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Introduction: The importance of the charitable sector and its two big challenges. PART I: Meaningful ethics for trust. 1 Funding in the charitable sector Large but underperforming. 2 Possible causes for the underperformance of funding. 3 Decrease in public trust in NGOs and the importance of speaking up. 4 How to earn trust and implement the seven imperatives for meaningful ethics to be trusted and to increase funding. 5 InterAction case study Drafting a code of ethics in a participatory process for greater ownership. 6 Three progressive case studies Developing stronger codes of ethics with external verification. 7 Rhode Island case study Ensuring enforcement and sanctions for more effective codes of ethics. 8 Twelve lessons to earn trust Clarity, assessments, sanctions, reporting, and more. 9 Worksheet for ethics and trust. 10 PART II: Strategic evaluation for impact. 11 Problems with monitoring and evaluation Resistance and Donor Mandates. 12 From project management to capacity building to strategic evaluation. 13 Strategic evaluation A powerful tool for learning and increasing impact. 14 How to implement the eight priority disciplines in strategic evaluation for better programs, more funding, expanded programs, and more engaged employees. 15 Eight case studies Progressing to strategic evaluation with data, research, learning, and accountability. 16 Three case studies Developing strategic evaluation in practice. 17 Lessons for leaders, managers, fundraisers, and grantmakers for trust and impact. 18 Worksheets for evaluation, learning, and impact. 19 About the author Get involved! It is easy to do
