In this Issue Brief, we share highlights from a meeting of 27 funders and evaluators from across the country.
In 2017, 27 funders and evaluators met to discuss the current state of evaluation and learning in philanthropy, explore barriers to greater collaboration and impact, and identify approaches and strategies designed to build the collective capacity of small and mid-sized evaluation firms.
The meeting launched an exploration of three main concerns:
- Learning and evaluation in philanthropy is changing.
- There are concerns about the usefulness and influence of evaluation.
- Building the evaluation field’s capacity will require new levels of partnership.
