Philanthropic NGOs, foundations, and corporations face endlessly competing needs when deciding to invest or donate for maximum social impact. This book fills an enormous gap by providing a system to measure, operationalize, and improve any organization's impact investments.

Marc J. Epstein is Distinguished Research Professor of Management at Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. He has been a professor at Stanford Business School, Harvard Business School, and INSEAD. He is the author of twenty books and numerous academic and managerial articles.

Preface
Introduction

Part 1: What will you invest?
Chapter 1: The Social Impact Creation Cycle
Chapter 2: Understanding the Investor

Part 2: What problem will you address?
Chapter 3: Understanding the Problem
Chapter 4: Understanding the Investment Options

Part 3: What steps will you take?
Chapter 5: How to Create Social Impacts
Chapter 6: Linking Actions to Impacts

Part 4: How will you measure success?
Chapter 7: Measurement Basics
Chapter 8: Measurement Approaches
Chapter 9: Measuring Your Impact

Part 5: How can you increase impact?
Chapter 10: Social Impact Measurement Maturity
Chapter 11: Amplifying Your Impact
Chapter 12: Call to Action
Social Impact Self-Assessment
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors