Measurement & Evaluation
Measuring What Matters
Five grant performance measurement traps and how to avoid them.
Tag: Strategic Planning
Economic Development
In Development Work, Plan for Sailboats, Not Trains
Much of the international development community remains stuck in its old ways, focused on short time horizons, rigid planning, and unproductive evaluation.
Philanthropy & Funding
To Boost Individual Donor Giving, Nonprofits Need a Plan
A new report shows that creating a fundraising plan is paramount for organizations looking to increase individual donor gifts.
Foundations
Fostering Systems Change
Five simple rules for foundations seeking to create lasting social change.
Scaling
Ready to Scale Fast? Are You Sure?
Unprepared for the human side of rapid expansion, organizations can get tripped up by foreseeable challenges.
Nonprofit Management
The Promise of Lean Experimentation
By adopting a model from business, nonprofit organizations can launch, test, and implement new programs and services more efficiently. Includes magazine extras.
Nonprofit Management
Strategy Needs a Plan
The strategic plan is far from dead—it’s alive and adapting.
UP FOR DEBATE
Strategic Philanthropy and Its Discontents
Strategic philanthropy is a much-maligned practice that continues to have a great degree of power for today’s philanthropists.
Fundraising
Driving Medical Research through Major Giving
Nonprofit organizations that invest in fundraising fundamentals can drive major gift donations that lead to transformational change.