREN LEARN 35 NEW YORK, NY YORK, NEW CA; DC; NY DC; CA; 2002 Turnaround for Children trained more more trained Children for Turnaround principals, 100 superintendents, than 100 impacted and educators, 4,500 and students. 50,000 approximately series learning professional Turnaround’s leaders school 79% of and to a colleague, practice. their has impacted the series say video Happens” Learning the “How on and Cantor Pamela Dr. featuring series been has which Hammond, Darling Linda January since times million 7.6 viewed counting. and 2019 During the 2018-2019 school year, year, school the During 2018-2019 would recommend educators of 83% with Edutopia collaborated Turnaround • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS WWW.TURNAROUNDUSA.ORG FOR TURNAROUND CHILDREN
Translating neuroscientific research into into research neuroscientific Translating with high schools for and strategies tools by impacted of students concentrations healthy accelerate to in order adversity, achievement. and academic development and too behind in school are students many Too it. do about to what know don’t schools many the problem understanding to key is Science the studying By the solution. to key and also brain, on the developing adversity of impact something on to is Children for Turnaround poverty, between the dots connecting is It big. Turnaround performance. and academic stress, the impact explains that the science translates teachers for and behavior on learning stress of and strategies tools into and administrators reduce environment, a safe cultivate that and learning, in engagement increase stress, and academic development student accelerate a catalyst as acts Turnaround achievement. and about awareness raising by change for school any affect that the challenges addressing in high- those particularly adversity, facing communities. poverty UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD MOVE TO UNITED BOSTON, MA AL; AZ; AR; CA; CO; DC; DE; DC; DE; AL; AZ; AR; CA; CO; IN; LA; MA; MI; IL; GA; ID; 2016 Of the six Boston-based charter charter Boston-based six the Of cohort of innovative schools, student student schools, of innovative cohort social-emotional own their of perceptions climate school the of and competencies the to next year one from improved with working were that schools in TransformEd. 96% found with in Massachusetts, works professional recent most TransformEd’s to be valuable. session development TransformEd organizations management that agreed 100% with, partners them think work helped TransformEd’s experiencing are they challenges about way. in a different In a recent partnership with a national with a national partnership In a recent TransformEd districts school the 19 Of • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS MN; MO; NJ;WA NM; NY;VA; TX; NC;
Fostering the development of the whole the development Fostering those particularly that all students, so child thrive. can populations, underserved from (TransformEd) Inc. Education, Transforming leaders and system school with partners evidence-based identifyto and implement positive create that policies and practices students’ and support environments learning TransformEd development. social-emotional one-on-one in intensive partners with works learning in networked as well as engagements setting, in priority engage to communities data building, knowledge assessments, needs development strategy and analysis, collection management, change and action planning, on focused all improvement, and continuous focus a specific with development, child whole and positive development on social-emotional environments. learning TRANSFORMING TRANSFORMING INC. EDUCATION, WWW.TRANSFORMINGEDUCATION.ORG NEW YORK, NY YORK, NEW AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; FL; GA; FL; GA; CT; DC; AZ; CA; CO; MA; MN; IL; IA; LA; ME; MD; 2015 with a cohort of 10 schools—scaling it to it schools—scaling 10 of cohort a with nationally. schools 50+ serve schools 60 in over resulted has Academies than more Circlel—impacting adopting the country. across students 30,000 15 knowledge over experts, developed 35 in over published been products, over at spoken posts, blog and articles disseminated and conferences, 20 350 to nearly products knowledge unique 1,000 over and schools unique organizations. Transcend launched a redesign experience a redesign launched Transcend Collegiate with Valor work Transcend’s 40 research over engaged has Transcend • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS MO; NM; NC; NV; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; TN; TX; TX; TN; RI; PA; NY; OH; NV; NJ; MO; NM; NC; WA; WIVA;
Transcend, an R&D and design organization, organization, an R&D and design Transcend, and spread create to communities supports environments learning equitable extraordinary, learn people young all one day, that vision the with and transform in thrive them to enable that in ways roles. two playing by this does Transcend the world. and readiness demand activates Transcend First, to country the across communities supporting by innovation, for their conditions and advance ignite pursue to and able eager them are of so more their reflect that environments learning better Transcend Second, and context. aspirations local with partnering by options of supply the expands to and other entities schools number of a limited that models learning innovative and spread build outstanding, of range a diverse communities offer contexts. their unique to adapt to options relevant Supporting communities to create and create to communities Supporting learning equitable extraordinary, spread environments. TRANSCEND,INC. WWW.TRANSCENDEDUCATION.ORG WWW.UASPIRE.ORG WWW.UNBOUNDED.ORG WWW.VALORCOLLEGIATE.ORG
UASPIRE UNBOUNDED VALOR COLLEGIATE ACADEMIES
FOUNDED 1985 FOUNDED 2015 FOUNDED 2013
HEADQUARTERS BOSTON, MA HEADQUARTERS NEW YORK, NY HEADQUARTERS NASHVILLE, TN
LOCATIONS CA; FL; MA LOCATIONS NATIONAL LOCATION TNMA
Ensuring that all young people have Disrupting the cycle of institutional racism Empowering its diverse community to the financial information and resources that manifests in education systems, live inspired, purposeful lives. necessary to find an affordable path to which denies students of color an equal and through a postsecondary education. opportunity to learn and thrive in society. Valor Collegiate Academies is a network of free, public college preparatory charter schools
