A Funder's Guide to Evaluation: Leveraging Evaluation to Improve Nonprofit Effectiveness

Traditionally, funders expect evaluation to show that resources are being used wisely. But evaluation can be a much more powerful tool—for both funders and nonprofits. Forward-looking grantmakers and grantees are leveraging their evaluations, ensuring that the time and money spent ultimately improves effectiveness for everyone. This book shows how they're doing it, including • How the "evaluative learning" approach furthers ongoing improvement via collaborative, stakeholder influenced evalu...