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These organizations applied for a grant GiveWell offered in 2007 under the category Cause 3: Early Childhood Care, but did not advance past our Round 1 screen, which aimed at finding charities with strong self-documentation (based on our principle of focusing on already-proven programs). Note that unlike other evaluators, we put a lot of investigation into the organizations we find most promising, and de-prioritize others based on limited information. The following write-up should be viewed in this context: it explains why we determined that we wouldn't be prioritizing the organizations in question as potential grant recipients. This write-up should not be taken as a "negative rating" of these charities. Rather, it is our attempt to be as transparent as possible about the process by which we came to our top recommendations. For more on our process see our How We Identify Top Charities page.
Specifics of why organizations did not advance
In conducting our Round 1 screen of Cause 3: Early Childhood Care, we sought charities with one or both of the following:
- A compelling case that their program resembles an already proven "model program."
- Independent evidence for their program's effect on later life outcomes.
Some charities sent reports on children's cognitive development, but these reports either did not show consistent progress for enrolled children, or did not use measures that allowed us to compare the progress to what might be expected in the absence of a preschool program. In addition, none of these tracked children after their enrollment in kindergarten. This is a particular concern since there are many studies of preschool programs showing short-term improvement that fades out entirely - or weakens considerably - over time (see discussion of this at our Pre-K day care programs page). All of the reports in this category were sent in hard copy only. It's possible that these organizations have the information we want, and didn't send it due to misinterpretations of our application, time constraints, or other reasons. But due to time constraints of our own, we opted to focus on the applicants who seemed most promising.
Organizations that applied for funding under Cause 3: Early Childhood Care
Association to Benefit Children
Materials submitted in 2007
- Association to Benefit Children. Cause 3 Application (2007) (DOC).
- Association to Benefit Children. Cause 3 Budget (2007) (TIF).
- Association to Benefit Children. Cause 3 Attachment (2007) (PDF).
Bloomingdale Family Program Inc Head Start
Materials submitted in 2007
- Bloomingdale Family Program Inc Head Start. Cause 3 Application (2007) (DOC).
- Bloomingdale Family Program Inc Head Start. Cause 3 Budget (2007) (XLS).
- Note - other materials were sent but are available in hard copy only
Brooklyn Kindergarten Society
Materials submitted in 2007
- Brooklyn Kindergarten Society. Cause 3 Application (2007) (DOC).
- Brooklyn Kindergarten Society. Cause 3 Attachment (2006) (DOC).
Child Care Inc
Materials submitted in 2007
- Child Care Inc. Attachment 2 Part 1 (2005) (DOC).
- Child Care Inc. Attachment 2 Part 2 (2006) (DOC).
- Child Care Inc. Clear Fund Cause 3 (2007) (DOC).
- Child Care Inc. Cover Letter (2007) (DOC).
- Child Care Inc. Budget (2007) (XLS).
- Note - other materials were sent but are available in hard copy only
Child Center Of New York
Materials submitted in 2007
- Child Center Of New York. ATTACHMENT 1-CCNY-FY '06 AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (2006) (PDF).
- Child Center Of New York. ATTACHMENT 10-VENDEX-2006 (2006) (PDF).
- Child Center Of New York. ATTACHMENT 11-EQUIP-2006 (2006) (PDF).
- Child Center Of New York. ATTACHMENT 12-CCNY-Trude Budget (2007) (DOC).
- Child Center Of New York. ATTACHMENT 2-UNAUDITED RESULTS FY '07 (2007) (XLS).
- Child Center Of New York. ATTACHMENT 3-CURRENT ORGANIZATION BUDGET-FY 08 (2007) (DOC).
- Child Center Of New York. ATTACHMENT 4-MOST RECENT FY ORGANIZATION BUDGET-FY 07 (2007) (DOC).
- Child Center Of New York. ATTACHMENT 5-FUNDING SOURCES-FY 06 & FY 07, and FY 08 (to date) (2007) (DOC).
