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Strategic Funding in Education Attracts Co-Investments

December 12, 2008

This report details how a charter school venture in Indianapolis, Indiana, led to a range of investments in sustaining the charter school initiative.

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Getting to Results in Education Reform

December 10, 2008

The Closing the Achievement Gap series explores Casey’s education investments in detail and presents stories, results and lessons.

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Trying Out a Real Time Advocacy Self-Evaluation Process

December 1, 2008

This brief describes an existing advocacy evaluation concept for policy work and discusses the pros and cons of how grantees could effectively test this real-time...

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School, Community, Family Connections

November 30, 2008

This Casey investment snapshot shows how the education portfolio invested in community schools to build strong connections that support everyone’s success.

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Ensuring Success for Young Children

November 3, 2008

This discussion guide for small foundations explores strategies for supporting nonprofits that provide early childhood education programs and services, especially those that...

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Ensuring Success for Children with Incarcerated Parents

November 1, 2008

This guide, produced by the Association of Small Foundations, spotlights what we know (and don't know) about parental incarceration. In four fast pages, it arms funders with key...

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Helping Rural Families Build Economic Success: Earn It, Keep It, Grow It

June 6, 2008

People who live in rural areas work hard, but still struggle to meet their families' needs. This guide outlines ways that funders can help families become financially secure.

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Unlocking the Promise

May 4, 2008

This assessment guide aims to help funders make smarter—and fairer—grantmaking decisions. It shares specific questions to ask and plan examples to consider in pursuit of...

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Building an Alliance Around the Needs of Women and Girls

April 30, 2008

This case study shows how a champion funder formed an effective collaborative to help females in Des Moines, Iowa during Casey’s Making Connections project.

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