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This report discusses ways that charities can navigate the pros and cons of conducting an economic evaluation so they can produce information on their impact that is useful to them, their stakeholders, and society at large.

This report explores how nonprofit leaders can rethink their resources and use them efficiently in an unsettled economic environment. It features in-depth insights from charity leaders on the most common challenges on the road ahead and their proposed solutions.

This report presents psychological research that reveals how the giving behaviors of other people influence giving.

This report examines the importance of stakeholder engagement as well as approaches to engaging stakeholders. (The link will download a PDF file of the report.)

This report examines five scenarios around equity and how it impacts evaluation. (The link will download a PDF file of the report.)

This report shares findings on the motivations and behaviors of donors of color in recent years. It examines what motivates donors of color in the U.S. to give and where they give, the specific tools and techniques that donors of color utilize to enhance their giving, and who gives to racial and social justice.

This report provides an introduction to the research of the Social Movement Learning Project, which seeks to better understand the barriers and challenges to social movement funding.

This report outlines what it takes to support frontline activists to make enduring social change for women. (The link will download a PDF file.)

This report shares insights from a project that aimed to "test durable, locally rooted funding mechanisms" in Somalia and Ghana, with the broader purpose of contributing – by demonstration – to efforts within the international humanitarian aid and development sector to transform and localize aid.

This report explores how behavioral science can be applied to the act of giving and looks at examples from the Canadian context.