Philanthropy
Grantmaking, Public Policy…and Tums
Exemplary grantmakers follow evidence, not presumptions, and recognize that effective strategy requires transforming enough things, not everything.
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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.
Philanthropy
Creating a Smarter Philanthropic Marketplace
Most funders are not adequately tapping into existing data and knowledge to better inform their grantmaking.
Measuring Social Impact
Assessing Funders’ Performance: Five Easy Tools
Measuring impact is so tough that many funders give up, but there are some insightful and actionable tools for funders that aren’t daunting.
Philanthropy
The Re-Emerging Art of Funding Innovation
A growing number of foundations are reintroducing risk-taking into their processes and portfolios as one way to create breakthrough change.
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What Would It Take?
The president and CEO of GEO describes what the organization learned over the course of its Scaling What Works initiative.
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The Road to Scale Runs Through Public Systems
The president and CEO of the Annie E. Casey Foundation writes about the importance of working with public systems.
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Partners in Impact
The president of Communities In Schools writes about the role funders played in helping his organization scale up.