Who funds MDRC?

Early learning

To support grantee to develop and advance multiple strategies to significantly increase its organizational impact in areas including: (i) strengthening connections between its research and policymakers; (II) building a more rigorous approach to technical assistance; (III) advancing its leadership on the use of new evaluation methodologies and data; and (iv) leveraging data efficiently for evaluation, decision-making, and program improvement.

To evaluate the work of ready for school, ready for life in 2024

Postsecondary education

Increasing upward mobility for individuals, families, communities, and opportunity youth who are low-income by improving the service delivery landscape and by developing a next generation of opportunity youth projects.

To study the impacts of preschool, summer curricula, and enhanced teacher training on early childhood learning.

76946 evaluating the purpose built communities model on the basis of impact, process, and cost analyses, 2020-2024

77010 expanding the creating moves to opportunity housing-mobility program to test alternative models in chicago/cook county, milwaukee, and ST. Louis

To support the expansion of this organizations economic mobility lab, a program that helps job-training providers evaluate and improve their services.

To create new tools to understand the quality of math and literacy assessments for young children and assess demand for the development of new assessments that better meet educators', policymakers', and families' needs.

To support an evaluation of the central baltimore partnership.

Postsecondary education

81737 completing the evaluation of the purpose built communities model, 2024

K-12 education

For core support of the Center for Effective Career and Technical Education

The role of community college interventions in reducing racial inequality in students academic progress

General operating support

To evaluate the effectiveness of development course referral using multiple measures assessment on successful gateway course completion and on degree completion or transfer to a four-year college.

To evaluate the lifeskills training substance abuse prevention program in minnesota.

Education & economic mobility

To provide analyses to understand the influence of texas' new outcomes-based funding ("obf") formula and providing insights and lessons learned to strengthen other states' efforts to update their own funding formula.

To conduct a randomized control trial ("RCT") evaluation of coop careers.

To Provide technical assistance to two state partnerships focused on developing new industry-aligned pathways in high schools.

To identify and strengthen partnerships with jurisdictions - particularly states or multiple jurisdictions within states - that show potential for participating in rigorous quantitative or mixed-methods studies of pretrial release conditions.

Early learning

To advance evidence-based policy through high-quality research and technical assistance to generate sustainable, measurable change across several grantee divisions.

To study the impacts of preschool, summer curricula, and enhanced teacher training on early childhood learning.

Increasing upward mobility for individuals, families, communities, and opportunity youth who are low-income by improving the service delivery landscape and by developing a next generation of opportunity youth projects

Postsecondary education

To conduct an implementation study of ready for school, ready for life in 2023.

Optimizing texting technology through engagement research with students (otters) project

77010 expanding the creating moves to opportunity housing-mobility program to test alternative models in chicago/cook county, milwaukee, and ST. Louis

For district of columbia public schools scaling quality study

To conduct research on promising programs and policies that community college are implementing for part-time students

Postsecondary education; washington state education and human service needs

To evaluate the least burdensome release conditions and supervision practices that improve court appearance.

To support a randomized controlled trial of career academies in california high schools.

81299 supplementing pandemic-related costs for supporting moves to opportunity, the next generation of economic-mobility models

To conduct research that leads to the development of a data-driven model of legal financial obligation reform.

Early learning

K-12 education

General operating support

Postsecondary education

To provide funding to extend the long-term follow-up of the ohio asap randomized controlled trial.

Education & Economic Mobility

To support a randomized control trial of child first, a home visitation model in north carolina.

To support MDRCS continued engagement with the program team to better apply evidence and evidence-based approaches within all portfolios.

To support the general operations for MDRC'S dissemination, technical assistance, and new program development activities designed to build evidence about what works and to use that evidence to improve practice and policy.

To support democratizing data science: bridging the gap between noprofits and advanced analytics for improved economic outcomes

To support the long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of workforce development programs.

To identify and strengthen partnerships with jurisdictions - particularly states or multiple jurisdictions within states - that show potential for participating in rigorous quantitative or mixed-methods studies of pretrial release conditions.

To evaluate the lifeskills training substance abuse prevention program in minnesota.

To support a randomized controlled trial of a program based on CUNY asap, adapted to serve part-time community college students.

General operating support

77178 identifying the key factors in access to high-quality early childhood education for low-income, non-white, and dual-language children

General support

Early learning

To advance evidence-based policy through high-quality research and technical assistance to generate sustainable, measurable change across several grantee divisions.

To advance evidence-based policies that offer concrete, measurable, and lasting improvements to society.

To study the impacts of preschool, summer curricula, and enhanced teacher training on early childhood learning.

