Evaluation Skills & Capacity Building
Funders have growing expectations in terms of reporting the impact arising from their investment in your organization. This adds complexity in an already complex situation and non-profit organizations need to be able to evaluate and report outcomes in a responsible and repeatable manner.
Terrapin helps non-profit organizations build evaluation capacity in a way that minimizes disruption and cost while developing needed evaluation tools and skills.
Case Study
Who
The Stop Community Food Centre's Community Action Program
Challenge
A legacy community action and advocacy program - building on what has been learned over the past decade to inform changes and improvements for greater, sustainable impact in the years to come. [JC] be more clear. What is the ask?
Approach
Series of coaching meetings to review program records, previous program evaluation outputs and outcomes, community research findings and internal reports to inform a 12-year retrospective report and a 3-year future program plan.
Facilitating an update to the program logic model and theory of change with program staff and community research team.
Building capacity with staff to align program objectives to outcomes and develop an evaluation strategy, monitoring system, and program evaluation tools.
Outcomes
On-going coaching and capacity building in evaluation theory, strategy and reporting results that is inclusive of community member voices and recognizes the assets they bring to all aspects of the program.
“Testimonial copy from someone relevant to this project at The Stop.”