Economic Impact: A New Approach for Proving Outcomes
There’s a more dynamic and tangible third dimension—beyond efficiency and effectiveness—through which nonprofits can define, measure, and communicate their success.
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Innovative ideas to help leaders of nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations work more effectively (more)
Doing Less, Better
The real competitive advantage of social enterprise, compared to traditional charities isn’t revenue generation—it’s the ability to focus on fewer things.
Architecting for Data
Four ways nonprofits can cut through the data hype and start using data on purpose.
Why We Love to Hate Nonprofits
Three common and harmful prejudices against charitable organizations, and how nonprofits can subvert them.
Building Movements, Not Organizations
Creating a healthy, humane world will require more than new organizational designs. It will take rethinking the nature of organizations entirely.
Improving Corporate-Nonprofit Partnerships
Three ways corporations can more effectively partner with nonprofits.
Why the Social Sector Needs the Scientific Method
A flawed study on deworming children—and new studies that expose its errors—reveal why activists and philanthropists alike need safeguards.
Government
Five Programmatic Lessons in Scaling Impact
A look at how a number of Social Innovation Fund subgrantees are successfully developing program strategies for greater growth and impact.
Big and Fast Is Not Better
Building relationships with grassroots organizations that advocate for human rights-based development takes time, but without investing in them, philanthropy is likely to stumble. The case of Haiti is instructive.