Philanthropy
Combatting Burnout in Nonprofit Leaders
Supporting the personal well-being of nonprofit leaders is critical to the success of effective organizations, and grantmakers can help.
Tag: Grantmaking
Nonprofit Management
The Road to Scale Runs Through Improved Donor Strategies
Less donor fragmentation can lead to impact at a transformative scale.
Foundations
Collaboration and “Diffuse Reciprocity”
A new attitude toward collaboration could help funders achieve greater long-term gains.
Foundations
Reflection Through Narrative
How international organizations gain insight, innovation, and internal alignment through story.
Government
The Lean Startup Goes to Washington
Evidence-based policy, iteration, and innovation are making their way into government.
Foundations
Experimentation: A Shortcut to Innovation
Leading organizations are placing bets on action over rhetoric.
Philanthropy
Grantmaking, Public Policy…and Tums
Exemplary grantmakers follow evidence, not presumptions, and recognize that effective strategy requires transforming enough things, not everything.
Measuring Social Impact
Clear Measurement Counts
A commitment to impact evaluation is the mark of a nonprofit organization that takes its work seriously.
Philanthropy
Five Things Strategy Isn’t
The language, tools, processes, and practices of philanthropy have evolved steadily and dramatically, but strategy needs rescuing.
Philanthropy
Developing a Culture of Knowledge Management
The three types of data foundations need—and how they must use them.