Foundations
End Bloated Salaries in the Nonprofit Sector
Taxpayers should not have to subsidize excessive pay for executives at charities meant to serve the public good.
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Philanthropy & Funding
If We Want Our Funding to Change the World…
Grantmakers and nonprofit leaders at the Donors Forum—an annual convening in Illinois to advance social change institutions—discuss the real cost of running an effective nonprofit and why it is essential for grantmakers to support indirect costs.
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Philanthropy & Funding
Great Management Creates Great Impact
Philanthropist Josh Bekenstein of Bain Capital explains how philanthropists unwilling to cover nonprofits’ indirect or overhead costs are missing the opportunity to completely support that organization’s mission.
Measurement & Evaluation
Who Will Pay for Data?
The quest to build an infrastructure for measuring social impact depends on targeting the right customers.
Philanthropy & Funding
Working in the Dark
The nonprofit funding process lacks transparency and fosters insecurity—and only funders can fix it.
Measuring Social Impact
Are You David, Not Goliath?
Small- and medium-size organizations can assess impact too.
Philanthropy
Creating a Smarter Philanthropic Marketplace
Most funders are not adequately tapping into existing data and knowledge to better inform their grantmaking.
Philanthropy
Tackling Overhead Together
Grantmakers and nonprofits must come to a mutual understanding of the true costs of change.
Philanthropy
Overhead Costs: The Obsession Must Stop
We can’t separate nonprofit programs from the people who develop and deliver them.
Nonprofits
Scale Readiness: A Checklist
Five questions nonprofits should ask themselves as they prepare to scale.