uAspire is a national leader in providing college– UnboundEd’s capacity-building programs are in South Nashville that serves a diverse affordability services to young people and designed explicitly to close the education population. It currently operates three public families, alleviating financial barriers to college provision gap caused by systemic bias and charter schools serving grades five to 10 with success. uAspire delivers programming directly racism at every level of the education ecosystem. approximately 1,400 students. Its middle to young people and families in high schools and UnboundEd believes sustained and scaled schools are at full growth and its high school also virtually, using text messaging and other change is possible through the development of will serve 800 students at scale in 2021- technologies. In addition, uAspire provides best– vertical cohorts of educators within a system. 2022. Both Valor middle schools are among in–class instruction, resources, and ongoing Leveraging their positional and relational the highest–performing academic schools support on issues of college affordability to power, these educators commit to learning and in Tennessee. Valor is committed to serving frontline college access and success providers in changing together on behalf of the students in a socioeconomically diverse population that partner school districts and charter management their systems. When placed within UnboundEd’s reflects the Nashville community at large. organizations, community organizations, multi-year capacity building learning arc, these Approximately 50% of Valor scholars come HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW CHILDREN LEARN CHILDREN HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT and higher education institutions across the educator cohorts are able to affect change within from lower–income backgrounds. Valor has no country. Through policy and systems-change their sphere of influence and their system as a racial majority within its richly racially diverse efforts, uAspire works to ensure that people whole. Today, UnboundEd is known as a leading community of Hispanic/Latino, MENA (Middle and institutions of influence at local, state, provider of high-quality OER resources and Eastern North African), White, African American, federal, and higher education levels have the capacity-building professional development and Asian scholars and families. information, data, and perspective they need to services actively engaging educators in high- enact positive, lasting change. quality curricular materials and pedagogical content knowledge, while also directly IMPACT confronting and pushing them to become aware of the role that race plays in their system and in IMPACT • On the spring 2019 TNReady state test, their own work. Valor scholars achieved the highest overall scores of all non-academically selective • uAspire reaches more than 100,000 middle schools in Metro Nashville Public students through its direct service and Schools. Valor scholars’ scores were in the practitioner training programs. top 2% of both achievement and growth • uAspire helped the high school class of IMPACT scores in Tennessee. 2014 secure over $150 million in financial • In its first year of operation, Valor’s first aid—a return on investment of $61 in high school class of ninth graders was financial aid for every $1 invested in its • UnboundEd’s immersive professional #1 in the state and showed an average advising programs. development experience, the Standards of 3.7 points of growth on the ACT in just • 65% of uAspire’s advisees enroll at a Institute, serves 7,000 educators from one year. postsecondary institution during the fall 250 education systems across 34 states, • Since inception, Valor’s low-income immediately after high school graduation, working to shift their understanding of scholars have outperformed their middle- compared to a national average of just aligned materials and mindsets about and upper-income peers in Nashville and 53% for low-income students, and 89% student potential. throughout the state. of advisees reenroll for a second year compared to 69% across all income levels.
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HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONSWORK BETTER – HOW CHILDREN LEARN 37 SOMERVILLE, MA SOMERVILLE, MA AL; AZ; AR; CA; CO; CT; DC; FL; CT; DC; AL; AZ; AR; CA; CO; GA; HI; ID; IL;, IN; IA; KY; KS; 1990 other credentials. other jobs. or education months. six least at for placement of enrollment. year within one 79% of students obtained high school or or school high obtained students of 79% to postsecondary on went students of 50% their retained placed those 73% of students for rate a 9% recidivism is There • • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS LA; ME; MD; MA; MI; MN; MS; MO; NE; MT; NV; TN; SC; RI; NC; OH; OK; OR; PA; NY; NJ; NM; TX; WA; WV;UT;VT;VA; WI
WWW.YOUTHBUILD.ORG YOUTHBUILD USA UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD MOVE TO UNITED YouthBuild USA, which is part of a global a global part of is which USA, YouthBuild the national is movement, YouthBuild for center support and nonprofit headquarters States. the United across programs 250 over for an opportunity provide programs YouthBuild people young and out-of-school unemployed job gain education, their reclaim to 24 16 to ages in their communities. leaders and become skills, diploma a high school earn to work Students for and prepare credential or equivalent hands- gaining while success, postsecondary affordable building by skills on construction in their assets and other community housing job learn also may Students neighborhoods. health like careers in other high-demand skills and IT. manufacturing, hospitality, culinary, care, and managed sponsored are programs YouthBuild agencies. government and nonprofits local by from comes programs local for funding Primary federal the Labor under of the U.S. Department Workforce in the reauthorized program, YouthBuild 2014. of Act and Opportunity Innovation Unleashing the intelligence and positive and positive the intelligence Unleashing people to young of low-income energy and their lives. their communities rebuild support model model support BOSTON, MA AZ; DE; CA; FL; GA; IL; MD; FL; GA; IL; MD; AZ; DE; CA; TX; RI; MA; NJ; NY; NC; PA; 2000 young adults since its founding in 2000, in 2000, founding its since adults young young than 4,700 serve more and will nationwide. in 2019 adults in postsecondary enrolled and/or program of months four within education earn graduates employed and completion, $40,000/ of salary starting average an year. five the of one within roles in time full students. trains Up Year pathways career host internship their from directly hire company. Year Up has served more than 24,000 than 24,000 more served has Up Year employed are graduates Up 90% of Year employed are graduates Up of Year 70% to converted are interns Up 45% of Year • • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS VA; WA VA;
Closing the Opportunity Divide by Divide Closing the Opportunity the gain adults ensuring that young and support that will experiences, skills, their potential reach them to empower and higher education. careers through 501(c)(3) national award-winning, an is Up Year young motivated empowers that organization to minimum wage from move to adults Through year. one in just careers meaningful utilizes Up Year program, intensive a one-year high– a high-expectations, where students spend the first six months months six the first spend students where professional and technical in-demand learning pathways, career five on one of focusing skills, a six-month during their skills applying before company. a top with internship corporate an earn students the program, Throughout coursework complete stipend, educational ongoing receive and credits, college for eligible guidance. and career support WWW.YEARUP.ORG YEAR UP ST. LOUIS, MO LOUIS, ST. AZ; CT; DC; FL; GA; HI; IL; IN; IN; HI; IL; AZ; CT; DC; FL; GA; MA; MI; MO; NE; NJ; IA; KY; 1898 Wyman programs increased their their increased Wyman programs postsecondary how of understanding their achieve them help can education goals. career training or education a postsecondary high after year first their during option nationally. to 69% compared school, to Year 1 Year from option postsecondary nationally. to 72% 2, compared assuch risks, academic and health sexual suspensions, school and pregnancy teen in TOP. participating teens for 94% of teens agree participation in participation in agree teens of 94% in enrolled teens 2018 of of Class 92% a in persisted teens 2017 of Class of 88% reduced shown has research Rigorous • • • • IMPACT FOUNDED FOUNDED HEADQUARTERS LOCATIONS NM; NY; NC; OH; PA; RI;TN; TX; UT; VT; VA VT; TX; UT; RI;TN; OH; PA; NC; NM; NY;
