Report and Web site Hope to Spark New Ideas to Increase the Effectiveness of Giving

“This study is just a starting point,” said Maisie O’Flanagan, a partner at McKinsey & Company, who co-wrote the report with Hewlett Foundation President Paul Brest and Jacob Harold, a program officer with Hewlett’s Philanthropy Program. “We hope it will launch a deep and broad discussion in the philanthropic community about how to get dollars to the strongest nonprofits.”