Nonprofit Management
Demystifying Scaling: Part 1
A five-part series on developing a common framework for nonprofits to scale for impact.
Tag: Grantmaking
Impact Investing
Sectors, Not Just Firms
Part I in Omidyar Network’s case for a sector-based approach to impact investing.
Philanthropy
Risks Worth Taking
When philanthropists fund programmatic interventions, they should resist the seduction of certainty.
Nonprofits
Networking a City
The Barr Fellows Network is changing the way work gets done in Boston’s large and entrenched social sector.
Foundations
Evaluation Through a Learning Lens
A focus on learning can enhance and strengthen a foundation’s evaluation efforts.
Measuring Social Impact
A Focus on Culture
How the Ford Foundation is engaging its global staff in building a shared culture of results.
Measuring Social Impact
Risky Business
How The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation approaches high-risk philanthropic ventures.
Measuring Social Impact
Assessing One’s Own Performance
What the Irvine Foundation has learned over the past six years about performance assessment.
Foundations
From Charitable Giving to Strategic Investing
Foundations are shifting the conversation about their work and impact.
Philanthropy
Not All Nonprofit Mergers Are Created Equal
Lessons from the Community Catalyst Fund in Charlotte, North Carolina.