RESEARCH AND TOOLS
We synthesize research, identify promising approaches and create customized tools that support learning and guide action toward results. Recent examples are included below. See all our publications here.
Recommendations for Philanthropy, Policy, and Practice
Promising Program Models for Extended Care & Transition Services
Supporting Social-Emotional Learning With Evidence-Based Programs
Funding Effective Implementation of Evidence-Based Programs in Child Welfare
Strategic Financing Toolkit for Tested, Effective Programs
Funding Prevention in Communities
FUND MAPPING TOOL
See how Mainspring’s Fund Mapping Tool Was Used in One Community-Based Prevention Initiative.
The fund-mapping tool helps community and public agency leaders to understand how current dollars are invested so they can make best use of existing resources and spend new investments effectively. The web-based tool allows multiple public and private agencies that are funding services in a community to securely enter information on how their dollars are invested. Once data has been entered, the tool easily runs analyses across multiple agencies that can be tailored to focus on particular outcomes, age ranges, or types of services. The tool helps state and local leaders to bring together information across agencies and departments that not only sheds light on the amount of funds invested in key services but also on how effective and aligned those investments are with priority outcomes.