Effective Strategies to Support Advocacy Campaigns: Considerations for Funders and Advocates February 24, 2017 By Visceral_Dev_Admin This briefing paper shares collected insights from funders and advocates across the country, in the hope that their observations will helpfully contribute to other funding and campaign efforts. These respondents noted that while considerable attention has been paid to factors informing the development of sound campaign strategy, comparatively less attention has been paid to the … Continued
For Foundations: How to Use Logic Model Heat Mapping February 2, 2017 By Visceral_Dev_Admin In this 8-minute video, learn how your foundation can use logic model heat mapping as an effective tool to determine where your group is most active with regard to its stated activities and goals.
Unique Methods in Multi-Stakeholder Evaluation February 2, 2017 By Visceral_Dev_Admin Authors: ORS Impact, Spark Policy Institute, TCC Group A seminal resource in the advocacy evaluation field, “Unique Methods in Advocacy Evaluation” (Coffman & Reed, 2010) increased evaluators’ awareness of methods uniquely positioned to evaluate advocacy. This second brief adds to that toolbox, this time focusing on methods that have been successfully used to understand multi-stakeholder … Continued
Capturing General Operating Support Effectiveness: An Evaluation Framework for Funders and Evaluators January 25, 2017 By Visceral_Dev_Admin Data show that general operating support is on the rise. Yet foundations and evaluators alike need to better understand how to measure the impact of these grants. In this briefing paper, TCC Group reflects on its work evaluating general operating support and provides a comprehensive outcomes framework that maps out four key dimensions of success … Continued
Advocacy Campaigns and Embedded Evaluators: Lessons Learned January 2, 2017 By Visceral_Dev_Admin From 2014 to 2016, TCC Group (TCC) partnered with Pre-K for PA Campaign and Campaign for Fair Education Funding (CFEF) to act as their embedded evaluator. For each advocacy campaign, TCC’s focus was on the quality of strategy, progress on short- and long-term goals, and internal capacity. Working with CFEF and Pre-K for PA provided … Continued
Visionary Resistance: Inside the Rapid-Response Model of the Emergent Fund January 1, 2017 By Visceral_Dev_Admin Authors: Women Donors Network, Solidaire, Democracy Alliance, Threshold Foundation The Emergent Fund started as a plane built in mid-air in response to the threats posed by the 2016 election. Resources were urgently needed in many places without much time for deliberation. Then in the summer of 2017, following several rounds of grantmaking that began in … Continued
Meet Me Where I Want To Be: An Ethnographic Research Study of Black Gay Men in Baltimore, Maryland, and Jackson, Mississippi June 26, 2016 By Visceral_Dev_Admin To kick off the ACCELERATE! Initiative, ViiV Healthcare commissioned an ethnographic research study beginning with a comprehensive environment assessment to familiarize the research team with daily life in Baltimore and Jackson. The assessment also helped to establish an understanding about the contexts in which Black gay men operate at home, in the clinic, and out … Continued
Networks That Care: An Ethnographic Research Study of Black Women in New Orleans May 26, 2016 By Visceral_Dev_Admin With the help of leaders and communities across the country, in 2016, ViiV Healthcare spoke with women living with HIV and commissioned ethnographic research to learn more about the experiences of Black women and their networks. The study served as the cornerstone of our in-depth community research, helping to shape, inform and prioritize plans for … Continued
Targeted Capacity Building – CCAT® Refresher Course February 27, 2016 By Visceral_Dev_Admin A webinar recording from February 26, 2016, Julie Simpson at TCC Group spends one hour exclusively on targeted capacity building—what it is, why it’s valuable, and how CCAT facilitators can use this approach in future interpretations. The specific roles and responsibilities for nonprofits, funders, and local consultants are also clearly identified.
Evaluating Legal Advocacy: A How-To Guide for Evaluators, Funders, and Advocates January 22, 2016 By Visceral_Dev_Admin This guide introduces funders, advocates, and evaluators to thinking about evaluating legal advocacy work. In addition to legal impact, we explore how to measure the quality of the work and how to measure impact outside of the legal arena.
Step into the Fight: Philanthropy’s Role in Legal Advocacy January 15, 2016 By Visceral_Dev_Admin Step into the Fight introduces funders and advocates to the concepts of legal advocacy—that is, using the judicial system to achieve social change. It was created as part of the Atlas Learning Project, generously funded by Atlantic Philanthropies and supported by the Center for Evaluation Innovation.
Stepping into the Fight: A Funder’s Guide for Understanding and Supporting Legal Advocacy January 10, 2016 By Visceral_Dev_Admin This guide introduces funders to the concept of legal advocacy, what questions funders should ask themselves to know if the foundation is ready to fund legal advocacy, and how to best support legal advocacy.
Toward a More Just Justice System: How Open are the Courts to Social Justice Litigation? January 2, 2016 By Visceral_Dev_Admin Authors: Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law This piece, written by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, explores the legal context around pursuing legal advocacy, including factors that favor and obstruct legal advocacy, key strategies to think about while engaged in legal advocacy work, and recommendations for funders and litigators involved in … Continued
Foundation Core Capacity Assessment Tool (FCCAT) January 1, 2016 By Visceral_Dev_Admin The Foundation Core Capacity Assessment Tool (FCCAT) is a statistically validated tool to strengthen the philanthropic sector by helping foundations assess their institutional capacity strengths and challenges. The FCCAT measures capacities critical to a wide variety of foundations. The tool has been carefully crafted to draw upon the field’s current understanding of the capacities foundations … Continued
What Makes an Effective Action Coalition? TCC Group Offers Its Findings December 11, 2015 By Visceral_Dev_Admin Hear evaluators from TCC Group explore their findings on how effective the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action has been. TCC presented this summary at the Campaign’s annual Summit in Washington, D.C., December 10, 2015. This webinar is for those who did not attend. Use the TCC Coalition Capacity Checklist to assess your coalition’s work … Continued