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JOURNAL FEATURES ADVOCACY EVALUATION MODEL
 Foundation Review features an article in its latest edition (Volume 1, Issue 3) on a new model for evaluating advocacy efforts. “A Model for Multi-Purpose Advocacy Evaluation: Building Grantee Capacity and Capturing Collective Progress” details an evaluation of advocacy efforts underway in Colorado. The evaluation has been designed to:
- Build grantees’ capacity to evaluate their work and incorporate real-time feedback (i.e., now, not after the project is completed) into their strategies
- Monitor the progress of each grantee toward achieving the policy goals it set
- Assess growth in capacity of Colorado’s health advocacy community as a whole.
Tanya Beer, Assistant Director of Research, Evaluation & Strategic Learning, The Colorado Trust, and Ehren Reed, Senior Associate, Innovation Network, Inc., authored the journal article to share early lessons learned from The Trust’s evaluation of nine health advocacy organizations to increase access to health care through policy change.
Each Trust grantee meets a need in the advocacy community – from leadership development, policy research and legislative advocacy to community engagement and organizing. Representing health providers, faith-based organizations, communities of color and consumers across Colorado, the grantees are working to strengthen the impact and expand the breadth of statewide health advocacy efforts.
A team of Colorado-based evaluators is providing evaluation assistance to the grantees, as well as tracking cooperation and alignment among advocacy organizations to help hone their strategies. The article describes this experimental evaluation model, and explains the challenges and opportunities faced by the grantees, evaluators and the foundation.
To read the full article, subscribe to the Foundation Review. For more information, please contact Tanya Beer, 303-837-1200.
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