Philanthropy Daily Digest

I recently participated in an invitation only conference call hosted by the Hewlett Foundation and Monitor Institute to discuss lessons learned in impact assessment from the Fast Company Social Capitalist Awards. When I bugged Hewlett to make the call public, I was surprised and please when they told me they were already planing on it. The call and supporting documents have now been posted publicly.

A profile of the increasing interest in hybrid organizational structure like L3Cs and B-Corporations.

A fantastic post by Robert Egger that looks at how Starbucks learned to grow and improve via raising salaries and investing in talent. He urges nonprofits to follow their example.

Dan Pallotta argues that the overhead expense ratio is a worthless measure of a charity. And while this may seem obvious to readers, he points out that the general public still believes that the overhead expense ratio is the ONLY relevant measure. This is why I think that Charity Navigator (the biggest promoter of the ratio historically) is working on more robust measures.