Books

Outcome Funding: A New Approach to Targeted Grantmaking

By Harold S. Williams, Arthur Y. Webb and William J. Phillips

Based on the premise that grantmakers are really investors in human gain, Outcome Funding addresses the key questions that the funder as investor should ask: What am I buying? What is the probability I will get it? Outcome Funding begins with an abrupt and timely challenge to the standard wisdom of the Request for Proposal process. The authors make the point that very little of the traditional proposal content addresses results, favoring explanations of process instead. This book is not only persuasive on the need for change; it is clear and practical on how to achieve it.

Price: $21.00

Outcome Frameworks: An Overview for Practitioners

By Robert M. Penna and William J. Phillips

Written for practitioners, program managers and organizational leaders in the philanthropic, non profit and governmental sectors, Outcome Frameworks is the first publication ever to provide a comparison of the major outcome models in use today. Presenting the essential concepts and perspectives of outcome thinking in an easy-to-read format, Outcome Frameworks also offers an unprecedented historical overview of the development of this management approach, and features a removable chart for an at-a-glance comparison of the major outcome models.

Price: $21.00

Target Setting & Result Verification Guidebook

By The Rensselaerville Institute

This guidebook will help you make a compelling case to your funders that your results justify their investment. It offers an approach to defining and verifying results that will increase your ability to profile and communicate accomplishment.

Price: $20.00

Self-Help Handbook (Revised Edition)

By Jane W. Schautz and Christopher M. Conway

This book is for small town residents, state officials and others interested in a set of innovative techniques that enable small communities to comply with environmental standards while strengthening local self-reliance. These methods are known collectively as self-help, understood as the use of community resources (human, material and financial) in order to make essential infrastructure improvements affordable.

Price: $21.00

To purchase any of these publications, please call 518-797-3783 or send an email to Alison Gardner agardner@rinstitute.org.