Altman Foundation Promotes Deborah T. Velazquez to Associate Director
Foundation: Altman Foundation, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
Prior to joining Altman, Ms. Velazquez served as a philanthropic consultant and held management roles within the Edna McConnell Clark...more

Samberg Family Foundation
Foundation: Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
Within the categories of education, health and Jewish life, the foundation emphasizes supporting projects and organizations with “proven...more

10 Philanthropic Foundations Launch Blue Meridian Partners To Invest $1 Billion In Evidence ...
Foundation: Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
On January 29, 2016, the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF) and group of nine other philanthropic foundations launched Blue...more

US foundations raise the bar for good philanthropy
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Ford Foundation
As in the UK, the US foundation sector contains enormous variations in performance. But at their best US foundations combine an ambition...more

Billion Dollar Philanthropy Venture Bets Big on Child Welfare, Justice, Education
Foundation: Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, Packard Foundation, Duke Endowment, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Hewlett Foundation
The Partners hope to establish a new “Meridian” — a point of reference — for what strategic philanthropic investment can achieve by...more

Remembering Peter Bell
Foundation: Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations
Peter Bell in Mozambique. ©1998 Karen Bell/CARE. With the death earlier this month of Peter Bell—human rights defender and advocate for political freedom—the world lost a true...more

Giving in the Midst of a Polarized Economy
Foundation: Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Ford Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Oishei Foundation
Summarizing the increased complexity that has come to define philanthropy in an ... Continued Growth on Two Sides of the Philanthropic...more

The new philanthropy: Exploring the way society allocates charitable ...
Foundation: Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
This new philanthropy is characterized by impatience, empiricism, and calculated ... The idea of philanthropic assistance in creating wealth is not...more

Something Ventured, Something Gained | Philanthropy Central
Foundation: Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
Sixteen years ago, William P. Ryan, a philanthropy scholar and consultant, wrote an epochally influential article in the Harvard Business Review, with co-authors...more

San Francisco Receives $5 Million in Grants
Foundation: Casey Family Programs, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
San Francisco received $5 million in federal and foundation grants to fund counseling services to help homeless families stay together in stable housing. These grants are coming from the federal...more