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Commitment to Evidence: On Ranking & Clustering Grantmakers by their Words & Deeds

By Michael C. Gilbert, Andie Whitley, & Mike Bergfors

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For most of this year, The Gilbert Center has been conducting large scale research into the practices of major U.S. grantmakers. In advance of our forthcoming report, we have already [...]

Daring to Communicate: A Metrics Makeover of Leadership Graphics

By Michael C. Gilbert & Mike Bergfors

This is the fourth in a series of “Metrics Makeovers” published by The Gilbert Center. The purpose of this series is to take metrics and metrics visualizations produced by (or for) civil society organizations and use them as opportunities to explore ideas for improved communication of data analysis. [...]

Coloring Outside the Lines: A Metrics Makeover of Education Proficiency Graphics

By Michael C. Gilbert & Mike Bergfors

This is the third in a series of “Metrics Makeovers” published by The Gilbert Center. The purpose of this series is to take metrics and metrics visualizations produced by (or for) civil society organizations and use them as opportunities to explore ideas for improved communication of data analysis. [...]

Hypnotic Rainbow Medley: A Metrics Makeover of a Climate Change Survey Graphic

By Mike Bergfors & Michael C. Gilbert

This is the second in a series of “Metrics Makeovers” to be published by The Gilbert Center. The purpose of this series is to take metrics and metrics visualizations produced by (or for) civil society organizations and use them as opportunities to explore ideas for improved communication of [...]

Eye Candy, Duplication, Scales, and Defaults: A Metrics Makeover of Gilbert Center Research Graphs

By Mike Bergfors & Michael C. Gilbert

This is the first in a series of “Metrics Makeovers” to be published by The Gilbert Center. The purpose of this series is to take metrics and metrics visualizations produced by (or for) civil society organizations and use them as opportunities to explore ideas for improved communication of [...]

On Failure, Theory, and Transparency: Six Observations by Leading Foundations

By Michael C. Gilbert & Andie Whitley

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Over the course of the study we’re currently conducting on the effectiveness practices of sixty-four of the largest U.S. grantmakers, we’ve started to collect a wide range of observations. Some [...]

Data Driven Grantmaking: The State of Current Research

By Michael C. Gilbert & Andie N. Whitley

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1.0: Introduction

Grantmaking, like any other form of philanthropy, is not a strictly rational activity. That’s not an accusation of irrationality, just arationality. Or more simply speaking, ordinary humanity. [...]

A Deeper Look at Privacy: Why You Need a Strategy, Not a Policy
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The Sociotechnical Renaissance: Four Core Ideas for Supporters of Innovation

By Michael C. Gilbert

Human beings are makers. We make love. We make connections. We make trouble. We make things. We make things that make other things. We make other human beings, in fact. And often enough, we make a difference. One of the lasting ways in which we do many of these is [...]