Sharing Data in Collective Impact Efforts
Three important lessons in overcoming the challenges of data sharing to make the whole more than the sum of its parts.
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Government Contractors as Civil Society?
The Congressional hearings on Planned Parenthood illustrate that dependence of civil society organizations on government contracts compromises their autonomy, turns them into pawns in political fights, and erodes their legitimacy.
After Citizens United: A Different Path Forward
Lessons from the regulation of lobbying by 501c3 organizations could provide a middle path between outright bans and unlimited spending during elections.
Nonprofit CEOs Advocate for Strategic Communications
Leaders who view communications as a strategic function integral to their organization’s overall operations can be more successful in their work.
Why Science Matters in International Aid
How the Belgian Red Cross is using scientific evidence to make its services more effective—and cost-effective.
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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.