1st Edition

Performance Measurement in Philanthropic Foundations The Ambiguity of Success and Failure

By Helmut Anheier, Diana Leat Copyright 2019
216 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The growth of philanthropic foundations in numbers and significance raises two immediate questions. First, what makes for success and failure of foundations’ projects and activities? Second, what yardsticks or benchmarks are used to measure performance and track goal attainment? The purpose of this book is to delve deeper into the complex set of issues that lie behind the performance and wider... Read more

Chapter 1: The Performance Enigma of Philanthropic Foundations

Chapter 2: Taking a Closer Look: Fallibility and Ambiguity in Philanthropy

Chapter 3: Case Studies of Benign Fallibility, with Olivia Knodt and Charlotte Koyro

Chapter 4: Implications: Living with Benign Fallibility

Biography

Helmut K. Anheier is Professor of Sociology and President emeritus at the Hertie School of Governance, Germany. He also holds a Chair of Sociology and serves as Academic Director of the Center for Social Investment at Heidelberg University, Germany.

Diana Leat is Visiting Professor at Cass Business School, London, UK. She is an independent researcher and consultant on philanthropy policy and practice, and spent a year at the Carnegie Trust UK developing the first research centre for philanthropy in the UK (CGAP).