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Ellie Buteau defends the use of experimental design in nonprofit program evaluation. While I agreed with much of Katya Fels Smyth's op-ed pointing to the limits of this sort of evaluation (which this post critiques) I agree completely with the idea that experimental design approach are an important tool.
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One positive outcome of the decline in financial markets is that it might spur foundations to get more involved in program and mission related investments.
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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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