- Child Center Of New York. ATTACHMENT 6-BOARD OF DIRECTORS LIST (2007) (DOC).
- Child Center Of New York. ATTACHMENT 7-IRS 501c3 LETTER (2007) (PDF).
- Child Center Of New York. ATTACHMENT 8-KEY STAFF-IMPS (2007) (DOC).
- Child Center Of New York. ATTACHMENT 9-PRA-2005 Annual Report CCNY (formerly QCGC) (2005) (PDF).
- Child Center Of New York. CAUSE 3-ATTACHMENT (2006) (DOC).
- Child Center Of New York. CAUSE 3 Application (2007) (DOC).
- Child Center Of New York. CCNY-CAUSE 3 ROUND 2-GENERAL INFORMATION (2007) (DOC).
- Child Center Of New York. Round 2 application response (2007) (DOC).
Childrens Aid Society
Materials submitted in 2007
- Childrens Aid Society. Cause 3 Application (2007) (DOC).
- Childrens Aid Society. Cause 3 proposal (2007) (EML).
- Note - other materials were sent but are available in hard copy only
Childrens Storefront
Materials submitted in 2007
- Childrens Storefront. Application (2007) (DOC).
- Childrens Storefront. Clause # 3 (EIN 13-2940671) (2007) (EML).
Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club
Materials submitted in 2007
- Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club. Gloria Wise Community Center-Cause 3-Early Childhood Development (2007) (DOC).
Project Reach Youth Inc
Materials submitted in 2007
- Project Reach Youth Inc. CAUSE 3 Application (2007) (DOC).
- Project Reach Youth Inc. CAUSE 3 BUDGET.ACTUALS (2007) (XLS).
- Project Reach Youth Inc. CAUSE 3 National Even Start Evaluation (1998) (PDF).
- Project Reach Youth Inc. CAUSE 3 Search Institute Early Childhood Model (2005) (PDF).
- Note - other materials were sent but are available in hard copy only
Raising a Reader
Materials submitted in 2007
- Raising a Reader. Cause 3 (2007) (DOC).
- Raising a Reader. Attachment 1 (2007) (DOC).
- Raising a Reader. Attachment 10 (2003) (PPT).
- Raising a Reader. Attachment 11 (2007) (PDF).
- Raising a Reader. Attachment 2 (2001) (PDF).
- Raising a Reader. Attachment 3 (2004) (PDF).
- Raising a Reader. Attachment 4 (2000) (PDF).
- Raising a Reader. Attachment 5 (2003) (PDF).
- Raising a Reader. Attachment 6 (2006) (PDF).
- Raising a Reader. Attachment 8 (2007) (DOC).
- Raising a Reader. Attachment 9 (2005) (DOC).
- Raising a Reader. Evaluation Handbook 2007 Final (2007) (PDF).
- Raising a Reader. Exhibit A - Parent Survey Template (2007) (DOC).
- Note - one attachment withheld due to confidentiality request
Room To Grow
Materials submitted in 2007
- Room To Grow. Cause 3 Application (2007) (DOC).
- Room To Grow. Room to Grow grant application (2007) (EML).
Yeled V Yalda Early Childhood Center, Inc
Materials submitted in 2007
- Yeled V Yalda Early Childhood Center, Inc. Clear Fund Application - Cause 3 (2007) (DOC).
- Yeled V Yalda Early Childhood Center, Inc. Yeled V'Yalda Annual Budget1 (2007) (XLS).
- Yeled V Yalda Early Childhood Center, Inc. Cause 3 Attachment (2007) (PDF).
- Yeled V Yalda Early Childhood Center, Inc. Cause 3 Attachment2 (2005) (PDF).
- Yeled V Yalda Early Childhood Center, Inc. Yeled V'Yalda Clear Fund Grant Application - Cause 3 (2007) (EML).
- Note - other materials were sent but are available in hard copy only