Featured Work

A sample of our work with leading nonprofits, funders, and public agencies throughout the country.

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Evolving for Equity: Integrating Developmental and Equity-Focused Evaluation

The Power of Us: Leaning into the Messiness of Authentic Engagement

Fostering Participatory Learning Approaches in Philanthropy: A Guide for the Curious

Shifting mindsets and narratives about the value & Deservingness of caregivers

Voices of change: Evaluation of FVCA’s Project Leadership

PROMISING MINDS EVALUATION: STRENGTHENING SYSTEMS FOR INFANT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH

Striving for Equitable Completion: Strengthening Dual Enrollment in California

Learning from California Guided Pathways Project 2.0

Mapping Social Change Networks: A Guide to Why, What, How, and Who

Racial Equity in action at California Community Colleges

 
 
 

More Featured Work

2023

art for justice in action

Lessons and Findings from SNI’s Community of Practice of California Health Systems

Advancing community-centered health experiences

reflections on the redi kc community of practice

 
 

2022

Tk Foundation Youth Development Learning Community

Informing Communities about COVID-19 Vaccination: Lessons from a Broad Vaccine Messaging Campaign in Missouri

DISH and La cocina: An Equitable, Inclusive, and Innovative Food Partnership

 

Field guide: harnessing evaluation and learning for equity and impact

Shifting Philanthropic Practice in Times of Crisis: Funder Insights from COVID-19 Rapid Response Grantmaking

Ford Foundation’s strategy to end mass incarceration

 

Lessons from STarting smart and strong: Bringing early learning systems change to scale

Paving the Way for Inclusive Economic Recovery by Prioritizing Racial Equity

Emerging Lessons from Clinical-Community Partnerships in North Carolina

 

PropelNext Northern California 2021 Cohort

Embedding Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion into Practice

A Field Guide to Evaluation and Learning At Foundations

 

Career ladders: learning priorities for advancing equitable dual enrollment in california

Encore Physicians Program

Voices from the field: Building resilience capacities in early learning

 

2021

San Joaquin valley health fund

When it counts: An evaluation of the 2020 We Count la campaign

Equity and evaluation for packard’s starting smart and strong

Equity and evaluation for packard’s starting smart and strong

 
How Funders Seek and Use Knowledge to influence philanthropic practice

How Funders Seek and Use Knowledge to influence philanthropic practice

Strategy Resilience: Getting Wise About Philanthropic Strategy in a Post-Pandemic World

Strategy Resilience: Getting Wise About Philanthropic Strategy in a Post-Pandemic World

A mission to improve health: The Story of Missouri’s Expanding Coverage Initiative

A mission to improve health: The Story of Missouri’s Expanding Coverage Initiative

 
Broader Participation, Broader Benefits: Increasing the Value of Foundation Evaluation

Broader Participation, Broader Benefits: Increasing the Value of Foundation Evaluation

james irvine foundation Priority communities

james irvine foundation Priority communities

Leaning into Learning in Times of Crisis: A Case Study in Unity Care's PropelNext Journey

Leaning into Learning in Times of Crisis: A Case Study in Unity Care's PropelNext Journey

 
Making it count: The Early Childhood Census 2020 Fund

Making it count: The Early Childhood Census 2020 Fund

investing in the affordable care act: Lessons from Two of The California Endowment’s ACA Investments

investing in the affordable care act: Lessons from Two of The California Endowment’s ACA Investments

 
 

2020

The ripple effects of truth, racial healing, and transformation

The ripple effects of truth, racial healing, and transformation

Getty Marrow Undergraduate program impact report

Getty Marrow Undergraduate program impact report

Scaling Programs for Family, friend, and neighbor caregivers

Scaling Programs for Family, friend, and neighbor caregivers

 
Protecting Immigrant Rights and Fostering a Culture of Inclusion

Protecting Immigrant Rights and Fostering a Culture of Inclusion

LIstening for change: Evaluators of color speak out about experiences with foundations and evaluation firms

LIstening for change: Evaluators of color speak out about experiences with foundations and evaluation firms

Cultivating Organizational change

Cultivating Organizational change

 
January Newsletter

January Newsletter

We Count LA: REadiness to learn evaluation

We Count LA: REadiness to learn evaluation

 
 

2019

RESOURCES FROM OUR 2019 PRESENTATIONS AT THE AMERICAN EVALUATION ASSOCIATION

RESOURCES FROM OUR 2019 PRESENTATIONS AT THE AMERICAN EVALUATION ASSOCIATION

The Foundation Review: More than Listening - Harnessing the Power of Feedback to Drive Collaborative Learning

The Foundation Review: More than Listening - Harnessing the Power of Feedback to Drive Collaborative Learning

The foundation Review: Learning Together - Cohort-Based Capacity Building and the Ripple Effects of Collaboration

The foundation Review: Learning Together - Cohort-Based Capacity Building and the Ripple Effects of Collaboration

 
Jewish Community Foundation of LA: Helping los angeles jewish nonprofits thrive

Jewish Community Foundation of LA: Helping los angeles jewish nonprofits thrive

Oakland Unified School District: Key findings from the retrospective study

Oakland Unified School District: Key findings from the retrospective study

User Guide: Weaving successful partnerships

User Guide: Weaving successful partnerships

 
Propelnext: California 2018 cohort study

Propelnext: California 2018 cohort study

Foundation review: EarLy Childhood development systems change

Foundation review: EarLy Childhood development systems change

Foundation review: Evaluators as conduits for Foundation Learning

Foundation review: Evaluators as conduits for Foundation Learning

 

2018

CALIFORNIA CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL NETWORK: Kaleidoscope

CALIFORNIA CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL NETWORK: Kaleidoscope

The California Endowment: GROWING A DIVERSE HEALTH WORKFORCE

The California Endowment: GROWING A DIVERSE HEALTH WORKFORCE

Ending pandemics: South Asia One Health Disease Surveillance NetworK

Ending pandemics: South Asia One Health Disease Surveillance NetworK

 
The James Irvine foundation: Fair Work

The James Irvine foundation: Fair Work

Jobs for the Future: California Impact Strategy

Jobs for the Future: California Impact Strategy

LA PARTNERSHIP FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD INVESTMENT

LA PARTNERSHIP FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD INVESTMENT

 
PACKARD FOUNDATION: STARTING SMART AND STRONG

PACKARD FOUNDATION: STARTING SMART AND STRONG

Packard FOundation: Innovations in FAmily, Friend, and Neighbor care

Packard FOundation: Innovations in FAmily, Friend, and Neighbor care

PropelNEXT: Alumni study

PropelNEXT: Alumni study

 
PubLIC policy institute of California: logic model development

PubLIC policy institute of California: logic model development

Southern California grantmakers: Truth, racial healing & transformation

Southern California grantmakers: Truth, racial healing & transformation

User Guide: an exploratory dialogue among funders and evaluators

User Guide: an exploratory dialogue among funders and evaluators

 
User Guide: Knowledge sharing guide to strengthen grantmaking

User Guide: Knowledge sharing guide to strengthen grantmaking

User guide: Network Mapping

User guide: Network Mapping