Measuring Social Impact
Get Out of the Office
You’ll never get what’s going on out there by sitting in here.
You’ll never get what’s going on out there by sitting in here.
Giving Tuesday seems poised to be a permanent fixture in the philanthropic landscape. So what’s the theory of change behind it?
Why we can and must try to answer the question: What charities do the most good?
The superficially enticing “logic” of effective altruism ultimately leads to a moralistic, hyper-rationalistic, top-down approach to philanthropy that can kill the very altruistic spirit it claims to foster.
Don’t let evaluation distort your mission.
A look at barriers global NGOs face in reporting the right measures of effectiveness—and how funders and grantees can begin to overcome them.
The effective altruism movement has the potential to create an aspirational anchor, which may change giving practices over time.
We can’t separate nonprofit programs from the people who develop and deliver them.
Five questions nonprofits should ask themselves as they prepare to scale.
Five successes to celebrate, and five areas where we need to see more progress.