Nonprofits and evaluation:

This issue of New Directions for Evaluation explores evaluation within the context of nonprofit organizations. In recent years, many have observed that nonprofit organizations are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their effectiveness and document their program outcomes, as the current politic...

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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: San Francisco Jossey-Bass c2008
Schriftenreihe:New directions for evaluation 119
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Zusammenfassung:This issue of New Directions for Evaluation explores evaluation within the context of nonprofit organizations. In recent years, many have observed that nonprofit organizations are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their effectiveness and document their program outcomes, as the current political and funding environment continues to stress the importance of accountability and measuring performance. Foundations, government agencies, and other funders are asking nonprofit organizations for more evaluation and performance measurement data. Yet, most nonprofit organizations continue to struggle with these demands, and many lack the capacity to implement evaluation and performance measurement in comprehensive or meaningful ways
Beschreibung:"Fall 2008.". - Co-published with the American Evaluation Association
Includes bibliographical references and index
Government and accountability: paving the way for nonprofits and evaluation -- Measuring outcomes of United Way - Funded Programs: expectations and reality -- Paying the piper: foundation evaluation capacity calls the tune -- Nonprofits and evaluation: empirical evidence from the field -- Nonprofits and evaluation: managing expectations from the leader's perspective -- Voices from the field: evaluation as part of learning culture
Beschreibung:119 p. ill. 23 cm
ISBN:9780470412732
0470412739

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