All Blog Posts Tagged 'Impact' (3)

FSG Social Impact Consultants have posted a clip from last Firday's White House Council for Community Solutions inaugural meeting. In the video, John Kania, Managing Director at FSG, leads a discussion on Collective Impact based on the article he and Mark Kramer authored regarding that topic.

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Over the holidays, philanthropy blogger Lucy Bernholz outlined 3 vital questions that individual donors need to consider before choosing which nonprofit should make the cut:

1. What does the organization do?
2. How do they do it?
3. How do they know if they are making a difference?

In this…

Donors of all types want to know how their money is being put to good use. Whether they see their philanthropy as a means of self-expression, a strategic initiative to reach a desirable goal, or an investment with a clear return, sooner or later they all run into the same challenge: how to assess social impact.

Years ago I was busy filling out a logical framework required for a United States Agency for International Development grant, when a YMCA colleague said: "I don't get it,…