“Strategic philanthropy requires reliable information,” writes Brad Smith, President of the Foundation Center, in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. He draws on his experience to urge a shift away from an our over-reliance on personal networks and verbal information and toward three key types of data: transactional, contextual and impact. They need to be used as strategic tools, not just “to give the impression of rigor!”
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Brad Smith’s work has been featured for Markets For Good in the past: ‘Philanthropy’s Data Dilemma’.