Category Archives: Data and Evaluation
The Skillman Foundation’s Youth Development Strategy: A Summary of Evaluation Findings, 2014-2015
by: | Jul. 19th, 2016 Prepared by Learning for Action This report includes findings on the youth development programs that the Foundation has funded, challenges and advance made by the Foundation and its partners in building a stronger system of youth development services, and recommendations for how to move forward with continued system building. Download the full report
Read more »Community Leadership Strategy: the Arc of Learning, and Neighborhood Profiles
by: The Skillman Foundation | Jun. 19th, 2016 By the University of Michigan Curtis Center This report describes the strategy for building community leadership during the initial years of the GNI and examines progress toward established goals. Download the report
Read more »Social Innovation: Accomplishments and Early Lessons
by: The Skillman Foundation | Jun. 15th, 2016 Authored by Susan Parker, Clear Thinking Communications This report explores the Skillman Foundation’s use of innovative financial tools and relationships with the private sector to support its program strategies aimed at improving the lives of Detroit children. Download the report
Read more »2014 Youth Development Opportunities Survey Results
by: The Skillman Foundation | May. 20th, 2015 The YDO Survey assesses the landscape of the programs available to youth in the Skillman Good Neighborhoods. The YDO is the third wave of a survey conducted every two years. The 2014 YDO Survey results were analyzed by Learning For Action. YDO Overview 2014 YDO Staff Capacity […]
Read more »Smart Collaboration at the Grassroots Level
by: Touchstone Center for Collaborative Inquiry | Jun. 9th, 2014 This report examines how to build powerful collaborations through the lens of the Community Connections Small Grants Program. View the report HERE.
Read more »State of the Detroit Child 2012
by: Data Driven Detroit | Jan. 22nd, 2013 The typical data picture one gets for Detroit is fragmented, based on a series of individual, topic-specific portraits. The Skillman Foundation has asked Data Driven Detroit (D3) to bring those portraits together in one document. The plan is to produce annual updates and to expand data access in the […]
Read more »Changemaking: Building Strategic Competence
by: Prudence Brown, Ph.D. | Jun. 1st, 2012 This article examines The Skillman Foundation’s efforts to add value to its work through “changemaking,” which encompasses roles and practices beyond grantmaking through which a foundation advances its goals. View the full report HERE.
Read more »Organizational Learning at the Skillman Foundation
by: Marilyn J. Darling & Jillaine S. Smith | Dec. 20th, 2011 In this report, Signet Research and Consulting evaluates how The Skillman Foundation’s work practices and culture, and its relationship with its core intermediaries, supports the Foundation’s aspiration to be a high-performance learning organization. View the full report HERE.
Read more »Good Neighborhoods, Good Schools and Skillman’s Strategy for Place-Based Change
by: Susan P. Curnan and Della M. Hughes | Dec. 1st, 2011 This report provides an overview and topline analysis of the Foundation’s place-based work from 2008 to 2010. View the full report HERE.
Read more »From Tower to Ground: Systems and Policy Change in the Good Neighborhoods and Good Schools Initiative
by: Center for Youth and Communities, Heller School for Social Policy and Management | Nov. 15th, 2011 This chapter assesses the Foundation’s progress in systems and policy change across four elements: Influence, Champions, Leverage and Scale. View the full report HERE.
Read more »Resilience, Resolve, Results: a Compilation of Readiness Phase Studies of the Skillman Foundation’s Good Neighborhoods and Good Schools Initiative, 2008-2010
by: | Nov. 1st, 2011 This report is a compilation of the executive summaries of the Readiness Phase evaluation reports and provides an overview of the Good Neighborhoods/Good Schools initiative. View the full report HERE.
Read more »Changing the Odds for Kids (Part One): What Capacity Do the Supports and Opportunities in the Six Good Neighborhoods Provide for Young People and What Characteristics of a System are in Place?
by: Center for Youth and Communities, Heller School for Social Policy and Management | Oct. 20th, 2011 This first assessment of the systems of supports and opportunities (SOSO) informs the Foundation and its partners about availability and quality of youth development opportunities and basic services supports in the six Good Neighborhoods. View the full report […]
Read more »State of the Detroit Child 2010
by: Data Driven Detroit | Jan. 21st, 2011 The typical data picture one gets for Detroit is fragmented, based on a series of individual, topic-specific portraits. The Skillman Foundation has asked Data Driven Detroit (D3) to bring those portraits together in one document. The plan is to produce annual updates and to expand data access in the […]
Read more »Concerning Kids: A Skillman Foundation Study
by: The Skillman Foundation | Nov. 8th, 2002 Concerning Kids: A Skillman Foundation Study was the first-ever comprehensive series of polls on what residents of metropolitan Detroit think, feel and know about issues concerning children and youth. Below is a sample of some of what the Foundation learned from 2002 to 2005. Our polls showed people […]
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