The strange case of how it’s spent vs. what it achieves
I’ve read a lot of annual reports in my time at New Philanthropy Capital (NPC). Big charities, small charities and the ones in between. And one thing always leaps out at me –charities are missing an...
View ArticleSelecting charities on the basis of good impact reporting
When the Guardian and Observer 2010 Christmas Appeal launched at the weekend, I had two reasons to celebrate. The first was that the funds raised will go to ten great charities working with young...
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Leap of Reason – Managing to outcomes in an era of scarcity
I’m an evangelist about charities measuring their results – a signed-up, card-carrying member of the impact brigade. But from time to time, I admit I have doubts about whether the increasing interest...
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How impact reporting principles can help funders
Tris Lumley Funders today – whether established grantmaking trusts, family foundations or individual philanthropists – are keen to explore how they can offer charities more than money. Financial help...
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Inspiring impact: how funders can help to make the next decade one of high...
Tris Lumley The word ‘impact’ conjures up everything from passion to frustration, confusion to hostility. It means different things to different people. Many equate it with impact measurement – a...
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Power to the people?
Tris Lumley The issue of power dynamics in philanthropy has recently come to the fore. Should grantees have a greater say in their relationship with funders? And what would this look like? It comes...
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Why aren’t we learning?
There are signs of growing unease with impact measurement in the charity sector. At the most recent Association of Charitable Foundations conference the whole concept faced something of a backlash. At...
View ArticleWhat can funders learn from Team GB’s Olympic gold rush?
As the dust settles after another Olympics, many of us are left wondering how to fill our time now we can’t obsessively follow taekwondo and canoe slalom. Those of us in the world of charity funding...
View ArticleIs grant-making fit for the digital future?
As pretty much everyone has noticed, we’re in the middle of a great revolution driven by digital technology and the internet. It permeates almost every aspect of our lives—as consumers, citizens,...
View ArticleThe strange case of how it’s spent vs. what it achieves
I’ve read a lot of annual reports in my time at New Philanthropy Capital (NPC). Big charities, small charities and the ones in between. And one thing always leaps out at me –charities are missing an...
View ArticleSelecting charities on the basis of good impact reporting
When the Guardian and Observer 2010 Christmas Appeal launched at the weekend, I had two reasons to celebrate. The first was that the funds raised will go to ten great charities working with young...
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Leap of Reason – Managing to outcomes in an era of scarcity
I’m an evangelist about charities measuring their results – a signed-up, card-carrying member of the impact brigade. But from time to time, I admit I have doubts about whether the increasing interest...
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Why aren’t we learning?
There are signs of growing unease with impact measurement in the charity sector. At the most recent Association of Charitable Foundations conference the whole concept faced something of a backlash. At...
View ArticleWhat can funders learn from Team GB’s Olympic gold rush?
As the dust settles after another Olympics, many of us are left wondering how to fill our time now we can’t obsessively follow taekwondo and canoe slalom. Those of us in the world of charity funding...
View ArticleIs grant-making fit for the digital future?
As pretty much everyone has noticed, we’re in the middle of a great revolution driven by digital technology and the internet. It permeates almost every aspect of our lives—as consumers, citizens,...
View ArticleHow to turn your grantmaking approach inside out
What if philanthropy could be more open? Open to the latest ideas, open to listening to others, and open to sharing what we’ve learnt? How much more could we achieve? Open Philanthropy is about...
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