Lessons from the Field - Seer Consulting

Recommendations

Info

Evaluation of Capacity Building: Lessons from the Field Appendices 72 APPENDIX A REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY Arnett, Jan Carey, et al. (1993). Evaluation for Foundations: Concepts, Cases, Guidelines, and Resources. Council on Foundations —Nonprofit Sector Series, Jossey-Bass Publishers. Arts & Business Council, Inc. (2002). “A Report to the Arts Community.” A draft assessment for the American Express National Arts Marketing Project. Backer, Thomas, E., (2001) “Strengthening Nonprofits: Foundation Initiatives for Nonprofit Organizations.” In Building Capacity in Nonprofit Organizations, ed. De Vita and Fleming. Urban Institute. Bailey, Margo, Lynne Cogswell, Allison Fine, Monica Heuer, Veena Pankaj. (2000). “Learning Circles Project 15- Month Report.” Report prepared for Fannie Mae Foundation. Baker, Anita et al. (2001). “The Rochester Effectiveness Partnership.” Bruner Foundation. Barnes, Kitty. (1998). “A Time to Build Up: Strengthening The Foundation of Supportive Housing.” A Report on the New York Capacity Building Program. Corporation for Supportive Housing. Bare, John. (2000). “Tools for Evaluating and Replicating a Cooperative Arts Marketing Organization.” Presentation notes from the GEN-GEO Conference 2000. John S. and James L Knight Foundation. Batton, Susan T., and Peter J. York. (1999). “Evaluation of the Eureka Communities: Third Year Findings.” Center for Assessment and Policy Development. Baumann, Heiner, and John Kalafats, Stephanie Lowell, Shivam Mallick, Ndidi Okonkwo. (1999). “Consulting to Nonprofits: An Industry Analysis.” Social Enterprise Field Study Report, Harvard Business School. Beck, Mary, and Nancy Da Silva, Lois E. Tetrick, Kelly J. Slack, Jason Etchegary, Jean Kantambu Latting and Allan P. Jones. (2002). “Employees’ Psychological Climate for Organizational Learning and Supervisory Performance.” Research paper. Center for Organizational Research and Effectiveness, University of Houston. Berger, Rachel. (1999). “Community Foundations Initiative on Management Assistance.” The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Phase One Evaluation. Teamworks. Bloch, Ernst. (1970). A Philosophy of the Future. Herder and Herder. Block, Peter. (1993). Stewardship: Choosing Service over Self-Interest. Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Blumenthal, Barbara. (2001). “How Can We Help? A Comparison of Capacity Building Programs.” Research paper. BTW Consultants. (1999). “Organizational Capacity Grants Initiative:” Final Year 1 Evaluation Report. BTW Consultants. (2002). “Building Effective Organizations: An Evaluation of the Organizational Capacity Grants Initiative (OCGI).” “Building Strategic Relationships.” (Fall 2001). The Nonprofit Quarterly.
Evaluation of Capacity Building: Lessons from the Field Appendices Brumburgh, Scott, Colette Thayer and Allison H. Fine. (February, 2002). “Literature Review and Model Framework of Nonprofit Capacity Building: Environmental Support Center Best Practices Study.” Innovation Network, Inc. Castle, Mary Ann, with contributions from: Lorinda R. Arella, Joanna Stuart, Ellen Schepel. (2002). “The Capacity Project: Evaluation Design and Protocols.” Center for Nonprofit Management. “National Best Practices Assessment.” Survey results as compiled by Bain & Company. “Community Foundations Initiative on Management Assistance.” (2001). The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Phase Two Evaluation. Teamworks. Community Resource Exchange. (2002). “A Regional Management Support Organization—A National Opportunity.” A description of the long-term assessment project being undertaken by CRE beginning in the fall of 2002. Connolly, Paul. (2002). “Building to Last: A Grantmaker’s Guide to Strengthening Nonprofit Organizations.” A Briefing Paper on Effective Philanthropy. The Conservation Company. Connolly, Paul and Carol Lukas. (2002). Strengthening Nonprofit Performance: A Funder’s Guide to Capacity