The resources below provide links to guidebooks, website, helpful papers and organizations that focus on data and research topics for nonprofit organizations. Please contact us if your community group would like to discuss current or future projects that improve knowledge and information about your local community.
How to Conduct Your Own Survey - Priscilla Salant & Don Dillman
Surveying Clients about Outcomes –Urban Institute
Surveying Clients about Outcomes –Urban Institute
Charting Impact Guide - GuideStar
Strengthening Nonprofits-Measuring Outcomes
Breakthroughs in Shared Measurement (FSG)
Measurement as Learning (Bridgespan)
The Performance Imperative (LEAP) - modules
Strengthening Nonprofits-Measuring Outcomes
Breakthroughs in Shared Measurement (FSG)
Measurement as Learning (Bridgespan)
The Performance Imperative (LEAP) - modules
Start with Why - Simon Sinek
Measure What Matters – John Doerr
The Goldilocks Challenge: Right-Fit Evidence for the Social Sector – Mary Kay Gugerty & Dean Karlan
Measure What Matters – John Doerr
The Goldilocks Challenge: Right-Fit Evidence for the Social Sector – Mary Kay Gugerty & Dean Karlan
Data Driven Culture Presentation
Metrics - You are What You Measure - John R. Hauser & Gerald M. Katz
Creating a Data Culture - Stanford Social Innovation Review
Metrics - You are What You Measure - John R. Hauser & Gerald M. Katz
Creating a Data Culture - Stanford Social Innovation Review
Criteria for Selection of High-Performing Indicators - Western Michigan University Evaluation Center
Measuring What Matters in Nonprofits - McKinsey Quarterly
CART Principles: Right-Fit Evidence - Innovations for Poverty Action
Measuring What Matters in Nonprofits - McKinsey Quarterly
CART Principles: Right-Fit Evidence - Innovations for Poverty Action
Community Indicators Consortium
Community Toolbox - