Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices
Our most comprehensive data collection effort to date on evaluation practices at foundations, developed with the Center for Effective Philanthropy.
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September, 2016
Measuring Political Will: Lessons from Modifying the Policymaker Ratings Method
Shares three scenarios where the method was modified to show lessons about the tool, the process, and the kinds of products that can be created.
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Sarah Stachowiak, Sara Afflerback, Melissa Howlett
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April, 2016
Strategy Design Amid Complexity: Tools for Designing and Implementing Adaptive Funding Strategies
This Foundation Review article offers tools to help foundations design adaptive strategies, and ideas for balancing accountability with adaptability.
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Erica Snow, Jewlya Lynn, Tanya Beer
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July, 2015
Network Evaluation in Practice: Approaches and Applications
This Foundation Review article offers a three pillar framework for evaluating networks focused on network connectivity, health, and results.
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Madeleine Taylor, Anne Whatley, Julia Coffman
Published Date:
July, 2015
Atlas Learning Project Announcement
A new three-year effort supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies to synthesize and strategically communicate lessons from the advocacy and policy change efforts that Atlantic and other funders have supported in the U.S.
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April, 2015
Four Tools for Assessing Grantee Contribution to Advocacy Efforts
Four tools that funders can use to get a better handle on a grantee’s contribution to an advocacy effort.
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Tanya Beer and Julia Coffman
Published Date:
March, 2015
The Advocacy Strategy Framework
A simple one-page tool for thinking about the theories of change that underlie public policy advocacy strategies.
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Julia Coffman and Tanya Beer
Published Date:
March, 2015
A Practical Guide to Evaluating Systems Change in a Human Services System Context
Nancy Latham of Learning for Action explains the concepts, frameworks, and tools that can be used to evaluate change in a human services delivery system.
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Nancy Latham
Published Date:
January, 2015
