Your Guide to Intelligent Giving

Where the Heart

Meets the Mind

Critical Friend to Charities

The Nonprofit Sector Problem*

“… there is virtually no credible evidence that most nonprofit organizations actually produce any social value.”

*“The End of Charity” by David Hunter – Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal

THE INDIVIDUAL DONOR PROBLEM

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THE INSTITUTIONAL FUNDER PROBLEM

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THE BENEFICIARY PROBLEM

(The Nonprofit Marketplace Hewlett Foundation, 2008)

THE PROBLEM SOLVED

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OUR DEFINITIONS OF ACCOUNTABILITY & TRANSPARENCY

ACCOUNTABILITY - is an obligation or willingness by an organization to explain its actions to its stakeholders.1)FINANCIAL - to safeguard and manage the

organization’s financial resources.2)ORGANIZATIONAL – to consistently follow rules of

governance and operational process.3)MISSION – to set goals and then measure and

manage performance to assure the organization is achieving meaningful results.

TRANSPARENCY - an obligation or willingness by an organization to publish and make available critical accountability data about the organization.

QUALITIES OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN N.P. ORGS.

Financial Health

• Strategy/Theory of Change• Passion• Experience• Persistence• Creativity• Ability to get other s to follow

Capable Leadership

• Positive, sustainable change

• Independently evaluatedHIGHER RISK

INVESTMENTLOWER RISK INVESTMENT

* Inspired by the Alliance for Effective Social Investing

Mission: Results

Organizational: Governance

Financial: Financial Health

Financial Health

Accountability

(Governance) &

Transparency

Results Reporting

A scalable, in depth, multi-dimensional charity rating system.

CN 2.02011 -

Organizational

CN 1.02002 -

Financial

FROM ACCOUNTABILITY IN ONE DIMENSION TO THREE AND BEYOND

THE FUTURE (CN 4.0?): OUTCOME MEASUREMENT

2013 – Mission

A CHARITY HELPING CHARITIES SOLVE THE PROBLEM

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