Clients

For over 25 years, we've helped the social sector use data and strategic learning to support equitable, thriving communities.

Our Clients

Some of our recent clients include:

Nonprofit Organizations:

Abraham’s Vision

Advancement Project

Alameda Health Consortium

The Aspen Institute

Bay Area Jewish Healing Center

Bay Area Legal Aid

BBYO

Bend the Arc

Beyond Emancipation

Black Teacher Project

Builders of Jewish Education

California Competes

California School-Based Health Alliance

California Tomorrow

The Campaign for College Opportunity

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

ChangeLab Solutions

Children Now

Coastal Roots Farm

Common Sense California

CompassPoint Nonprofit Services

Conservation Corps North Bay

Cultural & Education Media (CEM) Productions

Destiny Arts Center

East Bay Community Law Center

The EdVoice Institute for Research and Education

Enterprise for Youth

Eyesfull Inc.

Footsteps

Foundation for Jewish Camp

Frameline

Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School

Girls Leadership

Green For All

Hazon

Heluna Health

Hillel International

Immigrant Legal Resource Center

Independent Television Service (ITVS)

Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources

Interfaith Philadelphia

Interfaith Youth Core

Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center (Adamah)

J-Serve Jewish Student Connection

Jewish Student Union

Jobs for the Future

Justice Outside

Kindling Group

KQED

Latino Issues Forum

Lawrence Hall of Science (UC Berkeley)

Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce

Low Income Investment Fund

Mills-Peninsula Health Services (Sutter Health)

Mind’s Eye Productions

Moishe House

Moving Traditions

MyPath

Nazarene Compassionate Ministries

Nebraska Loves Public Schools

New America Media

Oakland Leaf

Pacific Community Ventures

The Pipeline Project

Public/Private Ventures

REDF

Repair the World

Scientific Adventures for Girls

SFFILM

Shalom Hartman Institute

Shasta College

Shasta Community Health Center

Stanford University Institute for Research on Education Policy and Practice

Sweetwater Spectrum

Tides Center

UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access

Union for Reform Judaism

UNITE-LA

UpStart

Upstream USA

Urban Adamah

Voice of the People

Year Up

Youth Leadership Institute

Youth Speaks

Zip Code Assistance Ministries

Philanthropic Organizations & Giving Programs

AVI CHAI Foundation

Barry Foundation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Blue Shield of California Foundation

California Community Foundation

California Health Care Foundation

California Wellness Foundation

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Community Benefit Program

Center for Care Innovations

Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation

Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

College Futures Foundation

Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston

Community Foundation Sonoma County

David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

Gap Inc.

Genesis Prize Foundation

Getty Foundation

Giant Steps Foundation

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Harold Grinspoon Foundation

Health Forward Foundation

Hellman Foundation

Henry M. Jackson Foundation

James Irvine Foundation

Jewish Community Federation of the Greater East Bay

Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund, San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta

Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles

Jewish Federation of San Diego County

Jewish Federation of Tulsa

Jim Joseph Foundation

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit Program

Koret Foundation

Kresge Foundation

Leichtag Foundation

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Marin Community Foundation

Nathan Cummings Foundation

Rose Community Foundation (Denver)

San Francisco Foundation

Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development

S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation

Sherwood Foundation

Sierra Health Foundation

Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland

Sobrato Family Foundation

Stanley Center for Peace and Security

Stanislaus Community Foundation

The Unity Council

W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Walter & Elise Haas Fund

Walton Family Foundation

Whitman Institute

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Women’s Foundation of California

Affinity Groups & Collaboratives

Bay Area Workforce Funding Collaborative

California Business for Education Excellence

Community Clinics Initiative

Funders Fostering Technology for Quality

Gender Funders CoLab

Genesis Philanthropy Group

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

Grantmaker Forum on Community and National Service

Great Communities Collaborative

Jewish Community Farming Field-Building Initiative

Jewish Teen Education & Engagement Funder Collaborative

Nadiv Program

PACE – Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement

ReflectUS

Slingshot

The Philanthropy Workshop West

Public Agencies

Alameda County Public Health Department

California State University Student Success Network and EdInsights Center at CSU-Sacramento

County of Marin Department of Health & Human Services

County of Santa Clara Behavioral Health Services

Testimonials

“Working with Informing Change was so helpful because they could predict the questions our board was going to ask, and made sure we included those questions as part of our evaluation plan and analysis... Because of that, our report is a really powerful communication tool for our board.”

Catherine MacDonald Burns

National Training Director for PowerLab, Girls Leadership

“We don’t normally work with external consultants, so to have had a really good experience that was universally shared by leadership made a difference in the success of the project; staff and leadership were more open and willing to hear what was emerging from the work.”

Tina Eshaghpour

Director of Organizational Learning & Evaluation, The California Wellness Foundation

“We have pretty high bars in terms of what we think evaluations and evaluation partners should deliver to our program colleagues – in a way evaluation consultants are an extension of our team. When we look for evaluation partners, we look for folks share our values, are able to navigate complexity, shift as priorities shift, and are not only beholden to a rigid workplan. We’re so appreciative to work with folks like Informing Change who do all of those things with humility and expertise.”

Anna Cruz

Strategic Learning and Evaluation Officer, The Kresge Foundation

“I felt comfortable picking up the phone and talking about the data. The personalities of the people we engaged with created that natural connection and touchpoint.... We were always welcomed with enthusiasm and genuine care. It felt like we were family.”

Jen Kraus Rosen

Chief Operating Officer, Moishe House

“It was very clarifying working so closely with your team, with people who aren’t as close to ChangeLab’s work... We don’t always take the time to explain the steps from point A to point B. Working with you all really forced us to do that—to make everything really specific. I think that was really valuable because we have a better shared understanding now for something as fundamental as what we do and why we do it.”

Hannah Sheehy

Former Senior Policy Analyst, ChangeLab Solutions

“A lot of the work we did with Informing Change was consensus building among the field. In large part because of Informing Change’s support, we were able to get a bunch of organizations on the same page.”

Jonathan Dubinsky

Project Manager, Jewish Community Farming Field Build Initiative

“Informing Change has been one of the easiest partners for us. Every time we needed to communicate or do something it was always done. The staff was very responsive and very customer-focused. They really care about us and always asked if we are doing okay and how they can better support us.”

Staff member

Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Services

“Everyone was very professional, warm, and smart. They all asked great questions. We got an ‘A team’ of people who knew what they were doing and managed the work really well.”

Aliza Mazor

UpStart

“I appreciated Informing Change’s expertise, especially in the team’s careful survey design, which brought layers of professionalism and validation. The intentional work Informing Change did upfront in crafting survey questions meant the data that came back was really valuable and interesting.”

Laura Rodriguez

Director of Programs, Justice Outside

"Informing Change not only crafted a superb program evaluation plan, but became an important strategy partner along the way. Their input and guidance has been invaluable."

Jeff Sunshine

Program Officer, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

"Informing Change consistently provides the professional team and Board of Directors with clear, thorough, and intelligently articulated evaluation information on key foundation initiatives."

Chip Edelsberg, PhD

Former Executive Director, Jim Joseph Foundation

"Having worked with Informing Change in a number of contexts, I’m impressed with the thoughtfulness, rigor, and relevance of their work. It stimulates ongoing learning not only with their direct clients but also in the field more broadly."

Ellen Friedman

Former Executive Vice President, Tides

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