Philanthropy
The Key to Capacity Building Is Funding Long-Term Health Not Short-Term Workouts
Philanthropists: Rather than making periodic grants that focus on capacity building, embed capacity-building funding into each and every grant you make.
Tag: Grantmaking
Intermediaries
Matchmaking for Philanthropists
Foundation Source Access, the new eHarmony for family foundations, gives smaller donors access to a wide variety of innovative funding opportunities.
Nonprofits
The Elusive Craft of Evaluating Advocacy
There are unconventional methods one can use to evaluate advocacy organizations and make strategic investments in that arena.
Philanthropy
What to Do About the Problems Philanthropy Creates and Perpetuates
The ability to act responsibly arises from understanding how beneficial effects are created.
Foundations
Letting Go
Two insiders explore why foundations micromanage how social problems are solved and explore what grant makers can do to foster high impact strategies.
Government
Social Innovation Fund Moves Swiftly Forward Despite Funding Threat
Takeaways from an interview with SIF Director Paul Carttar after his keynote panel discussion at the 2011 Social Enterprise Conference this past weekend.
Intermediaries
Philanthropedia Launches Expertise on Demand
Philanthropedia offered low-cost, high-quality information and a way for grantmakers to share what they know.
Nonprofits
A Toolbox for Change: the Social Capital Markets Conference
Instead of the profit/nonprofit distinction, individuals should ask themselves: Who is the target beneficiary and what are the best products/services that can be provided?
Measuring Social Impact
Measuring Social Value
Too many people believe social value is objective, fixed, and stable, when in fact it is subjective, malleable, and variable.