Wyman Center was founded in 1898 to provide provide to 1898 in founded was Center Wyman and recreation healthy children vulnerable summer through activities character-building has Wyman later, years 120 than More camps. the meeting an expert at and become evolved the nation. It and across St. Louis in teens of needs recognized and nationally long-term provides nationwide. teens 23,000 than more to programs with approach a teen-centered blends Wyman flexible a create to practices evidence-based each helps that development youth to strategy success, personal achieve and define teen their strengthen skills, and leadership life build connections lasting and create success, academic of Two their communities. and to others to Outreach Teen the are programs anchor Wyman’s Leaders. Wyman and (TOP), Program Empowering teens from economically from teens Empowering lead to circumstances disadvantaged and build strong lives successful communities. WYMAN CENTER WWW.WYMANCENTER.ORG WWW.CHILDRENSAIDNYC.ORG
CHILDREN’S AID
FOUNDED 1853
HEADQUARTERS NEW YORK, NY
LOCATION NY
Helping children succeed and thrive.
Children’s Aid is a multiservice organization that helps children in poverty to succeed and thrive. It provides comprehensive supports and programs from cradle through college in targeted, high- needs New York City neighborhoods, touching the lives of nearly 50,000 children, youth, and families in more than 40 locations. All aspects of a child’s development, beginning in early childhood and continuing through young adulthood, are addressed through four key areas: learning and cognitive development, social and emotional skills development, access to quality health care, and support to ensure a stable and happy family life. In addition to direct service, the National Center for Community Schools and the CAS-Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW LEARNING HAPPENS LEARNING HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT Prevention Program provide technical assistance
HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW ADULTS & FAMILIES THRIVE FAMILIES & ADULTS HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT to communities nationally and beyond.
IMPACT
• 92% of Children’s Aid preschoolers met or exceeded their cognitive skills milestones, and 90% of after-school students demonstrated typical or strong social-emotional skills. • The Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention program has been shown to reduce teen pregnancy and birth rates by 50%. • Nearly 19,000 children and family members participated in health and wellness programs as of mid-year 2018. • More than 4 in 5 high school seniors in targeted programs were accepted into one or more colleges.
38 UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD WWW.COMPASSWORKINGCAPITAL.ORG WWW.CSH.ORG WWW.ENTERPRISECOMMUNITY.ORG
COMPASS WORKING CORPORATION FOR ENTERPRISE CAPITAL SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMMUNITY PARTNERS
FOUNDED 2005 FOUNDED 1991 FOUNDED 1982
HEADQUARTERS BOSTON, MA HEADQUARTERS NEW YORK, NY HEADQUARTERS COLUMBIA, MD
LOCATIONS MA; PA; RI; CT LOCATIONS NATIONAL LOCATIONS NATIONAL
Supporting families with low incomes Advancing solutions that use housing to Creating opportunity for low– and to build assets and financial capabilities improve the lives of the most vulnerable moderate-income people through as a pathway to greater economic people, maximize public resources, and affordable housing. HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW ADULTS & FAMILIES THRIVE opportunity, and out of poverty. build healthy communities Enterprise Community Partners improves Compass Working Capital (Compass) operates Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) is communities and people’s lives by bringing financial coaching and savings programs and the national champion for supportive housing, together nationwide know-how, partners, works to promote economic mobility and demonstrating its potential to improve policy leadership, and investment to multiply financial security for families with low incomes communities for vulnerable individuals and the impact of local affordable housing and by influencing field–related practice and policy. families. CSH engages broader systems to fully community development. Enterprise connects Compass’ work combines a fundamental and invest in solutions that drive equity, help people people to opportunity, starting with a well- unwavering belief in people with a commitment thrive, and harness data to generate concrete designed home, made affordable and linked to to the role that assets play in supporting families and sustainable results. By aligning affordable resources like good schools, jobs, transit, and to access greater economic opportunity. Assets housing with services across sectors, CSH helps health care, so everyone has a fair chance to are a stronger predictor than income of financial communities move away from crisis, optimize reach their full potential. With social enterprise well-being and economic mobility. Despite the their public resources, and ensure a better activities in all 50 states, Enterprise is working critical role that assets play in enabling families future for everyone. CSH investments create with local partners to test and scale new to move forward, the opportunity to build assets multi-sector partnerships where philanthropy, solutions to some of the most pressing housing continues to be out of reach for many families government, housing, health and human and economic challenges facing low-income with low incomes—particularly families led by services, and other person-centered providers communities. Enterprise also has a strong women and families of color. Compass is working leverage its expertise and work together to presence in Washington, D.C., and city halls to change that, with a focus on expanding access achieve measurable social change. CSH is across the country, where it works to translate to its high-impact model for the federal Family always eager to share how it leverages systems proven solutions into effective public policy. Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program, the federal change to better deliver housing and programs, government’s largest asset-building program for and then link these achievements to capital to families with low incomes. realize the overall performance improvements IMPACT and best practices that change lives.
