The Center for What Works

The Center for What Works
		guides philanthropy, nonprofits, and communities to higher results, moving the needle on social issues


At The Rensselaerville Institute, the think tank with muddy boots.

Newsroom

5.01.12 Interview with the 2012 recipient of the Skystone Partners Prize for Research, Robert M. Penna, author of The Nonprofit Outcomes Toolbox: A Complete Guide to Program Effectiveness, Performance Measurement, and Results, co-sponsored by The Rensselaerville Institute.

3.07.12 New York Times Article: They Made Main Street Their Own. How Four Women Revived a Derelict Mississippi Town.

2.23.12 Support our youngest Caldwell County Community Sparkplug! Click here and like this picture to help Daniela's 4-H group win $500.

Learning Spotlight

Communities
Human Capital – the Critical but Forgotten Community Asset. How is it that so many communities across America are struggling to maintain pace with our economy and society while others seem to thrive... Read more here.

Philanthropy
Want Results? Just Ask! Giving organizations often express a need to “connect the dots” - connect the results they want to buy to the results grant seekers can offer and, in turn, to the results grant seekers achieve. Click here to see how The Prudential Foundation connected the dots.

Nonprofits
Anchoring an Outcome Framework in an Organization. In a recent engagement, we helped a nonprofit client develop an outcome framework, which then became their anchoring document. Click here to view the Carver Center's Outcomes S.O.P.

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Outcomes