Elev8Docs is a Color Congress learning initiative supporting research for over two dozen nonfiction films by directors of color. Color Congress is an ecosystem-builder that is committed to organizations led by people of color that serve nonfiction filmmakers, leaders, and audiences of color across the United States and US islands.... Read more »
Learn moreExplorations Into Relational Repair: Reflections, Intentions, and Experiences of Practitioners Engaged in Relational Repair is a report jointly authored by a partnership between the 79-year-old Compton Foundation, headquartered in San Francisco, California (and which spent down its remaining assets by 2025), and Informing Change. Compton Foundation commissioned this research to... Read more »
Learn moreTogether with Engage R+D and in partnership with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Informing Change has prepared this field brief, Reimagining Learning & Evaluation: A Field Brief for Crisis and Transformation. Over the past decade, philanthropy has made significant strides in advancing culturally responsive and equitable learning and evaluation (L&E) practices.... Read more »
Learn morePronounced “see me!” to acknowledge communities’ desire to be seen and considered, the Community Economic Mobilization Initiative (CEMI) partners with a growing list of grantees (funded partners) who aim to put communities first. Managed by The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, CEMI is a trailblazing nonprofit capacity-building effort that was... Read more »
Learn moreRooted in Community: Cultivating an Ecosystem of Care for Young Children and Families is a high-level learning brief co-authored by teams from Engage R+D and Informing Change. The brief summarizes the progress made and lessons learned from across the Best Start (a place-based initiative funded by First 5 LA) networks... Read more »
Learn moreA partnership between The Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley and Justice Outside, Working Towards Racial Equity (WTRE) is a workshop series model that supports outdoor environmental science and education (OESE) organizations in fostering more inclusive, equitable, and just work environments. The model builds on previous work to address... Read more »
Learn moreInforming Change’s evaluations often include structured experiences to help participants understand the process and what can be learned from it. In this article, Informing Change’s Director of Evaluation and Organizational Learning outlines key factors for successful learning communities and describes benefits of participation to funders. This article first appeared in LEARNING, the newsletter of Grantmakers for Effective Organization (GEO), in February 2007. Learn more
DownloadIn 2005, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation initiated the Coaching and Philanthropy Project to assess the use of coaching within the nonprofit sector. Coaching is a powerful strategy for cultivating strong leadership and building effective organizations, and the Foundation sought to expand the use of coaching among nonprofits. Informing Change’s research identified substantial rewards for nonprofits prepared to use coaching as a tool for growth. These included The philanthropic sector’s support of coaching for nonprofit grantees The demand for coaching among… Learn more
DownloadInforming Change conducted an examination of 21 volunteer programs nationwide to assess the true cost of organizing a high-quality volunteer program. The study helped the field better understand the implications of the President’s Call to Service for the nonprofit sector. Read the results of the review and find out what it really takes to provide quality volunteer experience. Learn more
DownloadIn 2016, Santa Clara County’s Behavioral Health Services Department (SCC BHSD) hired Informing Change to evaluate their School Linked Services initiative, currently implemented in 13 school districts. This initiative places at least one coordinator in each district to serve as the point of contact for students and families seeking referrals for wraparound services relating to behavioral and mental health, academic support, housing, food, immigration, and more. Ultimately, SCC BHSD wants to know how students receiving SLS are being impacted by… Learn more
DownloadOver the last four years, Informing Change has partnered with the Health Forward Foundation (HFF, formerly the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City) to build a framework for evaluating the Foundation’s three portfolios: Safety Net, Mental Health, and Healthy Communities. Our team worked closely with each portfolio to construct and refine their theories of change, as well as develop relevant indicators and build reporting forms that capture grantee data in clear and meaningful ways. To prepare grantees for this… Learn more
DownloadIn 2016, Santa Clara County’s Behavioral Health Services Department (SCC BHSD) hired Informing Change to evaluate their School Linked Services initiative, currently implemented in 13 school districts. This initiative places at least one coordinator in each district to serve as the point of contact for students and families seeking referrals for wraparound services relating to behavioral and mental health, academic support, housing, food, immigration, and more. Ultimately, SCC BHSD wants to know how students receiving SLS are being impacted by… Learn more
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