The Macro Benefits of Microbusinesses
New recommendations for the very small businesses that help communities prosper.
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A Conversation with Rockefeller Foundation’s Rajiv Shah
The former USAID administrator, and president of one of the United States’ largest foundations, reflects on the role of philanthropy in times of austerity and the greatest challenges Rockefeller is undertaking both domestically and abroad.
Want Your Big Bet to Pay Off? Don’t Forget About Government Capacity
Why global philanthropists can no longer afford to overlook the importance of supporting government capacity in developing countries—and what they can do about it.
Blending Evaluative and Organizational Development
How collaboration between nonprofit evaluators and organizational consultants can increase efficiency and lead to deeper results.
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Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up and Make a Difference
Great ideas for social impact are dying on the vine because organizations lack the tools they need to grow. With the right strategies in place, any nonprofit can lay the foundation for success.
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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.
Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition
Social entrepreneurship is attracting growing amounts of talent, money, and attention, but along with its increasing popularity has come less certainty about what exactly a social entrepreneur is and does.