Measurement & Evaluation
Evaluating Grantees: Learning from a Top-Performing Funder
One funder’s unusual reporting and evaluation system is proving very helpful to grantees.
Tag: Grants
Environment
The Failures of the Paris Climate Change Agreement and How Philanthropy Can Fix Them
Philanthropy needs to support climate justice, undercut the power of the fossil fuel industry, beware false solutions, and support clean energy.
Governance
Why Governance Matters for Stability in Iraq
Donors face an urgent and critical choice: continue to prioritize military initiatives, or invest more in improving governance.
Measurement & Evaluation
Measuring What Matters
Five grant performance measurement traps and how to avoid them.
Foundations
A Different Spin on a Market-Based Approach
Even foundations that don’t have an impact investment program can catalyze market-based social innovations by getting creative with how they structure their grants.
Economic Development
The Top-Down, Bottom-Up Development Challenge
Do international development projects designed and managed at the grassroots level perform better than those managed from the outside?
Collaboration
Does Your Backbone Organization Have Backbone?
How collective impact efforts—done right—can break through a systemic barrier to nonprofit collaboration.
Foundations
Fostering Systems Change
Five simple rules for foundations seeking to create lasting social change.
Philanthropy & Funding
Five Guidelines for Successful Funder Collaborations
Lessons from the Packard Foundation on how funders can effectively work together to amplify their resources and impact.
Foundations
Philanthropy: The New Risk Capital?
Novel, targeted investment strategies are giving donors a powerful chance to spend wisely—by fueling the innovation economy.