76946 evaluating the purpose built communities model on the basis of impact, process, and cost analyses

Capitalizing on MDRC'S new capacity: advancing technology infrastructure, launching next generation projects, and putting evidence to work

Increasing college access in washington state by optimizing chatbot technology

77010 expanding the creating moves to opportunity housing-mobility program to test alternative models in chicago/cook county, milwaukee, and ST. Louis

To launch phase i of the scaling up community college efforts for student success (success) project to pilot and evaluate lower-cost student success interventions to improve such outcomes as completion and time-to-degree.

To continue support for a planning phase for an impact evaluation for collective impact for the early childhood initiative in guilford county, north carolina.

To continue support for a planning phase for an impact evaluation for collective impact for the early childhood initiative in guilford county, north carolina.

To conduct research that leads to the development of a data-driven model of legal financial obligation reform in jefferson county, alabama.

To evaluate the least burdensome release conditions and supervision practices that improve court appearance.

For core support of the Center for Effective Career and Technical Education

K-12 education

For the Center for Effective Career and Technical Education

Postsecondary education

Career and technical education

General operating support

To fund a replication randomized controlled trial of the city university of new york's accelerated study in associate programs at westchester community college.

To support a randomized controlled trial of a program based on CUNY asap, adapted to serve part-time community college students.

78820 studying whether criminal justice reform in new jersey in 2017 has improved racial equity in pretrial processes and, thereby, health and well-being

Postsecondary education

Support homeboy industries evidence-building study

To support the general operations for MDRC'S dissemination, technical assistance, and new program development work designed to build evidence about policies and programs that are effective to help others use that evidence to improve practice and policy.

To support MDRCS continued engagement with the program team to work with the jobs team on a portfolio review, in addition to supporting all program team members to better apply evidence and evidence-based approaches within all portfolios.

To evaluate adaptations made during covid-19 to child first, a home visiting model being implemented in north carolina.

To support the long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of workforce development programs.

To evaluate the lifeskills training substance abuse prevention program in minnesota.

Feasibility study for NYC homeless shelters

76122 identifying and disseminating actionable school policies and practices that can improve socioemotional well-being through an equity lens

The success project aims to align state and institutional resources with the strongest evidence available to develop and evaluate multifaceted, financially sustainable programs that significantly increase college completion for low-income students and students of color.

To provide funding to identify and assess the policy barriers and opportunities regarding the use of evidence-based higher education practices.

To support the operations of the organization in honor of gordon berlin.

General operating support

77178 identifying the key factors in access to high-quality early childhood education for low-income, non-white, and dual-language children

General support

To advance evidence-based policy through high-quality research and technical assistance to generate sustainable, measurable change across several grantee divisions.

To study the impacts of preschool, summer curricula, and enhanced teacher training on early childhood learning.

Capitalizing on MDRC'S new capacity: advancing technology infrastructure, launching next generation projects, and putting evidence to work

To evaluate the least burdensome release conditions and supervision practices that improve court appearance.

To continue support for a planning phase for an impact evaluation for collective impact for the early childhood initiative in guilford county, north carolina.

Postsecondary education

To evaluate the impact of child first, a home visiting program for low-income families with young children at high risk of emotional, behavioral, or developmental problems and/or maltreatment.

To support a randomized controlled trial of career academies in california high schools.

Postsecondary education

77010 Expanding the Creating Moves to Opportunity

To conduct an implementation study of SUCCESS

Core support for creating moves to opportunity

The success project aims to align state and institutional resources with the strongest evidence available to develop and evaluate multifaceted, financially sustainable programs that significantly increase college completion for low-income students and students of color.

76122 Identifying and disseminating actionable sch

For the Center for Effective Career and Technical Education

To provide funding to extend the long-term follow-up of the ohio asap randomized controlled trial.

To support a randomized control trial of child first, a home visitation model in north carolina.

76946 Evaluating the Purpose Built Communities mod

Education & Economic Mobility

78820 Studying whether criminal justice reform in

To support a randomized controlled trial of a program based on CUNY asap, adapted to serve part-time community college students.

Postsecondary education

To support a planning phase for an impact evaluation for collective impact for the early childhood initiative in guilford county, north carolina.

To launch phase i of the scaling up community college efforts for student success (success) project to pilot and evaluate lower-cost student success interventions to improve such outcomes as completion and time-to-degree.

To fund a replication randomized controlled trial of the city university of new york's accelerated study in associate programs at westchester community college.

New York City Enrollment Supports During COVID

To evaluate adaptations made during covid-19 to child first, a home visiting model being implemented in north carolina.

Early learning

Postsecondary education

Ies-men of color college achievement (mocca) project

To support the long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of workforce development programs.

To support the foundation through the development of an evaluation curriculum, applied learning program & support for program area evaluation & learning support in 2 program areas, as well as general support for team members.

