PROJECT INFO

When Kate Robinson (after a decade of non-profit experience) was running a non-profit and unable to define or measure organizational outcomes she thought she was alone.  Then she found that the vast majority of non-profits are unable to provide any evidence that they are actually helping people improve their lives.  So, she sought out those rare organizations that could in fact provide evidence that they are helping people improve their lives, in order to learn how they do it.  She found that they all have something in common: they embrace a managing to outcomes culture. Her guiding query then became, “What constitutes an effective strategy for managing to outcomes and how is such a strategy best communicated and shared?”

Saving Philanthropy profiles diverse social service organizations that have gained national attention for the measurable outcomes they achieve, and highlights the role that forward thinking funders play in the process.  The program lays out in clear and digestible language the key components of a managing to outcomes strategy, and utilizes interviews with leading voices in the sector to explore how to foster a managing to outcomes culture.