Impact Generates Funding

A follow up to the question posed by Andrea on Tactical Philanthropy:
“Does moving to a model that emphasizes community impact increase funding?”
The answer at United Way of America is YES!
United Way of America has been leading a charge for the roughly 1300 United Ways in the US to move from a community chest business model [...]

The Real Community Impact Discussion

In response to this post at Tactical Philanthropy
Comparing a ‘moment’ at a wedding to changing peoples lives is an apples to oranges comparison. This argument does not hold water.
For a ‘low hanging fruit’ example, look at measuring the impact of an organization whose mission it is to combat chronic homelessness. Either a person is chronically [...]

Fragmentation of Our Efforts

I was at a Net Impact networking event last week with a lot of the brightest young MBA-non-profit minds from top schools throughout the country. Everyone was working or living in the DC area and dedicated to a social cause of some sort.
As we went around the room, and each one of the forty or [...]

UWA

This summer I am working for United Way of America, the organization that assists in coordinating the efforts of over 1300 United Ways throughout the United States, and is in the process of deepening its partnerships with the thousands of the United Way affiliates abroad.
I don’t know why, but I have always been attracted to [...]