Why the Art of Philanthropy Trumps the Science
A new kind of "reflective metrics" would help us measure the art of what philanthropy aspires to do.
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Corporate Philanthropy Tackles the Digital Divide
HP’s $15 million, plus comprehensive community commitment and capacity building, provides us with a model of success for social change.
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Empowerment Evaluation in the Digital Villages
Empowerment Evaluation in the Digital Villages examines a Hewlett-Packard initiative designed to empower three communities by bridging "the digital divide."
The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Giving Tuesday
The effort to make giving public and start a “giving season” won’t materially affect giving in any positive way.
The Rise of Nonprofit Administrative Collaborations
A look at Community Service Partners and how admin collaborations are quietly changing the nonprofit landscape every day.
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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.