How did Beldon evaluate its work?
We relied heavily on independent external evaluations to make early and mid- course corrections to our program strategies. Instead of assessing individual grant outcomes we focused on the overall success of grant-making strategies and developed internal benchmarks to measure impact. In our last two years, we funded four external evaluations – anonymous grantee and grant applicant perception surveys, a qualitative assessment of the impact of Beldon’s program strategies and a separate assessment of the impact of the foundation’s nonpartisan civic engagement work.
