Executive Briefings | December 20, 2014
Strategic Philanthropy – Can Good Intentions & Strategic Investments Co-Mingle?
Quick question – have you ever heard of “strategic philanthropy”? In doing a little investigation, I discovered there are two different – but somewhat parallel – definitions of the term. One definition, in Bill Schambra’s Problem with Evidence-Based Philanthropy, defines strategic philanthropy as “the setting of clear goals, developing sound evidence-based strategies for achieving them, measuring progress along the way to achieving them, and determining whether you were actually successful in reaching the goals.” The other definition, at <a href="http://dowelldogood.net . . .