Determine the outcomes that you expect to see if your program has the desired impact. Develop an evaluation plan that aligns with your objectives and answers questions about the success of your ...

Taking the time to assess the effectiveness of programs can help nonprofits better ensure the impact of their efforts.

Impact evaluation (IE) is one important part of this momentum. Impact evaluations increase understanding of what works, and what doesn’t, to improve outcomes that are critical to increasing gender ...

Across the United States, government officials, social entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, philanthropists, and impact investors talk about the need to pursue not just program outputs but “positive ...

We found, however, that good intentions alone may not deliver consistent social impact. Without robust risk assessments and ongoing evaluations of whether investments have the intended outcomes ...

The Spanish Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund, known as the Spanish SIEF, was a €10.4 million program ($13.75 million) funded by Spain with a $1.5 million grant from Britain. The goal of the five-year ...

In a new article, the former director of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) within the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice programs, proposes a framework to situate both the role of ...