Australian Philanthropy - Issue 77: Outcomes, Outputs and Impact
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With cheque-book philanthropy firmly out of favour these days, measuring outcomes and impact is high on the philanthropic (and not-for-profit) agenda. Museums are spending 10% of their operational budget on evaluating the user experience so they are prepared for donor questions, and measuring return on investment is part of the landscape. However several philanthropy commentators are ringing warning bells about what Bruce Sievers calls 'The holy grail of impact' (in his article in Alliance magazine, March 2010.) What does current evaluation practice look like, and what are the risks in demanding high-impact philanthropy? In this issue of Australian Philanthropy we explore social accounting and SROI, and ask how they compare to traditional evaluation.
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Perspectives
In conversation with Bruce Bonyhady AM and Deborah Seifert
Highlights
Leadership change at The R.E. Ross Trust
Correction re The Harold Micthell Chair of Indigenous Eye Health
Philanthropy Australia Conference 2010
New CEO at Philanthropy Australia
Australian Community Foundations Forum 2010
New Office for the Non-Profit Sector
Interviews
Dr Susan Raymond
Dr Gianni Zappalà
Feature - Outcomes, outputs and impact
Kevin Robbie and Les Hems
Measuring Impact: the SROI pathway
Andrew Thomas
You get what you measure!
Ian Darling
Reaching out
Jan Owen AM
Learning from experience
Joy Love
A Guide to Indigenous Philanthropy
Christopher Baker, Regina Hill and Louise Doyle
Traditional philanthropy is strategic too
Kim McConville
Evaluation: a non-profit perspective
Marcelle Holdaway
Growing social accounting in Australia
Fiona Higgins
Philanthropic evaluation: a balancing act
Mary Borsellino
Further afield