Creating New Leaders of Color for the Social Sector

This case study profiles the Annie E. Casey Foundation's support of efforts to create a broader pipeline of up-and-coming leaders of color for the social sector, in cooperation with Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) and New York University's Wagner School of Public Service and Stern School of Business. The document explores how MLT expanded its successful corporate leadership development model and combined it with the graduate schools' joint MBA/MPA dual-degree program to create new opportunities for leaders of color

Capacity for All

Although BSCF has not completed a full-scale evaluation of all of its capacity-building work, it does have preliminary data based on early efforts and grantee interviews. This feedback alone provides the Foundation with clear evidence and options for other funders to take on capacity building using similar tactics at the field level. Key takeaways include: organizational networks are forming Perhaps the greatest benefit to field-level capacity building is the networking that reinforces the connections created. Instead of competing for limited resources, grantees are now brought together by the same funder, and under the same roof, to share their experiences around a common cause. Key to creating this type of field-level impact is first creating the space for these foundational relationships to take place. leaders are stepping up Evaluation data from BSCF's leadership development programs show that participants feel better prepared to assume high-level roles after their training, and existing senior leaders recognize a growing cadre of qualified up-and-comers with the confidence and ability to enter field-level leadership roles, even at regional and statewide levels. operational savvy is growing Technical assistance outcomes, while perhaps relatively easy to measure at the organizational level, are harder to quantify at the field level. However, conversations within both fields have shifted to reflect greater capacity and understanding in finance, management, data, technology and collaboration. For example, mergers were once thought of only as negative last-ditch options for safety net providers and domestic violence organizations. Thanks to BSCF-funded technical assistance, this opinion has changed and we continue to see more and more successful mergers among BSCF grantees and across the entire field. field leaders are more connected Leaders throughout the domestic violence field (and to some extent the community health center field as well) say that they feel more connected to their peers and have more opportunities to discuss ideas and work in collaboration. In particular, participants in the Strong Field Project report more knowledge sharing and more common language and frameworks used when discussing issues important to the field and its future

Many Voices, One Goal: How an informal foundation collaborative helping make California history

In 2013, the state of California passed sweeping changes in the way it funds public schools. New legislation shifted $50 billion from a convoluted, very ineffective and inequitable system to a new system, called the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), by which funds flow more equitably to school districts.This unprecedented change in education finance didn't happen overnight. It came only after copious research from leading academic institutions, mobilization by dozens of advocacy organizations, leadership from key elected officials, and the support of private philanthropy. This is a case study of the role of philanthropy in providing resources and support for the development of statewide policy for the benefit of students

The Geology and Petrography of a Portion of Marlboro and Brattleboro Townships, Windham County, Vermont

Location and area. The territory covered in this report is a roughly rectangular area of about fifty square miles. It is situated partly in Marlboro and partly in Brattleboro township, in Windham county, southeastern Vermont. It runs from 42° 50\u27 to 42° 55\u27 north latitude and from 72° 37\u27 to 72° 47\u27 west longitude. Geologically the region is a part of the Green Mountains while physiographically the area is in the New England Upland section. Statement of the Problem and Methods. The origin, history and correlation of the country rock of the region is the particular problem with which this thesis is concerned. Some attention has been directed toward the physiographic problems and the economic resources of this section of Vermont. During the summer of 1930, the Oberlin Geologic Survey spent seven weeks in Marlboro township, Vermont. Hand specimens of the various rock types were collected, and the field relations of the formations were studied. Following the return from the field, about a hundred thin sections made from hand specimens were examined with the petrographic microscope, and a qualitative chemical analysis was made from a few of the more important minerals. The aim of this thesis is state and to interpret the results obtained from these lines of investigation

Letter from Elizabeth Whitney Putnam to John Muir, 1913 Jul 5.

[3]every morning companion at breakfast fast nowadays, making my meal alone a most unlonely one. You are rich, I know, in manifold thanks. Mine are among them. You probably hear from my Sister. Her last was from the country of the Wye, where our Whitney ancestry began; and she said a lovelier country could not be found. With every fond wish,YoursElizabeth Whitney Putnam.[1]12 Presidio Ave.July 5. 1918.My dear Mr. MuirThis is Katharine Hooker\u27s Sister who is writing you. You may not exactly place me among her multitudinous Family, but we all know you, & associate with you constantly and familiarly through your wonderful books. I have a little place on Mt. Tamalpais, which I call Bellaria, & some of your mountain books I keep up there, to read in a surrounding I dearly love. The other day, opening the Mountains of California , a scrap fell out05487 [2]evidently written tho\u27 not signed by my friend Miss Jean Parker, one of the finest of Scotchwomen, whom I thnk you must know. The little house is often lent to one friend or another who loves the mountain; and the little slip of paper must have been there a long time, tho\u27 never before discovered. I think it might give you pleasure to read it; at any rate it is [Yours?]: Ah man, but ye\u27re a grand poet! Ye hae the reverence and thanks o\u27 an admiring Scot - for your wonderfu\u27 sermon frae the pulpit o\u27 the Douglas spruce.Mt. Ritter!Snow banners! As for me, The Story of my Boyhood and Youth is m

Generating Change: Crisis Averted: Supporting Leadership Transitions

A look at how the Annie E. Casey Foundation helped a grantee on the verge of collapse manage a successful executive transtion and create a successful turnaround