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Community Impact Funds
Renee Wizig-BarriosSenior Vice President & Chief Philanthropy Officer
Greater Houston Community Foundation
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Community Impact Funds (CIF’s)
Community Impact Funds create
opportunities for GHCF donors and other local
funders to pool their giving in support of
strategic efforts around a chosen giving area.
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Value Proposition
• Venture philanthropy
• Systemic Change
• Peer learning
• Leverage
• Impact
• Partnership
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Measuring Impact of CIF’s
• GHCF Positioning
• Donor Engagement
• Grantmaking Impact, Leverage, and
Catalyzation
• CIF Business Model
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Strategic Education Fund (SEF)
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Strategic Education Fund (SEF)
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Results & Leverage
• KIPP Courage outpacing national average in student
growth.
• Personalized instruction engaging students and
teachers in new ways.
• Additional grants leveraged by KIPP
• $760,000 additional dollars from other foundations to
take the program to scale.
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Catalyst
• 4 new KIPP schools fully implemented Blended
Learning
• 5 other schools in process
• KIPP hired Dr. Minaz Fazal to lead blended learning
efforts and the region’s Blended Learning Community of
Practice.
• KIPP collaboration with Rice University to develop a
comprehensive blended learning evaluation
methodology
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Next Steps for SEF
• SEF will continue to fund KIPP Courage Pilot through
implementation of 8th grade which will be
launched during the 2015-2016 school year.
• SEF is working with Spring Branch ISD to develop the
first blended learning pilot in a traditional school
district.
• Seek new donors for next phase.
• Reevaluate donor participation and governance
model.
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• The City of Houston has a strategic community plan to
end chronic and veteran homelessness by 2015 and end all
forms of homelessness by 2020.
• The purpose of the GHFEH is to build a local network of
funders who are committed to reducing homelessness
through:• Leadership• Education• Advocacy• Strategic Collaboration and Grant-Making• Promotion and replication of best-practice models
Greater Houston Fund to End Homelessness (GHFEH)
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Donors
• GHFEH was started through the leadership of Nancy Frees
Fountain from The Frees Foundation
• Partnership with a national organization – Funders Together to
End Homelessness (FTEH).
• Local Private Foundations and GHCF Donors participating.
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GHFEH Overview
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GHFEH Overview
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GHFEH Grantmaking
• The GHFEH made its first strategic grant in June of
2014 to fund Youth Count 2.0.
• The University of Houston, School of Social Work and
the University of Texas, School of Nursing are
implementing a homeless youth count
• This ground-breaking study will provide previously
unavailable data about the scope of the homeless
youth problem in Houston.
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Adaptive Learning
Source: Deming
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• Engaging donors into CIFs is a patient process.
• Three to five years needed.
• Donors who engage build deeper bonds with
GHCF.
• Recognized community leaders are needed.
• Donors must have predisposition for
collaboration.
• Continually evaluate donor participation
model.
• Build vehicles for traditional donors.
Lessons Learned from CIFs
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Adaptation for Other Community Foundations
• How do you currently offer opportunities for donors to
leverage their giving?
• Do donors in your community have an interest in
community giving vehicles?
• Can you include significant donors/community leaders
who can attract others?
• Does your staff have capacity to facilitate Community
Impact Funds?
• Can you partner with other foundations?
• Do you have financial resources to start up CIF’s?