We take this opportunity to communicate Heron's approach to assessing impact, with a particular audience in mind: our customers -- grantees, investees and applicants.We thought that it might be useful to outline how and why we support practitioners and their networks in results-based, management-oriented systems for assessing impact. Following this letter, we highlight four organizations that demonstrate impact at the local, regional and national levels
Grantees report that never before have grant negotiations with foundation staffs been so focused on ...
This paper presents our most relevant findings for foundation leaders and other funders. The paper i...
Analyzes grant and grantee characteristics; outcomes for organizational capacity, leadership and net...
This is a best practice that provides the following guidelines a) conceptual: funders and grantees s...
Strategic and clear structures provide a solid foundation for effective and sustainable impact asses...
In taking stock of the landscape, this paper promotes a convergence of methods, building from both t...
Designed to help the social sector measure its impact in a responsible manner, the report, Impacting...
As collective impact has gained traction across the globe, demand has grown for an effective approac...
· In order to achieve more targeted community change than possible in conventional grantmaking, foun...
Evaluation is the process of determining merit, worth, or significance; an evaluation is a product o...
Research shows that since the mid-1990s funders of the nonprofit sector have significantly increased...
This report highlights the paradox within impact investing: the prioritisation of ‘social impact’ wi...
This lecture examines the pressure on philanthropic organisations to provide quantifiable short-term...
In the past decade, non-governmental organizations have been increasingly pressed to demonstrate whe...
Charting Impact is a common framework that allows staff, boards, stakeholders, donors, volunteers, a...
Grantees report that never before have grant negotiations with foundation staffs been so focused on ...
This paper presents our most relevant findings for foundation leaders and other funders. The paper i...
Analyzes grant and grantee characteristics; outcomes for organizational capacity, leadership and net...
This is a best practice that provides the following guidelines a) conceptual: funders and grantees s...
Strategic and clear structures provide a solid foundation for effective and sustainable impact asses...
In taking stock of the landscape, this paper promotes a convergence of methods, building from both t...
Designed to help the social sector measure its impact in a responsible manner, the report, Impacting...
As collective impact has gained traction across the globe, demand has grown for an effective approac...
· In order to achieve more targeted community change than possible in conventional grantmaking, foun...
Evaluation is the process of determining merit, worth, or significance; an evaluation is a product o...
Research shows that since the mid-1990s funders of the nonprofit sector have significantly increased...
This report highlights the paradox within impact investing: the prioritisation of ‘social impact’ wi...
This lecture examines the pressure on philanthropic organisations to provide quantifiable short-term...
In the past decade, non-governmental organizations have been increasingly pressed to demonstrate whe...
Charting Impact is a common framework that allows staff, boards, stakeholders, donors, volunteers, a...
Grantees report that never before have grant negotiations with foundation staffs been so focused on ...
This paper presents our most relevant findings for foundation leaders and other funders. The paper i...
Analyzes grant and grantee characteristics; outcomes for organizational capacity, leadership and net...