Innovation Network

The Center for Evaluation Innovation (CEI), founded in 1992 and based in Washington D.C., partners with philanthropy on strategy, learning, and evaluation efforts that are intended to advance racial equity and justice. In 2012 CEI assumed responsibility for the Evaluation Roundtable, a network of foundation leaders in evaluation that seeks to improve how funders assess their performance and that of their grantees. CEI's other primary activities include research, publishing, peer networking, and events aimed at improving the practices of foundations and grantees. This grant supports the general operations of the Center for Evaluation Innovation.

Center for Evaluation Innovation

The Center for Evaluation Innovation (CEI) is a fiscally sponsored project of the Innovation Network specializing in evaluation. CEI began in 1992, and in 2012 assumed responsibility for the Evaluation Roundtable, a network of foundation leaders in evaluation that seeks to improve how funders assess their performance and that of their grantees. CEI's other primary activities include research, publishing, peer networking, and events aimed at improving the practices of foundations and grantees, particularly those practices related to evaluation, organizational learning, and foundation management. With this award, the Center seeks to bring new focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion and to support a pipeline of philanthropic evaluation leaders.

Center for Evaluation Innovation

The Innovation Network is the fiscal sponsor of the Center for Evaluation Innovation (the Center), a non-profit, Washington-based consulting organization specializing in evaluation. Among Center's projects is the Evaluation Roundtable, a network of foundation leaders in evaluation that seeks to improve how funders assess their performance and that of their grantees. The Center's primary activities include research, publishing, peer networking, and events aimed at improving the practices of foundations and grantees, particularly those practices related to evaluation, organizational learning, and foundation management. With this award, the Center seeks to bring new focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion, not only within the foundations that have long constituted its core membership, but among the contractors and consulting firms that carry out evaluation work.

The Innovation Network is the fiscal sponsor of the Center for Evaluation Innovation (the Center), a non-profit, Washington-based consulting organization specializing in evaluation. Among its projects is the Evaluation Roundtable, an informal network of foundation leaders in evaluation that seeks to improve how funders assess their performance and that of their grantees. The long-term primary outcome of this grant is improvement in the practices of donors and non-profits resulting from the Center’s research findings and other activities. More immediate outputs include a range of research publications, services to donors, peer networking via the Evaluation Roundtable, and a national conference in 2016.