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Be Adaptive: Using Information to Adapt Programming (Stage 3)

Category: Perspective

Equity as Tokenism

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How does an evaluator navigate a situation where they are asked to favor certain staff over others because of their identity?

Challenging the Norms

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An insightful discussion between four members of our senior leadership on advancing conversations related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Equity as a Leading Principle

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This is Part One of our five-part series titled, “Equity and Evaluation: Models of How Equity Can and Does Impact Evaluation.” The subsequent four parts will be released over the next two months (updated February 11, 2019).   The philanthropic and nonprofit fields, and organizations and individuals serving those fields, have shown an increasing focus … Continued

The Power of (Not) Listening

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“Black women are 243 percent more likely to die from pregnancy- or childbirth-related causes.”—Nothing Protects Black Women from Dying in Pregnancy and Childbirth: Not education. Not income. Not even being an expert on racial disparities in health care. (ProPublica and NPR News, December 2017) “Black infants in America are now more than twice as likely … Continued

How Companies Meet Stakeholder Expectations

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Companies today are more engaged with and active in society and their communities than ever before, but they have not gained the recognition or trusted relationships they seek from consumers and the general public. Why? They lack a strong impact story.

Three Essential Elements for Evaluating Systems Initiatives

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You may be hearing terms like systems change, collective impact, and multi-sectoral initiatives a lot these days to describe situations where multiple actors are working together to tackle complex social problems. If you’re working or considering working within one of these types of initiatives, it’s critical to first recognize the complexity of the system (or set of interconnected parts) you’re working with and to think about what success would look like within that system. Although systems are complex, systems thinking – and the corresponding evaluation design – can be broken down into three essential elements…

The First Year of a New Presidency Moves Philanthropy to Action

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The speculation for most of us began on Wednesday morning, November 9, 2016.

Regardless of political affiliation, the election win by a presidential candidate who promised dramatic changes in governing style and policies from the prior administration meant that grantmakers might have to rethink their current strategies and, quite possibly, fundamental priorities. As the new administration’s policy agenda rolled out over its first year in office, the interest areas of more and more funders were touched by the shifting political landscape.