By Jay F. Hein 1 Finding Justice A trip on the President’s helicopter, Marine One, was surely an unusual place to see the streams of justice, truth and grace come together. It would be more likely that raw power would be on display as we lifted off from the South Lawn and escalated toward the […]
From Opportunity International: By measuring and assessing the impact of our programs, we can ensure your support is reaching those most in need with tools to help them transform their lives. Starting with our program partners in India in 2008, Opportunity’s Social Performance Management (SPM) program has grown significantly across The Opportunity Network and today […]
Efforts to measure charity effectiveness by impact, not overhead, are growing. But how do you define impact? From Philanthropy.com: Services like GuideStar and Charity Navigator are expanding their tools to help shine a light on results, but transparency advocates say the movement is still in its infancy. Click here for full article.
From Fatherhood.org: The federal government spends $99.8 billion dollars every year on programs – such as child support enforcement and anti-poverty efforts – to support father-absent homes. Key Findings: The Federal Government spent at least $99.8 billion providing assistance to father-absent homes in 2006. This is a conservative estimate; it does not include federal benefit […]
From Genva Global: I was recently invited to be a guest lecturer and panelist at a gathering of social sector staff from China, held on the campus of Harvard University. As someone who first lived in China in the late 1990s, and has been connected to China’s non-profit development for over a decade, it was […]
From Philanthropy Impact: Measurement and metrics are an integral part of business. No company would get far without sales goals, progress reports, projections and spreadsheets. The old business maxim still rings true: if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. Yet that guiding principle largely seems to be ignored when it comes to philanthropy. […]
From Forbes: This is the second in a series of articles about impact measurement for social entrepreneurs. Social entrepreneurs who are serious about having impact or about attracting capital from sophisticated impact investors face an intimidating array of measurement tools, standards and abbreviations. To help social entrepreneurs find their way through this maze I connected […]
From Robinhood.org: Launched in 2012 and conducted in partnership with Columbia University, Poverty Tracker is a groundbreaking study of disadvantage in New York City. Unlike typical surveys of poverty that take an annual snapshot, Poverty Tracker checks in with the same 4,000 households quarter after quarter for several years. This approach provides a dynamic view […]
From Social Capital Valuations: We are idealists and MBAs, breaking new ground on valuing the contributions of nonprofit organizations. Our founders, William Wubbenhorst and Andrew Gluck have collectively spent over 30 years working in the nonprofit program evaluation world. They have written case studies and conducted traditional program evaluation research, while also developing Social Capital Valuations […]
From Stanford Social Innovation Review: Using a social return on investment framework, organizations can estimate the future impact, cost, and scale of programs before they begin, and allocate resources for greater impact. Nonprofits serious about maximizing their social good typically use measurement to: improve programs during implementation and prove those programs post-implementation. And at One […]
