Blue Meridian Partners is a New Capital Aggregation collaboration that Plans to Invest at least $1 Billion in Non-Profits poised to make a National Impact on Economically Disadvantaged Children and Youth.
Comprising 12 Philanthropic Institutions and Individuals and Incubated at The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF), Blue Meridian Partners is adapting and extending the Foundation’s Investment Strategy. Its goal is to Discover the most promising Evidence-Based Programs and propel them to a Scale that maximizes their Impact directly, serving greater numbers of Youth, from Birth to Age 30, and indirectly, increasing their Influence on the Child Welfare, Educational, Judicial, and other Systems that Affect Young People’s Lives.
The impetus behind Blue Meridian Partners is the Urgency of the continuing Crisis threatening America’s Children and Youth, and the Results seen when the Highest-Performing Non-Profits and their Dynamic Leaders are Supercharged with Large amounts of Growth Capital.
Blue Meridian Partners is Chaired by Stanley Druckenmiller and CEO Nancy Roob, and Blue Meridian investments will be “big bets”: Flexible, Unrestricted, Long-Term (5-10 years), tied to Performance, and Totaling up to $200 Million for each Grantee.
Eight General Partners have Committed at least $50 Million over Five Years, and each casts One Vote on the Blue Meridian Partners Poard:
The Ballmer Group, Philanthropy
The Sergey Brin Family Foundation
The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
Stanley and Fiona Druckenmiller
The Duke Endowment
George Kaiser Family Foundation
The Samberg Family Foundation
The David Tepper Charitable Foundation
Blue Meridian Partners Will Invest In:
Direct-Service Organizations working with Low-Income Children and Youth from Birth to Age 30. They are seeking Programs that have been Proven to Work:
- They have Strong Empirical Evidence of Effectiveness and have undergone Rigorous Third-Party Evaluation.
- Have Strong Leadership.
- A Track Record and Capacity for Major Growth.
- A Vision for "Solving" a Significant Social Problem.
- A Platform or channel to pursue Scale.
- A Sustainable Economic Model, including applicable Cost-Benefit Analysis, to Support Continued Delivery of the Program.
If you believe your Organization and your Plans for Scale might be a Promising Fit for Blue Meridian Partners, they Encourage you to Complete their brief Youth Organizations Survey Form. The Information you Share will be added to their National database of Organizations Working with disadvantaged Children and Youth and Augment their Ongoing Research of Promising Investment Opportunities.
CLICK HERE to Complete the Youth Organizations Survey Form.
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