Assessing and achieving effectiveness is a topic of much discussion among foundations. Increasing attention from lawmakers and the news media, Warren Buffett’s high-profile contribution to the Bill & ...

is—it’s effectively a percentage of an amount over a year. If your savings account earns you a 0.05% interest per year (which is a really terrible interest rate, honestly), you earn $5 in interest for ...

Part of the problem is the assumption that knowing what good communication looks like is the same as doing it. It’s not. We might recognize poor communication in others, like an unclear email, a ...