You don't hear this called out often. But it should be. Appreciation to @mulagostarr.bsky.social for doing so. Funders holding themselves and their grantees accountable would also force right-sizing of grants and inclusion of dedicated M&E/impact analysis $ as needed. ssir.org/articles/ent...

the beauty of Scott grants is not that they skip diligence, but that they rely on that of trusted co-funders and don’t put orgs thru another gratuitous process. we’d love to see a lot more of that.

Unsolicited reminder that “cost effective” doesn’t necessarily mean “consequential”, and “sustainable” doesn’t = “scalable”

our recent SSIR piece is about making the most of XL "Big Bet" grants. organizations should use them to make a transition from do-it-yourself to recruit-and-enable-others-to-do-it—and should not get any bigger than they have to before making that transition. ssir.org/articles/ent...

it's nice when the smart thing is the right thing.

nice to see nick kristof discover muso and co-founder/mulago fellow ari johnson. as kristof says, muso is "a triumph of public health nerdiness." www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/o...