The Robin Hood Rules for Smart Giving
Michael Weinstein and Ralph Bradburd
Abstract
The Robin Hood Foundation is a charitable organization focused on alleviating poverty in New York City. One of the book's authors is the foundation's senior vice president. In that role he developed its metrics-based approach, called “relentless monetization,” to ensure that the money the foundation receives and grants is used most effectively. The other author has served as long-time consultant to Robin Hood on matters of metrics. This book shows how to implement the Robin Hood approach and explains how any nonprofit organizations or philanthropic donor can use it to achieve the greatest bene ... More
The Robin Hood Foundation is a charitable organization focused on alleviating poverty in New York City. One of the book's authors is the foundation's senior vice president. In that role he developed its metrics-based approach, called “relentless monetization,” to ensure that the money the foundation receives and grants is used most effectively. The other author has served as long-time consultant to Robin Hood on matters of metrics. This book shows how to implement the Robin Hood approach and explains how any nonprofit organizations or philanthropic donor can use it to achieve the greatest benefit from every philanthropic dollar. Drawing on extensive knowledge, the text devotes specific chapters to the difficulties most frequently encountered by donors trying to measure the benefits of their initiatives. This book provides straightforward, targeted advice for funding “smart” nonprofit programs.
Keywords:
poverty,
Robin Hood Foundation,
charitable organizations,
New York City,
relentless monetization,
metrics,
donors,
nonprofit programs,
nonprofit organizations
Bibliographic Information
Print publication date: 2013 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780231158367 |
Published to Columbia Scholarship Online: November 2015 |
DOI:10.7312/columbia/9780231158367.001.0001 |