We are accelerating the transition to
a performance-driven social sector.

Throughout the United States and internationally, we collaborate deeply with communities to re-write how they contract for social services, re-aligning vast amounts of public resources to move the needle on social problems.

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Third Sector offers our partner communities the ability to understand and improve the incentives within systems and services. Through meaningful collaborations among governments, community stakeholders and residents, we help our clients develop an approach to better support members of their community.

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What is Pay for Success?

Pay for Success (PFS) is an innovative contracting model that drives government resources toward high-performing social programs in areas such as poverty, education, child welfare, recidivism, homelessness, and wellness. PFS contracts track the effectiveness of programs over time to ensure that funding is directed toward programs that succeed in measurably improving the lives of people most in need.

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Insights from Third Sector

Third Sector Offers Testimony at Boston City Council Violence Prevention HearingThird Sector Offers Testimony at Boston City Council Violence Prevention Hearing

  • by Shannon Shainwald
  • August 15, 2019

Third Sector Managing Director, Kristel Kurtz, testified at an August 8th hearing held by the Boston City Council Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice.

Increasing Access, Quality, and Affordability of Early Care and Education through Systems Building and Change ManagementIncreasing Access, Quality, and Affordability of Early Care and Education through Systems Building and Change Management

  • by Sarah Shutt
  • August 14, 2019

Third Sector, BUILD Initiative, and The Ounce recently hosted a webinar with the Administration for Children and Family’s Office of Child Care to discuss “Increasing Access, Quality, and Affordability of Early Care and Education through Systems Building and Change Management”.

Engaging Student Support Service Providers in Higher EducationEngaging Student Support Service Providers in Higher Education

  • by A. Alani, J. Kuang, & S. Walton
  • July 31, 2019

Third Sector recently launched a national Pay For Success in Higher Education cohort of four higher education state and system partners that are interested in exploring Pay for Success (PFS) as a way to fund wraparound student support services that improve enrollment, persistence, and graduation outcomes for underserved students. We sought provider input to inform the national cohort’s potential PFS projects through a Request for Information (RFI).

SIPPRA Round 2 Applications Open this FallSIPPRA Round 2 Applications Open this Fall

  • by O. Benitez & J. Zhong
  • July 31, 2019

The $100 million Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA) is a federal funding opportunity to scale outcomes-driven solutions that benefit communities across government funding silos. Round 2 Applications for Feasibility Study will soon be open during Fall this year.

Third Sector Awarded $2,000,000 Grant to Advance California Workforce OutcomesThird Sector Awarded $2,000,000 Grant to Advance California Workforce Outcomes

  • by O. Gould & S. Shainwald
  • July 31, 2019

Over the next two years, Third Sector will work with up to five nonprofit grantees of The James Irvine Foundation’s Better Careers Initiative and up to ten local government agencies to advance economic opportunity in California through a $2M grant from the Foundation.

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