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Are “the think tank with muddy boots” as described in The Wall Street Journal. An independent and educational center; our business is results. |
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Help two groups: those who invest to improve human lives (foundations, governments, individuals), and nonprofits and other groups who implement programs for people in need. |
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Develop, test and apply Outcome Tools, which help investors and implementors shift from a focus on activities to a focus on results. |
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Supports foundations, governments and individual donors to invest in social programs with the same rigor as investors seeking financial returns with investor programs. |
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Shows nonprofit and community organizations how to set and track targets to achieve significant gains for those served with implementor programs. |
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Broadly educates grant-makers and grant-seekers on outcome tools at our residential learning campus, The Rensselaerville Meeting Center where 10,000 people a year attend meetings that matter. |
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Signature program, School Turnaround, puts in one place everything we know about creating human gain in a challenging area. |
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Community Sparkplugs program applies outcome tools to improve lives through volunteer leaders and civic engagement. |
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PPMRN Forum on Possible Application of National Performance Management Standards - Last month the National Performance Management Advisory Commission did us all a great service in issuing a draft of its’ Performance Management Framework. While not yet in final version, it is clearly an impressive work. Read more
Karen Rosa, president of the Altman Foundation in New York City offers these remarks on October 8 to a sold out session of New York Philanthropy (formerly New York Association of Grantmakers.) Karen pared with TRI's Hal Williams to present our work guiding the Altman Foundation to set in place an outcome framework for assessing both foundation and grantee effectiveness. |