Resource ID: INDIGO-ARES-0024
This is a method to assess foundation impact. In this paper, Wallace Foundation President M. Christine DeVita discusses Wallace’s efforts to gauge its own organizational effectiveness, a practice common to business and government but new to the field of philanthropy.
The method asks four core questions with varying indicators by program area. The questions are:
(1) Are our grantee partners satisfactorily executing their plans?
(2) Are our partners incorporating the changes they are making in the way they do their work?
(3) Are people in our grantee sites benefiting?
(4) Are we producing and effectively promoting useful knowledge?
Impact goal: Health, Defence, Housing, Agnostic, Democracy, Education, Well being, SDG oriented, Social impact, Local rejuvenation, Sustainability eco, Development poverty reduction, Employment financial well being
Internal/external: Internal
Leader: Wallace foundation
Method: Surveys, Observation, Mission alignment
Output format: Qualitative only
Scale: Micro
Sourcing: Self driven, Proprietary in house
Time frame: Ongoing, Retrospective
Type: Case study
Used in sectors: Charity
Who: Third sector
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