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Thriving in an Outcomes Based Market

Highlights the Center for Employment Opportunities’ (CEO) transition from a "promising" to a "proven" organization, outlining its pathway to becoming a nationally recognized data-driven social service provider.

BY Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation

Publication

07.20.2015
Nonprofit Organizations

Hewlett's "Work In Progress"

In announcing plans to publish knowledge gained in setting and evaluating strategy, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation president Larry Kramer not only signaled a new openness on the part of the foundation he leads, but embraced an expanded definition of a grant-maker's task.

BY Jane Wales

Blog Post

01.09.2014
Nonprofit Organizations

The Trouble with Easy Measurement

Thinking Big—and Evaluating Along the Way Folks at the Atlantic Philanthropies are actively seeking ways to communicate the lessons they’ve picked up ( ...

Blog Post

03.01.2013
Nonprofit Organizations

Information for Impact: Liberating Nonprofit Sector Data (2nd Edition)

Updated: September 2013.

BY Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation

Publication

01.31.2013
Nonprofit Organizations

Vartan Gregorian on Personal Excellence

Today Vartan Gregorian, the president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, will speak about philanthropy as part of The Foundation Presidents' Series. ...

BY Institute Contributor

Blog Post

12.05.2012
Nonprofit Organizations

Civil Society Advocacy in Uganda: Lessons Learned

Co-published with the Uganda National NGO Forum, this study identifies cross-cutting issues and lessons learned from four case studies encompassing advocacy campaigns on a range of issues, time frames, and levels of contribution to desired policy impacts.

BY David Devlin-Foltz

Publication

11.19.2012
Nonprofit Organizations

CHANGE (and Theories there of)

President Obama defends “Change you can believe in,” but adds a reality check on the timeline:In his interview on The Daily Show Wednesday evening, Pre ...

BY Paul L. Sparks and Lisa Molinaro

Blog Post

10.29.2010
Nonprofit Organizations

Extra! Extra! New Tools for Assessing Social Impact

The Foundation Center recently launched a new online database, Tools And Resources For Assessing Social Impact (TRASI), which contains a comprehensive collection of more than 150 approaches to measuring and analyzing social impact for programs and investments.

BY Lisa Molinaro

Blog Post

09.24.2010
Nonprofit Organizations

Have Foundations Wasted Billions of Dollars in Education? Where’s The Outrage?

Some of today’s largest foundations are going to great lengths to transform American society in unprecedented ways. Yet surprisingly, they don’t expect ...

Blog Post

07.09.2010
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