• Since 1982, Enterprise has raised and IMPACT invested $43.6 billion to build or preserve IMPACT nearly 585,000 affordable homes, creating strong communities and touching • Families in Compass FSS programs have millions of lives. saved more than $5 million in their FSS • CSH has helped communities design • 28 states and several cities across the “escrow” savings accounts and made and create 335,000 units of supportive country have adopted Enterprise’s Green significant progress across a variety of housing. Communities Criteria as the local standard financial security indicators—such as • CSH funding, expertise, and advocacy for affordable housing construction and increasing earned income, reducing debt, have provided $1 billion in direct loans rehabilitation projects. and building credit. and grants for supportive housing across • Through its 2019 initiative Health Begins • An interim cost-benefit analysis of the country. with Home, Enterprise has committed Compass’ FSS programs found that • CSH operates in 48 states and in over 300 $250 million over the next five years participants gained more than $10,000 communities. toward promoting health as a top priority in increased income at a net cost of only • CSH is involved in over 20 Pay for Success in the development and preservation of $276 per participant. initiatives in the United States. affordable homes.
UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD 39 WWW.EXALTYOUTH.ORG WWW.FII.ORG WWW.FREEDOMPROJECTWA.ORG
EXALT YOUTH FAMILY FREEDOM PROJECT INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE
FOUNDED 2006 FOUNDED 2001 FOUNDED 2001
HEADQUARTERS BROOKLYN, NY HEADQUARTERS OAKLAND, CA HEADQUARTERS SEATTLE, WA
LOCATION NY LOCATIONS CA;MA LA; MA; MI; NM; TX; IL; LOCATION WA OR; OH
Transforming the lives of court- Healing the trauma and dismantling involved youth by equipping them with the Trusting and investing in low-income the stigma from the impact of mass skills and experience necessary to become families across the nation so they can incarceration through the strategies self-sufficient members of society. work individually and collectively to of racial equity, anti-oppression, achieve prosperity. compassionate communication, and Exalt elevates expectations of personal success mindfulness. for youth ages 15-19 who have been involved in Family Independence Initiative (FII) has been the criminal justice system. It inspires youth at advancing a movement toward economic and Freedom Project seeks to address the trauma, a critical crossroads to believe in their worth, social mobility for low-income families by stigmatization, internalized oppression, and from the first steps in contemplation through investing in its initiative. FII believes that isolation that stem from involvement with the legal the journey to create lasting behavioral change. unrestricted cash transfers offer families system with programs proven to reduce recidivism. Its powerful combination of structured classes choice and control over their lives. Through its Nonviolent communication (NVC) and mindfulness for tangible skill development, individualized technology platform, UpTogether, it facilitates classes inside prison offer nonjudgmental spaces support to navigate the education and justice the exchange of financial and social capital to practice empathy for self and others and heal systems, placement in paid internships, and an and gathers proof points that trusting low- from the trauma and isolation of incarceration. alumni network of resources equips youth with income communities and directing dollars The organization’s Safe Return Reentry program the tools and experience to avoid further criminal straight into their hands has a better return offers personal, community-based support around
HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW LEARNING HAPPENS LEARNING HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT justice system involvement. At exalt, youth are on investment than traditional government or the trauma, stigmatization, and the challenges empowered to see a future filled with hope—and nonprofit programs. UpTogether also focuses of returning home after prison. Community HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW ADULTS & FAMILIES THRIVE FAMILIES & ADULTS HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT exalt provides the road map to get there. on the role of social networks, strengthening programs aim to dismantle discrimination and new and existing relationships, so that all biases toward people with conviction histories. can thrive. Using the rich strength-based data Freedom Project centers its work on the leadership IMPACT and highlighting the power of community, FII of those most impacted; twice a month, it works partners with philanthropy, policymakers, and on program development with a leadership group government agencies to join in this alternative of incarcerated individuals. The organization also • 95% of participants do not recidivate two years post program compared to the 60% approach that fortifies social connection, collaborates on leadership development with other state average. directly invests in initiatives, and honors family organizations led by formerly incarcerated people. • 99% of participants are enrolled and agency. progressing in school two years post program. IMPACT IMPACT
• Freedom Project’s programs reduce a • During their engagement with FII, families person’s chances of being reincarcerated increase their savings by 120% and their by 43%, according to a 2014 peer- total income by 21%. reviewed study by Antioch University. • While working with FII, 30% of families • Importantly, while it tracks a variety of start a small business. metrics, Freedom Project believes that • 80% of the children in FII families improve standard data reporting is challenging grades or school attendance. as it does not account for systemic impacts • 75% of families report improvements in of racism, trauma, and discrimination. their health after working with FII. • Most importantly, Freedom Project stays in relationship with its participants, understanding the difference between intention and impact, and holding itself accountable for its impact.
40 UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD WWW.GREENLIGHTFUND.ORG WWW.LIFTCOMMUNITIES.ORG
GREENLIGHT FUND LIFT
FOUNDED 2004 FOUNDED 1998
HEADQUARTERS BOSTON, MA HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON, DC
LOCATIONS NATIONAL LOCATIONS CA; DC; IL; NY
Bringing innovative and successful Breaking the cycle of poverty. organizations to local communities.
LIFT exists to unlock the potential of parents HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW ADULTS & FAMILIES THRIVE The GreenLight Fund is a network of local sites living in poverty to provide a brighter future focused on transforming the lives of children, for children, while impacting the societal, youth, and families by identifying, attracting, economic, and relational systems that hold them and supporting the expansion of innovative, back. LIFT designs its programming around the high-impact nonprofits from around the country simple yet revolutionary insight that just as well- into high-poverty urban areas. GreenLight off families leverage capital investments and Fund works with community leaders to identify social networks to access new opportunities and social service gaps and systematically search accumulate greater assets, so too do families the country for proven solutions designed to living in poverty need access to financial and address priority local issues where the need is social capital to achieve economic mobility. greatest. GreenLight facilitates the replication of LIFT offers parents long-term, personalized one high-performing, results-oriented program coaching, and 1:1 financial and career support locally each year in each site and provides in an environment of dignity, respect, and love, on-the-ground support—including multi-year understanding that all parents—regardless of funding, introductions to key stakeholders and their socioeconomic status—want the best for potential local champions, help navigating the their children. Over time, LIFT parents work to local terrain, and strategic input—to ensure achieve greater economic stability that enables effectiveness and sustainability over time. them to build a brighter future for their children.
