Mulago's Links
Our newsletter includes our latest writing and links to the best stuff we run into for impact obsessed doers and funders. Every couple of months or so.
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Big Aid is (Still) Over
Need is everywhere. Make decisions based on potential.
June 2, 2025
The End of Big Aid
Big Aid is not going to be an important “payer-at-scale” for the kind of solutions Mulago funds. We need to design accordingly.
April 1, 2025
Funders, Do Your !!@%@#! Job
Don’t just spray money. Be accountable to those we’re trying to serve.
January 14, 2025
Big Bet Philanthropy
Big Bet philanthropy — think eight or nine figure grants from funders like Mackenzie Scott and The Audacious Project — hasn’t found its groove yet.
October 17, 2024
Big Bets
Some unintended consequences of Very Big Checks, and some ways to make this much-needed approach work better for all concerned.
June 18, 2024
In Numbers We Trust
There's a long list of things to admire about the trust-based philanthropy movement. A seeming antipathy to metrics isn't one of them.
April 24, 2024
Don't Feed The Zombies
There's still too many charities stumbling around accomplishing little and measuring less. We call them zombies, and they survive because funders keep feeding them.
February 22, 2024
Strategy: Go Big or Go...Oh, Just Go Big
Four steps to a badass strategy for (serious) scale.
May 17, 2022
Do They Still Need Our Money?
That's always the wrong question. The right question is “can they create a lot of impact with our money?”
February 1, 2022
The Mackenzie Scott Grants
Not-entirely-random stuff for doers and funders obsessed with impact at scale.
September 22, 2021
We're Beating Systems Change to Death
Systems change is more a destination than a journey.
June 8, 2021
Give A Man A Fish
Not-entirely-random stuff stuff for doers and funders obsessed with impact at scale.
March 2, 2021
Nowhere to Grow
We’ve long taught social entrepreneurs that other Big NGOs were a possible doer at scale for their solutions. But we'd never seen it happen.
December 22, 2020
Teaching in the Time of COVID
Not-entirely-random stuff for funders and doers obsessed with impact at scale. Every 3 months. More or less.
August 3, 2020
COVID: May 2020
Some COVID related stuff for doers and funders obsessed with impact at scale.
May 13, 2020
Investor updates: Dos and Don'ts
An excellent list of dos and don'ts written by “someone who has likely processed more startup updates than any other investment principal on the planet.”
December 1, 2019
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