2017-11-08T11:01:50-06:00 2016-12-31 GRANT THORNTON LLP 757 THIRD AVENUE 3RD FLOOR NEW YORK NY 100172013 990 2016-01-01 237379473 MDRC % LORRAINE KARLEN DEPUTY CFO MDRC 2125323200 16 E 34TH STREET 19TH FLR NEW YORK NY 100164326 LORRAINE KARLEN Deputy CFO 2125323200 2017-11-08 true Scott Thompsett P00741490 2125990100 2017-11-08 38.84.128.189 26377520173125000001 2017-11-08 P 0B46E2524D30B9339001954FA073F5F598A23E79 F49A67012B2BD0B747B3FC8EDB4C5F33AD03E3F0 2016 2018-03-14 21:41:22Z GORDON BERLIN 16 EAST 34TH ST 19TH FL NEW YORK NY 100164326 91749123 false X www.mdrc.org X 1974 DE MDRC is dedicated to improving the well- being of low-income people. Through our research, we seek to enhance the effectiveness of social policies & programs that affect the poor. 15 15 375 0 -23876 -28650 86282823 60427127 1901156 2116510 1462516 1476560 0 0 89646495 64020197 7702439 5372995 0 0 37342377 37902676 0 0 5395 47334122 42902790 92378938 86178461 -2732443 -22158264 121599657 102856766 15520028 17622705 106079629 85234061 X Founded in 1974, MDRC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy and education research organization that is driven by its mission: MDRC is dedicated to learning what works to improve the well-being of low-income people. Through our research and the active communication of our findings, we seek to enhance the effectiveness of social policies and programs that affect the poor. With a diverse staff of more than 350 and offices in New York City, Oakland, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC, MDRC carries out its mission by mounting large-scale evaluations of government and community programs targeted to low-income people, developing and field-testing promising new approaches, providing technical assistance, and working to ensure that our evidence informs the design and implementation of policies and programs. We helped pioneer the use of random assignment - the same highly reliable methodology used to test new medicines - in social policy research. Working in partnership with others, MDRC is bu false false 19568442 1664911 706789 Health and barriers to Employment: MDRC was originally established to study programs for the "hard-to-employ," Americans who face serious obstacles to finding and keeping steady work. Our very first project, the National Supported Work Demonstration, tested the impact of paid work experience for long-term welfare recipients, ex-offenders, high school dropouts, and substance abusers, and it is still regarded as one of the most comprehensive sources of evidence on employment programs targeted to these groups. Today we are testing tailored interventions for specific hard-to-employ groups - young people disconnected from the worlds of school and work, young people and adults at risk of entering the criminal justice system, ex-prisoners reentering their communities, long-term welfare recipients, and people with work-limiting disabilities. The findings of our new studies as they emerge will expand the body of knowledge about how to address particular barriers to employment - and how to implement effective programs in the different public assistance, enforcement, and service delivery systems that interact with the hard-to-employ population. Selected highlights from 2016: - Published Learning from Experience: A Guide to Social Impact Bond Investing, by MDRC President Gordon Berlin. It offers lessons from managing the nation's first Social Impact Bond, an innovative way to fund promising new programs at no cost to taxpayers, with the City of New York, Goldman Sachs, and Bloomberg Philanthropies. - Released a report with interim findings from a major federal project testing enhanced models of transitional jobs programs for hard-to-employ populations, including former prisoners and noncustodial fathers. - Published interim findings from a national evaluation of the prominent YouthBuild program for disconnected youth. - Conducted and published a long-term analysis of data from the National Evaluation of Welfare-to-Work Strategies on whether offering job search or basic education first works better. - Released a study on the replication of the successful Center for Employment Opportunities reentry program. - Launched an evaluation of New York City's Supervised Release Program. 