August 2, 2010
I focused last week on a couple of the ways that funders can begin to “act bigger” in today’s more networked and interconnected landscape for public problem solving. But I want to also give a quick preview
Category: Evaluation & Metrics
July 20, 2010
Ask a group of nonprofit leaders what bugs them most in their dealings with foundations, and I’ll bet you dollars-to-donuts someone will mention the onerous administrative requirements tied to many grants. For the Friends of Buffett and
March 31, 2010
Imagine how much fun it is to read criticisms—from the political right!—of the self-righteous Fox yakker, Sean Hannity, and his role in a nonprofit called Freedom Alliance.
Hannity has been on a multiyear nationwide “Freedom Concert”
February 11, 2010
The shift away from a philanthropic paradigm based on demonstration projects and government-sponsored replication has also fundamentally altered the role of evaluation in philanthropy.
In the past, evaluation may have been the lynchpin to scaling social impact
February 8, 2010
This is the first in a series of explorations into the shifting paradigm that shapes our understanding of philanthropy.
In The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn famously described the way in which a prevailing way
February 2, 2010
Yesterday Clara Miller, president and CEO of the New York City-based Nonprofit Finance Fund, posted a lengthy comment on last Tuesday’s Intrepid Philanthropist post by Michael Edwards, and this morning Mr. Edwards posted a lengthy