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

Shifting the Poverty Paradigm: Moving to Results that Matter in Washington StateShifting the Poverty Paradigm: Moving to Results that Matter in Washington State

  • by S. GIllette & J. Kuang
  • October 23, 2019

Washington State (WA) Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) Secretary Ross Hunter opened with the quote above at the 2019 National TANF State Directors’ Meeting, Helping Families to Overcome: Partnering to Build a Stronger Society on September 18, in a session that was live streamed and recorded. Along with Ballmer Group’s Washington Executive Director Andi Smith and Third Sector CEO Caroline Whistler, Secretary Hunter presented on DCYF’s agency-wide journey to transition ~$1 billion across over 1000 social service contracts to be performance-based, using a data-informed, outcomes-focused approach to funding service provision that improves the lives of children and families across Washington state.

Third Sector News & Updates October 2019Third Sector News & Updates October 2019

  • by S. Shainwald
  • October 31, 2019

Over the past few months we have had many opportunities to reflect on how our work is constantly evolving and adapting to new needs and lessons learned. Read about our latest work.

Outcomes-Based Financing Data Advisory CouncilOutcomes-Based Financing Data Advisory Council

  • by B. Beachkofski, J. Kuang, & E. Rentschler
  • October 23, 2019

Third Sector is leading a team selected as one of three grand prize winners of the Government Effectiveness Advanced Research (GEAR) Center Challenge. The GEAR Center competition challenged respondents and problem solvers from the public, academia, and industry to build cross-sector, multidisciplinary teams to demonstrate the potential of the GEAR Center as a public-private partnership to improve mission delivery, citizen services, and stewardship of public resources.

PFS Cohort’s NCAN ReflectionsPFS Cohort’s NCAN Reflections

  • by A. Alani
  • October 17, 2019

“Systems achieve the outcomes they are designed to achieve,” Alex Bernadotte, founder and CEO of Beyond12 shared during a plenary at the National College Access Network (NCAN) conference in Indianapolis last month. Bernadotte explained the Higher Ed system is “inequitable by design” and failing underrepresented student populations: students of color, low-income, first-generation, and adult students, student-parents, English language learners, and more.

Impact vs. Intent: Initial Lessons from Third Sector’s Equity JourneyImpact vs. Intent: Initial Lessons from Third Sector’s Equity Journey

  • by H. Howard & C. Kang
  • October 7, 2019

After conducting this power analysis as part of the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond’s Undoing Racism Workshop, hosted by Living Cities, there was no denying the immense privilege and power Third Sector has to influence systems and their outcomes for low-income communities and communities of color. This was a wake-up call for us.

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