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

To encourage this discussion, the Hewlett Foundation has launched a web site, http://www.givingmarketplaces.org/, where those interested can download the complete text of the study, which is entitled “The Non-Profit Marketplace: Bridging the Information Gap in Philanthropy,” and discuss it online.

The forum has launched a spirited discussion of issues in the report, from how to create incentives for non-profit organizations to share internal information to ways to stoke demand for such information on the part of donors.