17376453 370500 619168 Family Well-Being and Children's Development: Children who grow up in poverty face much greater risks of academic failure, poor health, and emotional distress and, as adults, are more likely to be unemployed and poor. MDRC's studies on children and families are providing a new generation of reliable evidence for policymakers about strategies that benefit the social, emotional, and cognitive development of low-income children - some by improving the life prospects of parents and others by working directly with children. For more than two decades, MDRC has been a leader in an expanding field of research that examines how children are affected by welfare reform and other social policies that are primarily designed to affect the employment and income status of their parents. MDRC is studying several initiatives that seek to benefit children by building healthier family relationships, including federal Responsible Fatherhood programs. MDRC is the lead evaluator of the federal governments $1.5 billion investment in home visiting programs, which provide preventive services to families with young children to prevent child maltreatment, improve maternal and child health outcomes, and increase school readiness. Our child care and early education studies aim to deepen policymakers understanding of the effects of early care environments, including Head Start. We have been a leader in developing and testing programs that bolster the emotional and behavioral development of preschoolers and the math skills of preschool children and kindergartners. We're leading the Expanding Children's Early Learning (ExCEL) Network, a collaboration of local officials, preschool providers, and researchers as active partners in innovation and evidence-building. Selected highlights in 2016: - Released interim findings from the Making Pre-K Count demonstration in New York City, a test of an innovative math-focused intervention for preschools serving low-income children, which has influenced preschool programming of the de Blasio administration - Published the third annual report from the companion Mother and Infant Home Visiting-Strong Start Evaluation. - Launched the the Expanding Childrens Early Learning (ExCEL) Network, a collaboration led by MDRC that aims to engage local officials, preschool providers, and researchers as active partners in innovation and evidence-building, while also benefiting from ongoing input by other experts in the policymaking, practitioner, and advocacy communities. - Released results from three sites in the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) Project, the first major opportunity to apply a behavioral research lens to programs that serve poor families in the United States. - Launched the five-year Variations in Implementation of Quality Interventions study, which will test how different levels and features of child care and early education classroom quality relate to childrens developmental outcomes. - Published a literature review on the effectiveness of various interventions to address childhood asthma, particularly among low-income populations. 11570267 1241255 390199 K-12 Education: For more than 20 years, MDRC has been learning what works best to raise the academic achievement of young people who are at risk of failing. At a time of growing national and state interest in improving low-performing schools and better preparing students for college and work, our evaluations of comprehensive high school reform models and career and technical education programs have established MDRC as a respected voice in education research and policy and as a leader in designing rigorous education evaluations. At the elementary school level, we are studying a cluster of programs designed to raise literacy and math skills in elementary and middle schools and to improve teaching and learning by investing in the skills of teachers. Selected highlights in 2016: - Published positive findings from an evaluation funded by the U.S. Department of Educations Investing in Innovation (i3) framework - Diplomas Now, a high school reform model that is based on the Talent Development program that we studied in Philadelphia several years back, which won a $30 million validation grant. The report received coverage in the Washington Post and Education Week - Released a primer for education researchers on how to use predictive analytics. - Released results from a quick-turnaround randomized controlled trial that tested a text-messaging intervention with parents to help improve their childrens school attendance. - Published results from a study of ninth-grade academies in Broward County, Florida. 10362756 1613470 58684 Young adults and postsecondary education 11488715 482859 341670 Low-wage workers and communities 3790887 Information dissemination, program development 25642358 2096329 400354 74157520 true true false false false false false false false true true true false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 177 0 true 375 true true true false false false false false false false false false X 15 15 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA NY X LORRAINE KARLEN DEPUTY CFO 2125323200 16 EAST 34TH ST NEW YORK NY 100164326 Mary Jo Bane Chair 1.0 0.0 X 6000 0 0 Ronald Haskins Director 1.0 0.0 X 3000 0 0 James H Johnson Director 1.0 0.0 X 3000 0 0 Lawrence Katz Director 1.0 0.0 X 4194 0 0 Bridget Terry Long Director 1.0 0.0 X 2500 0 0 Richard J Murnane Director 1.0 0.0 X 3500 0 0 John S Reed Director 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Michael Roster Director 