Observatory • social impact

A Passionate, Personal Drive for Performance

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A Passionate, Personal Drive for Performance

When reading the Chronicle of Philanthropy's May 1 feature story on the Leap Ambassadors Community, we got a kick out of a quotation by our friend Brad Dudding, the brilliant COO of the Center for Employment Opportunities. Perhaps channeling Mario, Dudding pulled off a rare triple mixed metaphor...

Enhancing Community Resilience: a Theory of Change in the Corporate Sector

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Enhancing Community Resilience: a Theory of Change in the Corporate Sector

The interview to David Nash, Manager of the Z Zurich Foundation, highlights how a corporate foundation can work to create social change through a sound evidence-based planning and a constant business alignment

Developing solutions to build a brighter future for children, families and communities

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Developing solutions to build a brighter future for children, families and communities

With Ayo Atterberry, senior associate with the Foundation’s Evidence-Based Practice Group and Leap Ambassador, we examine how the Annie E. Casey Foundation is working to empower grantees and help them become “evidence-based”

Hivos and Hivos Impact Investments

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Hivos and Hivos Impact Investments

Our interview with Edwin Huizing, Executive Director at Hivos and Jaap Spreeuwenberg, Managing Director at Hivos Impact Investments on how to support frontrunners as change agents who can reduce poverty, foster sustainable use of natural resources and reduce social inequalities

Leap Update: 28 Fixes

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Leap Update: 28 Fixes

Three years ago, when the Leap Ambassadors Community released the first version of the Performance Imperative (PI), the ambassadors made it clear that they would practice what they preach about learning and improvement by collecting feedback and eventually producing a version 2.0

The Impact Evangelist

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The Impact Evangelist

The Chronicle of Philanthropy acknowledges the "Leap Ambassadors Community" launched by Mario Morino and its work toward helping funders and their grantees build and sustain high-performing organizations

Social Impact Investing for the Public Administration

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Social Impact Investing for the Public Administration

Over April 10-11-12 aprile the first of the four modules of the ”IFISE – innovative Financial Instruments in support to the Social Economy” project funded by the European Commission took place in Turin

‘Audacious Project’ Announces Grants Totaling $406 Million

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‘Audacious Project’ Announces Grants Totaling $406 Million

The Audacious Project, a philanthropic collaborative launched earlier this month by TED, a nonprofit devoted "to ideas worth spreading," has announced grants totaling $406 million to seven initiatives

What works philanthropy: building evidence for transformational change

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What works philanthropy: building evidence for transformational change

An interview with Jon Baron, Vice President of Evidence-Based Policy at the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, on how philanthropy can provide guidelines to private funders and public policies through impact assessment

Leap Update: Epic Example of Why Performance Matters

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Leap Update: Epic Example of Why Performance Matters

The day after Christmas in 2013, a young boy named Emile in the small West African nation of Guinea came down with a high fever, vomiting, and diarrhea. He died two days later...

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