The Constellation Fund is designed to leverage the best available information to make evidence-driven investments in the fight against poverty in our community. Yet even with an ever-growing body of evidence at our fingertips, there is always more that we wish we knew. 

Enter Constellation Lab, aka CoLab! 

A philanthropic partnership of the Constellation Fund and the Foundation for Educational Research and Development (FERD), CoLab funds world-class longitudinal evaluations of programs and practices to reduce intergenerational poverty and support thriving people, families, and communities. Unlike most evaluations that typically only follow outcomes for a year or two, CoLab-funded evaluations will assess outcomes over many years while sharing lessons along the way. 

Through a multi-layered program, the 2024 Impact Forum will explore: 
+  How CoLab’s work dovetails with Constellation’s growing grant making efforts
+  The rigorous process behind a longitudinal research study
+  The ways in which CoLab’s work and research agenda will be informed by lived expertise from our community
+  CoLab’s north star goal of population-level impact and an example of how research can lead to systems change and much more!

We hope you can join us!

We find the stars and connect the dots in the fight against poverty.