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Jason Saul, CEO of Mission Measurement, argues that funders need to stop acting like social scientists and focus on which nonprofits are delivering outcomes. This is a different take on the argument I've been advancing to Paul Brest. I can't say I agree completely with Jason, but it is food for thought.
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Laura McKnight, CEO of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation writes a response to my Financial Times column on the future of community foundations. She told me at a recent meeting that she loved my column and was surprised that many community foundation employees didn't like it.
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Sasha Dichter, director of business development at Acumen Fund, explains why overhead expense ratios are "meaningless" for Acumen and Kiva. He's not saying they are a bad way to evaluate the orgs, he is saying they are "meaningless". Kiva's CEO recently said the same thing.
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FORGE executive director Kjerstin Erickson is starting a series of posts on the "Top Ten Things I've Learned About Transparency" from her experiences at the end of last year. Today's lesson, "Transparency is a Value, not a Strategy."