ESL students were four times as likely to face a dismissal or repeat-year decision, compared to their peers.
Grant-funded tutoring and language support, grounded in evaluation findings, helped them progress on par — and in some years, better.
Is This You?
Built on mission. Accountable to funders.
If any of these land, you’re in the right place.
- Your program runs on grant funding or donor contributions
- A funder wants measurable outcomes and you’re not sure how to define them
- You know your work makes a difference but struggle to prove it in numbers
- You’ve lost a grant — or worry about losing one — because the data wasn’t there
- You want to build internal data capacity, not hire out every report forever
- Your team is small and the reporting burden feels disproportionate
- You serve a faith-based, community-based, or mission-driven population
- You need funder-ready materials but don’t have a dedicated evaluator on staff
What We Do for You
Evaluation that satisfies funders and builds your team.
We meet you at the grant application stage or mid-cycle. Either way, the goal is the same: rigorous work that stays with you when we’re gone.
Before the Grant Starts
- Logic model development
- Evaluation plan writing (funder-ready)
- Theory of change articulation
- Indicator and metric definition
- Data collection tool design
During the Program
- Formative evaluation: real-time feedback while you can still adjust
- Process evaluation: fidelity, reach, and implementation quality
- Survey and focus-group design and facilitation
- Mid-cycle reporting and progress summaries
- Data collection system setup and staff training
At the End of the Cycle
- Summative evaluation for high-stakes funding decisions
- Outcome measurement: what changed for the people you serve
- Clean, honest analysis appropriate to your data
- Final report writing and visual design
- Dissemination materials for funders, donors, and the public
Building for the Long Term
- Staff training on data collection and basic analysis
- Practical dashboards your team can maintain without a data scientist
- Next-cycle planning and evaluation capacity building
- Grant narrative and RFP sharpening
- Storytelling that moves donors and board members
How It Works
From first question to independent next cycle.
Every engagement is shaped to your timeline and budget — but the progression is always toward your independence, not your dependence on us.
Discover
What do you want to know? Who needs to know it? What decisions will this data support?
Design
Logic model, evaluation questions, methods matched to budget and timeline.
Collect
Instruments and systems your team can actually run — no enterprise platform required.
Analyze
Clean, honest, contextually appropriate analysis with no spin.
Report
Compelling documents and visuals written for funders and donors, not academics.
Sustain
Handoff, training, and next-cycle planning so your team leads the next round.
What the Work Reveals
Results that changed outcomes.
A mission-driven program needed to demonstrate measurable community impact to retain a major donor relationship.
Clear outcome metrics and a concise funder report led to renewed funding and expanded reach.
First-generation students were leaving a support program, lacking the navigation skills most students take for granted.
Targeted onboarding and counseling, guided by evaluation data, improved retention for the students who needed it most.
Examples are anonymized. Detailed reports exist but are held under NDA.
Ready to make your data work for your mission?
Share what you’re trying to measure, prove, or fund. The first conversation should leave you clearer than you arrived.
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