Donors, Nonprofit Leaders Weigh In On Measuring Impact
As more and more donors begin to demand evidence-based reports of the impacts of their donations, nonprofits will have to say goodbye to the anecdote-based chronicles of yesteryear that relied on heartwarming stories but few measurable facts. Salesforce.org’s...They Don’t Teach This in Business School: Financial Metrics Fail to Measure Nonprofit Impact
The metrics people learn in MBA programs are not the best way to measure the effectiveness of nonprofits, asserts Phil Buchanan, CEO of the Center for Effective Philanthropy. Just because you can gather measurable data does not mean that particular mass of data is...Latin American Nonprofits Experiment With Social Impact Incentives
Pay-for-impact models are currently being tested in Latin America. Adva Saldinger explains how social impact incentives work in this report published in Devex: A social impact incentive, or SIINC, is a results-based financing mechanism focused on helping unlock impact...Mobile App Simplifies Paperwork For Nonprofits
Many nonprofits have to wade through a flood of paper work before they get to the real work of helping people. But ignoring paperwork isn’t an answer, either; it could have serious consequences like putting a nonprofit’s tax-exempt status at risk. A mobile phone...Listen to Our Civic Development Podcast!
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