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Cecilia Rouse Director 1.0 0.0 X 2500 0 0 Isabel Sawhill Director 1.0 0.0 X 3000 0 0 Robert Solow Chairman Emeritus 1.0 0.0 X 4000 0 0 Jan Nicholson Director 1.0 0.0 X 4500 0 0 Rudolph Penner Treasurer 1.0 0.0 X 4500 0 0 Josh B McGee Director 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Robert Denham Director 1.0 0.0 X 4000 0 0 Gordon Berlin President 40.0 0.0 X 564531 0 58949 Jesus M Amadeo Sr. Vice President 40.0 0.0 X 347340 0 47517 Robert J Ivry Sr. Vice President 40.0 0.0 X 347758 0 56742 Barbara Goldman Vice President 40.0 0.0 X 209450 0 28839 Frederick Doolittle Vice President 40.0 0.0 X 243724 0 52409 Sharon L Rowser Vice President 40.0 0.0 X 211777 0 48744 Louise A London Board Secretary 40.0 0.0 X 86319 0 16490 James A Riccio policy area director 40.0 0.0 X 209839 0 48413 Howard S Bloom chief social scientist 40.0 0.0 X 243744 0 50073 Charles Michalopoulos Senior Fellow 40.0 0.0 X 218927 0 31770 Virginia W Knox policy area director 40.0 0.0 X 213264 0 48951 Dan J Bloom Policy Area Director 40.0 0.0 X 209659 0 48979 3151026 0 537876 84 false true false mathematica policy research inc po box 2393 PRINCETON NJ 08543 RESEARCH SUBCONTRACT 7285626 abt associates 55 wheeler street CAMBRIDGE MA 02138 RESEARCH SUBCONTRACT 1985633 Decision Information Resources inc 2600 Southwest Freeway - 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EACH RECIPIENT SIGNS AN AGREEMENT WITH MDRC WHICH SPECIFIES THE RESTRICTED PURPOSE AND PERIOD OF THE AWARD, A PAYMENT SCHEDULE, AND A REPORTING SCHEDULE FOR FINANCIAL AND PROGRAMMATIC REPORTS. MDRC FINANCE AND PROGRAMMATIC STAFF PERFORM A COORDINATED REVIEW OF REPORTS SUBMITTED TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE AWARD. PROGRAMMATIC STAFF COMMUNICATE FREQUENTLY WITH RECIPIENTS REGARDING THE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES BEING FUNDED AND MAKE PERIODIC SITE VISITS TO THE RECIPIENT. IN ADDITION, FINANCE STAFF AT MDRC REVIEW AUDIT REPORTS OF RECIPIENTS AND PERIODICALLY PERFORM ON-SITE FINANCIAL REVIEWS. 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Form 990, Part VI - Policies & Procedures 990 review process THE FORM 990 REVIEW PROCESS AT MDRC INCLUDES AN INTERNAL REVIEW BY MDRC'S SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT/CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND PRESIDENT, AS WELL AS EXTERNAL REVIEW BY GRANT THORNTON. THE FORM 990 IS THEN REVIEWED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE FULL BOARD IS PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THE FORM 990 PRIOR TO ITS BEING FILED WITH THE IRS. THE FULL BOARD DISCUSSES THE FORM 990 POST-FILING AT ITS SCHEDULED ANNUAL MEETING IN DECEMBER. PART VI, SECTION B LINE 12C Conflict of interest policy enforcement & monitoring Directors and offficers are required to complete and sign an annual conflict of interest disclosure statement. The statements are reviewed by the corporate secretary and the president for actual or possible conflicts of interest. If any is disclosed, or inferred, these actual or possible conflicts of interest are brought to the attention of the chairman of the board. In response, the chairman might convene a group of disinterested directors to discuss and address the conflict. All employees, including officers who are also staff members and key employees, are required to read and sign a Code of Ethics, which includes information about conflicts of interest. Annually, each employee must sign a statement disclosing the presence or absence of conflicts of interest on behalf of the employee and family members. Failure to do so can result in disciplinary action up to and including termination. These statements are reviewed by the human resources department and, as appropriate, by counsel for a determination regarding action that should follow the reporting of an actual or potential conflict. In addition to the required annual report, all employees are instructed by the Code of Ethics that they have a responsibility to report a violation of the Code. Employees can report any such violation to MDRC supervisory personnel, the human resources department, or to an independent organization, Lighthouse Services, which hosts an online site and toll-free number which employees can use to make complaints anonymously or in identifiable form. PART VI, SECTION B LINE 15A process for determining compensation THE FINANCE AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE ("THE COMMITTEE") OF MDRC's BOARD OF DIRECTORS ESTABLISHES EACH YEAR THE COMPENSATION AND BONUS PAYMENTS, IF ANY, FOR THE TOP PAID AND NEXT TWO TOP PAID OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATION BASED ON SURVEY INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THEM FROM BOTH INTERNAL ANd EXTERNAL SOURCES. THE INDIVIDUALS ARE MESSRS BERLIN, AMADEO, AND IVRY. EACH YEAR MDRC'S HUMAN RESOURCES FUNCTION CONDUCTS A review of form 990's and other documents of RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS THAT PERFORM SIMILAR RESEARCH AS MDRC, TO ASCERTAIN THEIR PAY STRUCTUREs FOR THE TOP AND SECOND TOP PAID OFFICERS - TYPICALLY THE CEO OR PRESIDENT AND THE COO/CFO. INCLUDED IN THIS SURVEY IS THE BASE SALARY AND BONUS PAYMENTS MADE TO THE TOP AND SECOND TOP PAID EXECUTIVES OF THESE OTHER POLICY RESEARCH FIRMS, ALONG WITH SUCH COMPARABLE FACTORS AS SIZE OF THE ORGANIZATION AS MEASURED BY HEADCOUNT AND OPERATING BUDGETS. THIS SURVEY INFORMATION IS SUPPLEMENTED BY COMPARABLE INFORMATION PROVIDED FROM AN EXTERNAL, THIRD PARTY CONSULTING FIRM CALLED THE NATIONAL THINK TANK COMPENSATION SURVEY (NTTC) CONDUCTED BY AKRON INCORPORATED, A WASHINGTON DC BASED COMPENSATION CONSULTING FIRM. THE NTTC COMPILES THE BASE SALARY AND ANY BONUS PAYMENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY SURVEY PARTICIPANTS AND DISPLAYS THE INFORMATION ANONYMOUSLY BY QUARTILE, LOCATION, AND FIRM SIZE (STATED IN TERMS OF EMPLOYEES AND BUDGET). SURVEY PARTICIPANT INCLUDE COMPETING POLICY RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS FOUNDATIONS, ENDOWMENTS, AND UNIVERSITIES. IN 2015, MERCER CONSULTING WAS CONTRACTED TO CONDUCT A COMPARISON OF COMPENSATION FOR EXECUTIVES BASED ON AN ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION REPORTED ON FORMS 990. THE RESULTS OF BOTH THE IN-HOUSE AND EXTERNAL SURVEYS AND COMPARISON OF FORM 990'S FOR THOSE COMPARABLE NON-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ARE PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE, WHICH THEN DELIBERATES, AND BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, ESTABLISHES THE PAY LEVEL FOR MDRC'S PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND DEVELOPMENT & EXTERNAL AFFAIRS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT. The compensation of the President and the Chief Financial Officer is approved by the Board. PART VI, SECTION B LINE 15B process for determining compensation THE COMMITTEE ESTABLISHES COMPENSATION LEVELS FOR THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AS REQUIRED BY THE CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT INTEGRITY ACT OF 2004, AND FOR ONE OTHER SENIOR OFFICER. COMPENSATION FOR THE REST OF THE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES IS BASED ON A RECOMMENDATION BY THE PRESIDENT TO THE COMMITTEE. HIS RECOMMENDATION ESTABLISHES A MERIT AND BONUS POOL FOR THE COMING YEAR, BASED ON THE ORGANIZATION'S STANDARD PAY PRACTICE (DESCRIBED BELOW). THE PRESIDENT SETS AND APPROVES THE SALARY LEVEL AND BONUS PAYMENTS FOR OFFICERS OTHER THAN THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, AND FOR OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES. EACH YEAR MDRC'S PRESIDENT RECOMMENDS TO THE BOARD A SALARY POOL FOR MERIT INCREASES AND DISCRETIONARY BONUSES TO BE PAID TO OTHER OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES IN THE ORGANIZATION. THE MERIT INCREASE AND BONUS POOLS ARE GENERALLY COMPETITIVE WITHIN THE TWO MARKETPLACES IN WHICH THE ORGANIZATION COMPETES FOR HUMAN TALENT(NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA). THE PRESIDENT BASES HIS RECOMMENDATIONS ON SURVEY INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, WHICH IN TURN OBTAINS LOCAL LABOR MARKET PAY PRACTICES FROM EXTERNAL THIRD PARTY CONSULTING FIRMS SUCH AS MERCER HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTING AND TOWERS PERRIN COMPENSATION CONSULTING, AS WELL AS CONDUCTING A SURVEY OF PAY PRACTICES FROM OTHER POLICY RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS. TYPICAL MERIT INCREASE POOLS IN RECENT YEARS HAVE BEEN IN THE FOUR PERCENT (4%) TO FIVE PERCENT (5%) RANGE. ONCE THE MERIT INCREASE POOL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD, MDRC ESTABLISHES EACH EMPLOYEE'S SALARY BASED ON TWO FACTORS: PERFORMANCE ON THE JOB DURING THE MOST RECENT CALENDAR YEAR (MDRC USES A FOUR TIER PERFORMANCE RATING SYSTEM), AND WHERE AN EMPLOYEES SALARY FALLS WITHIN THE SALARY RANGE ESTABLISHED FOR THEIR POSITION (CALLED A COMPA-RATIO). HOLDING PERFORMANCE CONSTANT, MDRC'S COMPENSATION SYSTEM PROVIDES A GREATER INCREASE IN SALARY TO THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LOW IN THEIR SALARY RANGES AND PROVIDES SMALLER INCREASES IN SALARY TO THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE HIGH IN THEIR SALARY RANGES. SALARY RANGES ARE DETERMINED BY AN INTERNAL JOB EVALUATION COMMITTEE BASED ON JOB DESCRIPTIONS OF WORK PERFORMED, COUPLED WITH LABOR MARKET SALARY INFORMATION FROM THIRD PARTY SOURCES. THE SAME SALARY SYSTEM IS DEPLOYED FOR OTHER OFFICERS, KEY EMPLOYEES, AND THE GENERAL EMPLOYEE POPULATION OF THE ORGANIZATION. PART VI, SECTION C LINE 19 availability of documents MDRC'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE MDRC WEBSITE AND A HARD COPY IS PROVIDED UPON REQUEST. MDRC'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE GENERALLY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.