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CEP Perspectives From 2019 November 4, 2019 How Foundations are Looking to Increase Impact Justin Miller with Phil Buchanan Critical Value (Podcast) Institutional philanthropy is in a remarkable era of…
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August 12, 2021: Impact, Measurement, and Evaluation hosted by NCFP
Impact is often an elusive concept in philanthropy. What is the most effective way to monitor grants? How do families define and measure success? What is the burden on grantee...
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What Does ChatGPT Know About Philanthropy?
AI is here, and it is changing the way many in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors (and other fields, too, of course) work, or even think about their roles; for...
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How Measuring Systems Change Can Open the Door to Transformative Impact
It has been wisely observed elsewhere that “[n]ot everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” [1] As CEO of a global fund that...
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The Future of Results-Based Funding, Part Two: What to Keep
The world, and the international development sector, are facing more uncertainty and volatility than it has in living memory. This state of ongoing fragility — stemming from the pandemic, climate...
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Social Justice and a Relevant Philanthropic Sector: Evaluation
This post is the third in “Social Justice and a Relevant Philanthropic Sector,” a five-part series by Miles Wilson about where philanthropy is stuck in old paradigms — and where...
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Assessing Impact with General Operating Support Grants: Debunking the Myths
For several decades now, it’s been a common refrain from funders that choose not to provide general operating support (GOS) grants: we can’t make those grants because it’s too difficult...
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The Keys to True Social Sector Impact? Evaluation and Continuous Learning
As stakeholders in the social sector, we all care deeply about impact. We are driven to move the needle on the systemic and social conditions that will improve individual and...
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