The Chronicle of Philanthropy - Steve Butz, A former charity employee turned software entrepreneur, has started a foundation to recognize talented social-service workers and goad nonprofit groups into more effectively measuring their employees’ performance.

Baltimore Sun - David Butz, CTO at Social Solutions and a volunteer at Meals on Wheels, is quoted in this article on how higher gas and food costs are placing a burden on charitable organizations.

SandHill.com - Social Solutions challenges and equips human service providers and their funders to turn good intent into measurable change by relating efforts to outcomes. The company’s ETO (Efforts to Outcomes) performance management software replaces one-size-fits-all data tracking solutions with a reporting system tailored to the unique mission of each nonprofit organization.

Venture Deal - Software company Social Solutions said that it has raised its series A funding in the amount of $2.75 million.

Digital Harbor Online - Social Solutions, a developer of performance management technology to the non-profit sector, announced last week that it has received $2.75 million in funding from
IDEA Fund Partners.

Tech Journal South - Social Solutions, a Baltimore-based seller of performance management technology to the non-profit sector, has received additional funding from IDEA Fund Partners.

Dow Jones Venture Wire - To move into more regional markets, Social Solutions Inc., a developer of software for performance management at non-profits, has closed the last tranche of a $2.75 million Series A round.

Potomac TechWire - Social Solutions, a Baltimore-based provider of performance management
technology to the nonprofit sector, said on Thursday that it has raised $2.75 million in its
first round of funding from WWC Capital Group and IDEA Fund Partners.

Founder Steve Butz shares why good intentions often end up paving roads to hopelessness among nonprofits. A big part of the answer lies in the reality that many human service organizations have not adequately tied their laudable efforts to measurable, desired outcomes. Published by Social Work Today and Just Cause.

An editorial (see page 8) in the Job Training and Placement Report.   The editorial offers  advice for improving organizational performance and impact.

Social Solutions, a software firm whose products are designed to help nonprofit groups track
their effectiveness, is adding an office in New York and services to help agencies manage large databases of information about their projects.

Steve Butz, Founder of Social Solutions, is named Innovator of the Year by the Maryland Daily Record.

Social Solutions, a technology startup that offers software specially designed for nonprofit organizations, was recognized as one of the nation's most outstanding incubator tenants Wednesday.

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