To pilot and evaluate two interventions designed to reduce barriers to participating and engaging in elementary school selection in New York City.

To enable new cross-study analyses in order to inform the design and implementation of higher education policies and programs, by creating individual participant-level and study-level databases including data from past randomized controlled trials.

To complete the final detroit promise research and evaluation report

This grant will support one more year of follow-up for MDRC'S randomized controlled trial of the detroit promise path, a student support program built on a promise scholarship.

Support year 5 of generation work evaluation

To support a feasibility study of growth sector's STEM core program.

General operating support

Support for the leap evaluation addendum

General support

To study the impacts of preschool, summer curricula, and enhanced teacher training on early childhood learning.

To advance evidence-based policies that offer concrete, measurable, and lasting improvements to society.

76946 Evaluating the Purpose Built Communities mod

To launch phase i of the scaling up community college efforts for student success (success) project to pilot and evaluate lower-cost student success interventions to improve such outcomes as completion and time-to-degree.

To evaluate the least burdensome release conditions and supervision practices that improve court appearance.

Capitalizing on MDRC'S new capacity: advancing technology infrastructure, launching next generation projects, and putting evidence to work

To support a planning phase for an impact evaluation for collective impact for the early childhood initiative in guilford county, north carolina.

77010 Expanding the Creating Moves to Opportunity

Postsecondary education

To evaluate the impact of child first, a home visiting program for low-income families with young children at high risk of emotional, behavioral, or developmental problems and/or maltreatment.

To provide funding to identify and assess the policy barriers and opportunities regarding the use of evidence-based higher education practices.

Support year 5 of generation work evaluation

To evaluate the lifeskills training substance abuse prevention program in minnesota.

For the center for effective career and technical education

To support a randomized control trial of child first, a home visitation model in north carolina.

General operating support

Career and technical education

Support the evaluation of paycheck plus-atlanta

K-12 education

76122 Identifying and disseminating actionable sch

For final tie off support to expand Creating Moves to Opportunity

Postsecondary education

To evaluate the public safety assessment.

The success project aims to align state and institutional resources with the strongest evidence available to develop and evaluate multifaceted, financially sustainable programs that significantly increase college completion for low-income students and students of color.

Research grant

77178 Identifying the key factors in access to hig

Support for the leap evaluation addendum

To provide funding to extend the long-term follow-up of the ohio asap randomized controlled trial.

To support emergency resources for housing authority residents, including trauma counseling and workforce coaching for participants of the mygoals program

Operating support.

To evaluate the housing first with shared medical appointment model in three jurisdictions.

To support an ongoing randomized controlled trial of the accelerated study in associate programs model and its implementation at three community colleges in ohio.

To support planning efforts to conduct a randomized-controlled trial evaluation of the lifeskills training substance abuse prevention program.

General operating support

General support

Postsecondary success

Campaign to transform MDRC

The success project aims to align state and institutional resources with the strongest evidence available to develop and evaluate multifaceted, financially sustainable programs that significantly increase college completion for low-income students and students of color.

Ies-men of color college achievement (mocca) project

implement the Families Forward Demonstration project in Michigan to rigorously test new strategies around how to improve the earnings capacity and financial literacy of Non-Custodial Parents by leveraging child support resources

Support for learn and earn to achieve potential evaluation

For final tie off support to expand Creating Moves to Opportunity

To support demonstration research and the evidence base for the Scaling Up Community College Efforts for Student Success.

To support a planning phase for an impact evaluation for collective impact for the Early Childhood Initiative in Guilford County, North Carolina.

For the center for effective career and technical education

Support to fund the planning of an evaluation of the Generation Work initiative

Support the evaluation of Paycheck Plus-Atlanta

This grant will support MDRC'S randomized controlled trial of the detroit promise path, a student support program built on a promise scholarship.

Support Child First Predictive Analytics

Operating support.

Support for an evidence building project for Homeboy Industries

Postsecondary success

Campaign to transform MDRC

K-12 education

To implement the Paycheck Plus demonstration program in Atlanta to evaluate the effects of increasing the level of Earned income Tax Credit benefits for low wage workers without dependent children

Postsecondary success

76122 Identifying and disseminating actionable sch

To research adult basic education

Toward the FSS-X Demonstration Project with Houston Housing Authority

To increase Latino college success

This grant will support MDRC'S randomized controlled trial of the detroit promise path, a student support program built on a promise scholarship.

implement the Families Forward Demonstration project in Michigan to rigorously test new strategies around how to improve the earnings capacity and financial literacy of Non-Custodial Parents by leveraging child support resources

K-12 education

enable the organization to achieve its mission of improving the effectiveness of practices and systems that impact the economic security of vulnerable children and their families by providing general operating support

Postsecondary success

For support of the center for effective career and technical education