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By Nadia Ahmed and Mary Beech It’s said that marathons are won well before the starting gun goes off. When the runners arrive on race day, the most successful will have put in enough training to know exactly what to expect. When governments pursue a model as innovative as Pay for Success (PFS), pilot programs [...]

Senior Associate Sithara Kodali has been featured in an interview with the Fletcher Social Investment Group, a student-run organization based at the Fletcher School of Tufts University. In the podcast, Sithara provides an overview of Pay for Success, its cross-sector mechanics, and its promises for government and underserved communities. LISTEN HERE

Third Sector's Pay for Success projects in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Santa Clara County, California, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts were featured in Stateline, a daily report on state policy from the Pew Charitable Trusts. Co-founder and Co-President Caroline Whistler is quoted, The bonds are meant to foster creative solutions to entrenched social problems, with an [...]

In Cuyahoga County, Ohio the nation’s first county-level Pay for Success (PFS) project is helping policymakers and government leaders measurably improve the lives of its vulnerable families. Over the 5-year duration of the PFS project known as the Cuyahoga Partnering for Family Success Program, community leaders in Cuyahoga County are using Pay for Success to [...]

Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc. has been featured in a webinar series exploring Pay for Success and its potential. Hosted by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, CEO and Co-Founder George Overholser answered questions about the model, and how its addressing the most pressing issues for vulnerable communities around the United States. George spoke on a virtual [...]

Caroline Whistler, Co-Founder and Co-President of Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc., has been named as one of the Chronicle of Philanthropy's 40 under 40. The list features young nonprofit and philanthropic leaders who are driving forward innovative solutions to pressing problems. The financing portion of such deals has gotten the lion’s share of attention...but Ms. [...]