Resources Visionary Resistance: Inside the Rapid-Response Model of the Emergent Fund 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…
Insights & Perspectives 4 Tips for Culturally Responsive Programming I’ve always had an inherent appreciation for diversity – yet my training and work in the evaluation space has fostered even greater realization that diversity is a critical component to both program design and evaluation. In my work, I’ve had to assess how people are experiencing programs and whether those…
Insights & Perspectives Build Trust With A Purpose Statement As we enter a new era in US politics, there is increased pressure on companies to build trust with customers, and both deliver and communicate their broader value to society and their employees...How have companies been responding to this pressure?
Insights & Perspectives How to Strengthen Your Family Foundation’s Impact As with all foundations, family foundations work to have a meaningful and measurable impact on social problems. But they also have a second, unique purpose: to serve as a unifying vehicle for multiple generations, and to provide opportunities for family members to share philanthropic interests. Establishing this unity can be…
Insights & Perspectives Offering the CCAT® to Your Grantees Strengthen and support your nonprofit partners. Through TCC’s guidance, we have been able to demonstrate to our Board that our nonprofits are working better, smarter; they’re asking the right questions and finding their own solutions… We’ve also proven to nonprofits through TCC’s structure that we will help them to design…
Insights & Perspectives How Does the CCAT® Work? Built on decades of experience and research in capacity building, the Core Capacity Assessment Tool (CCAT) measures a nonprofit’s effectiveness in four key ways.
Insights & Perspectives What makes the CCAT® unique? The CCAT is a unique type of capacity assessment tool that forms an integral part of the capacity building services offered by TCC Group. Our core capacity assessment model was developed over decades of research and evaluation of capacity building initiatives in the non-profit sector. In addition to your organization’s…
Insights & Perspectives What is a CCAT® Interpretation Session? Assessment with interpretation is essential to action and real change. Once your nonprofit has assessed its capacity, how can your leadership move from assessment to action? At TCC Group, we believe that data alone does not help a nonprofit build its capacity. The CCAT’s strength is amplified by an interpretation…
Insights & Perspectives Purchasing the CCAT® Individual nonprofits, funders, and management support organizations can purchase CCAT surveys and interpretation sessions for up to 9 organizations online. If you are interested in purchasing the CCAT for 10 or more organizations, or if you would like to discuss creating a tailored program of capacity building services for your…
Insights & Perspectives 4 Key Stages for Measuring Your Media Outcomes What can media accomplish? What can it affect? These are questions funders often ask. Restating those questions from an evaluation perspective translates to: how can one measure the impact of media? To understand how to measure media, we must first understand the strategy behind media.