Center for Effective Philanthropy, Inc.
Project Title
As a final core support grant of YouthTruth
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
18 months
Description
Too often, the voices of students – those at the very center of our education system – are missing from the conversation about improving education outcomes and experiences. YouthTruth, a national survey project operated by the Center for Effective Philanthropy harnesses student and stakeholder feedback to help school leaders and education funders make better decisions that lead to better outcomes for students. Since its founding in 2009, YouthTruth has surveyed over 2.6 million students and 589,000 family and staff members across thirty-nine states. With further support from the Corporation, Youth Truth will (1) Broaden its influence through research, thought leadership, and communications; (2) Expand funder engagement; (3) Target growth while prioritizing equity and efficiency; and (4) Deepen effectiveness through client engagement and support.
Project Title
For core support of YouthTruth
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Too often, the voices of students – those at the very center of our education system – are missing from the conversation about improving education outcomes and experiences.YouthTruth, a national survey project operated by the Center for Effective Philanthropy harnesses student and stakeholder feedback to help school leaders and education funders make better decisions that lead to better outcomes for students. Since its founding in 2009,YouthTruthhas surveyed over 2.2 million students and 464,000 family and staff members across 39 states. With continued support from the Corporation, Youth Truth will continue to 1. target growth for equity and efficiency; 2. deepen effectiveness through advisory services, and; 3. broaden influence through credible thought leadership. All in efforts to deepen their engagement with schools and districts in order to amplify the voices of students, family, and staff members
Project Title
For core support of YouthTruth
Date
Dec. 02, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
Too often, the voices of students – those at the very center of our education system – are missing from the conversation about improving education outcomes and experiences.YouthTruth, a national survey project operated by the Center for Effective Philanthropy harnesses student and stakeholder feedback to help school leaders and education funders make better decisions that lead to better outcomes for students. Since its founding in 2009,YouthTruthhas surveyed over 1.5 million students and 204,000 family and staff members across 39 states. With further support from the Corporation, Youth Truth will continue to deepen their engagement with schools and districts in order to amplify the voices of students, family, and staff members; develop their products and services to support clients in interpreting and acting on feedback; and share what they are learning from students, family and staff members with the field to increase public understanding of the perspectives of these important stakeholders on issues of school experience and improvement.
Project Title
For core support of YouthTruth
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
6 months
Description
Too often, the voices of students – those at the very center of our education system – are missing from the conversation about improving education outcomes and experiences. YouthTruth, a national survey project operated by the Center for Effective Philanthropy harnesses student and stakeholder feedback to help school leaders and education funders make better decisions that lead to better outcomes for students. Since its founding in 2009, YouthTruth has surveyed over 1.5 million students and 204,000 family and staff members across 39 states. With further support from the Corporation, Youth Truth will continue todeepen their engagement with schools and districts in order to amplify the voices ofstudents, family, and staff members; develop their products and services to support clients in interpreting and acting on feedback; and share what they are learning from students, family and staff members with the field to increase public understanding of the perspectives of these important stakeholders on issues of school experience and improvement.
Project Title
For a project to support Youth Truth's student, family, and staff surveys
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
9 months
Description
YouthTruth, a national survey project operated by the Center for Effective Philanthropy, harnesses student and stakeholder feedback to help school leaders and education funders make better decisions that lead to better outcomes for students. Too often, the voices of students – those at the very center of our education system – are missing from the conversations that most impact their educational experience. YouthTruth sought to respond to this problem by bringing rigorously collected and comparatively presented views of students to education funders, as well as to the leaders of their grantee schools and districts. With continued support from the Corporation, YouthTruth will broaden and deepen their engagement with schools and districts in order to amplify the voices of students, family, and staff members; develop their products and services to support their clients in interpreting and acting on feedback from multiple stakeholder groups; and sharetheir learnings with the field to increase public understanding of the perspectives of these important stakeholders on issues of school experience and improvement.
Project Title
As an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic for support of YouthTruth's Students Weigh-in Survey
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
6 months
Description
During the COVID-19 pandemic significant shifts have occurred in education and the learning experiences of students are no longer the same. There is currently little data available about how the pandemic is affecting their lived experiences. While there are surveys asking families and educators about how school closures are affecting education, there have been few surveys designed specifically for the 50 million students whose schools have closed across the nation. YouthTruth, a Corporation grantee, has the experience, expertise, and infrastructure to gather the unique perspectives of students about their experiences right now. With support from the Corporation, YouthTruth will execute the Students Weigh-In Survey which will: 1) gather insights from thousands of students about their learning experiences, social and emotional development, and well being; and 2) share the data and implications with the field – including educators, education funders, and the general public – to help ensure that students’ experiences and perspectives are central to the way schools are re-envisioned in the continuing wake of the pandemic.
Project Title
For project support to scale and analyze YouthTruth surveys
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
The voices of students, those who are at the center of the public education system, are largely missing from conversations around improving education outcomes and experiences. YouthTruth, a project of the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) began in 2000 with a mission to rigorously collect and comparatively present the views of students, as well as their family members and school staff so that school and district leaders can respond to their needs. To date, YouthTruth has surveyed over 906,000 students and 66,000 family and staff members across thirty-eight states. With renewed support from the Corporation, YouthTruth will broaden and deepen its engagement with schools and districts in order to amplify the voices of increasing numbers of students, family, and staff members; develop their products and services to support the interpretation of feedback; and share their learnings from student and family and staff surveys to inform the field about the experience of students and areas for improvement.
Project Title
For project support to expand and refine YouthTruth surveys
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
9 months
Description
Feedback from students, families, and educators, is a powerful indicator of student achievement. By harnessing stakeholder feedback through surveys, educators are also better able to drive improvements in their K-12 schools in a timely and efficient way based on real-time and representative information. YouthTruth, a program beginning in 2008 within the Center for Effective Philanthropy, is committed to developing and administering surveys of the highest-quality in district schools and working with partners to ensure that the feedback gathered is actionable. YouthTruth has carefully developed its instruments and surveyed over 650,000 students in grades three to twelve. With support from the Corporation, YouthTruth will reach a broader audience of schools and districts, develop and hone their Family Survey and Staff Survey operations, deliver high quality follow-up advisory services to deepen an understanding of the data gathered, and increase their visibility and shared learnings by participating in education conferences and speaking engagements.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Mar. 03, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) is a nonprofit organization focused on the development of data and insight to enable higher-performing funders. CEP’s mission is to provide data and create insight so philanthropic foundations can better define, assess, and improve their effectiveness. With Corporation support, the Center for Effective Philanthropy will conduct research and evaluations, offer training sessions, and provide advisory services to advance its goal of helping funders improve their effectiveness.
Project Title
Toward expanding and creating tools for foundations to assess their effectiveness, performance, and governance
Date
Mar. 02, 2006
Duration
12 months
Project Title
Toward the second phase of a research project on foundation governance
Date
Sep. 30, 2004
Duration
12 months