Location: Boston

One Family, Inc. was founded in 1999 by Paul and Phyllis Fireman and family, with a mission to end family homelessness in Massachusetts. Over the past 10 years, One Family Inc. has created a two-pronged, replicable and measurable approach to ending family homelessness in Massachusetts which includes systems change and the One Family Scholars program. One Family believes that no parent and child should be homeless in this state, and that the long-term solution lies in strategies that promote economic independence and create affordable housing.  As such, One Family engages in policy work to shift state government from managing homelessness to ending it. 

The One Family Scholars program is a one-of-a-kind scholarship program that breaks the cycle of poverty by supporting low-income single parents on their journey to economic self-sufficiency through higher education.  Unlike traditional scholarship programs that focus solely on tuition, the One Family Scholars program focuses on four core building blocks for success: college, career, financial, and leadership.  For more information, please visit http://www.onefamilyinc.org. 

Location: Oakland

First Place for Youth is the largest agency in California dedicated exclusively to providing access to affordable housing and resources for transition-age foster youth and has grown to become a nationally recognized model.  Since our founding in 1998, we have provided thousands of California foster youth with the housing, employment, and educational support needed to make the difficult transition from foster care to independent living.  With these critical resources, youth are significantly more likely to overcome homelessness, poverty, low educational achievement, and poor health.  Please visit http://www.firstplaceforyouth.org/ for more information.

Location: New York, NY

The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy’s (CECP) mission is to lead the business community in raising the level and quality of corporate philanthropy.  Co-founded in 1999 by civic leaders including Academy-Award winning actor and philanthropist Paul Newman and John C. Whitehead, Former Deputy Secretary of State and Co-Chair of Goldman Sachs, the organization has grown to prominence with an invitation-only membership of over 150 CEOs and chairpersons of Global 500 firms.  CECP advances best practices in corporate philanthropy by: publishing in-depth research; providing closed-door forums for members to discuss emerging trends and implementation strategies; and working with national media outlets to spotlight exceptional corporate philanthropic initiatives.  Members of CECP’s highly-engaged Board of Directors include the current CEOs of Alcoa, Bloomberg, Macy’s, McGraw-Hill, Travelers, and State Farm. CEOs in the CECP membership represent companies including: GE, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, JPMorgan Chase, PepsiCo, Pfizer, Target, Dow Chemical, Time Warner, Verizon, Walgreen, and Best Buy.  To learn more, please visit: http://www.CorporatePhilanthropy.org.

Location: New York, NY

Leveraging Investments in Creativity is a 10-year initiative to improve artists’ ability to make work, build social capital and contribute to democratic values. LINC builds on recent research by the Urban Institute (http://www.usartistreport.org) that identifies more than 5,000 programs and services for artists but points to the need for new efforts that:

• Expand financial supports for artists’ work;
• Improve artists’ access to essential material supports such as live-work space and insurance; and
• Bolster knowledge, collaborations, and public policies that affect the work of artists and their contributions to communities.

Funded in 2004, LINC seeks to assist the people, organizations, and communities already at work in supporting artists, and to address needs not being served. Efforts include funding community-wide strategies to improve conditions for artists; building online information concerning live-work spaces and health insurance for artists; and working with field leaders to advance knowledge and best practices.