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This article first published in the Financial Times. Break out the champagne. Somebody’s finally done it. I’ve been saying for a while that funders should investigate empirically whether their “help” for non-profit organisations actually does help. It is not guaranteed: … Continue reading →

With Keystone Accountability, we recently worked for a funder who was relatively new to monitoring / evaluation / learning. We created for them a ‘primer’ to introduce some of the key concepts a ‘primer’ to introduce some of the key concepts, and … Continue reading →

Keynote talk and very spirited panel at the Philanthropic Foundations of Canada, Toronto, Oct 2018. Notice the all-female panel 🙂 (We will eventually cut the slides into this so you can see what Caroline was talking about. For now, you … Continue reading →

Caroline Fiennes gave a keynote presentation at the Global Evidence and Implementation Summit in Melbourne, October 2018. To watch, click on the photo and wait a second. You may need to log in – any email address is fine. Excuse the … Continue reading →

Demanding a financial return often reduces the social benefit rather more often than impact investors let on A version of this article first published in the Financial Times in September 2018.  It is a beguiling offer — an investment that … Continue reading →

Lack of diversity is a problem for foundations and grant-making committees This article first published in the Financial Times in September 2018. Every donor who sets up a charitable foundation needs a board. And every company  starting a charitable programme … Continue reading →

We need to be scientific and fearless about assessing whether proposed solutions work This article first published in the Financial Times in July 2018.  The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation seems to have wasted six years and $1bn, having initiated … Continue reading →

This article first published in the Financial Times In August 2018 Anne Heller has done something that I had never previously seen in my 18 years in the non-profit sector. She identified a social problem, scoured academic literature to find … Continue reading →

Below: A map of the existing rigorous ‘what works’ evidence about institutional responses to child abuse, and summary of what that evidence says Giving Evidence and partners have produced a map of the existing evidence (and gaps in it) about … Continue reading →

Wide-ranging chat about charitable giving, with the Daily Mail. What to give to, what to avoid, one of Caroline’s favourite charities, how to choose a charity… (~20 minutes) Please click on the picture below to watch the full video.