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Goal:
To list all offices, initiatives and programs of the Federal Government related to philanthropy
and social innovation.
Methodology:
Researchers conducted a thorough examination of websites for all Federal Agencies and
Departments listed on USA.gov and whitehouse.gov. Using organizational charts, site maps,
program listings and internal site keyword searches, researchers identified and recorded all
offices, initiatives and programs related to the project goal.
Results:
The following list provides an in-depth look at current approaches by the Federal Government
to engage with social sector organizations and individual citizens. Over 50 specific programs
were identified, representing billions of dollars in spending from 15 distinct Federal
Departments and Agencies.
Use:
All offices and initiatives listed in blue act as links to more detailed descriptions and program
information, including (when available): Current program/office director, year created, mission
statement, details of key programs/functions, and external links to more information.
Key Programs/Functions
1.) The Social Innovation Fund (SIF) - a new public-private investment vehicle
administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service. $50 million in
federal funds with $150 million or greater in Private Match Funding. SIF awards will be
made to 7 to 10 existing grantmaking institutions or eligible partnerships that will act
as intermediaries for distributing funds to nonprofit community organizations serving
low-income communities.
More information:
http://www.nationalservice.gov/pdf/10_0216_sif_nofa_additional_info.pdf
2.) New Partnership Models - President Barack Obama has made it a priority for
this administration to find new ways for the government to partner with nonprofits,
foundations, philanthropists, private organizations, academia, and all levels of
government in solving shared problems.
Progress
Following are the stops Administration officials have made as part of this Tour:
• March 1, 2010, Dorchester, MA, Peer Health Exchange and Codman Academy
Director: Joshua DuBois (video), Contacts for Federal Centers | State Offices
Year Created: 2009 (Spun off from Bush administration - Office of Faith Based and
Community Initiatives)
Mission: Form partnerships between government at all levels and non-profit
organizations, both secular and faith-based, to more effectively serve
Americans in need.
The Office advances this work through 11 Agency Centers (HHS and HUD are the two
oldest/largest) across government and a Strategic Advisor at the Corporation for
National and Community Service.
Key Programs/Functions
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The Office of Public Engagement helps open the two-way dialogue, ensuring that the
issues impacting our nation’s proud and diverse communities have a receptive team
dedicated to making their voices heard within the Administration, and even more
importantly helping their concerns be translated into action by the appropriate bodies
of the Federal Government
Key Programs/Functions
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Key Programs/Functions
1.) Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) – Part of 2009 ARRA
• The purpose of this program is to provide competitive grants to applicants with a
record of improving student achievement and attainment in order to expand the
implementation of, and investment in, innovative practices that are
demonstrated to have an impact on improving student achievement or student
growth, closing achievement gaps, decreasing dropout rates, increasing high
school graduation rates, or increasing college enrollment and completion rates.
• $650 million grant fund which requires organizations to secure minimum 20%
private match
• Online foundation registry available here to assist orgs with private match
requirements
• List of participating Foundations
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The Department has truly embraced the foundation community by creating a position within the
Office of the Secretary for the Director of Philanthropic Engagement. This dedicated role within
the Secretary’s Office signals to the philanthropic world that the Department is “open for
business.”
While the Department recognizes that government has no business controlling private sector
resources, nor telling private foundations how they should invest their philanthropic dollars, the
Department does believe that there is a leadership opportunity at hand. At a minimum, the
Department can provide transparency around its own decisions and investments, to assist
others in making the most informed choices about how to invest their limited resources. Even
better, the Department can provide leadership to the field, and offer guidance as to where gaps
in funding, research, and knowledge exist along the spectrum of an overall strategy for
comprehensive change.
The Department hopes to catalyze a portfolio of investor collaboration tools to allow
philanthropy and government to operate from shared platforms
Key Programs/Functions
1.) The Department hopes to catalyze a portfolio of investor collaboration tools to allow
philanthropy and government to operate from shared platforms
2.) Private funders can support innovation in education. The following are just some of
his examples:
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Gates Foundation: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has to date committed $1.4 billion as part of a new
effort to boost agricultural development focused on smallholder farmers in the developing world and another half billion
dollars for nutrition-related investments largely for children and their mothers around the globe, has strongly endorsed
the new food security initiative, and agreed to work closely with the G-20 and its partners to better align their activities
and explore areas of collaboration and partnership to maximize impact on the ground.
Rockefeller Foundation: The Rockefeller Foundation will bring over sixty years of experience in food security and
agricultural development to bear, working with us to explore how we can take to scale successful programs on
agricultural inputs and market development, and will share with us its research and field testing on critical issues
including, for example, building climate change resilience into agricultural development programs and facilitating
greater private sector investments in agricultural development.
