Philanthropy
Collective Impact: Funder, Heal Thyself
Thoughts on recent local and national funder conversations.
Tag: Grantmaking
Foundations
Think You Know Private Foundations? Think Again.
The investment and giving behavior of many private foundations differs from that of the mega-foundations; and it matters that we know.
Social Entrepreneurship
Innovating in Development Through Accountapreneurship
How one organization is combining the best elements of accountability and entrepreneurship to redefine development paradigms of the past.
Philanthropy
Five Ways Funders Can Replicate What Works
A look at how funders can support effective implementation of evidence-based programs.
Philanthropy
Funding for Outcomes
Mario Morino, author of Leap of Reason, discusses funder pitfalls in setting and measuring goals for grantees.
Foundations
Building Bigger Bets with Philanthropy
Nancy Roob shares how the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation is aggregating funds to scale what works.
Corporate Philanthropy
Disrupting Corporate Philanthropy
Three best moves and three biggest lessons—Marc Benioff reflects on more than a decade of work at the Salesforce.com Foundation.
Foundations
Filling the Gap in Media Funding
Foundations are increasing their media-related grantmaking—but they need to do more.
Foundations
On Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Measuring Impact
Don’t let evaluation distort your mission.