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10 Reads for Your 2021 List

We made a list of notable books (and a few articles) from 2020 that will inform and inspire you and your organization this year.

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Faster, Smarter Nonprofit Financial Analysis, Part II

In Part I of this two-part look at financial analysis for nonprofits, Rebecca Thomas gave insight into the “why” of…

A New Reporting Commitment

Guest post from Darin McKeever, a deputy director at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, regarding a major new agreement…

The Bear And The Ladle, Part I

The momentum toward  better use and sharing of data is clear. But, before simply continuing the march forward, Katya Smyth…

Let Our Data Define Us – Part II

Lucy Bernholz outlines a new definition for the sector at the forefront of taking on our biggest challenges.

Welcome to the Markets for Good Conversation

Brian Walsh of Liquidnet writes, “We hope that this site will serve as the ‘virtual water cooler’ for a sustained, thoughtful conversation about what is needed to improve the social sector’s ability to generate, share, and use information.”

Let Our Data Define Us – Part I

In the first of a two-part post, Lucy Bernholz issues a challenge to the social sector: discover the potential in our data and change the way we use it.

Beth Kanter: Doing The Math Ourselves

What are the skills and mindsets that nonprofits need to embrace data for social change? Guest blogger Beth Kanter talks…

Jacob Harold on GuideStar and Digital Infrastructure

Social strategist and author Jacob Harold shares his vision of a solid information infrastructure and how it could work in the social sector.

Rebecca Thomas: Faster, Smarter Nonprofit Financial Analysis, Part I

It’s worth taking the time to learn to “speak” with numbers, writes  Rebecca Thomas, noted financial planning and management consultant…

Join Us As We Seek to Build Markets for Good

Markets for Good is an initiative to discover how the social sector can better use and share information to improve outcomes and change lives.