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FUNDERS OF THE SUBPRIME LENDING DATA EXPLORATION PROJECT
Funding for this project was provided by MetLife Foundation.
Dissemination of MDRC publications is supported by the following funders that help finance
MDRC’s public policy outreach and expanding efforts to communicate the results and implications
of our work to policymakers, practitioners, and others: The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Charles and
Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Ford Foundation,
The George Gund Foundation, Daniel and Corinne Goldman, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg
Foundation, Inc., The JBP Foundation, The Joyce Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, Laura and
John Arnold Foundation, Sandler Foundation, and The Starr Foundation.
In addition, earnings from the MDRC Endowment help sustain our dissemination efforts. Contributors
to the MDRC Endowment include Alcoa Foundation, The Ambrose Monell Foundation, Anheuser-
Busch Foundation, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Ford
Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, The Grable Foundation, The Lizabeth and Frank Newman
Charitable Foundation, The New York Times Company Foundation, Jan Nicholson, Paul H. O’Neill
Charitable Foundation, John S. Reed, Sandler Foundation, and The Stupski Family Fund, as well as
other individual contributors.
The findings and conclusions in this report do not necessarily represent the official positions or
policies of the funders.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors would like to thank Richardson Love and Evelyn Stark at MetLife Foundation for their
support and insight, Rick Hackett for technical support in helping us understand the administra-
tive data, Toni Castro for help developing the survey, Mackenzie Gibson for providing input on the
visualizations, Jonathan Zinman for reviewing the survey, and the staff at Clarity Services, Inc. —
Tim Rainey, Susanna Wells, Christa Baldie, and Birgit Rys — for help obtaining the administrative
data and implementing the survey.
The authors would also like to acknowledge the help of MDRC staff members who contributed to
the development and production of the paper. Gordon Berlin, John Hutchins, Robert Ivry, Charles
Michalopoulos, Kristin Porter, and James Riccio reviewed drafts of the paper and offered valuable
feedback. Leslyn Hall provided input on the development of the survey instrument. Erika Lundquist
served as project manager and oversaw the seamless data acquisition and survey deployment efforts.
Former MDRC staffers Dan Gallagher and Anastasia Korolkova provided programming support.
Paul Veldman did the fact-checking. Alice Tufel edited the paper and Carolyn Thomas prepared it
for publication.