Building. The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation. Connolly, Paul and Peter York. (2002). “Continuum of Capacity Building Evaluation.” The Conservation Company. A chart reproduced in this study adapted by Connolly and York from Strengthening Nonprofit Performance: A Funder’s Guide to Capacity Building. Department of Health. (2002). “Evaluating Capacity-building Efforts for Nonprofit Organizations.” The Conservation Company. “Cultural Competence Standards in Managed Mental Health Care Services: Four Underserved/Underrepresented Racial/Ethnic Groups.” (2000). U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Curtis, Lynn A. (2000). “Lessons from the Street: Capacity Building and Replication.” The Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation. (posted on www.eisenhowerfoundation.org and republished in Journal for Nonprofit Management, Volume 5, Number 1, Summer 2001) De Vita, Carol, J., Cory Fleming. (2001) Building Capacity in Nonprofit Organizations. The Urban Institute. De Vita, Carol, J., Cory Fleming and Eric C. Twombly. (2000) “Building Nonprofit Capacity: A Framework for Analysis. A White Paper.” The Urban Institute. Easterling, Doug. (Winter 2001). “The Dark Side of Outcome Evaluation.” Grantmakers Evaluation Network Newsletter, Volume 9, Number 1. Edward, Deborah. “Evaluation: Patching It Together.” http://arts.endow.gov/pub/Lessons/Casestudies/Edward.html “Enabling Technology Funding: Guidelines for Grantmakers and Grantseekers.” (2002). The Chicago Community Trust and IT Resource Center. Environmental Support Center. (2001). “De-Mystifying Evaluation.” Resources - A Publication of the Environmental Support Center. “Evaluation Report: The Initiative on Effective Use of Consultants” (1999). Prepared for the Organizational Effectiveness Program of The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. 73
Page 1 and 2:
Lessons from the Field
Page 3 and 4:
Lessons from the Field TABLE OF CON
Page 5 and 6:
nonprofit capacity building in orde
Page 7 and 8:
When the final word is written abou
Page 9 and 10:
eport are drawn from the literature
Page 11 and 12:
funder support and staff retention
Page 13 and 14:
LANGUAGE Language and word choice a
Page 15 and 16:
approach created by David P. Norton
Page 17 and 18:
“Measuring capacity building is,
Page 19 and 20:
One needs to consider the cost in t
Page 21 and 22:
If the question is the effectivenes
Page 23 and 24: start with the leader, others with
Page 25 and 26: The Conservation Company has pointe
Page 27 and 28: • Have a definition of their own
Page 29 and 30: Exhibit 2: Effective Capacity Build
Page 31 and 32: useful than either no evaluation or
Page 33 and 34: with outcomes and then return to in
Page 35 and 36: the Cleveland Foundation, the Gund
Page 37 and 38: Evaluation of Capacity Building: Le
Page 39 and 40: Setting a Context OMG CENTER FOR CO
Page 41 and 42: ated with the change—particularly
Page 43 and 44: their work—providing the evidence
Page 45 and 46: A Complex Endeavor THE CAPACITY PRO
Page 47 and 48: • Helped the collaborative create
Page 49 and 50: Exhibit 5: Strategic Solutions Theo
Page 51 and 52: will in turn serve as ongoing impac
Page 53 and 54: 7. To use evaluators effectively, f
Page 55 and 56: interventions leads to greater capa
Page 57 and 58: holders to clarify what they meant
Page 59 and 60: the challenges to documenting our s
Page 61 and 62: capacity building. It also involves
Page 63 and 64: shared theory of change—the “de
Page 65 and 66: activities (again without these typ
Page 67 and 68: duit through which additional resou
Page 69 and 70: Evaluating Arts Capacity-Building P
Page 71 and 72: impact of the integrated program, n
Page 73: Part V Conclusion Whether consideri
Page 77 and 78: Leicher, Susan. (1999).“The Strat
Page 79 and 80: Evaluation of Capacity Building: Le
Page 81 and 82: Janet Sarbaugh, Senior Program Offi
Page 83 and 84: SEVEN ELEMENTS OF NONPROFIT CAPACIT
Page 87 and 88: Shipping Information Alliance Membe
show all

Lessons from the Field - Seer Consulting

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?