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Your Guide to Intelligent Giving

Where the Heart

Meets the Mind

Critical Friend to Charities

The Data Proves Impact 4.5 million

distinct visitors (6.4 million hits) in 2012

92% say evaluations affected their decision to support individual public charities

CN ratings influence decisions on billions in donations annually

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OUR DEFINITIONS OF ACCOUNTABILITY & TRANSPARENCY (per Prof. Brackman Reiser)

ACCOUNTABILITY - is an obligation or willingness by an organization to explain its actions to its stakeholders.1)FINANCIAL - to safeguard and manage the

organizations financial resources.2)ORGANIZATIONAL – to consistently follow rules of

governance and operational process.3)MISSION – to set goals and then measure and

manage performance to assure the organization is achieving meaningful results.

TRANSPARENCY - an obligation or willingness by a organization to publish and make available critical accountability data about the organization.

QUALITIES OF AN ACCOUNTABLE & HIGH IMPACT ORG.

Financial Health

• Strategy/Theory of Change•Passion•Experience•Persistence• Creativity• Ability to get other s to follow

Capable Leadership

• Data management discipline

• Constituent feedback• Outcome focused intent• Relate efforts to outcomes• Learn and adjust approach• Continuous improvement

High Performance

Impact

• Positive, sustainable change

• Independently evaluatedHIGHER RISK

INVESTMENTLOWER RISK INVESTMENT

* Inspired by the Alliance for Effective Social Investing

Mission Accountability: Results (RR)

Organizational Accountability: Governance (A&T)

Financial Accountability: Financial Health

Financial Health

Accountability

(Governance) &

Transparency

Results Reporting

A scalable, in depth, multi-dimensional charity rating system.

CN 2.02011 -

Organizational

CN 1.02002 -

Financial

FROM ACCOUNTABILITY IN ONE DIMENSION TO THREE AND BEYOND

THE FUTURE (CN 4.0?): OUTCOME MEASUREMENT

2013 – Mission

Why is this is one of the most important issues for those who want to create

social value?

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Org's Effectiveness

How the Org will Use my Donation

Quality of Leadership

Percent of Costs to Overhead

Ease of Donation

Not Being Asked for Money Too Often

Ability to Direct Donation's Use

Regular Progress Reports

Endorsements by Person I Trust

Prompt and Sincere Thank You

Ability to Get Involved

Org Approach - Novel / Innovative

Contact with the End Beneficiaries

THE DONOR PROBLEM

* Based on the Money for Good donor research of Hope Consulting

Because donors will have access to much more robust information than ever before about each organization’s ability to bring about social value (long lasting and meaningful change in the world).

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WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR DONORS?

The Nonprofit Sector Problem*

“… there is virtually no credible evidence that most nonprofit organizations actually produce any social value.”

*“The End of Charity” by David Hunter – Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal

Because many more social entrepreneurs will see to it that their charities will become focused on measuring and managing their performance. 

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WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR CHARITIES?

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THE BENEFICIARY PROBLEM

Ultimately we believe this will lead to a significant and measurable improvement in human welfare and acceleration in solutions to our world’s most persistent problems.

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WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR BENEFICIARIES?

(The Nonprofit Marketplace Hewlett Foundation, 2008)

THE PROBLEM SOLVED

HOW WE ARE HELPING SOLVE THE PROBLEM

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