Foundations
The Elusive Craft of Evaluating Advocacy
There are unconventional methods one can use to evaluate advocacy organizations and make strategic investments in that arena.
There are unconventional methods one can use to evaluate advocacy organizations and make strategic investments in that arena.
The ability to act responsibly arises from understanding how beneficial effects are created.
Two insiders explore why foundations micromanage how social problems are solved and explore what grant makers can do to foster high impact strategies.
Takeaways from an interview with SIF Director Paul Carttar after his keynote panel discussion at the 2011 Social Enterprise Conference this past weekend.
Philanthropedia offered low-cost, high-quality information and a way for grantmakers to share what they know.
Instead of the profit/nonprofit distinction, individuals should ask themselves: Who is the target beneficiary and what are the best products/services that can be provided?
Too many people believe social value is objective, fixed, and stable, when in fact it is subjective, malleable, and variable.
We are in the midst of a revolution in philanthropy.
"One thing I don’t want to see is young people come in and accept things as they are.”—Bill Somerville, president of the Philanthropic Ventures Foundation