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You don't hear this called out often. But it should be. Appreciation to @mulagostarr.bsky.social for doing so. Funders holding themselves and their grantees accountable would also force right-sizing of grants and inclusion of dedicated M&E/impact analysis $ as needed.

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"In the for-profit world, firms are accountable to their customers. If customers don’t value their products, the firm doesn’t make a profit. If the firm doesn’t do better, it goes out of business and investors lose their money. Both firms and investors are accountable to the customer. Provide value or die. The nonprofit world doesn’t work like that. The customers—we presume to call them “beneficiaries”—pretty much have to take what they’re given. There’s no meaningful way for them to signal whether the “product” has value for them or not. There are no direct consequences for a failure to benefit the beneficiaries. Meanwhile, the investors—funders of all stripes—are even more insulated from consequences. We can fund whatever ineffective crap we want. Blindly funding stuff that doesn’t work won’t sully your image as a generous champion of the poor (or the environment, or whatever). Your reputation—the one thing funders really care about—doesn’t suffer." from https://ssir.org/articles/entry/funders-do-your-job
January 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
mulagostarr.bsky.social
the beauty of Scott grants is not that they skip diligence, but that they rely on that of trusted co-funders and don’t put orgs thru another gratuitous process. we’d love to see a lot more of that.
soulamami.bsky.social Googie Gómez @soulamami.bsky.social · Dec 30
My org was one of her beneficiaries. The money literally comes with no strings attached. This is how you do it. And billionaires are shook
evansutton.bsky.social Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · Dec 30
Ah yes, I see it's the time of year when the Philanthropy Industrial Complex (Big P for short) seeds negative stories about Mackenzie Scott because everything about the way she gives money undercuts their entire model...
fortune.com/article/mack...
January 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
mulagostarr.bsky.social
Unsolicited reminder that “cost effective” doesn’t necessarily mean “consequential”, and “sustainable” doesn’t = “scalable”
December 2, 2024 at 6:39 PM
mulagostarr.bsky.social
our recent SSIR piece is about making the most of XL "Big Bet" grants. organizations should use them to make a transition from do-it-yourself to recruit-and-enable-others-to-do-it—and should not get any bigger than they have to before making that transition.

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Big Bet Bonanza (SSIR)
Turning a one-time score into an impact jackpot.
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November 23, 2024 at 8:44 PM
mulagostarr.bsky.social
it's nice when the smart thing is the right thing.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Nov 22
Spain said it could give residency and work permits to about 900,000 undocumented migrants in the country over the next three years to help address a growing need for workers, even as other European countries embrace tougher stances on immigration.
Spain Looks to Grant Residency to Nearly 1 Million Migrants
The government said new rules could give legal status — and work permits — to about 300,000 people a year over the next three years to address gaps in the labor market.
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November 23, 2024 at 7:59 PM
mulagostarr.bsky.social
nice to see nick kristof discover muso and co-founder/mulago fellow ari johnson. as kristof says, muso is "a triumph of public health nerdiness."

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/o...
Opinion | Donate This Holiday Season: Women and Children Need Your Help
Give a woman her life back, save a child’s life or help a child read, with my annual holiday giving guide.
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November 23, 2024 at 7:56 PM