New Resources: Candidate Outcome Indicators and Evaluating Public Policy Grantmaking

Resource #1:
Candidate Outcome Indicators: Advocacy Program, a joint project between The Urban Institute and The Center for What Works, provides a framework for tracking nonprofit performance. It suggests sample outcomes and outcome indicators to assist nonprofit organizations in developing outcome monitoring processes or improving their existing systems. Visit Innovation Network's Advocacy Evaluation Resource Center to learn more about this publication.

Resource #2:
A new book from Fieldstone Alliance, Power in Policy: A Funder's Guide to Advocacy and Civic Participation edited by David Aarons, includes a chapter by John Sherman and Gayle Peterson on policy evaluation for grantmakers.
Topics addressed in the chapter include: Why Evaluate?, How Evaluation Works, Considerations and Cautions Distinct to Evaluation of Public Policy Related Projects, Evaluation Tools, and Approaches, What to Consider When Hiring an Evaluator.