Thursday, September 17, 2015
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Releases Report on Grantmaking to Create Impact
When the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation made its first investment in Good Shepherd in 2005, the organization’s ability to develop and deliver highly effective service models had earned it a reputation for quality, both locally and nationally. Yet, as executive director Paulette LoMonaco recalls, Good Shepherd lacked the resources to build some of the core systems and practices that “every good agency needs”— things like a coherent approach to performance management and leadership development. A heavy reliance on restricted government contracts (the reality for most agencies like Good Shepherd) had meant little financial leeway for infrastructure investments, a situation that made it difficult to achieve coherence across the agency’s multiple programs for children, teenagers, and families....