Learning for Improvement
Grantmakers must be learning organizations with commitments by staff and board to embed learning in both their strategies and day-to-day grantmaking work. In doing so, an organization can view functions such as evaluation and knowledge management in a broader way, focused on continuous improvement.
GEO produces resources and sponsors events that promote learning for results among our members and the broader grantmaking community.
Recommended Resources
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Evaluation in Philanthropy:
Perspectives from the Field
Released with the Council on Foundations, this publication explores how evaluation can help grantmakers learn and improve practices (not just "prove" results).
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Funder's Guide to Evaluation: Leveraging Evaluation to Improve Nonprofit Effectiveness
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Learning for Community Change
Core Components of Foundation Learning
Chapin Hall Center for Children
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Learning as We Go
Making Evaluation Work for Everyone
TCC Group
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