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In this video from the Conference of Social Entrepreneurs, Mark Kramer of FSG Social Impact Advisors argues that the "failure of classical philanthropy" is due to evaluation being seen as a separate, outside activity instead of being integrated into everything philanthropy does.
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Jeff Trexler, at the request of his students, offers his take on FORGE.
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Tony Wang, who assisted Paul Brest and Hal Harvey with the Mission Related Investing section of their book talks about how he sees much MRI work having little to no impact. His most salient point is the idea that if an MRI opportunity offers a market rate of return, non-social investors will fund it and so there is no impact available to social investors.
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Two research associates from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy weigh in on Charity Navigator's announcement of plans for new metrics and offer their suggestions of how to evaluate nonprofits.
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ABOUT SEAN STANNARD-STOCKTON
Sean Stannard-Stockton is the president and chief investment officer of Ensemble Capital Management, located in Burlingame, CA, midway between San Francisco and Silicon Valley. From 2006 through 2012, Sean authored the Tactical Philanthropy blog and wrote regular philanthropy columns for both the Financial Times and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. In 2012, Sean officially ended the blog to focus on growing Ensemble Capital.
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