IMPACT INDIA
Scaling With Evidence
When monitoring and evaluation are in an organization’s DNA, as they are at SNEHA, it’s much easier to create partnerships with government agencies and NGOs.
When monitoring and evaluation are in an organization’s DNA, as they are at SNEHA, it’s much easier to create partnerships with government agencies and NGOs.
There might be no better guide than Indian nonprofits for how to successfully scale up when resources are scarce.
Since becoming chairman of Tata Trusts, Ratan Tata has shifted the trusts’ focus from charitable work to programs that seek to transform lives.
Sewage treatment systems are being built that are simpler and less expensive.
The Aga Khan Development Network is empowering communities.
Focusing on reducing costs can be the key to unlocking results at greater scale. Nonprofits in India and the United States provide important lessons for NGOs around the world on just how to do that.
India provides particularly fertile ground for the gender-lens grantmaking movement.
Proprietary data can help improve and save lives, but fully harnessing its potential will require a cultural transformation in the way companies, governments, and other organizations treat and act on data.
To bring more resources to bear on the challenges facing children and families, funders can step outside their traditional grantmaking role to invest in innovative and mission-focused efforts.
Many organizations are creating and disseminating knowledge about the practice of philanthropy, but does that information actually influence how funders operate?