Todd Cohen of the Philanthropy Journal has got his finger on the pulse. His recent article on "outcomes planning" approach taken by the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta is spot-on-the-mark.

The outcomes movement is happening all over the country, foundations have been slower to catch on, many of which do not have a "higher authority" to report to. But new leadership, improved board governance and peer pressure has led more and more funders to embrace the practice of grants outcome measurement.