How to Measure with Equity: A Report from The Bridgespan Group
Measuring with equity means incorporating a range of voices and viewpoints, including those with the least traditional power. In this report, The Bridgespan Group explores the topic of equitable measurement and how it can be used to drive decision-making that includes community voice. Case studies include Compass Working Capital, CAMFED, Noble Schools, and the Boston Public Health Commission.
A New Framework That Advances Equity
This post can also be found at Fund for Shared Insight. By Valerie Threlfall — When I needed foot surgery last year, I met with multiple orthopedic surgeons. One podiatrist said to me, “I could do your operation. I usually do about two to three a year; my surgery practice is pretty episodic.” Another, the…
Listen4Good Through The Pandemic: 5 Learnings from Nonprofits Serving Northeastern Pennsylvanians
Several direct-service nonprofits in the northeast region of Pennsylvania shared their learnings and experiences of working with Listen4Good’s feedback system through the pandemic. They included Children’s Service Center, Maternal and Family Health Services, Outreach – Center for Community Resources, United Way of Lackawanna and Wayne Counties, Volunteers in Medicine, and Women’s Resource Center. These grantees were supported by the NEPA Funders Collaborative.
Feedback and Equity: Connecting the Dots
ORS Impact engaged in an open-ended inquiry to clarify the conceptual connection between feedback and equity, aiming to identify examples and patterns of feedback practices to help guide nonprofits and funders in what to look for, what to focus on, and how to create practices that support equity work. ORS interviewed multiple staff members at six nonprofits that participated in Listen4Good, exploring the extent to which feedback contributes to their understanding of the inequities their clients face and how they leverage feedback and listening practices to give clients more control over resources and decisions.
Pace Center for Girls Listens to Participants on Issues Big and Small
Pace Center for Girls, an academic and social services organization in Florida, has a big mission: change the trajectory of the lives of tens of thousands of girls involved with the justice system. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t recognize the importance of small issues. Like lunch. In a Listen4Good survey of Pace participants, girls…
