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How Shared Learning Can Drive More Effective Philanthropy
Matthew Carr
A new guide to “participatory learning” offers foundations a roadmap to building trust with communities and having greater, more lasting impact
Story
Strategy and Learning
Making Decisions Based on Our Collective Knowledge, Not Just the Most Recent Data Point
Jeff Dean
The foundation is exploring new ways of interpreting data and evidence to evaluate impact
Story
Strategy and Learning
Using an “APPLE” to Uncover the Hidden Potential in a Successful Grant
Mark Shields
A foundation-created evaluation tool helps improve future grantmaking
Story
Strategy and Learning
Fixing Broken Systems Is Hard Work – And So Is Understanding Progress
Matthew Carr
Philanthropy needs better approaches to measure its long-term impact. The Walton Family Foundation and peer philanthropies are learning and working together to build them
Story
Strategy and Learning
Learning and Improving Together: Taking a Fresh Approach to Understanding Grantee Impact
Matthew Carr
The Walton Family Foundation is updating our evaluation tools to place trust and shared learning at the center. Here’s why.
Story
Strategy and Learning
Evaluating the Successes and Challenges of COVID-19 Relief Funding
Matthew Carr
What we’ve learned about managing polarities in crisis grantmaking
Story
Strategy and Learning
Eliminating Bias and Noise from Philanthropic Decision-Making
Matthew Carr
We asked Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman about how addressing flaws in human judgment can improve organizational decisions
Story
Strategy and Learning
How We Can Learn As Much From Failure as Success
David Wilkie
When teams talk about what went wrong, they learn what works, what should change and what to do better
Story
Strategy and Learning
Keeping Philanthropic Evaluation Relevant in Changing Times
Matthew Carr
The foundation is working to understand and address the challenges confronting philanthropic evaluators
Story
Strategy and Learning
Tips and Tools for Nonprofit Planning in a Pandemic
Matthew Carr
As a chaotic 2020 heads to an uncertain 2021, double down on strategic thinking and continuous learning
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