The Right Measures
A new resource for measuring where the greatest need exists offers nonprofits and social entrepreneurs an idea of where to focus their collective goals.
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Corporate Giving Needs Better Metrics
A new report on corporate philanthropy stresses the need for new reporting metrics among companies in order to make their full impact and value known.
Donor, Dearest
The philanthropic landscape continues to shift as donors are switching their alliances to for-profit causes.
The Power of Theories of Change
Improving the lives of disadvantaged populations requires proven theories of change.
Which Fix?
Some school reformers advocate starting over, while others want to keep the same students and site. Both approaches are useful.
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Drowning in Data
Funders are calling for more program evaluation, but nonprofits are often collecting dubious data, at great cost to themselves and ultimately to the people they serve.
Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Plotting Impact Beyond Simple Metrics
For NGOs, impact comes in different forms and to track the cycles of social change work, we must think across the tangibility and the speed of emergence of change.
Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards
Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not leave behind people of color. This is the fourth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.