“How do we effectively engage local funders and businesses in our college attainment collaborative?”“What are the roles businesses and local funders can play i…
FSG managing director Hallie Preskill recently co-authored an article on new trends in place-based philanthropy.The Foundation Review article “The Art and Scie…
Everyone in philanthropy seems to be talking about how funding programs alone won’t solve big social problems. Many organizations are shifting from program inv…
Several leading thinkers such as Brenda Zimmerman, Frances Westley, and Michael Quinn Patton (in Getting to Maybe), David Peter Stroh (in Systems Thinking for …
In a recent blog post discussing the importance of good evidence in supporting systems change work, evaluation expert Lisbeth Schorr wrote, “To get better resu…
I was excited to see Michael Q. Patton, Nathaniel Foote, and Jamie Radner’s recent article, “A Foundation's Theory of Philanthropy: What It Is, What It Provide…
Traditionally, evaluation has focused on understanding whether a program is making progress against pre-determined indicators. In this context, the quality of …
What images come to mind when you hear the word evaluation? A teacher grading an exam? A dashboard or scorecard with outcomes highlighted in green, yellow, or …
In the last 2 blog posts in this series, my colleagues provided an overview of system mapping and a specific example of the mapping process in action. Over the…
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