Three Lessons from 13 Years of Strategic Philanthropy
The complexity of social change is what makes strategic philanthropy valuable.
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Advocacy Isn’t “Soft”
Evaluating efforts to promote shifts in policy requires methods that are at once rigorous and flexible.
Transforming Our Anti-Social Sector
Our sector’s trajectory does not point to a pivotal future role in solving social problems—what might a new paradigm look like, and could we ever get there?
Strategic Philanthropy and the Risk of Certainty
Strategic philanthropy has produced many great results, but we must not be too rigid in our adherence to certain practices.
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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.
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.
What Is Community Anyway?
Our understanding of community can help funders and evaluators identify, understand, and strengthen the communities they work with.
Ten Reasons Not to Measure Impact—and What to Do Instead
Impact evaluations are an important tool for learning about effective solutions to social problems, but they are a good investment only in the right circumstances.
The Elitist Philanthropy of So-Called Effective Altruism
The superficially enticing “logic” of effective altruism ultimately leads to a moralistic, hyper-rationalistic, top-down approach to philanthropy that can kill the very altruistic spirit it claims to foster.