Guest author Dan Cardinali discusses how foundations can remove the impediments to better nonprofit performance assessment infrastructure.
Recasting the Relationship Between Foundations and Nonprofits
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Assessing Performance
A Wake-Up Call for Funders: Effectiveness Requires More Support for Grantees’ Assessment Efforts
Elizabeth Boris of the Urban Institute reacts to the findings of our “Room for Improvement” report, describing foundations as missing in action.
A Crucial Missing Link: Where’s the Foundation Support for Nonprofit Assessment Efforts?
Ellie Buteau presents the key findings from “Room for Improvement: Foundations’ Support of Nonprofit Performance Assessment,” the first report from The Grantee Voice panel.
Gloves Off Wisdom for Donors from the UK: A Philanthropy “How-To”
Phil Buchanan reviews Caroline Fiennes’ new book, “It Ain’t What You Give, It’s the Way You Give It.”
Transparency Starts at Home
While the philanthropic sector wrestles with the issue of external transparency, Phil Buchanan argues that foundation leaders must also cultivate internal transparency.
How Did We Do? CEP by the Numbers
CEP Board Chair Kathy Merchant and President Phil Buchanan reflect on 2011 and extend an open invitation to join CEP in the pursuit of more effective philanthropy.
Data Point: How Helpful Do Grantees Find Foundation Reporting and Evaluation Processes? (Not Very.)
Ellie Buteau shares a data point with a lesson for foundations on how to make the evaluation process more helpful for their grantees.
How Evaluation Measures Up: A CEO’s Perspective
Guest author Anne Warhover shares how the Colorado Health Foundation is using data to measure performance and influence strategy.
Companies to the Rescue
In the penultimate installment of his six-part series, Phil Buchanan questions the assertion that business is more likely to solve societies greatest problems than the nonprofit sector.
“Business Thinking”
The fourth post in Phil Buchanan’s blog series advises nonprofits to avoid buying into the widely held notion that “business thinking” is a synonym for effectiveness.