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Trust and Performance

Post author By Philanthrocapitalism
Post date November 12, 2010

Why do we trust charities (non-profits, NGOs) so much more than we trust government or business? After all, each of these sorts of organisations are run by the same sort of flawed human being. Charities may have more obviously good intentions than business, though not perhaps government, but talking a more virtuous talk does not […]

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Analyze This

Demonstrating that giving makes a difference is one of the biggest challenges facing philanthropy. In business, profit provides a good (though not perfect) guide to whether your activities are working. But in philanthropy there is no such standard unit of measurement for impact – though plenty of efforts are under way to change this. Here’s […]

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