The Present Value of Social Investment
How to calculate the value of a social investment made now versus at a future date.
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Risks Worth Taking
When philanthropists fund programmatic interventions, they should resist the seduction of certainty.
Measuring Advocacy – Yes We Can!
Five measurement strategies that enable rapid course correction and continuous improvement.
Giving Wisely When Time is of the Essence
The importance of a nonprofit’s impact when choosing where to donate, and the top high-impact organizations working in international emergency response.
Networking a City
The Barr Fellows Network is changing the way work gets done in Boston’s large and entrenched social sector.
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Drowning in Data
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.
Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Plotting Impact Beyond Simple Metrics
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.
Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
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.
The Problem With Fair Trade Coffee
Fair Trade-certified coffee is growing in sales, but strict certification requirements are resulting in uneven economic advantages for coffee growers and lower quality coffee for consumers.