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Effective Altruism and Evidence Based Giving: Choosing Where Impact Matters
Not all charitable giving produces equal impact. A growing movement asks donors to apply rigorous standards to where their philanthropy goes.
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Equity in the Nonprofit Sector: Moving From Statement to Practice
Many nonprofits have adopted equity statements, but moving from stated commitment to changed practice requires more than language. This piece examines what organizational equity work actually involves.
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Nonprofit Board Governance: What Strong Boards Do Differently
Board governance quality varies enormously across the nonprofit sector. Strong boards do specific things differently that produce better organizational outcomes.
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Volunteer Management in Nonprofits: What Research Shows About Engagement and Retention
Volunteers are essential to most nonprofit organizations, yet managing them effectively is one of the sector's persistent challenges. Research on what drives engagement and retention offers practical guidance.
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Foundation Giving Trends: What Research Shows About Philanthropic Strategy and Impact
Foundations distribute hundreds of billions of dollars annually. Research on how foundations make decisions, which strategies are effective, and how the field is changing offers insight into philanthropic impact.
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Advocacy Effectiveness in Nonprofits: What Research Shows About Influencing Policy
Many nonprofits engage in advocacy to change public policy. Research on what makes advocacy effective is limited but growing, with some clear lessons emerging.
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Nonprofit Program Design: Building Evidence Into the Work From the Start
Too many nonprofit programs are designed based on intuition rather than evidence. Building evidence into program design from the beginning produces better outcomes and more credible evaluation.
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Collective Impact: Research on Whether Cross-Sector Collaboration Produces Results
Collective impact has become one of the most prominent frameworks in nonprofit and philanthropy circles. Research on whether it produces the promised systemic change is still developing.
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Nonprofit Overhead: Why the 'Charity Efficiency' Metric Misleads Donors
Overhead ratios have become the dominant metric for charity evaluation. Researchers and nonprofit leaders argue they measure the wrong thing, and can actively harm mission effectiveness.