Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
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The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (also McConnell Clark Foundation, Clark Foundation, or EMCF) is a New York
-based institution that currently focuses on providing opportunities for low-income youth (ages 9–24) in the United States. The Foundation makes large, long-term investments in nonprofit organizations with proven outcomes and growth potential to meet the urgent needs of low-income young people. In 2007, it committed $39 million and raised $81 million from other organizations and individuals to support three of its most promising grantees.
The foundation previously worked in criminal justice reform,
systematic school reform,
tropical disease research, and child protection.
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
-based institution that currently focuses on providing opportunities for low-income youth (ages 9–24) in the United States. The Foundation makes large, long-term investments in nonprofit organizations with proven outcomes and growth potential to meet the urgent needs of low-income young people. In 2007, it committed $39 million and raised $81 million from other organizations and individuals to support three of its most promising grantees.
The foundation previously worked in criminal justice reform,
systematic school reform,
tropical disease research, and child protection.