Inside this Info Center:
- Grants & Nonprofit Info Center
- About the Grants & Nonprofit Info Center
- Grantseeking Basics: Free Library Workshop
- Local Training & Educational Opportunities
- Guide to Using the Grants & Nonprofit Info Center
Grants Databases
Info Guides
Grants Research
- Getting Started
- How to Find Out About Funding
- The Fit-Funding Match
- Local Funders
- Types of Funders
- Grantmaking Public Charities
- Government Grants
- Corporate Philanthropy
- Approaching a Small Foundation
- Grantmaker Types of Support
- Requests for Proposals (RFP)
- Financial Aid & Scholarships
- Grants to Individuals
Grant Proposals
Nonprofit Resources
- Starting a Nonprofit
- Boards & Management
- Consultants
- Fundraising
- Program Evaluation & Outcome Measurement
- Finding a Nonprofit
- 990 Forms
- Giving to Charities
- Professional Associations
- Jobs in the Nonprofit Sector
- Starting a Foundation
The Grants Collection is a Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center.
Research & Resources
Info Guides - Nonprofit Resources: Program Evaluation & Outcome Measurement
- 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.
- Evaluating Community Programs and Initiatives from the Community Tool Box
- How-to tools for evaluation for community health and development projects.
- Evaluation: To Do or Not To Do?
- Find out when to evaluate and when not to.
- Guidelines for Evaluating Projects
- Creating and sustaining project impact through evaluation and dissemination from Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation.
- Outcome Measurement Resource Network
- United Way's guide to identifying and measuring outcomes.
- A Practical Introduction to Program Evaluation
- Includes resources, glossary of terms, and steps to follow.
- 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.
- Users Guide to Evaluation from AmeriCorps
- Evaluation for education, public safety, human needs and environmental projects.
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook (PDF)
- 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.