Grant Proposal Bootcamp
Are you hungry for knowledge and raring to go as a new or aspiring grant proposal writer? Pull on your boots and join this learning intensive Boot Camp where experts will help you lay the foundation for your nonprofit grant proposal writing! With decades of experience, these presenters will get you ready and prepared for […]
Leap of Reason
Leap of Reason, a collaboration between Venture Philanthropy Partners and its longtime strategic partner McKinsey & Company, presents a compelling case that we must rise to meet the difficult challenges of our times with management approaches that complement heart with head, passion with information. The book’s authors and publisher have produced this book with the […]
PerformWell
PerformWell is a collaborative effort initiated by Urban Institute, Child Trends, and Social Solutions. PerformWell provides measurement tools and practical knowledge that human services professionals can use to manage their programs’ day-to-day performance. Information in PerformWell leverages research-based findings that have been synthesized and simplified by experts in the field. By providing information and tools to […]
Charting Impact
Charting Impact is a free web based tool developed to help your organization to be more effective. It encourages strategic thinking about how your nonprofit or foundation will achieve its intended impact, and helps you share concise information about your plans and progress with key stakeholders and the public. At the heart of Charting Impact […]
The Logic Model
The Logic Model is a versatile tool for planning and evaluating your programs. Here are some resources you can use to develop your own Logic Model. The Logic Model Workbook from Innovation Network Logic Model Development Guide from W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Outcomes Indicator Project
The Outcome Indicators Project provides a framework for tracking nonprofit performance. It suggests candidate outcomes and outcome indicators to assist nonprofit organizations that seek to develop new outcome monitoring processes or improve their existing systems. This website provides: Building a Common Outcome Framework to Measure Nonprofit Performance. This paper describes the rationale for the project and the […]
Self Assessment and Evaluation of Outcomes for Your Nonprofit
How do you know if your nonprofit is making a difference? The National Council of Nonprofits (Council of Nonprofits) has a collection of resources for self evaluation. You can access the site and these tools here.
Working Hard and Working Well
Working Hard—and Working Well gives away David Hunter’s secret recipe for his renowned tough-love workshops that have sparked transformation for many of the country’s top nonprofit organizations. A sleeves-rolled-up companion to the 2011 book Leap of Reason, the book is a resolutely practical guide to developing the discipline and culture of performance management. Hunter decodes and defangs […]
Demonstrating Value
Demonstrating Value offers simple management solutions that enable you to use information and data more effectively to run your organization, plan for the future and show your value to the community. DV combines business performance monitoring with social impact evaluation in a compact and powerful communication tool. The tangible result of using Demonstrating Value is the […]
Impact Rising
Impactrising.org offers tools, informative articles and interactive opportunities aimed at supporting high quality consulting and empowering nonprofits as wise consumers. Includes the Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for Effective Nonprofit Consulting Engagements, which outlines seven mutual commitments for an effective partnership and successful consulting engagement.
