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©Copyright 2012 B Lab. All rights reservedAbout Blueprint Research and Design
Blueprint Research & Design, Inc. helps grantmaking foundations, individual and family donors, and philanthropic networks to achieve their missions. Blueprint Research consults with these philanthropic agencies and provide them with a strategic plan, design and development of programs, evaluation of the organization and its leadership and visible impact, and an analysis of the philanthropic industry as a whole for benchmarking.
We are a commercial consulting firm dedicated to improving the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. Our work is premised on the understanding that all entities - market-based, nonprofit and public sector – can work to improve society. The B Corporation model - the Survey and hopefully the community of B Corporations - is proof that we don’t need to be bound by the rules that exist – we can change the rules to change the world.
BLueprint Research sees foundations and other philanthropic vehicles as businesses that deserve the same consulting services as a major corporation. These philanthropic “companies” need advice on how to maximize their performance and efficiency, too: the only difference is that foundations and similar organizations measure their performance in terms of social impact and returns on investment.
The Change We Seek™
Blueprint believes that philanthropy is a critical part of our global society and that research and systems thinking help individual organizations best achieve their goals.
• Blueprint has developed a wiki for philanthropic foundations interested in using Web 2.0 technology tools such as blogs, tags, and social networks to improve their grantmaking practices. For each tool, the site provides a brief description of how grantmakers could put it to use, links to actual tools, links to more in-depth information, and simple information about the time and money needed to implement it.
• Blueprint designed and tested an outcomes measurement framework and evaluation tool kit for Social Venture Partners International, an association of community philanthropy circles. The tool kit, which was developed with three pilot sites, serves as a simple, standardized method for 21 affiliates to document impact in their local communities. This kit has successfully been used to capture the collective impact of SVPI in the communities it serves.
Founding B Corporation
Blueprint Research & Design
- Industry: Nonprofit Consulting & Fundraising
- Product/Services: Philanthropy consulting
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Ownership: Private
- http://www.blueprintrd.com
Summary:
Certified: August 2007| Points Earned | % Points Available | |
|---|---|---|
| Accountability » | 10.9 | 73% |
| Employees » | 34.5 | 58% |
| Consumers » | 47.5 | 100% |
| Community » | 22.4 | 50% |
| Environment » | 7.9 | 41% |
| Composite B Score | 123.2 |
- >80 out of 200 is eligible for certification
- >60% points available = Area of excellence
Highlights:
From B Impact AssessmentEnvironment: >51% of office supplies come from recycled materials, >5% of energy comes from renewable sources
Employees: All employees paid a living wage, 100% of employees reimbursed for continuing education , >6% of profits included in profit sharing plan, 80% of individual health insurance premiums covered
Community: >50% of employees are women, >75% of employees took time off for community service, >60% of expenditures directed toward local suppliers, >25% of suppliers located in low-income communities, >5% of profits given to charitable organizations