Report and Proposal Best Practices Guide June 24, 2026 By Judy Ney Grant proposals and reports are often treated as routine administrative tools. But while funders may think these forms simply collect information, in reality, they also communicate priorities, assumptions, and power dynamics to grantees.
Organization-Wide Learning in Philanthropy June 1, 2026 By Arif 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and without mechanisms to test assumptions, surface emerging patterns, and adapt direction, strategy quickly becomes outdated.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.
Ten Keys Reimagined: Strategy as Continuous Practice April 21, 2026 By Judy Ney In Ten Keys Reimagined: Strategy as Continuous Practice, the third in TCC Group’s series on strategic planning for nonprofit and foundation leaders, we offer practical ways to build an agile strategy fit for volatile times: one anchored in a stable mission and values, but responsive enough to learn and adapt as the world changes.
Exploring Evaluation in Corporate Social Good August 21, 2025 By Judy Ney As Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has evolved into a more strategic and professionalized function central to helping businesses advance their missions, robust measurement, evaluation, and learning practices are needed to ensure credibility and value. Explore our full set of insights, resources and tools.
Webinar – The CSR Measurement Moment: Are You Leading or Lagging? May 14, 2025 By Judy Ney What is actually happening in the realm of corporate evaluation? We were thrilled to dive into this topic with Jared Raynor, Lisa Frantzen, and Morgan Buras-Finlay, co-facilitators of the Corporate Measurement & Evaluation Community of Practice, along with our Community of Practice.
Understanding the Emerging Field of Evaluation in Corporate Social Good March 13, 2025 By Judy Ney Our groundbreaking study explores how social impact measurement practices are evolving across the corporate sector. With insights from 30 influential companies, including Fortune 500 giants, global industry leaders, and cutting-edge innovators in pharmaceuticals, banking, healthcare, consumer goods, and professional services, the report reveals critical trends and highlights challenges.
Now is the Time to Radically Reimagine Readiness October 28, 2021 By Judy Ney A focus on “readiness”—defined as the state of being fully prepared for something—has been ubiquitous in our sector since long before COVID-19 and the national movement for racial justice. Yet, as we take cautious steps to emerge from what feels like an endless suspension of normalcy, the concept of readiness has garnered renewed attention. At TCC Group, we have been hearing an increasing number of readiness-related questions: Are we ready to rebuild? Are we ready for … Continued
Strengthening Your CSR Impact Story with a Program Outcomes Framework May 26, 2018 By Visceral_Dev_Admin Companies are facing increasing pressure to report on the impact and results of their various corporate social responsibility programs, not only to customers and advocacy groups but also to senior leaders and employees. Yet programs focusing on community and social issues may not have a framework that adequately captures and communicates their measures of success. … Continued
Partner-Centered Evaluation Capacity Building: Findings from a Corporate Social Impact Initiative January 2, 2018 By Visceral_Dev_Admin Funders can play a proactive role in helping to fill the gap between funders’ expectations and nonprofits’ ability to evaluate grant results. Using a partner-centered design, Johnson & Johnson piloted an evaluation capacity-building initiative that supported eight grantees in strengthening their ability to measure and use findings concerning health-related outcomes by focusing on key evaluation … Continued
Meet Me Where I Want To Be: An Ethnographic Research Study of Black Gay Men in Baltimore, Maryland, and Jackson, Mississippi June 26, 2016 By Visceral_Dev_Admin To kick off the ACCELERATE! Initiative, ViiV Healthcare commissioned an ethnographic research study beginning with a comprehensive environment assessment to familiarize the research team with daily life in Baltimore and Jackson. The assessment also helped to establish an understanding about the contexts in which Black gay men operate at home, in the clinic, and out … Continued
Networks That Care: An Ethnographic Research Study of Black Women in New Orleans May 26, 2016 By Visceral_Dev_Admin With the help of leaders and communities across the country, in 2016, ViiV Healthcare spoke with women living with HIV and commissioned ethnographic research to learn more about the experiences of Black women and their networks. The study served as the cornerstone of our in-depth community research, helping to shape, inform and prioritize plans for … Continued
Relational Capacity: A New Approach to Capacity Building in Philanthropy January 1, 2015 By Visceral_Dev_Admin “What you see is what you get.” This phrase is often used to describe a person who is very straightforward, but it can have another meaning—what you are able to see, what you choose to notice, affects what you can accomplish. As consultants at TCC Group, where we work with funders of all types to … Continued
A Framework for Successful Corporate Citizenship February 9, 2014 By Judy Ney A Framework for Successful Corporate Citizenship highlights the critical elements and practices used by leading corporate citizens, such as IBM and Starbucks. In this complex world, many companies make large capital investments in their citizenship programs but only few achieve their social impact goals.
Capacity Building 3.0: How to Strengthen the Social Ecosystem January 11, 2014 By Visceral_Dev_Admin The social sector has evolved to incorporate multiple stakeholders and organizations to solve social issues, working together in a larger ecosystem to increase efficiency, effectiveness, and scale. The process of building the systems, structures, and skills necessary for success in this environment, commonly referred to as “capacity building,” has played an active role in the … Continued