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Youth Organizations Preliminary Application Form

The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation continually seeks new opportunities to support youth development organizations that can benefit from our grantmaking strategy. EMCF makes significant and long-term investments in a select group of high-performing youth-serving nonprofits whose programs have been proven to produce positive outcomes for young people (ages 9-24) from low-income communities and which have the potential for growth.

We are always interested in learning about organizations that may be compatible with our work and about the services they provide to young people. We invite organizations (as well as individuals familiar with them) to review our eligibility criteria and, if warranted, complete the survey below.

For those organizations interested in funding through EMCF's role as intermediary for the Social Innovation Fund: As stated on our Social Innovation Fund FAQ, we will be share information about how organizations can apply for this opportunity in early August. Please check back in August, or send an email to info@emcf.org with the subject heading "SIF Notice" to receive a notice when this information is available.

Based on the information submitted, we regularly assess organizations in a competitive process that compares them to other potential grantees we are considering and determines whether they may align with our grantmaking strategy.

Organizations that have submitted information to us more than six months previously should feel free to update and resubmit information using this form.

Please note: The Foundation will contact your organization only if we feel there is enough compatibility to warrant a closer look at your programs, leadership, and overall operations. Completing this form does not constitute submitting a proposal to the Foundation. We cannot answer questions by phone, email, fax, or regular mail about the status of survey responses under review.

Eligibility Criteria

The Foundation works exclusively with youth development organizations across the United States that serve low-income young people. To be considered as a potential grantee, an organization must:

be a stand-alone nonprofit with a history of service to young people (ages 9-24) from low-income communities in the United States;
be interested in and capable of increasing its capacity to serve more youth;
demonstrate a commitment to using data to improve program delivery and measure the impact of its services on the lives of their recipients;
be financially viable, with a budget greater than $500,000, and
have evidence it is achieving outcomes for youth in at least one of the following three areas:

1. Improved educational skills, achievement, and attainment;

2. Preparation for economic success and making a transition to employment and self-sufficiency;

3. Avoidance of high-risk behaviors (teenage pregnancy, substance abuse and/or involvement in criminal behavior/juvenile justice system)

If your organization meets these five criteria, we invite you to share more about your organization by completing the survey below. For those unfamiliar with the Foundation's grantmaking approach, we encourage you to learn more about our strategy here.

Youth Organizations Survey

Survey Submitted By *
Relationship to Organization *
Email Address *
Organization *
Executive Director *
Address 1 *
Address 2
City *
State *
Zip *
Telephone *
Fax
Website
Executive Director's Email

* 1.	Briefly describe the work that the organization does related to the three outcome areas on which EMCF focuses on (listed above). Please limit response to 200 words or less.

* 2.	Which of the following best describes your organization's focus? (Check all that apply.)

Academic, Tutoring

Alternative to Incarceration

College Access/PSE Prep

Entrepreneurship

Transitions out of Foster Care

Job training or youth employment

Juvenile Justice

Mentoring

Runaway/Homeless Youth

Teen Pregnancy Prevention

Other (specify):

* 3.	How many young people do you serve annually?

* 4.	What is the age range of the youth your organization serves?

5.	Does your organization specifically target any of the following groups? (Check all that apply.)

Youth in and/or transitioning out of the criminal justice system

Youth who have already dropped out or are at high risk of dropping out of school

Youth who are both out of school and out of work

Youth transitioning out of foster care

Youth involved in or in danger of engaging in high-risk behaviors such as criminal activity, teen pregnancy and/or substance abuse

* 6.	Which of the following best describes your organization's geographic focus?

Focused on a specific local geographical area
Name of locality

Focused on a metropolitan area
Name of metropolitan area

Focused on a specific state
State

Focused on a specific region (or regions)

National focus

* 7.	When was the organization founded?

* 8.	What was your organization's revenue for your most recent fiscal year, and when did your fiscal year end?

(revenue)

(fiscal year ending- MONTH/DATE/YEAR)

* 9.	Does your organization receive funding from public sources (federal, state and/or local)?

Yes

No
If yes, what sources do you receive funding from and what are your current reporting requirements?

* 10.

Is your organization affiliated with a national organization?

Yes

If yes, which one?:

* 11.

Does your organization target youth from low-income households as defined by federal guidelines (youth from households earning less than 150% of the federal poverty level, or from a defined geographic area defined as a low-income community)?

Yes

No
If yes, how do you measure and track this?

* 12.

Do you track participant demographics and outcomes?

Yes

No
If you measure and track youth outcomes, please list the outcomes and indicators you use, with the most recent results.

* 13.

Has your organization ever been the subject of an outside/independent evaluation?

Yes

No
If you answered yes, please describe the design and results of the evaluation. For example, did you undergo a randomized controlled trial, quasi-experimental study or something similar? What were the findings?

14.	If your organization has not conducted an outside/independent evaluation, please let us know if your organization has any interest or has a plan to pursue one in the near future.

15.	Is there anything else you'd like to tell us about your organization that relates to our eligibility requirements or outcomes/evidence?

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