New metrics of smart and dumb

“Good and bad are too arbitrary. The value of philanthropy and other investments we make in our society need to be measured in terms of smart and dumb.“

Robert Egger ~ Philanthropist and founder of the DC Central Kitchen, author of Begging for Change: The Dollars and Sense of Making Nonprofits Responsive, Efficient, and Rewarding for All

Profound statement Egger made following his address to donors and borrowers of Forward Community Investments, a Madison-based Community Development Financial Institution that lends money to nonprofits for strategic fiscal improvements