Insights & Perspectives Equity as an Afterthought How does an evaluator focus on equity when it has been added as a new outcome years after an initiative has been in place?
Insights & Perspectives Meeting the Future with a New Approach to Readiness Historically, readiness was considered a state, a set of conditions one could reach, at which point an organization would be deemed fit to work successfully for a predictable period of time. Such an approach to readiness wasn’t without problems, including significant equity issues. But in today’s world, this approach has…
Insights & Perspectives Equity as a Capacity How does an evaluator assess the uptick of equity when it is delivered via capacity-building trainings?
Insights & Perspectives The First Year of a New Presidency Moves Philanthropy to Action The speculation for most of us began on Wednesday morning, November 9, 2016. Regardless of political affiliation, the election win by a presidential candidate who promised dramatic changes in governing style and policies from the prior administration meant that grantmakers might have to rethink their current strategies and, quite possibly,…
Insights & Perspectives Equity as a Leading Principle This is Part One of our five-part series titled, “Equity and Evaluation: Models of How Equity Can and Does Impact Evaluation.” The subsequent four parts will be released over the next two months (updated February 11, 2019). The philanthropic and nonprofit fields, and organizations and individuals serving those fields,…
Insights & Perspectives Nesting to Achieve Impact: Lessons for Family Funders from the Annie E. Casey Foundation (Published by the National Center for Family Philanthropy) Family funders are regularly seeking opportunities to amplify their impact in the communities in which they live, work, and serve. Although they may not always have the scale or scope of larger national foundations, all family funders can still draw many lessons…
Insights & Perspectives 10 Critical Questions A Smart Impact Investor Should Ask (And Be Able to Answer) With the rhetoric around impact investing reaching new heights, foundations and nonprofits would do well to keep the following in mind: Similar to grants, or different forms of non-grantmaking support, impact investing is but one tool in the social impact toolbox. Senior Consultant, Marieke Spence, shares ten critical questions a foundation should…
Insights & Perspectives Successful Corporate Citizenship: What Sets Leading Companies Apart? Over the years of working extensively with countless corporations, TCC Group has developed a framework, “Successful Corporate Citizenship – What Sets Leading Companies Apart”, for identifying the key elements of building an effective corporate citizenship approach.