Philanthropy
How Leading Philanthropists Fail Well
Five insights from results-oriented philanthropists on how to reap the benefits of failure.
Tag: Grants
Foundations
Foundations Must Get Serious About Multi-Year Grantmaking
New research on multi-year grants underlines the need for more philanthropic support.
Impact Investing
Do No Harm: Subsidies and Impact Investing
Part IV in Omidyar Network’s case for a sector-based approach to impact investing.
Nonprofit Management
The Most Adaptive Survive
Success stories of nonprofit media organizations that overhauled their business models during a period of chaotic change.
Foundations
Real World Impact Measurement
“Good enough” = simple enough to do, but rigorous enough to mean something.
Impact Investing
Life Bonds: Linking Returns to Life Outcomes
Proposed new life bonds represent one potential mechanism for leveraging the power of financial markets to reduce poverty.
Economic Development
Information as a Cash Crop
In East Africa, access to accurate, timely information is improving the livelihood of entrepreneurial farmers.
Measuring Social Impact
Learning from Silicon Valley
How the Omidyar Network uses a venture capital model to measure and evaluate effectiveness.