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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. On its face, evaluation seems like a neutral activity, designed to help us understand what’s happened, and to change course where needed. Who decides what is measured?

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Going Beyond the Dollar: The Community Leadership Role of Foundations

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Foundations play a crucial role in supporting nonprofit organizations and driving positive change within communities. By embracing a community leadership role, foundations can amplify their impact and empower grantees to achieve long-term, sustainable success.

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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

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I am still evaluating the lessons learned. Civic and government partners played pivotal roles in their ability to provide that support. Kristine’s Story The goal of the Kitchen Cabinet was to talk about the great things restaurants do in Milwaukee. More likely to be successful in advocacy and public policy.

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Be the Voice of Relevance—Make Mission, Vision, and Values Fit the Moment

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Although 73% of participants agreed that accelerating trends would require fundamental changes in the roles of associations. A post-pandemic business environment, characterized by change and disruption, provides good reasons to open the windows and let fresh air revitalize, even fundamental concepts. The response surprised me.

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Strengthening program evaluation in your nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

This call spurred the increasing demand for program evaluation. In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

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The 2024 Best NPOs To Work For: Data Shows Satisfaction Slipping In Some Areas

The NonProfit Times

Across the board within the 2021 study, which evaluated employee attitudes during 2020, the data revealed high-water marks in employee satisfaction. And yet within this environment nonprofit employee satisfaction soared. There is a curiosity when looking at historical data — a period covering the calendar years 2019-2023.

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Best Practices for Securing Data in Humanitarian Crisis Situations

Saleforce Nonprofit

The unfolding crisis in Afghanistan is a stark reminder that many Salesforce.org nonprofit customers often work in fragile environments. We believe that technology systems intended to be used in fragile environments must be “protective by design,” and seek from the outset to minimize the risk of harm.

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