The Problem With The Impact Genome Project
Would the Impact Genome Project have predicted the impact of Martin Luther King?
Would the Impact Genome Project have predicted the impact of Martin Luther King?
It’s time for people in the nonprofit community to reclaim the language of nonprofit evaluation.
A new, groundbreaking initiative will codify and quantify the factors used in social impact programs that are proven to produce outcomes.
A new catalog of metrics can help investors and organizations demonstrate that positive financial returns and social returns can be twinned.
Collecting data to demonstrate your organization’s impact is great to do when you should, wasteful when you should not.
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.
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.
Too many people believe social value is objective, fixed, and stable, when in fact it is subjective, malleable, and variable.
In an era of declining resources, nonprofits need to clarify their intended impact.