Resources

publication May 2023

Toward Power-Shifting Solidarity with Black-Led Change

This research considers the question: What will it take for institutional philanthropy in MN and beyond to move at the speed of courage and invest wholly in Black lives?

Toward Power-Shifting Solidarity with Black-Led Change

publication Feb 2023

Advocacy that Builds Parents’ Power

Advocacy that Builds Parents’ Power
A black and white photo of stairs with a brick background. Includes CEI's benchmarking logo and abstract lines in CEI's colors (indigo, light indigo, and purple).

insight Apr 2023

What should we benchmark about learning and evaluation work in philanthropy?

What should we benchmark about learning and evaluation work in philanthropy?

  • publication Apr 2003

    Changing Stakeholder Needs and Changing Evaluator Roles: The Central Valley Partnership of the James Irvine Foundation

    Research frequently has shown that internally useful evaluation is difficult to achieve unless a program is "evaluable." A culture that is open to and supports evaluation and accountability is a prerequisite for achieving evaluability. This teaching case explores the process for creating such a culture.

    By Martha Campbell, Michael Quinn Patton, Patricia Patrizi

    Changing Stakeholder Needs and Changing Evaluator Roles: The Central Valley Partnership of the James Irvine Foundation

  • publication Jul 2002

    Home Visitation: A Case Study of Evaluation at The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

    The David and Lucile Packard Foundation funded an evaluation-focused strategy for over a decade in a particular child development service area--home visitation This teaching case explores the origins of the Foundation's focus in this area, the development of the evaluation approach, interpretations of the research, scaling of the approach, changes at the Foundation itself, case examples, methodological descriptions, and other aspects of the strategy and experience.

    By Kay Sherwood

    Home Visitation: A Case Study of Evaluation at The David and Lucile Packard Foundation