Grantee Profile
MDRC
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Grants to MDRC
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$920,000Active Strategy
2012 (Duration 4 years)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK — Founded in 1974, MDRC is a policy research and evaluation firm best known for pioneering the application of randomized controlled trials to improve social policies and programs affecting low-income populations. This grant supports a social network analysis as part of the MDRC-led evaluation of the New Communities Program, the Foundation's principal community development strategy: research that will contribute to the Foundation's and the field's understanding of whether and how the New Communities Program's investments in building stronger organizations and strengthening working relationships translate into more effective revitalization activities in the targeted Chicago neighborhoods.
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$250,000Active Strategy
2009 (Inactive Grant)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK — In support of general operations.
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$2,800,000Active Strategy
2009 (Duration 4 years)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK — To fund a comprehensive evaluation of the New Communities Program (over four years).
The MacArthur Foundation awarded MDRC $3,970,000 between 2009 and 2012.