Hewlett Foundation: We are collaborating with The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to develop the most
effective ways to integrate small holder farmers into commercial agricultural value chains, especially along Africa’s
regional infrastructure corridors. We will work with the Hewlett Foundation and others to increase market efficiencies
and reduce barriers along these regional development corridors, through improved infrastructure and policies along
these corridors.
http://www.pittsburghsummit.gov/resources/129662.htm
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Key Programs/Functions
1) “coordinates the Department's international exchanges and contacts
from the Office of Policy Development and Research, including diverse
bilateral (e.g. Canada and Mexico) and multilateral (e.g. UN and OECD)
programs concerning issues in housing policy, housing finance, urban
development, and the environment.”
2) “handles HUD appointments for foreign government officials and
delegations -- about 400 foreign officials from 50 countries visit HUD each
year for meetings to discuss policy and program operations.”
3) “working with other agencies such as the Department of Energy and
Environmental Protection Agency in developing policy guidelines and
incentives to reduce automobile and energy usage at both the community
level and individual office buildings or households.”
4) “embarking on a new engagement with academic institutions, domestic
and international think tanks, and philanthropic organizations to increase
our collective understanding of how best to deal with our enduring urban
and environmental issues”
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Small Business Innovation Research
Department: U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Director: Edsel M. Brown, Jr., Esq., Assistant Administrator
Year Created: 1982 (SBIR); 1992 (STTR)
Mission:
“Through these two competitive programs, SBA ensures that the nation's small, high-
tech, innovative businesses are a significant part of the federal government's research
and development efforts.” (SBIR.gov)
“both programs seek to increase the participation of small businesses in Federal R&D
and to increase private sector commercialization of technology developed through
Federal R&D”
Key Programs/Functions
Provide $2billion to small high-tech businesses
1.) SBIR
• “protects the small business and enables it to compete on the same level as
larger businesses”
• “funds the critical startup and development stages and it encourages the
commercialization of the technology, product, or service, which, in turn,
stimulates the U.S. economy”
• “[help] small businesses to compete for federal research and development
awards”
• in partnership with 11 federal entities
• Funding Program
- “Phase I is the startup phase. Awards of up to $100,000 for approximately 6 months
support exploration of the technical merit or feasibility of an idea or technology.
- Phase II awards of up to $750,000, for as many as 2 years, expand Phase I results.
During this time, the R&D work is performed and the developer evaluates
commercialization potential. Only Phase I award winners are considered for Phase II.
- Phase III is the period during which Phase II innovation moves from the laboratory into
the marketplace. No SBIR funds support this phase. The small business must find
funding in the private sector or other non-SBIR federal agency funding.”
2.) STTR
• “at least 40% of the work must be performed by the small business, and
at least 30% of the work must be performed by a non-profit research
institution. Such institutions include Federally-funded research and
development centers (for example, DOE national laboratories),
universities, non-profit hospitals, and other non-profits”
• “expands funding opportunities in the federal innovation research and
development arena”
• “expansion of the public/private sector partnership to include the joint
venture opportunities for small business and the nation's premier
nonprofit research institutions… to foster the innovation necessary to
meet the nation's scientific and technological challenges in the 21st
century.”
• in partnership with five federal entities
• Funding Program
- “Phase I is the startup phase. Awards of up to $100,000 for approximately one year
fund the exploration of the scientific, technical, and commercial feasibility of an idea or
technology.
- Phase II awards of up to $750,000, for as long as two years, expand Phase I results.
During this period, the R&D work is performed and the developer begins to consider
commercial potential. Only Phase I award winners are considered for Phase II.
- Phase III is the period during which Phase II innovation moves from the laboratory into
the marketplace. No STTR funds support this phase. The small business must find
funding in the private sector or other non-STTR federal agency funding.”
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Department: Energy
Director:
Year Created: 1998, Clinton Administration
Mission:
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1.) Mentorship
- Graduate/Faculty Fellowships
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Edward Murrows Program for Journalist
Department: Department of State
Director:
Year Created: 2006
Mission:
The “Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists” is a specialized International
Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) for emerging leaders in the field of journalism
that relies on an innovative public-private partnership between the U.S.
Department of State, the Aspen Institute, and leading schools of journalism for
its support.
Key Programs/Functions
1.) Since its inception in 2006, the U.S. Department of State’s Murrow Program
has brought more than 600 journalists from around the world to examine
journalistic principles and practices in the United States.
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Key Programs/Functions
Examples of past/current programs:
48 billion over the next 5 years to combat global HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.
Key Programs/Functions
1.) Private Public Partnerships (PPP’s) - PPPs enable the U.S. Government (USG)
and private sector entities to maximize their efforts through jointly-defined objectives,
program design and implementation. These mutually-beneficial arrangements enhance
local and international capacity to deliver high-quality health services and prevention
programs, and leverage the core competencies of each sector to multiply their impact.
