Measuring Social Impact
Dashboards That Guide Good
Funders can help grantees track their progress more effectively by helping them develop dashboards that measure key items.
Tag: Philanthropy
Philanthropy
Radical Grantmaking
Funders who want to catalyze radical innovation should make long-term grants, invest in people, and offer rich and frequent feedback.
Measuring Social Impact
The Power of Theories of Change
Improving the lives of disadvantaged populations requires proven theories of change.
Environment
Sell the Wind
What are social marketers to do when their target audience couldn’t care less about the change they want to make? Here's how one group got everyday people to care about alternative energy.
Foundations
Grantmakers Can Do More than Make Grants
In the midst of a crippling recession, grantmakers and foundations should look to investments that both promise returns and advance their mission.
Technology & Design
Friending, Texting and Tweeting: Social Media and Community Foundations
From new conversations emerging at the Larger Community Foundations meeting, social media is becoming a hot topic for future development by foundations.
Philanthropy
28 Days of Black Nonprofit Leaders: Emmett Carson
In honor of Black History Month, this blog will highlight 28 black nonprofit leaders who are working to make our world a better and more hopeful place for generations to come.
Nonprofits
Bay Area Social Entrepreneurs Talk Funding
A Bay Area gathering for nonprofits encourages discussion on collective challenges and opportunities, especially in the realm of funding and budgeting.
Arts
28 Days of Black Nonprofit Leaders: Erica Hunt
In honor of Black History Month, this blog will highlight 28 black nonprofit leaders who are working to make our world a better and more hopeful place for generations to come.
Nonprofits
Stop What You Are Doing Right Now and Donate to Idealist.org
We can’t let Idealist go down like this. We need them. And now, they need us.