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The SIF Needs Fall Interns
The Social Innovation Fund is looking for interns. We are seeking a dynamic, highly motivated, and self-driven communications intern and a data analyst intern. If you are a creative individual with the ability to take initiative and follow directions, and to execute and work against a deadline, please review the job descriptions here, and send your resume to innovation@cns.gov. Please specify either data analyst internship or communications internship.
Scaling Proven Projects
Social Innovation Fund Director Michael Smith recently sat down with a NationSwell interviewer to discuss how the program is measuring the impact of nonprofits and scaling proven projects. Watch the video here.
Evidence Knowledge Sharing
Thanks to our partners and collaborators for sharing the Social Innovation Fund Evaluation Plan (SEP) Guidance with your networks. The SEP Guidance provides a common framework and shared understanding of what rigorous evaluation means. Read the SEP Guidance here.
New Cohort of SIF Grantees
On Sept. 17th, the Social Innovation Fund will announce our new cohort of grantees! We are excited to introduce the grant making intermediaries that have demonstrated success in finding innovative, evidence-based solutions and scaling them to benefit more people. The announcement will be live-streamed during our annual grantee convening. Follow us on twitter - @SIFund, #SIFconvening – for more information. Sign up for the newsletter here to learn more about our new cohort of grantees.
SIF August Grantee Spotlights: REDF (Community Housing Partnership) & AIDS United (Christie’s Place)
REDF presents a bold solution for ending chronic joblessness in the United States. REDF proposes that jobs and employment opportunities be created for people facing the greatest barriers to work. Read the full blog here. AIDS United’s Access to Care program connects people living with HIV/AIDS to direct service organizations in their communities that can provide them with the care and support that they need. Read more here.
Aug. 10-12: Head and Heart Philanthropy Summit (Massachusetts) – SIF Director Michael Smith moderated the “Innovation, Impact and Kids of Color: How My Brother’s Keeper is Tapping Social Innovation to Transform Lives” panel. Other panelists included Trabian Shorters, Founder and CEO of BMe; Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein of the Kapor Center.
Aug. 19: University of Washington’s Advancing Integrated Mental Health Solutions (AIMS) Center – SIF Program Officer Kirsten Breckinridge visited with the AIMS Center, which develops, tests and helps implement an evidence-based integrated care model that brings high quality mental health care to familiar settings. AIMS is a collaborating partner of The John H. Hartford Foundation. Thank you, Diane Powers, AIMS’ Associate Director for Translation and Implementation!
Mile High United Way, along with a consortium of Colorado nonprofits and foundations, collaborated on an initiative to establish a set of shared indicators for Colorado’s communities around education, economic wellbeing, and health. Read the report here.
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