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Impact investment: does it do ‘what it says on the tin’?
Back in 1994, advertising execs in the UK were given what must have seemed like a career-ending brief: create a campaign for fence-protecting woodstain. The campaign that emerged not only transformed the fortunes of one …
Are funders made to measure?
Giving money away is one thing; understanding what happens next is quite another. In a world where metrics are valued, the challenge of knowing the difference you make as a grantmaker, philanthropist or corporate foundation …
A recipe for creating collective impact indicators
Granada, Spain: one of those places that grasp people’s imagination. History has left its mark on the Alhambra, the old city, the churches and the colourful gardens. Cultures have crossed here again and again. It …
GSBI Accelerator program: Vanity metrics and the difference between finding ‘fit’ and finding scale
For the final part of our series of articles focusing on the GSBI® Accelerator program, we are publishing an interview in which GBSI talked with Mark Straub and Aparna Surendra from Khosla Impact. GSBI: The …
Why do people so dislike Martin Brookes’ framework for rating causes?
There’s nothing controversial about the idea of rating non-profit organizations according to their effectiveness or lack of. The field of philanthropy is positively swimming with initiatives to develop metrics for measuring effectiveness and impact. Never …
Reporting from the Council on Foundations: thoughts on evidence-based decision-making
I’ve been in Denver for a few days at the Council on Foundations annual conference. I’ve been unable to post updates as I did at the Global Philanthropy Forum because the technology infrastructure available here …
Global Philanthropy Forum: Thoughts on day 3
I attended two morning sessions at GPF on Day 3 before I had to leave to catch my flight home. The first was a presentation by Omidyar Network on how they combine grants, programme-related investing …
