Center for Evaluation Innovation
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We partner with philanthropy to provide changemakers the space and resources needed to advance racial justice and create an equitable future.
Washington, DC
Joined March 2011
📣 Announcing our 2023 Benchmarking report!.We surveyed 100+ foundations to learn more about learning & evaluation practices across philanthropy. Our work signals that philanthropy is focusing more on equity and power in learning and evaluation.
evaluationinnovation.org
The most comprehensive review of evaluation and learning practices at foundations, this report offers benchmarking data on foundation learning and evaluation practices collected in 2023.
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Our signature Benchmarking Foundation Learning & Evaluation Practices research has been tracking trends in how foundations structure, staff, resource, and prioritize their learning & evaluation work since 2009. Have you read our latest report? Click here:
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At CEI, we move in alignment with our values. They guide our partnerships, engagements, workflows, and processes. Learn more about our values and how we work here:
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The Center for Evaluation Innovation is thrilled to announce our incoming Executive Director: @HanhCaoYu! We are so excited to welcome Hanh as our next leader, effective October 1, 2024, and look forward to her leadership of CEI’s next chapter. Learn more:
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As co-creators of the philanthropic learning & evaluation field, our purpose is three-fold:. 👉 Advancing racial and other forms of equity & justice.👉 Creating channels for participation & influence.👉 Supporting complex systems change. Learn more:
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Our mission is to partner with philanthropy to provide changemakers the space and resources needed to advance racial justice and create an equitable future. We partner with philanthropy on strategy,...
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Did you know? The #1 responsibility that learning & evaluation staff dedicate their time to is on learning processes and events w/in the foundation. This was the largest increase in responsibilities since our last benchmarking survey. Explore more here:
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August is #BlackPhilanthropyMonth and we're paying special attention to this reading list from @npquarterly as we consider how to move our mission of racial equity and justice forward. How is your organization honoring & sustaining Black philanthropy?.
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In honor of Black Philanthropy Month, the NPQ team is sharing a collection of stories we’ve published discussing the significance of the history, the present day impact, and the needs to ensure...
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At CEI, we've always worked on complexity and systems change as a topical area. Now, we've added it as a strategy. Learn more about how we engage with and leverage systems change for racial equity and justice here:
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"When we work in isolation, our ability to affect real, long-term change is limited." -Taryn Palumbo of @OCGrantmakers . 👏👏👏. Read on:
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How do your learning actions align with your systems change mental model? @JewlyaLynn and Julia Coffman explore two models for understanding, learning about, and grappling with systems change. Learn more here:.
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📖 New resource alert! Want to understand the true impact of your work? Are you interested in participant voices & equity in evaluation? . The Causal Pathways Resource Hub provides practical guidance and tools to help you get started.
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We are pleased to launch the Causal Pathways Resource Hub: A set of new and revised pages on BetterEvaluation, developed in partnership with the Causal Pathways Initiative.
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The latest anniversary issue of The Foundation Review revisits its most popular articles over the past 15 years. We're honored to have "Lost Causal: Debunking Myths About Causal Analysis in Philanthropy" included with an added prologue.
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Editor’s Note: This article, first published in print and online in 2022, has been republished by The Foundation Review with minor updates. What if philanthropic evaluations told us that changes in...
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Written in collaboration with @JewlyaLynn at PolicySolve and Julia Coffman, this new piece explores and tests two systems change mental models for systems change. What other mental models might we make more visible?. Explore these ideas here:
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Interested in learning more about what CEI does? . Learn more about our innovative evaluation practices, how we support learning & strategy, and what we're doing to build the field here:
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📅 Mark your calendars! Join us in conversation with this amazing group of people about adopting intentional evaluator selection processes to create equity in contracting with small, local evaluation firms. Learn more & register here:
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What systems change mental model does your work align with?. Co-authored by @JewlyaLynn at PolicySolve & Julia Coffman, this piece interrogates two mental models and offers examples from @CalEndow, @HumanityUnited, & @ImaginableFut. Read it here:
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A beautiful and brilliant conversation between Brenda Solórzano and the @FreedomDreamNow team. A must-listen for everyone working in and with philanthropy.
becomingthevision.onpodium.com
In this episode, we explore what it means to lead with authenticity and why it's important. By tapping into the deepest parts of ourselves, defini...
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Congratulations to Dr. Chera Reid and Julia Coffman on the publication of their chapter, "Emerging trust-based evaluation approaches in philanthropy" in the newest volume of the Research Handbook on Program Evaluation. Access the volume here:
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📣 It's not too late to register! Join us for an engaging conversation between @Surdna_Fndn and @1863ventures on how they've partnered to equitably move capital and learn as they go. Register here:
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Second, we've taken listening very seriously. Last fall, we facilitated 3 listening sessions to hear from our peers about what they want to know from our benchmarking research and how it might inform their work toward racial equity. What we heard: �2/2.
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We did things a little differently for this round of benchmarking research. First, we aligned our survey, approach, and findings with our values. Read how we're doing that here: 🧵1/2.
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