Potential private sector partners include a wide range of organizations: U.S. and non-
U.S. private businesses, multinational corporations, small and medium-sized
enterprises, business and trade associations, labor unions, foundations, and
philanthropic leaders, including venture capitalists. PEPFAR engages the private
sector in various ways, and many countries are actively and creatively pursuing this
objective.
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Key Programs/Functions
1.) The "My Culture + Your Culture = ? Share Your Story" video contest -
Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Goli Ameri, in
conjunction with the Adobe Foundation, will launch an online video contest to amplify
U.S. public diplomacy using web-based outreach campaigns and social media
platforms.
2.) 2008 Breast Cancer Global Congress - The U.S. State Department and the Avon
Foundation are pleased to announce a public-private partnership to combat the
worldwide burden of breast cancer. The 2008 Breast Cancer Global Congress will be
held October 15, 2008 at the Department of State’s George C. Marshall Center in
Washington, DC, and will include participants from over 40 countries representing all
regions of the world.
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Key Programs/Functions
COMPETITIVE GRANTS:
1.) AmeriCorps Competitive Grants ($363M) - The largest of the competitions was
released in September and grants are expected to be announced in May. The initiative
will support new, recompeting, and continuation grants in all of the AmeriCorps State
and National grant categories. Priority will be given to applicants that address
compelling unmet needs in the areas of education, healthy futures,
veterans, economic opportunity, and clean energy and environment.
2.) RSVP ($2.7M) - This competition, announced on January 26, will fund new service
projects that recruit
volunteers ages 55 and older in communities not currently served and to expand
existing RSVP service programs. Grants are expected to be announced in August.
3.) Learn and Serve America School–Based Grants to Indian Tribes and U.S.
Territories ($650,070) - The competition was announced on January 22, and grants
are expected this summer. The initiative will involve school-age youth in service-
learning projects that simultaneously support student development and meet
community needs.
4.) Learn and Serve America Summer of Service - In March, the Corporation
announced $2 million in grants to 17 nonprofits, universities, and schools to engage at-
risk youth in grades 6 through 9 in innovative service projects that address
environmental and disaster preparedness issues.
The Fund will support efforts that expand the capacity of volunteer connector
organizations to recruit, manage support and retain individuals to serve in high
quality volunteer assignments
In order to foster and encourage local innovation, we will create an unprecedented partnership across federal
agencies and provide resources and tools to help communities realize their own visions for building more livable,
walkable, environmentally sustainable regions. HUD will provide funding to a wide variety of multi-
jurisdictional and multi-sector partnerships and consortia, from Metropolitan Planning
Organizations and State governments, to non-profit and philanthropic organizations
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PARTNERSHIPS
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1.) CARE offers two different types of Cooperative Agreements: Level 1 and Level 2. These can be
thought of as grants and, respectively, amount to approximately $90,000 and $275,000.
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The Grant Program conducted seven competitions between 2002 and its close in 2009 that were
designed to help states build on previous experience and undertake strategic innovation projects to
promote larger-scale models for “next generation” environmental protection with promise of better
environmental results.
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Millennium Challenge Corporation
Department: MCC
Director: Daniel Yohannes
Year Created: 2004
Mission: MCC forms partnerships with some of the world’s poorest countries, but only those
committed to:
• good governance,
• economic freedom,
• and investments in their citizens.
MCC provides these well-performing countries with large-scale grants to fund country-led solutions
for reducing poverty through sustainable economic growth. MCC grants complement other U.S. and
international development programs.There are two primary types of MCC grants: compacts and
threshold programs.
• Compacts are large, five-year grants for countries that pass MCC’s eligibility criteria.
• Threshold programs are smaller grants awarded to countries that come close to passing
these criteria and are firmly committed to improving their policy performance.
Key Programs/Functions
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HHS.gov/OPEN
Department: Health and Human Services
Director:
Year Created: 2010, response to Open Government Directive
Mission:
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FLAGSHIP INITIATIVES
1. The Community Health Data Initiative is a major new public-private effort that aims to help
Americans understand health and health care performance in their communities -- and to help spark
and facilitate action to improve performance.
The fundamental approach being taken by the initiative is to catalyze the advent of a network of
community health data suppliers (starting with HHS) and “data appliers” who utilize that data to
create applications that (1) raise awareness of community health performance, (2) increase pressure
on decisionmakers to improve performance, and (3) help facilitate and inform action to improve
performance.
Read more…
2. CMS Dashboard –
The Dashboard is an exciting new web application which allows the public to visualize and analyze
Medicare spending with unprecedented ease and clarity – beginning with inpatient hospital spending
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Compassion Capital Fund –
To expand and strengthen the role of organizations in their ability to provide social
services to low-income communities.
Uses: The Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) consists of two grant programs:
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1. Innovation Incubator:
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