Most of Our Charities Are Nothing of the Sort
Dan Hodges The Daily Telegraph
PLY: American readers often find it difficult to understand why UK charities/NGOs are so reluctant to endorse SIBs coherently (and in my experience they tend to be the shortest lived of readers of this publication – as their attitude is more one of hoping the ‘SIB fad’ will end soon so they can get back to old fashioned centralised funding). Here’s a good article building on the fiasco of “Kids’ Company” which I have covered before, explaining how UK charities are frequently just government funded arms with modest standards of accountability…
Impact Investing Pioneers Release Report To Measure Impact Of Portfolio
Campden FB
A new impact investing report has been released in an effort to pave the way for family offices and other investors keen to measure the impact of their investments – alongside financial returns.
US tech entrepreneurs Charly and Lisa Kleissner (pictured) worked with UK-based charity research organisation New Philanthropy Capital to develop the Impact Assurance Classification – a framework detailed in a new report titled Investing for Impact: Practical tools, lessons, and results, published late last year.