Reflections on why relationships and collaboration are at the heart of culturally responsive and equitable evaluation and learning, and how we can continue working together to strengthen our field.

A statement from the Informing Change team.

We are excited to announce we are now the co-owners of Informing Change!        

Our COO, Gail, reflects on a new era for Informing Change as we move from Berkeley to Oakland.

During our 25th anniversary month, we asked current and former staff to leave a comment to a post on LinkedIn. These were the results!

As Informing Change marks its silver anniversary, we, the Leadership Team, reflect on what our work has taught us since 1998, how that has influenced how we operate as a company, and how that will inform the next quarter-century.          

In marking 25 years of Informing Change, we took the opportunity to revisit our company’s guiding values. These were established when our company was founded and last updated in a pre-COVID world, and serve as a living indicator of where we are and guide us toward where we want to go. To reflect our company and the world in which…

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As we settle into our new space, with new faces and exciting new projects, we’re trying our hand at a new way of doing things.

Director Michael P. Arnold's Expanding the Bench® (ETB) CREE Learning Series videos "showcase learnings and offer new ideas and fresh perspectives on approaching CREE-focused work."

“Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true: That even as we grieved, we grew. That even as we hurt, we hoped. That even as we tired, we tried. That we’ll forever be tied together, victorious.”

In the midst of all this transition, we’ve been thinking a lot about what “home” means to us. Is it the stuff and the papers we’ve held onto all these years? Is it the restaurants we love nearby, that we associate with happy hour or a quick bite in between analysis meetings? Is it the pictures that hang on the…

It’s been a tough few weeks. A tough couple of months. And for many, especially our Black colleagues and friends, it’s always been tough. State-sanctioned police terror and murder never relents—not for George Floyd, not for Breonna Taylor, not for countless others. It’s devastating that it took so much pain for the sweeping calls to action we’re now seeing. And…

Now available in the Foundation Review! We’re pleased to announce the publication of “Collaborating Within to Support Systems Change: The Need For — and Limits of — Cross-Team Grantmaking,” co-authored by Director Anjie Rosga, Senior Associate Theresa Esparrago Lieu, and Communications Manager Natalie Blackmur with our colleagues Anna Cruz and Chris Kabel at the Kresge Foundation. This article arose out…

I felt an immediate sense of identification when I read this recent tweet by Jara Dean Coffey: “I am a privileged non essential knowledge worker” Sitting with this as being part of my truth. — Jara Dean-Coffey (@jdeancoffey) April 17, 2020 These days, it’s hard to look beyond what’s right in front of us. Rapid assessment and scenario planning can help. I’ve found…