This afternoon, on the opening day of the 10th anniversary Global Philanthropy Forum, I had the pleasure of speaking in conversation with Jeff Raikes, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Among its many tremendous contributions, the Gates Foundation has been an intellectual leader when it comes to measurement and evaluation, or M&E.
Big Bucks for Healthcare Reform Advocacy: Worth it?The Atlantic Philanthropies gave the largest grant on record for an advocacy campaign—to Health Care for America Now! to help pass healthcare reform. And naturally they wanted toevaluate its effectiveness. Ben Smith of Politico writes that, “their
