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    Neeru Khosla

    CK-12 Foundation

    Khosla couldn’t believe “how messed up” American education was, she says. What no one realized was that since “students are at different levels, we've got to treat them at that level.”

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    Nancy Roob

    The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation

    Roob has found that nonprofits tend to “tell the funder everything that the funder wants to hear.” As a result, EMCF conducts due diligence aimed at “trying to deeply understand everything about the organization; the good, the bad, the ugly.”

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    Nancy Roob

    The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation

    Three factors led other donors to invest $90 million in EMCF’s “Growth Capital Aggregation Pilot” designed to fund three nonprofits, says Roob: business plans for the nonprofits, a learning community for investors, and shared risk across investors.

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    Neeru Khosla

    CK-12 Foundation

    Passionate about making the lives of the poor in places like India and Africa “more dignified,” Khosla provides microfinancing to help sustain them. And, in a virtuous circle, she says, “any money we make through that goes back into philanthropy.”

The insight that spurred Neeru Khosla’s CK-12 Neeru Khosla
Nancy Roob on challenges of working with grantees Nancy Roob
Nancy Roob on attracting funding from other donors Nancy Roob
Neeru Khosla supports microfinance Neeru Khosla

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