Philanthropy
Creating a Smarter Philanthropic Marketplace
Most funders are not adequately tapping into existing data and knowledge to better inform their grantmaking.
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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.
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We Need More Scale, Not More Innovation
The president and CEO of The California Endowment discusses the importance of engaging in advocacy and community organizing.
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More Resources, More Co-Investors, More Impact
The president and CEO of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation elaborates on the vital role growth capital aggregation plays.
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Leveraging a Movement Moment
The VP of programs at GEO writes about the opportunities for grantmakers in supporting social movements.
Philanthropy
Three Lessons from 13 Years of Strategic Philanthropy
The complexity of social change is what makes strategic philanthropy valuable.