Program Evaluation & Outcome Measurement

Grants & Nonprofit Info Center

The Grants Collection is a Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center.

Basic Guide to Outcomes-Based Evaluation: For Nonprofit Organizations with very limited resources. Planning and implementation of an outcomes-based evaluation process in nonprofit organizations.
Basic Guide to Program Evaluation: How program evaluation be carried out in a realistic and practical fashion from the Management Library.
Core Capacity Assessment Tool (CCAT): CCAT is a survey that measures a nonprofit organization's effectiveness.
Outcome Measurement Resource Network: United Way's guide to identifying and measuring outcomes.
Program Manager's Guide to Evaluation: How to develop a systematic method for collecting, analyzing, and using information to answer basic questions about a program.
Tools & Resources for Assessing Social Impact (TRASI)*: The TRASI database houses many approaches to impact assessment, guidelines for creating and conducting an assessment, and ready-to-use tools for measuring social change.
Users Guide to Evaluation from AmeriCorps: Evaluation for education, public safety, human needs and environmental projects.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook: Provides basic information to allow staff to conduct an evaluation without the assistance of an outside evaluator.
American Evaluation Association: An international professional association of evaluators devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation.