6/22/2023
The Economic Mobility and Opportunity Division at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation engaged the START Center to develop four case studies that demonstrate how businesses implemented Good Job Principles, what incentivized them to do so, the impact on the businesses’ bottom line, and the economic mobility of their low-income workers.
2/16/2024
The Early Learning Team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commissioned START to identify the leaders of early learning departments/programs across the U.S., especially for public school districts in large urban areas, or in areas predominantly servicing the target population of children who face the most significant barriers to opportunity, including Black & Latino children, and children from low-income communities.
10/15/2021
The START team documented how evidence from modeling and analytics was used to inform policy in Washington State’s COVID-19 response and identified lessons learned from this experience—which can inform research-policy partnerships, policy decisions, and formation of responsive systems to address public health emergencies in the future.
6/27/2021
START conducts a comprehensive evaluation of Washington Research Foundation’s Grants Program, benchmarked findings, and provided recommendations.
2/4/2022
The START team conducted an updated literature review on the causes and implications of the decline in the number of small dollar donors, and how giving and volunteering are associated with social outcomes.