sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. Our intention is to understand whether grants have had the impact we envisioned. Who manages the monitoring and evaluation? Who decides what is measured?

Participatory 93

Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 93

sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

Audit firms have now, however, transitioned to long-term partners, particularly for nonprofits contemplating transformative system or operational changes. The Audit Relationship: Then and Now Change management has not historically been an area where nonprofits consulted their auditor.

Relationship 105

Relationship Practice Build Evaluation 105

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle. Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. These are often perceived as disconnected from and less important than grant strategy. Fast forward to today….

Knowledge 76

Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 76

DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Additionally, this makes it a breeze to provide past impact reports and future projections for grant proposals. Say you rely on one platform for your organization’s accounting work, another for grant management, and another for online fundraising. This is also the point at which you should hire a nonprofit technology consultant.

Data 52

Data Guide Proposal Nonprofit 52

sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways. Organizations play funders’ perfection game by writing grant proposals and making promises to funders as if they can predict the future.

Problem 84

Problem Skills Proposal Grant 84

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Evaluation and Learning sessions help grantmakers and their partners better use evaluation to foster learning and make real-time improvements in their work. Cindy Rizzo, Senior Director, Grantmaking and Evaluation, Arcus Foundation. David Colby, Vice President, Research and Evaluation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Blogger 91

Blogger Conference Effective Seattle 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

Evaluation and Learning sessions help grantmakers and their partners better use evaluation to foster learning and make real-time improvements in their work. Cindy Rizzo, Senior Director, Grantmaking and Evaluation, Arcus Foundation. David Colby, Vice President, Research and Evaluation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Results 96

Results Seattle Michigan Evaluation 96