1. 3/3/2011 Social Impact Bonds and the Future of …
Social Impact Bonds and the Future of Problem Solving
Announcements
One of the biggest news items in the social innovation field this month was President Obama’s request in his
proposed budget for up to $100 million to test the use of social impact bonds. This experimental funding Coming in March:
approach uses private resources (such as foundation grants) to cover a social service program at its outset—
and provides government funding only if the program meets a pre-determined outcomes target after a Social Impact
designated period of time. Research releases
the workforce
Like many commentators—from Fast Company’s Alex Goldmark to the New York Times’s David Leonhardt—we development Social
view social impact bonds with an optimistic enthusiasm and a realistic understanding that this new idea will Issue Report and
need to be tested and proven over time. Whether or not social impact bonds succeed, their moment in the hosts an analyst call.
spotlight is good news for those of us who are working to ensure that resources for addressing social Click here for more
problems go to programs that demonstrate results. In our era of limited resources, we need a national information.
dialogue on how to create incentives that foster social innovation and reward what works. We will also likely
need many more experiments that show the way to a future of more effective social problem solving. Social Innovation
Forum hosts five
This month, we feature two items that address the question of how to direct resources to programs that are Social Issue Talks
demonstrating results: our new Three-Step Guides to Giving and Jeffrey Liebman’s analysis of social impact that feature the
bonds for the Center for American Progress. 2011 Social
Innovators and
Featured Resources leading experts.
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Social Impact Research's Three-Step Guides to Giving information.
These resources are for donors who are interested in conducting their own due diligence Best of the Root
based on a scaled down version of SIR's research and analysis process. Click here for more
Cause Blog
information.
Elly Brown: Achieve
Social Impact: How
to Balance a Three-
Legged Stool. Click
Center for American Progress: Social Impact Bonds
here to read.
Harvard's Jeffrey B. Liebman discusses the new financing model with the potential to advance
social innovation. Click here to read the article. Anand Dholakia:
Identifying Your
Niche: Lessons from
the Field. Click here
to read.
Benjapon
Jivasantikarn:
Lessons on Board
Restructuring from
the Consumer Voice.
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