A Letter From Our Board Chair, Steven Flax In May 2014, we embarked on a bold project to enable community development organizations to develop innovative methods to fight persistent poverty. We are now at the midpoint of this four-year endeavor and I am happy to report that our grantees have made remarkable strides implementing pioneering […]
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March 2016: Creating Sustainable Nonprofits: What will it take?
Creating Sustainable Nonprofits: What Will it Take? New York Nonprofits in the Aftermath of FEGS, the recently released Human Services Council report, recommends changes to further the sustainability of nonprofits providing direct services to the most vulnerable New Yorkers. The report’s recommendations align with the driving principals behind CCF’s initiative to move persistently poor people […]
February 2016: Considering a Collective Impact Approach
CCF Grantees Consider Collective Impact Approach CCF grantees discuss a collective impact approach to their work. Change Capital Fund recently hosted the Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN) and JEVS Human Services for an information session about how their Project U-Turn used a collective impact approach to decreased high school drop-out rates by almost 50% […]
January 2016: Increasing Outcomes and Building Organizations
CCF Grantees Progressing Toward Dual Goals: Increasing Outcomes and Building Organizations Change Capital Fund (CCF) invests in sophisticated community organizations that have developed, and are now executing, poverty-fighting strategies to create communities of opportunity. The four-year initiative is unusual in its dual focus on increasing economic mobility in high-poverty neighborhoods and increasing grantees’ organizational capacity. […]
December 2015: Using data to transform high-poverty neighborhoods
December 2015 – IN THIS ISSUE – Neighborhoods Count: Using Data to Transform High Poverty Neighborhoods forum co-hosted by CCF and Philanthropy NY | St. Nicks Alliance launches NABE 3.0 | CCF’s new website launches | City Limits coverage | Donor news Experts Discuss Using Data to Transform High-Poverty Neighborhoods (L to R): New York Community Trust’s Pat Swann; Mathew Klein, NYC […]
October 2015: A Year of Progress
A Year of Progress October 2015 – IN THIS ISSUE – Creating Neighborhoods of Opportunity: Year One, by CCF Board Chair Steven Flax, Administrative VP, M&T Bank; Community Reinvestment Group, Regional CRA Manager | MDRC report on CCF: The Promise of a Community-Based Approach to Economic Opportunity | Kate Dempsey, NYC Center for Economic Opportunity Director of Strategy and […]