Grantwriting
Beyond the Basics Book 3:
Successful Program Evaluation by Michael K. Wells, CFRE
Program evaluation is the key to an organization’s success. Analyzing program outcomes can help you implement cost efficiencies and improve in areas that need extra attention. It gives you the opportunity to evaluate whether what you’re doing is working, and if it’s not, to make the necessary changes. A strong evaluation section in your grant proposal tells the grantor that the organization is succeeding in its mission, or if it’s not, that it has a plan in place to improve future outcomes. This can make the difference between getting funded or turned down.
Complete with an extensive chapter on resources, a comprehensive glossary, and an annotated bibliography, Successful Program Evaluation will serve as an essential reference tool for years to come.
Topics include:
- What funders want
- Coordinating grants and evaluation planning
- Logic models and theory of change
- Developing an evaluation plan
- Writing your evaluation section
- Using logic models to show how your program works
- The growing use of evidence-based planning
- Evaluation instruments and how to use them
