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If an evaluation was commissioned but never shared, did it really exist?
Fay Twersky President, Arthur M. Blank Foundation

Oct 10, 2016 | Research Research

There are a lot of interesting data in the recent Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices report, co-authored by the Center for Effective Philanthropy and the Center for Evaluation Innovation. There is useful, practical information on how foundations structure...

How can we help evaluation and learning deliver on its promise?
Tanya Beer Associate Director, Center for Evaluation Innovation (CEI); Co-Director, Evaluation Roundtable

Oct 6, 2016 | Research Assessing Performance, Research Research

When foundation evaluation trailblazer Patti Patrizi conducted the first benchmarking survey of the philanthropic sector’s evaluation practices in 2009, the field was already several years into its embrace of strategic grantmaking and its call for rigorous attention...

So you want to become a more intentional learning organization?
Chera Reid Co-Executive Director, Center for Evaluation Innovation

Oct 4, 2016 | Research Assessing Performance, Research Research

So you want to become a more intentional learning organization? For those who are building out a new learning and evaluation function at their foundation, Benchmarking Foundation Evaluation Practices, the new research report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy...

When to Follow the Herd?
Marc J. Holley Evaluation Unit Director, Walton Family Foundation

Sep 29, 2016 | Research Assessing Performance, Research Research

Just because everyone else is doing something does not make it right. We’ve heard this refrain from a young age. But sometimes it makes good sense to follow conventional wisdom or “best practice.” In shaping a foundation’s grantmaking or evaluation approaches, the...

Making Evaluation Integrated and Indispensable
Nancy Baughman Csuti Director of Research, Evaluation and Strategic Learning, The Colorado Trust

Sep 22, 2016 | Research Assessing Performance, Research Research

I find it surprising that we are still talking about the role of evaluation at foundations. A quick Google search on “evaluation in foundations” brings up more than 125 million hits — numerous benchmarking reports, articles in scholarly and gray literature, links to...

Breaking Down the Data on Evaluation
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

Sep 20, 2016 | Research Assessing Performance, Research Research

The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) and the Center for Evaluation Innovation (CEI) have been partnering for the past year to create a comprehensive benchmarking dataset on evaluation practices at large foundations — specifically, U.S. and Canadian foundations...

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If an evaluation was commissioned but never shared, did it really exist?Fay Twersky President, Arthur M. Blank Foundation

How can we help evaluation and learning deliver on its promise?Tanya Beer Associate Director, Center for Evaluation Innovation (CEI); Co-Director, Evaluation Roundtable

So you want to become a more intentional learning organization?Chera Reid Co-Executive Director, Center for Evaluation Innovation

When to Follow the Herd?Marc J. Holley Evaluation Unit Director, Walton Family Foundation

Making Evaluation Integrated and IndispensableNancy Baughman Csuti Director of Research, Evaluation and Strategic Learning, The Colorado Trust

Breaking Down the Data on EvaluationEllie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP

If an evaluation was commissioned but never shared, did it really exist?
Fay Twersky President, Arthur M. Blank Foundation

How can we help evaluation and learning deliver on its promise?
Tanya Beer Associate Director, Center for Evaluation Innovation (CEI); Co-Director, Evaluation Roundtable

So you want to become a more intentional learning organization?
Chera Reid Co-Executive Director, Center for Evaluation Innovation

When to Follow the Herd?
Marc J. Holley Evaluation Unit Director, Walton Family Foundation

Making Evaluation Integrated and Indispensable
Nancy Baughman Csuti Director of Research, Evaluation and Strategic Learning, The Colorado Trust

Breaking Down the Data on Evaluation
Ellie Buteau, Ph.D. Director of Research Projects and Special Advisor on Research Methodology and Analysis, CEP