I strongly support this, especially with regard to the approach described by: “As another example, if you took an objective criterion like “top 10 biggest foundations 1975-2000″ and looked at all the biggest hits over those 25 years and divided it by all the money over those 25 years, would the cost-effectiveness justify all that spending?”
I think the more general, detailed approach first described is most likely to not have sufficiently meaningful data.
I strongly support this, especially with regard to the approach described by: “As another example, if you took an objective criterion like “top 10 biggest foundations 1975-2000″ and looked at all the biggest hits over those 25 years and divided it by all the money over those 25 years, would the cost-effectiveness justify all that spending?”
I think the more general, detailed approach first described is most likely to not have sufficiently meaningful data.