IMPACT IMPACT
• Since 2004, GreenLight has supported • Since 1998, LIFT has served more than the expansion of 23 organizations into 100,000 individuals. its seven communities. • Parents who committed to LIFT’s program • This past year, these organizations for at least three months reported an reached nearly 73,000 children, youth, average savings increase of $1,100 and and families; employed 218 staff an average debt decrease of $2,000 last members; and engaged 137 board year. For parents who saw an increase in members. income, the average annual increase in • GreenLight Fund has invested $17.9 salary was more than $9,300. million as multi-year seed investment in • More than 19,000 hours were spent the 23 organizations in its portfolio, which working with LIFT parents across nearly has leveraged $84.5 million of additional 3,500 one-on-one meetings last year funding from a variety of sources in each —that’s the equivalent of $559,574 of community. donated time.
UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD 41 WWW.LISC.ORG WWW.OVNV.ORG WWW.PERSCHOLAS.ORG
LOCAL INITIATIVES OUR VOICE/NUESTRA PER SCHOLAS SUPPORT VOZ CORPORATION
FOUNDED 1979 FOUNDED 2015 FOUNDED 1995
HEADQUARTERS NEW YORK, NY HEADQUARTERS NEW ORLEANS, LA HEADQUARTERS BRONX, NY
LOCATIONS AK; AL; AR; AZ; CA; CO; CT; LOCATION LAMA LOCATIONS GA; MD; MA; OH; TX; MI; NJ; DC; DE; FL; GA; HI; IA; ID; IL; NY; PA IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MN; MO, MN; MS; MT; NC; ND; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; Building the capacity of parents in the RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; UT; VT; VA; WA; WV; WI; WY greater New Orleans area to act as Opening doors to technology careers advocates in order to ensure educational for individuals from often overlooked Together with residents and partners, equity for all students. communities. LISC forges resilient and inclusive communities of opportunity across Our Voice/Nuestra Voz (OVNV) organizes parents Per Scholas is a national nonprofit that America—great places to live, work, and to increase educational outcomes and equity for drives positive and proven social change in visit; do business; and raise families. students in New Orleans and Louisiana. From communities across the country. Through working car lines to conducting parent one-on- rigorous and tuition-free technology training and one meetings, OVNV sets out to build authentic The Local Initiatives Support Corporation, professional development, it prepares motivated relationships in communities, learn about the known as LISC, is one of the country's largest and curious adults who are unemployed or obstacles they face, and devise solutions to organizations supporting projects to revitalize underemployed for successful careers as provide a better education for all students. OVNV communities and bring greater economic technology professionals, and creates onramps does not set an agenda that parents adopt. opportunity to residents. It invests in affordable to businesses in need of their talents. Today it Instead, parent leaders set their own agenda for housing, better schools, safer streets, growing provides solutions in 11 cities across the country. their communities, students, and schools. businesses, and programs that connect people To date, Per Scholas has trained more than with financial opportunity. It provides the capital, 10,000 individuals, helping them build lasting, HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW LEARNING HAPPENS LEARNING HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT strategy, and know-how to local partners to life–changing skills and careers in technology. get this done. LISC's work impacts the lives of HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW ADULTS & FAMILIES THRIVE FAMILIES & ADULTS HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT millions of Americans in both rural areas and urban centers across the country. IMPACT
• 85% of students graduate, and 80% of IMPACT graduates land jobs. • $21/hr is the average placement wage for 2019 graduates. • $20 billion was invested, leading to $60.4 • 87% of students are people of color, 30% billion in total development. are women, and 30% are young adults. • 400,500 affordable homes and • On average, in their first job post- apartments and 67 million square feet graduation, alumni earn four times their of commercial, retail, and community pre-training wage. space were constructed. • Two third-party impact evaluations • 212 schools were built, serving 80,000 demonstrate that Per Scholas graduates children each year; 227 early childhood earn more, are less likely to rely on public centers were built, serving almost 24,000 assistance ,and report significantly higher children each year; and 391 recreational levels of life satisfaction compared to a spaces were built, serving 662,000 group of equally qualified candidates who children each year. did not enroll at Per Scholas. • 90 financial opportunity centers, 98 healthy food projects (including grocery stores and farmers markets), 90 health projects and health care centers, and 32 performance spaces were also built.
