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Ahead of the Curve: Women’s Funds and Youth-Led Social Movements

March 24, 2018 Guest Writer Comments Off on Ahead of the Curve: Women’s Funds and Youth-Led Social Movements

Are we finally listening to the children? An estimated 185,000 youth walked out of school and onto the streets on March 14 to protest the lack of adequate gun control in America. Thousands more will […]

Child Welfare

The Hidden Children: How Lumos is Empowering Social Change for Orphans Worldwide

September 19, 2016 Kiersten Marek Comments Off on The Hidden Children: How Lumos is Empowering Social Change for Orphans Worldwide

Ten years into her signature philanthropic endeavor, Lumos, author J.K. Rowling has grown increasingly vocal about her disdain for developing world orphanages that do nothing to address the underlying needs of children and families. Readers […]

Child Welfare

Which Funders are Helping Foster Youth Age Out Successfully?

January 7, 2016 Kiersten Marek Comments Off on Which Funders are Helping Foster Youth Age Out Successfully?

Aging out of foster care can be a difficult process. With little community support, former foster kids are more at risk for homelessness, arrest and incarceration, and failure to graduate from college. The process can go […]

Fundraising

The Adolescent Brain and Addiction: Funding for Teen Substance Abuse Research and Treatment

December 17, 2015 Kiersten Marek Comments Off on The Adolescent Brain and Addiction: Funding for Teen Substance Abuse Research and Treatment

Teen substance abuse treatment is an area of youth services that has expanded over the past several decades, and with it, funding for new initiatives, research and programs have also increased.  Let’s take a look at […]

Fundraising

Part 2: Grantseeker’s Guide to Early Childhood Education Funders

December 3, 2015 Kiersten Marek Comments Off on Part 2: Grantseeker’s Guide to Early Childhood Education Funders

In our last post, we took a look at several potential funders of early childhood education nonprofits. Now let’s take a look at how to connect with your state’s Early Childhood Education Advisory Council, and […]

Fundraising

A Grantseeker’s Guide to Early Childhood Education Funders

November 25, 2015 Kiersten Marek Comments Off on A Grantseeker’s Guide to Early Childhood Education Funders

Times are tough for early childhood education funding, and over the next ten years, they may get even tougher. According to the Urban Institute’s 2015 report, Kids Share 2015, only 10 percent of all government […]

El Dorado Juvenile Hall. Photo credit: Max Whittaker
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Funders Help Turn the Tide for Juvenile Justice Reform

November 18, 2015 John Kelly Comments Off on Funders Help Turn the Tide for Juvenile Justice Reform

A new precedent was set recently when Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy announced a plan to establish 20 as the age of jurisdiction for the state’s juvenile justice system. This would make Connecticut the first state […]

Featured

Five Principles to Maximize Impact Investing

October 8, 2015 Kiersten Marek Comments Off on Five Principles to Maximize Impact Investing

“Funder collaboration has not yet risen to the challenge before us,” said Chuck Harris of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF), in a recent conversation with Eye on Philanthropy. I connected with Harris recently, to […]

Subscriber Content

Corporation Helps Kids and Employees Get Ahead Financially

October 1, 2015 Kiersten Marek 1

Financial lessons learned well in childhood tend to sustain themselves into adulthood, and corporate foundations that do asset building and financial education work are growing more attuned to the need to start financial education earlier […]

Fundraising

In Winnetka, Ill., Youth Weigh In on Foundation Decisions

September 23, 2015 Kiersten Marek 2

On Sunday evenings in Winnetka, Illinois, the McKenna family gathers with McKenna Foundation Junior Board members to engage in a process that seldom involves youth: grant making. The Junior Board, comprised of 19 young adults […]

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