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Case Study: Managing Risk to Scale Impact
How nonprofits and their funders can turn unexpected roadblocks into opportunities.
How nonprofits and their funders can turn unexpected roadblocks into opportunities.
To promote innovation, support risk. To promote risk, first build trust.
How to understand and manage the legal risks associated with a foundation’s programmatic work.
How to prepare your organization for the unexpected.
The ACLU pursued a 10-year plan to expand the capacity of its affiliates nationwide and defend people’s constitutional rights against the threats of a Trump presidency.
Nonprofits, community groups, and philanthropists are embracing cocreation as a way to engage a wider community in tackling pressing problems.
In the West, most wealthy entrepreneurs prefer to give to specific individual causes, by establishing their own foundation, family office, or donor-advised fund. Most Chinese entrepreneurs, by contrast, would rather work together and pursue philanthropy collectively.
Rigorous impact evaluations tell us a lot about the world, not just the particular contexts in which they are conducted. Open access to this article is made possible by MIT.
Finding solutions for the global poor need not require choosing between theory and decision making. Good evaluations focus on both.