42 UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD WWW.PILLARSFUND.ORG WWW.POWERINTERFAITH.ORG WWW.REDF.ORG
PILLARS POWER REDF (THE ROBERTS ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT FUND)
FOUNDED 2010 FOUNDED 2011 FOUNDED 1997
HEADQUARTERS CHICAGO, IL HEADQUARTERS PHILADELPHIA, PA HEADQUARTERS SAN FRANCISCO, CA
LOCATIONS NATIONAL LOCATIONS PAMA LOCATIONS AZ; CA; CO; CT; GA; IL; IN; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; NJ; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; TN; TX; WA; WI Creating, expanding, and investing in Building communities of opportunity that opportunities for American Muslims to work for all. Investing in and advising high-impact engage in civil society and the media, HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW ADULTS & FAMILIES THRIVE social enterprises to employ and empower and in the realm of public discourse POWER works with faith communities in people overcoming barriers to work. through funding programs, leadership Pennsylvania to address local and statewide development platforms, strategic issues while simultaneously strengthening the REDF is a pioneering venture philanthropy partnerships, and public campaigns. life of its 50+ congregations. At the center of POWER’s faith-based community organizing galvanizing a national movement of employment efforts is the belief in potential transformation—of social enterprises—purpose driven, revenue- Pillars amplifies the voices, talents, and people, institutions, and the larger culture. This generating businesses that help people striving leadership of American Muslims to expand rights belief stems directly from the shared principles to overcome employment barriers get jobs, keep and opportunities for all people. Founded by a of POWER’s faith communities and influences the jobs, and build a better life. For people with small collective of individual philanthropists, way leaders relate to public officials, community histories of incarceration, homelessness, mental Pillars has grown into a community of grassroots members, and one another. POWER equips illness, substance abuse, and limited education, leaders, advocates, media makers, educators, community leaders with the skills needed to reach social enterprises provide the paying jobs and and entrepreneurs who believe Muslims have out into their neighborhoods, identify common services they need to stabilize their lives, develop a critical role to play in movements for social concerns, research possible solutions, and work a work history, and build skills and confidence. change in the United States. Since its start in with public officials and private businesses to put When employees are ready, social enterprises 2010, Pillars has invested more than $3 million those solutions into effect. Through issue-based help them find competitive employment. in organizations and individuals who are campaigns, leaders learn how to build and sustain creating a deeper understanding of our complex strong teams and networks, research and analyze communities, and who are driving people to learn community issues, develop campaign strategy, IMPACT more and take action. Its grants and partnerships and work with elected officials to implement support a fierce combination of emerging and changes in public policy. established American Muslim leaders who are • Since 1997, REDF has invested in 183 social transforming society. enterprises in 26 states, which have in turn employed 37,700 people and earned $755 million in revenue. IMPACT • In 2019, REDF supported 101 social IMPACT enterprises, which employed 1,500 people and earned $35 million in revenue, in 25 • 500 clergy and lay leaders have attended states. trainings, planning, and strategy • Pillars has invested $4 million into sessions; engaged in research work; American Muslim communities. and conducted relational outreach within their congregations and communities since fall 2010. • POWER members have conducted more than 1,000 conversations with fellow and sister congregants, peers, and neighbors, to identify shared dreams and concerns, and common themes of struggle and hope. • In spring 2011, more than 150 lay and clergy leaders from POWER congregations conducted 40 research meetings with public– and private– sector leaders in five key areas.
UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD 43 WWW.ROCAINC.ORG WWW.ROOTCAUSE.ORG WWW.SACREDGENERATIONS.ORG
ROCA ROOT CAUSE SACRED GENERATIONS
FOUNDED 1988 FOUNDED 2004 FOUNDED 2018
HEADQUARTERS CHELSEA, MA HEADQUARTERS BOSTON, MA HEADQUARTERS SACRAMENTO, CA
LOCATIONS MA; MD LOCATIONS NATIONAL LOCATION CA
Disrupting the cycle of incarceration Partnering with organizations to design, Restoring Native land and people by and poverty by helping young people implement, and measure strategies that organizing system-impacted tribal transform their lives. enable more people to achieve lifelong communities to end educational inequity, success. Roca’s intervention model is designed to engage mass incarceration, and climate injustice a group of high-risk young people who are often Root Cause serves foundations, nonprofit through data sovereignty, civic forgotten and left out by other services: the ones organizations, companies, school districts, leadership, and policy advocacy. who don’t show up for programs, education and public agencies through projects centering opportunities, or jobs. The young men (ages 17 to on collective action, measurement and The first institutions of mass incarceration 24) Roca serves are deeply involved in the justice improvement, and strategy and implementation. and educational inequity in this nation were system and in violence, and are on track for Its practical, action-oriented approach ensures reservations and Indian boarding schools. long–term incarceration and future engagement partners deliver meaningful and measurable Educational inequity, mass incarceration, and in violence. The young mothers (ages 16 to 24) life outcomes in areas such as health and well- climate injustice are interconnected issues Roca serves face a multitude of risk factors, and being, education and youth development, and and Sacred Generations is building the power in addition, refuse or are unable to participate in economic security. of sovereign solutions to drive transformative parenting programs or home visiting programs. systems change because system-impacted tribal Roca’s four-year intervention model proves communities have an unquestionably unique
HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW LEARNING HAPPENS LEARNING HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT that these vulnerable and resilient groups of IMPACT proximity to cultural genocide and healing young adults can, in fact, live safe, stable, and in the homelands. Fueled by an indigenous
HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW ADULTS & FAMILIES THRIVE FAMILIES & ADULTS HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT hopeful lives. Roca also works closely with law worldview of healing to honor the sacred, Sacred enforcement and criminal justice agencies, with • Since 2004, the Root Cause team has Generations envisions a world where Native land pioneered evidence-driven approaches specific emphasis on the police, to engage them to strategy, measurement, learning and and people impacted by mass incarceration have in the success of young people. improvement, and collective action to full restoration of social, economic, political, and ensure more people achieve lifelong spiritual well–being. Led during a heightened era success. More than 200 partners have been helped to improve people’s health of indigenous rights violations to protect sovereign IMPACT and well- being, increase education families, the three ways it invokes systems change and youth development outcomes, and include collecting data to transform Native strengthen the economic security of narratives through data sovereignty; building • Roca served 904 very high-risk young people and families nationwide. • Root Cause has incubated and spun off power to protect indigenous rights through civic men in 2019 and retained 80% of them two independent nonprofits, Interise and throughout the year. leadership; and developing pathways to champion the Social Innovation Forum, as well as • Of those who completed the two-year, one consulting firm, Impact Catalysts. tribal sovereignty through policy advocacy. intensive component of the model, 97% had no new incarcerations. • 77% of those who completed the first two years of the model had jobs. IMPACT
• Sacred Vote, its groundbreaking voter education designed to heal voters and combat current or future threats to tribal sovereignty, was named to Fast Company’s list of 2019 World Changing Ideas in the Social Justice, Experimental and General Excellence categories.
