We Got Funded! What Social Innovations are Being Funded?

11:30am – 12:45pmFacilitator: Wendy Etheridge Smith, United Way of Allegheny

CountySpeakers: Mike Baker, United Way of Greater Cincinnati / Nancy

Murphy, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations / Christopher Walker, Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Share your thoughts!

• Text “Summit” to 57682 with your feedback and thoughts on today’s event!

• Share your thoughts on Twitter by adding #GPNPSummit to your tweets!

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 Centers

Chris 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

Low-to-moderate

income families

Trusted community-

based agencies

Staff with expertise in

employment, training, financial services, income

supports

Tailored bundled services, including:Tailored bundled

services, including:

Employment/TrainingJob readiness trainingComputer/web skillsOccupational trainingBasic educationTransitional jobsJob placementRetention support

Employment/TrainingJob readiness trainingComputer/web skillsOccupational trainingBasic educationTransitional jobsJob placementRetention support

Financial Services/Tools1:1 coachingFinancial education workshopsCredit report reviewBudget and balance sheet creation/reviewCredit building loansSavings vehiclesSecure credit cardsMedical debt resolution

Financial Services/Tools1:1 coachingFinancial education workshopsCredit report reviewBudget and balance sheet creation/reviewCredit building loansSavings vehiclesSecure credit cardsMedical debt resolution

Income SupportsBenefits screeningBenefit applicationTax prep services/EITC

Income SupportsBenefits screeningBenefit applicationTax prep services/EITC

Number receiving:Services in 2 of 3 areasServices in 3 of 3 areasEnroll in education/ training/collegeJob readiness trainingJob counselingFinancial coachingFinancial educationComplete budget and balance sheetCredit report reviewWork on building creditEnroll in Twin AccountsWork on saving using savings vehiclesCredit union membershipDevelop plan to resolve medical debtIncome support counselingScreen for supportsApply for supportsTax prep services

Career AdvancementComplete education or trainingObtain employmentRetain employmentIncrease wages and hours

Career AdvancementComplete education or trainingObtain employmentRetain employmentIncrease wages and hours

Improve Credit RatingCorrect credit report errors and show positive activity on reportMove from un-scored to scoredDevelop relationships with mainstream financial institutionsIncrease credit scoresMaintain strong credit profile

Improve Credit RatingCorrect credit report errors and show positive activity on reportMove from un-scored to scoredDevelop relationships with mainstream financial institutionsIncrease credit scoresMaintain strong credit profile

Increase Net IncomeObtain income supportsIncrease income from work and supportsGet income to equal expensesUse improved credit scores to get better terms and rates on expensesMove to positive net income

Increase Net IncomeObtain income supportsIncrease income from work and supportsGet income to equal expensesUse improved credit scores to get better terms and rates on expensesMove to positive net income

Increase Net WorthIncrease savings Decrease liabilitiesResolve long-term debt, e.g., medical debtUse improved credit scores to build assets, e.g., housing, car, retirement, education

Increase Net WorthIncrease savings Decrease liabilitiesResolve long-term debt, e.g., medical debtUse improved credit scores to build assets, e.g., housing, car, retirement, education

Financial Opportunity Centers Logic Model

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

SIF BASICS

LISC Financial Opportunity Centers

San Francisco Bay - 3 sites

San Diego4 sites

Houston6 sites

Twin Cities 5 sites

Duluth1 site

MilwaukeeChicago11 sites

Indianapolis 6 sites

Detroit7 sites

Newark

Cincinnati4 sites

Philadelphia

Boston

Michigan Statewide4 sites

Rhode Island4 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!

Workshop Evaluation

Text “SIF” to 57682 with your answers to the following questions:

• Please rate the overall value of this workshopE – Excellent G – Good P – Poor F – Fair

• Did you learn anything that you will apply at your own organization?Y – Yes N - No

• Please text other comments and feedback.

Submit by hitting “send!” You will receive an auto-reply from the GPNP.Sample text: “SIF E Y My organization is facing the same challenges

with scale, I’m glad to hear others are going through it as well.”