On Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Measuring Impact

By Emmett D. Carson

Don’t let evaluation distort your mission.

Getting Results Data Off the Dusty Shelf

By Angela Kail

Charities and funders need support and guidance to make sure that information collected does not go to waste.

Foundations

Using Metrics to Encourage Innovation

By Jenny Shilling Stein 3

By introducing a learning agenda, funders can encourage innovation, drive philanthropic dollars to the best programs, and become better partners to grantees.

Impact, Not Overhead, Is What Counts

By Christina Triantaphyllis & Matthew Forti 1

A look at barriers global NGOs face in reporting the right measures of effectiveness—and how funders and grantees can begin to overcome them.

Struggling to Innovate: Together We Stand

By Joanna Wylegala

Takeaways from a discussion on the promises and perils of innovation in the social sector.

Sustainable Corporate Philanthropy

By Amy Stursberg

Blackstone’s Amy Stursberg explains how the Blackstone Charitable Foundation has focused on job creation and created a platform for near- and long-term impact.

Foundations

Don’t Dig a Deep Hole, Then Leave

By Alison Powell & Katie Smith Milway 1

Philanthropy lessons from India—Padmini Somani, head of two different foundations, talks about following the data and staying the course.

Google Giving: Calibrating Moon Shots

By Jacquelline Fuller 2

When we back only proven and incremental ideas, we miss out on the opportunity to test new ones that could potentially change millions of lives.

Creating a Better Future Through Transparency

By Lisa Kleissner 1

We need more investors to share their impact performance data.

Foundations

Stumbling into Philanthropy

By Kevin Starr 4

Turning a bunch of money into a lot of impact.