Fall 2021

On the Ground Issue

Fall 2021


LEO + partners

A look at LEO from the perspective a nonprofit partner.

Up at night

LEO's managing director Heather Reynolds recounts an experience from her time as a nonprofit CEO when she and her team had to get their research study intervention back on track.

Calling poverty's fiercest adversaries

Four nonprofit leaders share how engaging in research with LEO has already boosted their missions of service.

A letter from our founders

COVID-19 compounded the economic hardships of families already facing financial challenges and reinforced the critical need for evidence-based poverty solutions. LEO founders Bill Evans and Jim Sullivan reflect on what LEO and its partners accomplished despite the pandemic and LEO's plans for the future.

Forming the future

Brigid Meisenbacher (ND '22), Tess Monahan (ND '22) and Matt Brown (ND '19) share how their time as LEO undergraduate research assistants shaped their education.

Future learnings

How one nonprofit partner plans to use LEO's research results. 

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