| Session Title: Tools and Frameworks for Evaluating Social Change Philanthropy: A Case Study of an Evaluation of Responses by Women's Foundations to Hurricane Katrina |
| Demonstration Session 460 to be held in D'Alesandro Room on Thursday, November 8, 5:15 PM to 6:00 PM |
| Sponsored by the Non-profit and Foundations Evaluation TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Hanh Cao Yu, Social Policy Research Assocaites, hanh_cao_yu@spra.com |
| Heather Lewis-Charp, Social Policy Research Assocaites, heather@spra.com |
| Abstract: A growing number of foundations are interested in how to evaluate their investments in social change that impact systems and policies. Beyond shifts in individuals' attitude, knowledge, and behaviors, foundations and their donors are interested in how grants awarded create shifts in public framing of issues, institutional practices, critical mass engagement, and policies. Using the case example of Social Policy Research's recently completed evaluation of the Ms. Foundation for Women, Inc. and other women's foundation's support of the Katrina's Women's Response Fund, we highlight the framework, methods, and indicators that we used to capture the results of the first phase of funding of efforts to support rebuilding efforts in the Gulf Coast region that are driven by the leadership of women of color. The online tool, developed by the Women's Funding Network, is called -Making the Case: An Assessment Tools for Measuring Social Change.- |