IRS 990 Nonprofit Profile

Mdrc

- what do we know about building and sustaining the child care and early education workforce? cross-cutting themes from a literature review, environmental scan, and data scan: the results of a literature review and an environmental scan that were designed to identify and document existing knowledge about the child care and early education workforce and develop strategies to strengthen it. we provided technical assistance to state agencies to help them make the most of the data they collect. to cite just two examples: - the tanf data innovation project was created to expand the routine use, integration, and analysis of temporary assistance for needy families and employment data by agency staff to improve program services and outcomes for families with low incomes. it offered in-depth technical assistance and training to support cross-disciplinary teams of staff at eight state and county tanf programs. - the washington student achievement council (wsac) is a state government agency with a goal of increasing educational opportunity and attainment for washington residents. wsac has worked with the mdrc center for data insights (cdi) to create manageable data-analytics tools for the agency to use to track and improve student outcomes. mdrc published commentaries on policy-relevant topics in a variety of forums, including: - district administration (on four strategies for implementing "high-dosage" tutoring programs). - spotlight on poverty & opportunity (on how putting evidence into practice across the nonprofit sector can lead to more effective programs that can be sustained and expanded). - alabama daily news (on how the strategy to fund justice systems through fines and fees is unfair and destructive). - route fifty (on how artificial intelligence opens new opportunities for policymaking and service delivery). - deseret news (on how the demand for fatherhood programs is growing, but more needs to be learned about how and why these programs work). continued work on several large, multiyear projects, including: - the building evidence on employment strategies (bees) project is evaluating the effectiveness of innovative programs designed to boost employment and earnings among americans with low incomes. - measures for early success: a multiyear effort to develop new scalable, and technology-based measurement tools for children's preschool classroom experiences and early childhood skills development. - the personalized learning initiative: conducted with the university of chicago education lab, pli is helping school districts scale high-dosage tutoring. a rigorous, national study will measure the comparative effectiveness of various forms of tutoring for students. technical assistance centers: center for data insights the center for data insights helps government agencies, educational institutions, and nonprofits use data analytics to improve their practices, organizational cultures, and the structure of their work in sustainable ways, to ultimately lower their costs and improve outcomes for their clients. center for applied behavioral science (cabs) cabs works with organizations and programs to design and test creative, cost-effective, evidence-based interventions informed by principles of behavioral science and human-centered design to improve the way social services and education programs are delivered. policy domains: family well-being and children's development for decades, mdrc has been a leader in developing and studying interventions to improve outcomes for children living in families with low incomes. our current work in this area focuses on two main domains: early care and education (ece) systems and family-focused service systems. in early care and education, we've worked with practitioners to develop and test interventions to improve classroom quality, curriculum and professional development, math interventions and supports, early childhood assessments, and p-3 alignmentas well as studied ways to support and build the ece workforce. in family-focused services, mdrc has been evaluating various home visiting models and has been a leader in cocreating and studying services in fatherhood programs. k-12 education for 25 years, mdrc has been learning what may be most effective to raise the academic achievement of young people who are at risk of failing. we collaborate with public school systems, charter organizations, and national nonprofits to evaluate their programs and to use that information to help them develop evidence-based strategies for continuous program improvement. postsecondary education policymakers and the philanthropic sector have focused new efforts on increasing student persistence and achievement in postsecondary education. mdrc has identified the most effective programs developed by others, helped replicate those programs in new contexts, and assisted communities and institutions in developing new interventions based on the evidence developed in the studies available. we are now focused on helping states and higher education institutions adopt and scale the more successful interventions that have been developed and tested. economic mobility, housing, and communities long regarded as the premier investigator of policies to improve the lives of families participating in public benefits programs, mdrc has brought its program development skills and reputation for methodological rigor to the challenge of learning how best to improve the economic health of workers and communities. the concentration of poverty and an associated lack of access to good jobs, affordable housing, quality goods and services, and economic and political resources presents special challenges for improving the prospects of residents of neighborhoods with high poverty rates. mdrc has evaluated a number of "place-based" projects that addressed urban poverty and joblessness. we are also evaluating a number of housing choice voucher reforms, helping to improve the nation's principal housing assistance programs. youth development, criminal justice, and employment mdrc is testing tailored interventions for young people disconnected from the worlds of school and work, young people and adults at risk of entering the criminal justice system, returning citizens reentering their communities, and people with work-limiting disabilities. the findings of our new studies as they emerge are intended to expand implementation of effective programs in the different public assistance, enforcement, and service delivery systems that interact with populations that face barriers to employment. center for effective career and technical education building on mdrc's 30-year history of studying career and technical education (cte) programs, the center incubates new ideas, synthesizes findings and lessons learned, and disseminates this knowledge to policymakers, practitioners, and other researchers in order to help ensure that expansion of cte programs is informed by a growing evidence base. the center draws on knowledge across education and training systems and uses a broad lens to detect cross-cutting issues, develop a targeted research agenda, and share findings. center for criminal justice research the criminal justice system is emerging from decades of "get tough" policies that quadrupled the rate of incarceration nationally, to the point where the united states, with less than 5 percent of the world's population, now holds more than 20 percent of the world's prisoners. a growing number of states and localities are reforming their criminal justice systems. they seek to reduce incarceration and increase fairness by changing the way cases are handled from the front end of the system (arrest and pretrial) to the back end (incarceration and reentry). the mdrc center for criminal justice research works with national and local criminal justice agencies, policymakers, courts, and community-based organizations to answer pressing questions and improve both the effectiveness of the criminal justice system and the outcomes of individuals involved in it.

Filing year

2024

Total revenue

$89.3M

Total expenses

$93.9M

Program expenses

$76.2M

Administration

$17.8M

Fundraising

$4K

Program share of expenses

81%

EIN

237379473

Location

New York, NY

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