As you set out to articulate the problems you want to solve, it’s important to consider your values and stay focused on your motivations for giving. Understand the approaches to finding the most effective solutions.
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Use these activities to reflect on the problem you’re trying to solve in your focus area and figure out which approaches will achieve your philanthropic objectives most effectively.
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Before you pick organizations to support, it’s important to understand the problem you wish to solve and its possible causes. There are five types of approaches to solutions: Direct services, Research and the development of knowledge, Changing governments or corporate policies, Changing societal mindset and systems, Funding prizes.
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Use these activities to help you define your focus areas and create a framework for decision-making, define your philanthropic goals and assess your program towards them.
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"Ideally, an organization will rely on some form of evaluation to assess whether it is actually achieving its intended outcomes. But some organizations do not have the resources to conduct evaluations."
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“While philanthropy can be an effective way to pilot a program or innovation, philanthropy is not big or powerful enough to solve most social programs alone. Impact investing uses the power of the marketplace to achieve scale, and more financially secure solutions."
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