Wow. I found a donor trying to give >£1m to delivery work in a certain sector. I also found*, and told them, that there's very little evidence about 'what works' in that sector. So they can't reliably fund delivery b/c nobody knows what to deliver. They'd better fund production…
2/ of research about what to deliver (& how). I connected them to some researchers. Now, 3 months later, they're starting a partnership to produce effective #research in that sector.
That entire intervention only took me about 2 hours. Rescued >£1m from almost certain fail.
That entire intervention only took me about 2 hours. Rescued >£1m from almost certain fail.
3/ See: get your philanthro-advice from me: I know my game ;-)
*by using a @3ieNews evidence & gap map. (Which are a public good and hence hard to fund, but useful & consequential.)
#philanthropy #impact #research #charity #giving #evidence #whatworks
*by using a @3ieNews evidence & gap map. (Which are a public good and hence hard to fund, but useful & consequential.)
#philanthropy #impact #research #charity #giving #evidence #whatworks
4/ Because there are only three strategies in philanthropy:
i) evidence-based giving, i.e., fund things 'known' to work;
ii) evidence-producing giving, i.e., fund production of research;
iii) guess & hope. This is a fair strategy in casinos, but not with social problems.
i) evidence-based giving, i.e., fund things 'known' to work;
ii) evidence-producing giving, i.e., fund production of research;
iii) guess & hope. This is a fair strategy in casinos, but not with social problems.
