DOI
10.9707/1944-5660.1300
Key Points
This article shares insights and implications generated at a convening titled Is This a Better Place? The Art and Science of Place Evaluation. Participants included funders, evaluators, and community partners who came to discuss and share effective learning practices and the role of evaluation in place-based work.
Place-based work requires a long-term investment in collaborative partnerships to create, nurture, and sustain local and systemic changes. In order to support this complex work, partners have to incorporate approaches that are nimble, iterative, and responsive to the changing needs of a “place” over an initiative’s life span.
The convening produced a number of considerations, presented in this article, for how funders, and their investments in evaluation, can support the design, implementation, and overall success of place-based efforts
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Recommended Citation
Fehler-Cabral, G., James, J., Preskill, H., & Long, M. (2016). The Art and Science of Place-Based Philanthropy: Themes From a National Convening. The Foundation Review, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.9707/1944-5660.1300
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