New ways to measure and evaluate the impact an organization’s work has on society (more)
By offering better early support for struggling families, child welfare services can reduce the need for more serious interventions down the line and improve the wellbeing of whole neighborhoods.
Omidyar Network has built a framework for pursuing investment opportunities that takes into account not only firm-level impact but also market-level impact.
At Root Capital, leaders are using ideas from mainstream financial analysis to calibrate the role that subsidies play in their investing practice. Includes magazine extras.
For more and more social change efforts, the key to success lies in clearly defining the desired results for beneficiaries.
There’s a set of common questions every direct-service nonprofit should answer to maximize learning, action, and impact.
Why the social sector should not relate its work in any quantitative or qualitative way to the GDP.
There is an urgent need to expand the infrastructure for results-based policymaking at all levels of the US government.
A shift in the language used to describe and report social impact reflects the influence of an elite group of financial professionals.
The number of companies offering employee engagement and happiness surveys, feedback tools, pulse checks, and culture assessments is exploding. How are social sector organizations using them?
The social sector must focus on building a rigorous knowledge base that is broad enough to lead to large-scale, breakthrough efforts.
