Individual Giving

Lights, Camera, Philanthropy

By Christine Essel 1

A close-up on giving and the entertainment industry.

Foundations

Collaboration and “Diffuse Reciprocity”

By Larry Kramer 3

A new attitude toward collaboration could help funders achieve greater long-term gains.

Foundations

Experimentation: A Shortcut to Innovation

By Meg Busse

Leading organizations are placing bets on action over rhetoric.

Philanthropy

GiveThoughtfully: It Depends on Your Point of View

By Kevin Starr & Laura Hattendorf

Bringing a discussion of cash transfers in for a landing.

Philanthropy

Broadening the Aperture of Measurement

By Jeremy Shapiro & Johannes Haushofer 1

What research can and does tell us about unconditional cash transfers.

Philanthropy

Grantmaking, Public Policy…and Tums

By Michael M. Weinstein

Exemplary grantmakers follow evidence, not presumptions, and recognize that effective strategy requires transforming enough things, not everything.

Philanthropy

Strategic Planning and Evaluation: Tools for Realizing Results

By Paul Carttar 3

To enable significant impact, organizations should ask three key questions and decide if formal planning and evaluation are the right approaches to finding the answers.

Foundations

Foundations for Social Impact Bonds

By Tracy Palandjian & Jane Hughes 3

New research explores the role of foundations in the development of the new SIB market.

Foundations

Managing Organizational Knowledge: Five Lessons

By Tim Hanrahan 1

Better knowledge management depends on knowing what you don’t know.

Individual Giving

Leading the Way to Greater Global Giving

By Ted Hart

Celebrating collective generosity in the United States can boost philanthropy worldwide.