Foundations
Adapting Long-term Strategies in Times of Profound Change
Three ways foundations can equip themselves to better respond to changing contexts.
Srik Gopal
Organizational Development
Systems Thinking: A View from the Trenches
Four lessons from one foundation’s effort to put systems thinking into practice.
Measurement & Evaluation
Broadening the Evidence Base Without “Defining Evidence Down”
The social sector must focus on building a rigorous knowledge base that is broad enough to lead to large-scale, breakthrough efforts.
Measurement & Evaluation
Getting “Moneyball” Right in the Social Sector
The rigorous use of data to guide social funding decisions is essential, but to do it well, we need to broaden the evidence base, focus on principles of practice, and embrace adaptive integration over fidelity.
Foundations
Fostering Systems Change
Five simple rules for foundations seeking to create lasting social change.
Evaluating Complex Social Initiatives
A new brief offers guidance and tools to support the evaluation of complex programs when traditional evaluation won’t suffice.