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.
Tag: Grants
Social Entrepreneurship
Attracting the Right Financing for First-Stage Scaling
Growing social enterprises from incubation to first-stage scaling opens up the need to attract different types of investments. The last of a three-part series.
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Pathways to Scale for a Place-Based Funder
The VP of program at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation explains how her organization supports local nonprofits.
Philanthropy
Tackling Overhead Together
Grantmakers and nonprofits must come to a mutual understanding of the true costs of change.
Nonprofit Management
The Secret of Scale
How powerful civic organizations like the NRA and AARP build membership, make money, and sway public policy.
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Economic Development
Confronting Suburban Poverty in America
Confronting Suburban Poverty in America offers a new look at American poverty as well as recommendations for combating it.
Foundations
Three Ways to Boost Core Support
A look at new research showing an increase in general operating support for nonprofits—and how foundations can keep providing this much-needed flexible support.
Philanthropy
The Growth of European Venture Philanthropy
Growing numbers of foundations, government agencies, and corporations in Europe are adopting venture philanthropy practices.
Health
Answering “Who Pays?” Before Scaling Up
Part of a special series on scaling mobile health initiatives.
Philanthropy
How Leading Philanthropists Fail Well
Five insights from results-oriented philanthropists on how to reap the benefits of failure.