Throwing Good Money After Bad

By Judith M. Gueron

A common error misleads foundations and policymakers.

Nonprofits

15 Minutes with Paul Farmer

By SSIR Editors

Interview with Paul Farmer, founder, Partners in Health.

The Ratings Game

By Stephanie Lowell, Brian Trelstad, & Bill Meehan 2

Evaluating the three groups that rate the charities.

Random Thoughts

By Andrea Orr

Poverty Action Lab examines why some charitable programs work better than others.

When You Build It and They Still Don’t Come

By Andrea Orr

The World Bank reevaluates previous methods.

Zeroing in on Impact

By Susan Colby, Nan Stone, & Paul Carttar 1

In an era of declining resources, nonprofits need to clarify their intended impact.

15 Minutes with Robert Egger

By SSIR editor

Interview with Robert Egger, founder, D.C. Central Kitchen.

Under Pressure

By David Hoyt

Where the charitable response to 9/11 went wrong.

Why Measure?

By Katie Cunningham & Marc Ricks

Nonprofits use metrics to show that they are efficient. But what if donors don’t care?