Blue Meridian’s Response to the COVID-19 Crisis
Release Date:
04/10/2020
At Blue Meridian Partners, we are acutely aware that this virus is causing immense, disproportionate harm to the most vulnerable among us.
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An Update on Edna McConnell Clark Foundation's Limited Life
Release Date:
10/23/2018
Blue Meridian Partners is announcing plans to become an independent, (501(c)(3) enterprise. With this step, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation is entering the next and final stage of our limited-life strategy. But EMCF’s work is not yet complete.
Edna McConnell Clark Scales Up Support for Communities in Schools
Release Date:
05/21/2018
Communities in Schools, a nonprofit that places coordinators in schools to connect vulnerable students and their families with community resources, has gotten a big investment from a sun-setting supporter to kick-off its new strategic plan. The Edna...
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Blue Meridian Partners Profiled in New York Times
Release Date:
10/16/2017
Philanthropists turn to Blue Meridian Partners, a philanthropic fund created by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, to channel their donations into fighting childhood poverty.
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation’s Nurse Family Partnership Endorsed as Positively Impacting Children
Release Date:
07/25/2017
The Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) program, which provides services to new mothers from pregnancy through the child’s second birthday, positively impacts children up through the age of 12 but affects male and female children differently, according...
Edna McConnell Clark’s PropelNext Initiative Shows Promising Results
Release Date:
06/12/2017
Two years after PropelNext, most Alumni 2015 grantees are strengthening the quality of their programs and, with growing revenues, are also expanding services to reach more youth, according to an inital assessment by the evaluation team.
Edna McConnell Clark's Nancy Roob Gives Tedx Talk About Re-Imagining Philanthropy
Release Date:
03/30/2017
At this year's TEDxPennAve in Washington DC, Nancy Roob shared how a life-changing experience encouraged her and EMCF to re-imagine the way philanthropists collaborate to help meet our nation’s most pressing challenges.
Edna McConnell Clark Announces Spend-Down, Major Investment in Blue Meridian Partners
Release Date:
12/14/2016
With a deep desire to improve the lives of many more disadvantaged children and youth, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation's trustees have decided to "sunset" the Foundation and spend all of its resources (approximately $1 billion) over the next...
Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students
Release Date:
11/23/2016
Communities in Schools is a federated network of about 165 separate 501(c)(3) in 25 states and the District of Columbia.
Forbes Article Highlights Edna McConnell Clark as Example of Thinking Like a Venture Capitalist
Release Date:
08/24/2016
Major philanthropies like the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation have invested deeply in finding a small number of great philanthropic investments—but they have been unusual.
According to Forbes, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Sets Example for Philanthropists
Release Date:
08/17/2016
Many philanthropists, even those with great ambitions and results-oriented approaches, tend to underinvest in sourcing and due diligence.
NYCT, Jonas Center, John A. Hartford and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Highlighted in Health Affairs
Release Date:
07/20/2016
The foundations were highlighted for their support of Nursing profession.
Edna McConnell Clark and Others Launch $1B Initiative Providing Long-Term, Unrestricted Funding
Release Date:
02/02/2016
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and nine other donors announced a new investment inititative to put at least $1 billion to work in high-performance nonprofits that are poised to have truly national impact for economically disadvantaged children...
Pfizer, Global Partners Announce Donation of 500 Millionth Dose of Azithromycin, Marking Progress to Help Alleviate the Suffering from Trachoma
Release Date:
11/16/2015
The International Trachoma Initiative, Pfizer Inc. and International Coalition for Trachoma Control partners announce the donation of the 500 millionth dose of Zithromax® (azithromycin), an antibiotic used to treat the infections eye disease,...
Communities in Schools: Putting Quality Considerations First (Wallace Foundation, EMCF)
Release Date:
11/12/2015
At Communities In Schools, we went through a decade-long effort to emphasize quality over scale, writes Dan Cardinali, CIS president.
In Memoriam: James McConnell Clark of Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
Release Date:
11/04/2015
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation is sad to report that its Trustee Emeritus, James “Jim” McConnell Clark, died at his home in Woods Hole, MA on October 24, 2015 at the age of 93.
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Releases Report on Grantmaking to Create Impact
Release Date:
09/17/2015
The study focuses on the work being done by Good Shepherd Services.
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Discusses the Difficulties of Evaluation
Release Date:
03/17/2015
Kelly Fitzsimmons, Chief Program and Strategy Officer, offers tips on how to get the most out of the evaluation process.
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation Studies Impact of Volunteerism
Release Date:
03/06/2015
The study found that volunteers can boost reading proficiency in low-income schools.
F.B. Heron and Edna McConnell Clark Foundations Lauded for Granting Unrestricted Funding
Release Date:
02/03/2015
The Stanford Social Innovation Review blasts restricted funding as limiting and ineffective.