To achieve impact at scale, funders should expect different monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities as programs mature.
How can organizations quantify the impact of the train-the-trainers model? A pioneering new study from a health-care nonprofit offers a template.
Measuring how long impact lasts can be difficult, but nonprofits and donors should make the effort.
Artificial intelligence is a top-of-mind topic not just for leaders in philanthropy and the nonprofit sectors, but across all of society. As nonprofit and social impact organizations explore how AI tools might help them further their mission, many are wondering: What are the risks? Can the field scale up AI adoption without creating deeper societal inequities? In this episode, Barbara Wheeler-Bride talks with Jacqueline Watts of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation about how the foundation funds AI for social good. The conversation includes takeaways for donors, funders, nonprofit leaders and their teams who are grappling with questions about how or whether to use artificial intelligence. Giving With Impact is developed with the support of DAFgiving360®
Organizations that put authentic community governance at the heart of their work are using civic data to drive better decisions, generate more durable trust, and produce positive social change.
More than an obligation, taxation contributes to the only systems ever shown to deliver essential services equitably and at scale.
Two humanitarian leaders working on the front lines of disaster and conflict recently cofounded The Aid Cloud, an innovative platform that connects private funding with local humanitarian organizations in a post-USAID world. N Hlaing and Jose Ravano speak with host Barbara Wheeler-Bride about the funding gaps in humanitarian and development work right now, why it’s often difficult for aid to arrive quickly in a crisis, and why it’s crucial to fund local organizations directly when communities are vulnerable. Giving With Impact is developed with the support of DAFgiving360®
Impact investing has grown exponentially over the past 20 years. How is the field evolving? What are the new approaches and strategies that are making impact investing more accessible and appealing to funders of all sizes? How can the curious get started? Megan Kashner from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management joins the show to address critiques levied at the field and how to tell if an investment is having an impact. Giving With Impact is developed with the support of DAFgiving360®
Funders are calling for more program evaluation, but nonprofits are often collecting dubious data, at great cost to themselves and ultimately to the people they serve.
For NGOs, impact comes in different forms and to track the cycles of social change work, we must think across the tangibility and the speed of emergence of change.
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
Conventional wisdom says that scaling social innovation starts with strengthening internal management capabilities. This study of 12 high-impact nonprofits, however, shows that real social change happens when organizations go outside their own walls and find creative ways to enlist the help of others.
Unethical behavior remains a persistent problem in nonprofits and for-profits alike. To help organizations solve that problem, the authors examine the factors that influence moral conduct, the ethical issues that arise specifically in charitable organizations, and the best ways to promote ethical behavior within organizations.
