This study of the unique contribution organizing plays in a young person’s development is based on a two-year inquiry into 500 young people’s experiences using rigorous pre- and post-test methods to compare the developmental outcomes of young people engaged in organizing with those engaged in more traditional youth development programs.
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The Future of Smart: Episode 28
Dr. Temple Lovelace, executive director of Assessment for Good, and Dr. Susan Lyons, co-founder and executive director of Women in Measurement, join The Future of Smart podcast to talk about thinking differently about measurement and systems of learning and education.
Afterschool and Summer Workforce Solutions Database
New Data on Racial Justice Grants Should Alarm—and Motivate—Education Philanthropy
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September 2020
Transforming Positive Youth Development: A Case for Youth Organizing
September 2020
Tomorrow Today: Letters from a Future in the Making
Through a series of letters from the future, this booklet envisions a tomorrow where learning is a lifelong pursuit, caring is a shared value, equity is how we measure success, innovation is driving us forward, and our connections to each other are keeping us whole.
September 2020
Building a Better K-3 Literacy System
This Policy Brief provides an overview of state strategies to promote literacy in kindergarten through third grade. It also includes current state examples that incorporate research-based approaches and policy takeaways for consideration.
August 2020
Impact Investing Handbook: An Implementation Guide for Practitioners
Two years in the making, this practical publication features case studies and detailed guidance for individuals, families, foundations, and corporations. Written by Steven Godeke of Godeke Consulting and Patrick Briaud of RPA, it features input from over fifty experts and practitioners.
The Handbook comes at a pivotal moment. In the midst of urgent social, economic and environmental challenges including COVID-19, a rapidly changing climate, growing economic inequity, and broader realization of systemic impacts of racism, more investors are seeking to better understand the positive and negative consequences of how they deploy capital. There is a growing realization among those who seek to influence society that they can use more of their assets to complement and even accelerate their social impact goals.
August 2020
Equitable Transitions During Pandemic Disruptions
August 2020
Black Funding Denied: Community Foundation Support for Black Communities
NCRP’s brief, “Black Funding Denied: Community Foundation Support for Black Communities” looks at the latest available grantmaking data (2016-2018) of 25 community foundations (CFs) – from Los Angeles to New Orleans to New York City to St. Paul. These foundations represent a cross section of some of the country’s largest community foundations as well as foundations in communities where NCRP has Black-led nonprofit allies.
What researchers found was disappointing, but not surprising: While community foundations in these cities cumulatively spent $78 per person overall, they only spent $6 per Black person.
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