Funder’s Guide to Evaluation: Leveraging Evaluation to Improve Nonprofit Effectiveness
Product DescriptionHere’s how funders are leveraging evaluation to improve nonprofit effectiveness Traditionally, funders expect evaluation to show that resources are being used wisely. But evaluation can be a much more powerful toolfor both funders and nonprofits. Forward-looking grantmakers and grantees are leveraging their evaluations, ensuring that the time and money spent ultimately improves effectiveness for [...]
Using Performance Measurement to Improve Public and Nonprofit Programs: New Directions for Evaluation
Product DescriptionPerformance measurement is a very timely topic in the public and nonprofit sectors of the United States and in many countries around the world. Executive and legislative initiatives have required public managers to identify performance measures, set performance targets, and report on their progress toward meeting performance goals. Funders have similarly asked nonprofits to [...]
7 Tips to Improve the Performance of Your Not-for-profit
When it comes to innovation and management practices, most of the business press and news center on for-profit companies. Yet, non-profits constitute a huge segment of our economy. According to the Urban Institute’s National Center for Charitable Statistics, just the public charity portion alone accounts for over $1 trillion in aggregate revenue. There are [...]