Performance Measurement

Performance Measurement: The Basics

Performance measurement provides crucial information to help organizations dedicated to social impact assess their efficiency, sustainability, and progress toward achieving their missions. With such information in hand, organizations can make more strategic decisions and identify opportunities for improvement. By committing to continuous improvement and generating hard data, organizations can also attract new and returning social impact investors – from individual donors to foundations, government agencies, and corporations. read more >

Building a Performance Measurement System: A How-To Guide

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Nonprofits Discuss Performance Measurement at Massachusetts Nonprofit Network/Associated Grantmakers Conference

posted by Kelley

at 6:09pm, November 17, 2009

At the Massachusetts Nonprofits Network/Associated Grant Makers conference, 60 nonprofit leaders from across the state packed the Carlisle room of the Framingham Sheraton to discuss performance...

Performance Measurement Buzz

posted by Jessica

at 5:19pm, November 12, 2009

There is certainly a lot of buzz about performance measurement these days. Here are some of the things we've been following:

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Key Terms on Performance Measurement

Dashboard

An internal report used to regularly communicate a collection of data to an organization’s management team in order to provide periodic snapshots of the organization’s overall progress in relation to past results and future goals...

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Success Stories: How Social Innovators are Using Performance Measurement

OASIS

St. Louis, MO

Performance Measurement as a Management and Learning Tool for a National Educational Organization for Seniors

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About OASIS

OASIS is a national educational organization dedicated to enriching the lives of adults age 50 and older through lifelong learning and service. Offering stimulating programs in the arts, humanities, health, technology and volunteer service, the organization brings people together to learn, lead, and contribute in their communities.

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"Breakthroughs in Shared Measurement and Social Impact"
FSG Social Impact Advisors
Examines efforts to develop new, shared web-based approaches for measuring and reporting performance across multiple organizations and identifies key breakthroughs in shared measurement.
"The Nonprofit Marketplace: Bridging the Information Gap in Philanthropy"
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and McKinsey & Company
Explores how and why the flow of high-quality information could improve social impact by informing social impact investors about how best to invest their philanthropic capital.

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