Program Evaluation

Many funders are now requiring that their grantees demonstrate the effectiveness of their programs. Funders want the organizations they invest in to ask themselves if their services are effective. They want their grantees to gauge their impact and use the information to adjust and improve their programs.

Nonprofit Consulting Services assists organizations to ramp up their capability to monitor programmatic outcomes, document achievement and use gathered information to adjust and improve performance. Through comprehensive assessments, group level training, one-on-one technical assistance and coaching, Nonprofit Consulting Services can help your organization document the effectiveness of its public health/social services intervention by assisting you to develop:

• An understanding of the factors that influence people’s ability to change their behavior
• Realistic process and SMART (specific, measurable, appropriate, realistic and time-based) outcome objectives
• Logic models that graphically illustrate how the main elements of your program intervention work together to achieve the program’s goals and objectives
• Curriculum or other detailed description of your intervention’s activities or services
• Tools and forms that accurately capture your program’s activities and services
• Evaluation instruments that assess program objectives
• Data entry and management systems to collect, analyze, and summarize client data
• Basic data analysis knowledge and skills, and
• A continuous quality assurance process

Nonprofit Consulting Services also works directly with funders by providing instruction on evaluation, assisting funders to determine what outcomes are most important and helping them set realistic infrastructure development and outcomes targets for their funded organizations.

To learn more about how we can assist you to build capacity to evaluate programs contact Laura J. Frye, Management Consultant or call 646-619-6507.