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Commitment to Evidence: On Ranking & Clustering Grantmakers by their Words & Deeds

Andie Whitley — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 02:03:56 +0000

By Michael C. Gilbert, Andie Whitley, & Mike Bergfors

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Does Evidence Matter to Grantmakers? 24% Pre-Order Discount – $189.00 USD

For most of this year, The Gilbert Center has been conducting large scale research into the practices of major U.S. grantmakers. In advance of our forthcoming report, we have already [...]

On Failure, Theory, and Transparency: Six Observations by Leading Foundations

Andie Whitley — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:43:44 +0000

By Michael C. Gilbert & Andie Whitley

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Does Evidence Matter to Grantmakers? 24% Pre-Order Discount – $189.00 USD

Over the course of the study we’re currently conducting on the effectiveness practices of sixty-four of the largest U.S. grantmakers, we’ve started to collect a wide range of observations. Some [...]

Data Driven Grantmaking: The State of Current Research

Andie Whitley — Fri, 27 May 2011 23:16:17 +0000

By Michael C. Gilbert & Andie N. Whitley

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Does Evidence Matter to Grantmakers? 24% Pre-Order Discount – $189.00 USD

1.0: Introduction

Grantmaking, like any other form of philanthropy, is not a strictly rational activity. That’s not an accusation of irrationality, just arationality. Or more simply speaking, ordinary humanity. [...]

Andie Whitley

Andie Whitley — Thu, 26 May 2011 12:46:41 +0000

Research Assistant & Contributing Writer

Andie Whitley is a Research Assistant at The Gilbert Center, where she works on the analysis of text and content, including semantic and network research. Her professional background includes social work, training delivery and online research methods, such as background investigation and relationship mapping. She’s currently helping lead a [...]