44 UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD WWW.SINGLESTOPUSA.ORG WWW.FIRST72PLUS.ORG WWW.FORESTRYFIRERP.ORG
SINGLE STOP THE FIRST 72+ THE URBAN ASSOCIATION OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROFESSIONALS
FOUNDED 2007 FOUNDED 2014 FOUNDED 2016
HEADQUARTERS NEW YORK, NY HEADQUARTERS NEW ORLEANS, LA HEADQUARTERS AZUSA, CA
LOCATIONS CA; FL; LA; MA; MS; NJ; LOCATION LA LOCATION CA NY; PA
Stopping the cycle of incarceration Addressing environmental and Providing coordinated access to the by fostering independence and self- criminal justice reforms in California, safety net, and connecting people to sustainability through education, stable by increasing the supply of wildlife HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW ADULTS & FAMILIES THRIVE the resources they need to attain higher and secure housing and employment, personnel from nontraditional and education, obtain good jobs, and achieve health care, and community engagement. underrepresented communities, and by financial self-sufficiency. providing the training, skills, resources, The First 72+ is working to stop intergenerational and experiences needed to secure gainful Single Stop USA is a national nonprofit and cyclical incarceration in New Orleans by employment. organization dedicated to helping financially addressing the root causes. The primary drivers of vulnerable families and students gain economic recidivism in the community are inability to access The Urban Association of Forestry and Fire mobility by connecting them to existing benefits housing, unstable and free employment, and Professionals (FFRP) empowers those previously and services intended for them. These basic financial insecurity. It provides free transitional incarcerated who are in fire camps, by providing resources, such as food, health insurance, child housing to five formerly incarcerated men at a the skills and resources needed to succeed in a care, and tax refunds, increase the likelihood time, for 90-120 days, rent-free. The organization meaningful wildland career post-release. FFRP that families are healthy and stable, with parents provides holistic support through its five key does this in three ways: It ensures that those in who work and children who attend school. By programs: 1) free transitional housing, 2) case fire camps are motivated to use their skills in a working in partnership with community colleges, management / peer mentorship, 3) the reentry professional capacity post-release; it establishes commercial centers, and place-based need legal clinic, 4) the Rising Foundations small a temporary worker hub for on-the-job training, organizations, Single Stop is focused on scalable business incubator, and 5) the Pay it Forward skills transfer, case management, and reentry service delivery channels with an eye toward communal loan fund. It encourages, and support; and lastly, it assists job seekers in increasing the volume, impact, and sustainability facilitates, homeownership and small business attaining full-time employment. FFRP’s activities of its work. ownership because its program is designed to include visiting California fire camps to provide not only keep people out of prison, but also help inspiration and pre-release career planning; people transition from being liabilities in their offering a “Wildland Hazard Mitigation
IMPACT community to being asset builders. Specialist” pre-apprenticeship that provides paid on–the–job training and case management to • In 2013 alone, Single Stop and its partners participants; and hosting resume, application, served more than 151,000 families and IMPACT and interview workshops to support career individuals in New York City, connecting development. them to more than $488 million in benefits, tax refunds, and supportive • In 2018, in partnership with the Office services. of Jonathan Tate and with the input of • Since 2007, Single Stop and its partners current and former residents, The First 72+ IMPACT have served nearly 1 million families and designed an eight-bed home with space individuals, connecting them to over for a social enterprise to put residents $2.8 billion in benefits, tax refunds, and to work. It is currently working to raise • FFRP has matriculated over 60 people supportive services. remaining funding for this project. into entry-level fire careers, all in an • For every dollar invested by Single Stop, • Residents in the transitional house live effort to address urgent environmental there is a $20 return on investment to rent-free for three to six months. and criminal justice needs. society. Residents are provided meals and clothing, and easy access to the office (right next door) where they receive case management, peer mentorship, legal services, and even support with starting small businesses.
UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD 45 WWW.THINKOF-US.ORG
THINK OF US
FOUNDED 2014
HEADQUARTERS RICHMOND, VA
LOCATION VA
Leveraging innovative technology to improve the lives of youth in foster care.
Think of Us is a systems change nonprofit with the mission to leverage innovative technology to improve outcomes of foster youth and families by upgrading traditional programs and services into tech-enabled interventions that capture, codify, and enhance existing best practices and the system capacity. Its ultimate goal is for foster youth to successfully transition into a prosperous adulthood. It sees this process as a communal endeavor that connects employment, education, and abilities. Think of Us envisions a future where communities are designed to maximize the development and wellness of maturing youth so that they can transition into healthy, stable, and
HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW LEARNING HAPPENS LEARNING HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT thriving adults. Its work to-date indicates that it is possible to develop a collective impact, not
HIGH-IMPACT ORGANIZATIONS – HOW ADULTS & FAMILIES THRIVE FAMILIES & ADULTS HOW – ORGANIZATIONS HIGH-IMPACT only providing the tools, but also streamlining the systems that help young people utilize the resources at their disposal.
