Transparency Policy and Disclosures
In 2010, as a part of the Obama Administration’s and CNCS’s commitment to open government, CNCS released extensive information about the SIF review process, applicants, reviewers, and winning applications. For the 2011 competition, we made a commitment to maintain this level of transparency and have now made it CNCS policy to release the following documents within 90 days of awarding the selected grantees:
- Names of expert reviewers
- List of all applicants
- Executive summaries of all applications
- Applications of grantees selected to receive awards
- External reviewer comments for the selected grantees
You can find all of this information for the completed competitions on this page.
In April 2011, we released the names and high-level summaries of all compliant applications received.
Inspector General Evaluation
In August 2010, CNCS asked the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to evaluate the grant review procedures used to award the 2010 Social Innovation Fund grants, and to make recommendations for future grant review procedures.
The final report was issued in August 2011. The primary finding of the report was that the grant selection process “appeared to be fair and objective.” The OIG did make several recommendations for changes to the process, some of which CNCS had already implemented in the 2011 process. Other recommendations were reviewed and incorporated as appropriate in the 2012 process.
2011 Social Innovation Fund Competition
Information about the application and review process are available on the 2011 Competition webpage. In accordance with our transparency policy described above, we have posted documents related to the 2011 competition here. These include:
We have also made available copies of the review forms used by the expert reviews. You can download a copy of these forms.
Application information and expert reviewer comments for each of the five selected applicants is provided below:
NCB Capital Impact ($2.0 million; 2 year grant)
Healthy Futures
Corporation for Supportive Housing ($2.3 million; 2 year grant)
US Soccer Foundation ($2.0 million, 2 year grant)
Youth Development
Mile High United Way ($4 million; 2 year grant)
United Way for Southeastern Michigan ($4 million, 2 year grant)
Social Innovation Fund: 2010 Social Innovation Fund Grantees
During its inaugural year, CNCS undertook a rigorous three-month selection process to select the first SIF portfolio, leading to the selection of 11 grantees with strong track records of successfully identifying and growing high-performing nonprofits and a set of compelling ideas for new ways to use innovation and evidence to tackle social challenges and deliver results.
As a part of its commitment to transparency, CNCS posted the following for the 2010 competition:
Application materials and reviewer comments for all 11 selected grantees have also been posted and are available below.
Economic Opportunity
Jobs for the Future, Inc. ($7.7 million; 2 year grant)
Local Initiatives Support Corporation ($4.2 million; 1 year grant)
Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City ($5.7 million; 1 year grant)
REDF ($3 million; 2 year grant)
Healthy Futures
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky ($2 million; 2 year grant)
Missouri Foundation for Health ($2 million; 2 year grant)
AIDS United (formaly National AIDS Fund) ($3.6 million; 1 year grant)
Youth Development and School Support
New Profit, Inc. ($5 million; 1 year grant)
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation ($10 million; 1 year grant)
Venture Philanthropy Partners ($4 million; 2 year grant)
Multi - Issue
United Way of Greater Cinncinnati ($2 million; 2 year grant)
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