Together 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 »

Pronounced “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 »

Rooted 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 »

A 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 »

Managed by the San Francisco Foundation and Local Initiatives Support Corporation and supported by a broad coalition of foundations, corporations, financial institutions, community-based organizations, government agencies, and housing advocates, The Partnership for the Bay’s Future (PBF) is an innovative and collaborative initiative focused on equitably producing and preserving affordable housing... Read more »

In 2024, Informing Change prepared a report, The Regional Housing Technical Assistance (RHTA) Program: An Award-Winning Program Supporting Housing in the Bay Area, summarizing the findings of its evaluation of the RHTA program. We were commissioned by Community Planning Collaborative (CPC) to evaluate the program established by the Association of... Read more »