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Philanthropy

 

Innovative ideas for donors, foundation leaders, and philanthropists

 

Shared Outcomes

How the Rockefeller Foundation is approaching evaluation with developing country partners.

 
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Assessing One’s Own Performance

What the Irvine Foundation has learned over the past six years about performance assessment.

 

Framing the Issue

Basic principles and practices can inform efforts to monitor performance, track progress, and assess the impact of foundation strategies, initiatives, and grants.

 
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A Focus on Culture

How the Ford Foundation is engaging its global staff in building a shared culture of results.

 
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Learning from Silicon Valley

How the Omidyar Network uses a venture capital model to measure and evaluate effectiveness.

 
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A Big Deal for Conservation

A group of conservationists, former bankers, and management consultants have imported ideas from Wall Street to create a new way to protect large ecosystems.

 
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A Decade of Outcome-Oriented Philanthropy

The outgoing president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation reflects on the importance of strategic philanthropy.

 

Golfing Alone

Corporate donors prefer the opera to the soup kitchen.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Spring 2012
 
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Jeff Skoll

Jeff Skoll is one of the most creative, generous, and effective philanthropists of his time. And at age 47, he’s just getting started.

By Eric Nee | 6 | Spring 2012
 

Why More Nonprofits Are Getting Bigger

A recent study found that the number of US nonprofits with annual revenues of more
than $50 million has increased dramatically.