Guest post from Darin McKeever, a deputy director at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, regarding a major new agreement among a few of the US’ largest foundations: The Reporting Commitment. At the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we firmly …
The Bear And The Ladle, Part I
The momentum toward better use and sharing of data is clear. But, before simply continuing the march forward, Katya Smyth suggests that we adjust the lens through which we see social problems (how we see “the bear”) and then take …
More Money for More Good Guide
Guidestar and Hope Consulting launch their free Nonprofit Fundraising Guide, More Money for More Good. Learn more about it in this video. Download the guide.
Jeff Raikes Launches Markets For Good
On Tuesday, October 2nd, Jeff Raikes, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, launched Markets for Good at SOCAP 2012.
Lucy Bernholz: Let Our Data Define Us, Part II
In Part I of “Let Our Data Define Us”, guest blogger Lucy Bernholz charged the social sector to be the standard-bearer for one of biggest issues of our time: how we use data. She continues the thought here and outlines …
Welcome to the Markets For Good conversation!
Welcome to the Markets for Good conversation! We hope that this site will serve as the “virtual water cooler” for a sustained, thoughtful conversation about what is needed to improve the social sector’s ability to generate, share, and use information. …
Lucy Bernholz: Let Our Data Define Us – Part I
In this, the first of a two-part post, guest blogger Lucy Bernholz issues a challenge to the social sector: to discover the potential in our data and to change the way we use it . Solutions to shared social challenges …
Beth Kanter: Doing The Math Ourselves
What are the skills and mindsets that nonprofits need to embrace data for social change? Guest blogger Beth Kanter talks about data-literacy as an in-house necessity for nonprofits. In a resource constrained world, many nonprofits view measurement and data as …
An Interview With Jacob Harold
Jacob Harold, highly regarded social strategist and author, gives his point of view on what a solid information infrastructure should look like and how it could work in the social sector. We also ask him about his plans as the …
Rebecca Thomas: Faster, Smarter Nonprofit Financial Analysis, Part I
It’s worth taking the time to learn to “speak” with numbers, writes Rebecca Thomas, noted financial planning and management consultant expert for nonprofits and foundations. Part I of II. Understanding and unearthing insights about a nonprofit organization’s financial dynamics, strengths …