Actionable Measurement: Getting from “Prove” to “Improve”
There’s a set of common questions every direct-service nonprofit should answer to maximize learning, action, and impact.
There’s a set of common questions every direct-service nonprofit should answer to maximize learning, action, and impact.
Delivering nutritious school lunch fare on a large scale is the social mission—and the business model—of Revolution Foods.
Early approaches are advancing fruitful dialogue around how to accelerate the revolutionary potential of online education and enable better outcomes for graduates.
An important question that social entrepreneurs should also be thinking about when dealing with impact investing.
What social entrepreneurs need to be thinking about when approaching impact investors and making the pitch for investment capital.
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.
Conventional wisdom says that scaling social innovation starts with strengthening internal management capabilities. This study of 12 high-impact nonprofits, however, shows that real social change happens when organizations go outside their own walls and find creative ways to enlist the help of others.
Business leaders play vital roles in the nonprofit sector – as board members, donors, partners, and even executives. Yet all too often they underestimate the unique challenges of managing nonprofit organizations.
Too many people believe social value is objective, fixed, and stable, when in fact it is subjective, malleable, and variable.
A few nonprofits are using social media to fundamentally change the way they work and increase their social impact.