Steven E. Mayer, Ph.D
Both philanthropic effectiveness and nonprofit management need the field of evaluation to make more progress in measuring the ways systems…
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Being disadvantaged, we learned, does not mean being born a particular way. Instead, being disadvantaged is the result of an…
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Increasing community capacity should be on the agenda of every community foundation. Building Community Capacity: the Potential of Community Foundations…
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Proof of program effectiveness beyond a reasonable doubt? Let a jury decide. Is traditional social science the only way to…
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It will take activist nonprofits and activist funders to insist on fairness in law enforcement and law enactment. The killing…
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It doesn’t really matter whether you can quantify your results. What matters is that you rigorously assemble evidence – quantitative or…
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Effective philanthropy can mean doing good and “making a difference” at different levels – the individual level, the community level,…
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