Sesame Workshop, Winner of 100&Change Grant Competition, Discusses What's Next

In 2016, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, launched 100&Change —a new grant competition, to award $100 million to an organization with the best proposal to help solve a critical social problem. In 2018, Sesame Workshop , the nonprofit that produces Sesame Street and other children's educational programs, was named the winner in partnership with the International Rescue Committee. The grant supports programming to educate young children displaced by conflict and persecution in the Middle East. In this episode, Priss Benbow , a fellow at Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute, speaks with Sherrie Westin , president of Global Impact and Philanthropy at Sesame Workshop, about the process of applying to a "big bet" grant competition, developing new culturally appropriate Sesame Street characters, and how the two partner organizations will measure program impact. On our next episode, you'll hear from Cecilia Conrad, who leads 100&Change, to get the grantmaker's perspective.

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This episode is 27:55 long.

This episode was published on Apr 9, 2019.

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