46 UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD WWW.CONNECTICUTCENTER.ORG WWW.CURYJ.ORG WWW.FUSECORPS.ORG
CONNECTICUT CURYJ FUSE CORPS CENTER FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION
FOUNDED 2013 FOUNDED 2011 FOUNDED 2012
HEADQUARTERS NEW HAVEN, CT HEADQUARTERS OAKLAND, CA HEADQUARTERS SAN FRANCISCO, CA AND BOSTON, MA LOCATION IL;CT NY LOCATION CA LOCATIONS CA; CO; DC; IN; KS; LA; MN; MO; OH; PA; VA; WA Harnessing innovative brilliance for Unlocking the leadership of young people social good. to dream beyond bars by investing in Enabling local government to more their healing, activism, and aspirations. effectively address the most pressing
The Connecticut Center for Social Innovation HIGH-IMPACTORGANIZATIONS HOW– GOVERNMENT DRIVES RESULTS challenges facing urban communities. (CCSI) is a nonprofit focused on the development As a community–led restorative justice and financing of outcomes-based models for organization, CURYJ develops community FUSE is a national nonprofit that partners with social service distribution. CCSI collaborates with organizers, social entrepreneurs, inter- local government to help urban communities diverse actors from the public and private sectors, generational leadership, and allied multi-sector thrive. It works with cities and counties on a range to formulate novel social service innovations that partnerships. CURYJ’s advocacy, culturally of issues, including economic and workforce promise to restore the American dream. CCSI goes based human development, and evidence– development, health care, public safety, climate beyond merely identifying new ways to distribute supported strategies promote capacity-building, change, and education. Its approach centers social services; it strives to develop funding interdisciplinary education, and intergenerational around an executive fellowship program. FUSE models that invite private capital investment organizing. The organization advances community works closely with government partners to design in the delivery of these self-sustaining, cutting- mobilization and engagement through Homies yearlong strategic projects, recruit experienced edge interventions. In its work to help families 4 Justice (H4J) and Dream Beyond Bars (DBB), leaders to take on those challenges, and provide across the nation, CCSI targets six areas: poverty which prepare systems–impacted young people, the ongoing support to help fellows achieve their reduction, early childhood interventions, ages 14-24, to become community leaders and full potential for community impact. By helping to workforce initiatives, criminal justice reform, agents of change. CURYJ also holds Community craft new policy, roll out new public services, and health care, and homelessness. Healing Circles for youth, family, and community improve existing programs, it allows governments stakeholders, and facilitates sustained advocacy to work better for the people they serve. to create community accountability structures IMPACT that realign resources, systems, and infrastructure around “alternatives to incarceration.” IMPACT • CCSI staff organizes both local and statewide informational conferences designed to educate governments, IMPACT • FUSE builds capacity within government legislators, and nonprofit organizations agencies, fosters a culture of innovation about new and innovative financing and cross-sector collaboration, and helps methods, including social impact bonds, • CURYJ co-wrote Proposition 57, which to develop community-centered policies pay for performance contracting, and the ended direct file for youth in California that respond to community needs. development of financial impact analyses. and increased opportunities for parole • Since 2012, FUSE has placed more than • CCSI is currently assisting the City of New for adults in prisons. 140 fellows in over 25 local government Haven in designing a major, data-based • It was part of the statewide coalition that agencies throughout the country. More criminal justice reentry program that won the public’s right to access police than 50% of alumni have continued to will provide services to justice-involved records in 2018 as it relates to deadly work in roles in civic leadership after citizens from the time of sentencing to and serious use of force, sexual assault, their fellowships, and 90% of its partner three years after release. proven dishonesty, false reporting, and government agencies have returned each • CCSI’s affiliate, One Million Americans, planting and destroying evidence. year with requests to host additional publishes the national online newsletter • CURYJ co-sponsored California’s recently fellows. Reentry Central, which is circulated passed police accountability bill, SB 392, weekly to more than 9,000 criminal which changed the standard for police use justice professionals nationwide and of force from reasonable to necessary. provides subscribers with the largest nongovernmental database on reentry in the United States.
UNITED TO MOVE AMERICA FORWARD 47 WWW.MILLENNIALACTION.ORG WWW.NEWPOLITICS.ORG WWW.NFF.ORG
MILLENIAL ACTION NEW POLITICS NONPROFIT FINANCE PROJECT LEADERSHIP FUND ACADEMY
FOUNDED 2013 FOUNDED 2013 FOUNDED 1980
HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON, DC HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON, DC HEADQUARTERS NEW YORK, NY
LOCATIONS AL; AK; AR; AZ; CA; CO; DC; LOCATIONS NATIONAL LOCATIONS NATIONAL FL; GA; HI; IL; IN; KS; LA; MA; ME; MI; MS; NC; NE; OH; OR; PA; TX; VT; VA; WA; WI Revitalizing American democracy by Unlocking the potential of mission- recruiting, developing, and electing driven organizations through tailored investments, strategic advice, and Developing the next generation of servant leaders who put community and accessible insights. leaders to transcend the partisan divide country over self. in favor of future-focused solutions and Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) brings nearly 40 necessary democracy reforms. New Politics revitalizes American democracy by recruiting and developing servant leaders who years of national and hyperlocal experience to help mission-driven organizations adapt, Millennial Action Project (MAP) is the largest put community and country over self to serve thrive, and drive positive change. A community nonpartisan organization activating young in the political arena. New Politics Leadership development financial institution (CDFI), it lawmakers to transcend political divisions and Academy focuses on leaders who have significant provides financing and consulting to help strengthen American democracy. MAP's programs service experience (military, AmeriCorps, Peace nonprofits and their funders better connect help over 800 leaders in elected office convene Corps) and provides programming, leadership money to mission results. NFF also advocates across party lines, develop and share innovative development, and guidance on political for funding covering the full costs of delivering policy ideas, engage the public in cross-partisan pathways. At a time when the number of service programs, services, and measuring impact. It political dialogue, and amplify impact stories to veterans in Congress is at an all-time low, New is proud pioneers in the efforts to shift the U.S. statewide and national audiences. Politics is working to help servant leaders overcome the traditional barriers to entering the social sector toward a system that ties funding political arena. New Politics recruits, develops, to demonstrated results. NFF manages over $347 incubates, elects, and advises candidates million. Since 1980, it has provided $875 million IMPACT and their campaigns. It supports candidates in financing and access to additional capital throughout the entirety of their journey. in support of over $2.9 billion in projects for
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