Recommendations

Recommendation 1

Incorporate innovation as an essential element of philanthropy and program delivery.

Recommendation 2

Seek to establish ideas that are relevant to and adaptable in the broader community.

Recommendation 3

Build a broad and diverse base of financial support for innovation.

Recommendation 4

Establish a culture of transparent governance and mission accountability.

Recommendation 5

Change accountability expectations to allow for unpredictability, unintended positive consequences, mid-course corrections, and the possibility of failure.

Recommendation 6

Change the way success is measured to account for collective impact across the ecosystem.

Recommendation 7

Recognize and minimize the complex challenges involved in applying for grants, undertaking new programs, and satisfying evaluation and reporting requirements.

Recommendation 8

Collaborate and cooperate to reduce costs.