Pittsburgh Nonprofit Summit - We Got Funded! What Social Innovations are Being Funded?

We Got Funded!
What Social Innovations are Being Funded?
11:30am – 12:45pm
Facilitator: Wendy Etheridge Smith, United Way of Allegheny County
Speakers: Mike Baker, United Way of Greater Cincinnati / Nancy Murphy, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations / Christopher Walker, Local Initiatives Support Corporation

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Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Social Innovation Fund
Supporting effective, innovative community solutions
from cradle-to-career

Who Are We?
Funders Collaborative of 15 local funding partners
Led by the Strive Partnership and United Way of Greater Cincinnati
Received $2 million over two years from the Corporation of National and Community Services

Background for the SIF
History of Funders Collaborating
Issue based
Responsive
History of Evidence-Based Funding
History of Collective Impact
The Strive Partnership

Cradle-to-Career
The SIF is focused on five key community indicators:
Kindergarten Readiness
Fourth Grade Reading
High School Graduation/College Preparedness
Post-Secondary Enrollment and Completion
Sustained Employment

Evidence of Effectiveness
Applicants for funding had to demonstrate evidence of effectiveness towards at least one of the priority outcome areas
Had to demonstrate level of evidence:
Preliminary
Moderate
Strong

Subgrantee Selection Process
Community Information Session (230 ind.)
Letter of Intent (79 submissions)
Required Training on Demonstrating Evidence of Effectiveness and Continuous Quality Improvement (78 orgs.)
Full Submission (33 applications)
Proposal Review
Site Visits (11 Finalists)
Subgrantee Selection (9 Subgrantees)

Subgrantees
Kindergarten Readiness
Cincinnati Museum Center
Consortium for Resilient Young Children
Every Child Succeeds
Cincinnati Public Schools
High School Graduation
Leadership Scholars
Covington Independent Schools
Cincinnati Arts and Technology Center
Post-Secondary Enrollment and Completion
University of Cincinnati
Sustained Employment
Easter Seals Work Resource Center

Local Initiatives Support Corporation Social Innovations Fund:Financial Opportunity CentersChris Walker, LISC Research and Assessment2011 Nonprofit SummitPittsburgh, PAMay 2011

Critical Assumptions
Lasting economic improvements require stable employment
People stay employed when work ‘pays”
Work pays when finances are in order: manageable debt, affordable expenses
Financial health a culmination of a series of smaller victories and changes in behaviors/habits

Financial Opportunity Centers Logic Model
Career Advancement
Complete education or training
Obtain employment
Retain employment
Increase wages and hours
Tailored bundled services, including:
Number receiving:
Services in 2 of 3 areas
Services in 3 of 3 areas
Enroll in education/ training/college
Job readiness training
Job counseling
Financial coaching
Financial education
Complete budget and balance sheet
Credit report review
Work on building credit
Enroll in Twin Accounts
Work on saving using savings vehicles
Credit union membership
Develop plan to resolve medical debt
Income support counseling
Screen for supports
Apply for supports
Tax prep services
Employment/Training
Job readiness training
Computer/web skills
Occupational training
Basic education
Transitional jobs
Job placement
Retention support
Low-to-moderate income families
Improve Credit Rating
Correct credit report errors and show positive activity on report
Move from un-scored to scored
Develop relationships with mainstream financial institutions
Increase credit scores
Maintain strong credit profile
Trusted community-based agencies
Income Supports
Benefits screening
Benefit application
Tax prep services/EITC
Increase Net Income
Obtain income supports
Increase income from work and supports
Get income to equal expenses
Use improved credit scores to get better terms and rates on expenses
Move to positive net income
Staff with expertise in employment, training, financial services, income supports
Financial Services/Tools
1:1 coaching
Financial education workshops
Credit report review
Budget and balance sheet creation/review
Credit building loans
Savings vehicles
Secure credit cards
Medical debt resolution
Increase Net Worth
Increase savings
Decrease liabilities
Resolve long-term debt, e.g., medical debt
Use improved credit scores to build assets, e.g., housing, car, retirement, education

SIF BASICS
YR1 Award Amount: $ 4.2
National Match: 4.3
(From National LISC) (3.2)
(From Local LISC) (1.1)
Subgrantee Match: 6.9
Total: $15.4 million
National Match From: Citi, MacArthur, Casey, Walmart
Bank of America, US Bank,
Open Society Institute
Subgrantees: 10 LISC Sites; 47 sub-grantees

LISC Financial Opportunity Centers
Duluth
1 site
Twin Cities
5 sites
Milwaukee
Chicago
11 sites
Michigan Statewide
4 sites
Detroit
7 sites
Boston
Rhode Island
4 Sites
Newark
San Francisco Bay - 3 sites
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
4 sites
Indianapolis
6 sites
San Diego
4 sites
Houston
6 sites
SIF Locations

LISC Sub-Grant Process
Published RFP and Bidders’ Webinars
Review Included Site Visits
Panels Include External Parties
Common Scoring Sheet for All Sites; National Review of Reviews
Review Summaries Posted On-Line
Scoring Available on Request

LISC Chicago Preliminary Data
72% recorded gains in net income
43% show long-term job retention of at least six months
42% show increases in credit scores
43% increased net worth

SIF Evaluation Basics
Evaluator: Economic Mobility, Inc.
Quasi-Experimental Impact Design: 3 Chicago Subgrantees
and 3 Chicago one-stop centers
Baseline and Year 2 interviews with 825 clients
and 825 comparisons
Secondary comparisons with SIPP respondents
Implementation analysis in Chicago: interviews and
ETO outcomes data

Challenges of Scale
Securing match where support is already “encumbered”
Building LISC and subgrantee capacity in expansion sites
Embedding model in existing system
Ramping up national infrastructure
Active use of performance data

We Got Funded! What Social Innovations are Being Funded?
2011 Nonprofit SummitMay 12, 2011
Pittsburgh, PA

Top Five Myths and Facts of the Social Innovation Fund

Myth #1: Only relevant for large, national foundations
FACT:
Intermediaries include two state-wide health foundations, a local United Way agency, Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City and DC-focused Venture Philanthropy Partners
Many community foundations, local United Way agencies among subgrantees
Funding partners include many regional foundations, corporate foundations, community foundations and small family foundations

Myth #2: All the grantees were just the “usual suspects”
FACT
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
United Way of Greater Cincinnati
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
New Profit Inc.
Missouri Foundation for Health
REDF
Jobs for the Future, Inc./ National Fund for Workforce Solutions
LISC
AIDS United
NYC Center for Economic Opportunity/ Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City
Venture Philanthropy Partners

Myth #3: The money is only going to large cities on the coasts

Myth #4: Everyone must have randomized control trials as evidence base
FACT:
CNCS is committed to funding promising efforts with only preliminary evidence so that they can access Social Innovation Fund funding to build their evidence base over time.
Preliminary evidence = based on a reasonable hypothesis supported by research, such as pre- and post-tests or outcome studies tracking participants’ responses at the end of a program.
One goal of SIF intermediary evaluation plans should be to increase the number of programs over time that have moderate or strong evidence of program effectiveness.
* From CNCS 2011 NOFO and related FAQ

Myth #5: There is no money available for new grants
FACT:
Social Innovation Fund FY11 appropriations at level funding of $50 million
Approximately $15-20 million available for FY11 appropriations for new grants
FY12 President’s budget request is $70 million

Conclusion

Thank you from the Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership!

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