The Grantmaker’s Role in Theory of Change

Innovation Network developed these three introductory evaluation documents as part of Building Nonprofit Capacity to Evaluate, Learn, and Grow Impact, a workshop we presented in partnership with Grantmakers for Effective Organizations' Scaling What Works initiative.

 

Excerpt: A theory of change is a document that connects four basic categories of information about social sector initiatives: assumptions, strategies and activities, progress milestones, and impact. A variety of other grantmaking and evaluation documents are similar to a theory of change, for example, logic models, program theories, and program plans. Regardless of what the actual document is called, the purpose remains the same: to clarify what will be done and the purpose of the work...

 

Read more: www.innonet.org/client_docs/tear_sheet_toc-innovation_network.pdf

 

Bibliographic Details
Author	Johanna Morariu, Innovation Network, Inc.
Publisher	Innovation Network, Inc.
Publication Date	April 1, 2012
Publication City	Washington, DC, USA
Publication Work
Resource Type	Research & Reports
Resource Focus	Evaluation/Outcomes Measurement Program Evaluation Capacity Building Organizational Assessment and Development Planning
Audience	Funders
Region	International or N/A
Keywords	toc theory of change theory scaling what works Morariu logic model log frame Johanna Morariu Innovation Network InnoNet grantmakers for effective organizations grant making grant geo funder evaluation planning assumptions
Submitted to Point K	April 3, 2014 - 3:40pm