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A Practical Guide for Foundations

Organization-Wide Learning in Philanthropy

The uncomfortable truth for most foundations and  nonprofits is that mission alone doesn’t achieve impact. In complex environments and without mechanisms to test assumptions, surface emerging patterns, and adapt direction, strategy quickly becomes outdated. The answer is not more planning, but organization-wide learning.

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Organization-Wide Learning in Philanthropy

Report - While many organizations invest in learning, it often fails to influence how the institution operates. This guide to taking an organization-wide approach, ensures that learning doesn’t inform priorities, it guides them.

“The clarity and candor they’ve provided have been invaluable…but TCC Group has also gotten us to think strategically about how to maximize our capacity and resources—and not allow our enthusiasm to overtake reality.”

Kasia Malinowska
Director, Global Drug Policy Program, Open Society Foundations

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for grantees to be able to more
clearly communicate what data was
being asked for, which has been
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new funding strategy and began
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Kate Masuch
Director, Corporate Sustainability & Social Impact, Novo Nordisk

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