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New Race to the Top Grant Opportunity for Schools and Community Organizations
The U.S. Department of Education is accepting applications for its $120 million Race to the Top district level grant competition, which will support bold, locally directed improvements in learning and teaching that will directly improve student achievement and...
Schools with Community Partnerships Offer the Best Results
A new paper from the Coalition for Community Schools demonstrates the importance of community schools. It explores the relationship between community schools, Promise Neighborhoods, and other cradle-to-career, place-based strategies. The Role of Community Schools in...
21st Century Fundraising: Using Integrated Campaigns
Last month, Transform Consulting Group blogged about why snail mail remains a relevant fundraising channel. However, fundraisers can no longer afford to take separate approaches to their direct mail and online appeals and are turning instead to integrated fundraising....
Wellpoint Foundation Grant Window Open
Transform Consulting Group wants local nonprofits to know that the Wellpoint Foundation's grant window is open for projects in Indiana and other Wellpoint operating states for projects that improve the lives of people and health. The Foundation currently has...
41 Key Indicators of American Children’s Well-Being
At Transform Consulting Group, we love data! The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics has released America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2013. The report features statistics on children and families in the United States...
Social Impact Bonds: A New Form of Public-Private Funding
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government recently announced six winners of a national competition to provide state and local governments with technical assistance to develop pay-for-success contracts using social impact...
College Enrollment Research Shows Minority Underrepresentation at Elite Schools
A new study, Separate and Unequal, was recently published by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW). As the rate of minority students pursuing education beyond high school is increasing, this new study highlights some concerns...
New Grant Opportunity from the Criminal Justice Institute
Transform Consulting Group wants interested nonprofits to know that the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) is accepting applications for Sexual Offense Services (SOS) grant funding. The (SOS) funding could be used in the following ways: (1) improve sexual...