Ten Reasons Not to Measure Impact—and What to Do Instead
Impact evaluations are an important tool for learning about effective solutions to social problems, but they are a good investment only in the right circumstances.
Impact evaluations are an important tool for learning about effective solutions to social problems, but they are a good investment only in the right circumstances.
Will the Open Philanthropy Project’s experiment in effective altruism validate the cause or demonstrate its hubris? Open access to this article is made possible by an underwriter.
Grantmakers should provide enough money for nonprofits to pay for all their operations, not just programs and services.
In adopting data-driven practices, leaders must design and implement programs in ways that engage community members directly in the work of social change.
Delivering nutritious school lunch fare on a large scale is the social mission—and the business model—of Revolution Foods.
Impact evaluations are an important tool for learning about effective solutions to social problems, but they are a good investment only in the right circumstances.
In adopting data-driven practices, leaders must design and implement programs in ways that engage community members directly in the work of social change.
Why Kiva chose to be a 501(c)(3), what this tax status buys the organization, and how being a nonprofit poses challenges.
Voluntary carbon offsets allow people to invest in projects that allegedly counteract their greenhouse gas emissions. But can voluntary offsets help slow global warming? Or are offsets a way for consumers to buy their way out of bad feelings?
Grantmakers should provide enough money for nonprofits to pay for all their operations, not just programs and services.