Technology & Design
New Ways to Evaluate Impact
Human-centered design and systems thinking can help evaluate social impact in a global context.
Tag: Performance Metrics
Measuring Social Impact
Making Measurement Work in Large, Complex Organizations
Four tips on measuring impact for NGOs that have multiple programs across many sites or continents.
Philanthropy
Collective Impact: Funder, Heal Thyself
Thoughts on recent local and national funder conversations.
Impact Investing
The Social Impact Bond Market: Three Scenarios for the Future
SIBs hold great potential, but much remains to be done before they become a widely accepted tool for solving social problems in the US.
Philanthropy
Five Ways Funders Can Replicate What Works
A look at how funders can support effective implementation of evidence-based programs.
Health
Extending Pro-Poor Health Care
Growth in developing country health markets is driving new health care solutions—an aggregate look at developments in pro-poor health care over the past year.
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Education
The Public School Advantage: Why Public Schools Outperform Private Schools
The Public School Advantage draws on empirical data to argue against the popular perception that public schools are inferior to private schools.
Philanthropy
Funding for Outcomes
Mario Morino, author of Leap of Reason, discusses funder pitfalls in setting and measuring goals for grantees.
Collaboration
Exerting Influence Without Formal Authority
Part one of a two-part series on how backbone organizations shape the work of collective impact without formal authority.
Foundations
Building Bigger Bets with Philanthropy
Nancy Roob shares how the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation is aggregating funds to scale what works.