CEP – Emerging Impacts
Buteau, E., Smith Arrillaga, E., & Im, C. (2023). Emerging Impacts: The Effects of MacKenzie Scott’s Large, Unrestricted Gifts. The Center for Effective Philanthropy. From the CEP website: “In just three years, MacKenzie Scott gave more than $14 billion in unrestricted support to more than 1,600 organizations. Her gifts have often come as a surprise […]
Webinar: Is vrij besteedbare financiering van organisaties effectief? (Dutch)
Op 14 december 2023 waren we te gast in een webinar van Goede Doelen Nederland, de brancheorganisatie van erkende goede doelen in Nederland. Het webinar maakte deel uit van de serie ‘Nieuwe inzichten uit de wetenschap’. Onder leiding van moderator Deny de Jong praatten we een uur lang over ons onderzoek en de implicaties daarvan […]
Civil Power 2023 (Dutch)
Presentatie Pamala Wiepking over het belang van vrij besteedbare financiering voor zowel fondsenwervende als financierende organisaties. Civil Power 2023 – Vrij besteedbare financiering
Unrestricted funding and nonprofit capacities: Developing a conceptual model
Unrestricted or flexible funding practices are increasingly popular among funders. There is initial empirical support for the assumption that fewer donor-imposed restrictions on funding have positive outcomes for nonprofit capacities, including the ability to better deal with external shocks such as presented by the COVID-19 crisis. However, academic literature on the consequences of donor-imposed restrictions […]
IVAR – Why restrict grants?
Mills, C. (2023). Evidence review: Why restrict grants? London: Institute for Voluntary Action Research From the IVAR website: “This review explores contrasting rationales for restricted and unrestricted funding – and whether they are substantiated by evidence. We found that: Restricted funding has not earned its place as the dominant funding model. Our evidence review makes […]
Vrij besteedbare financiering en personeel van goede doelen (Dutch)
Als goede doelen partner worden van de Postcode Loterij of de VriendenLoterij geven zij meer uit aan personeel, maar hebben zij niet meer fte in dienst. Tot die conclusie kwam Emily van Eijk in haar masterscriptie op basis van analyses op longitudinale data. De volledige scriptie is hier te vinden: Van Eijk, Emily (2022) Het […]
Overzicht onderzoek ‘De maatschappelijke betekenis van goededoelenloterijen’ (Dutch)
Overzicht onderzoek ‘De maatschappelijke betekenis van goededoelenloterijen’ Een handout met een overzicht van ons werk in het onderzoeksproject ‘De maatschappelijke betekenis van goededoelenloterijen’.
Conservation Learning Initiative – Flexible funding
Conservation Learning Initiative – Flexible funding The Conservation Learning Initiative aims to help better understand what works in funding organizations and projects in nature conservation. It is a collaboration between Foundations of Success, Conservation Evidence and the MAVA Foundation. In a 5-step approach the initiative learns about the available evidence on key issues. One of […]
CEP – Giving Big
Buteau, E., Buchanan, P., Lopez, M., Malmgren, K., & Im, C. (2022). Giving Big: The Impact of Large, Unrestricted Gifts on Nonprofits. The Center for Effective Philanthropy. From the website: “In late July 2020, MacKenzie Scott shocked the philanthropic and nonprofit worlds with the announcement that she had given $1.7 billion to 116 nonprofit organizations. […]
Ashoka Switzerland – Embracing Complexity
Ashoka Switzerland (2022). Embracing Complexity: Towards a Shared Understanding of Funding Systems Change. From the report: “Systemic challenges require systemic answers, but currently the dominant funding practices are ill-suited to support them. Systems change leaders often struggle because current funding practices are often built to support short-term projects with clear, measurable results rather than collaborative, […]
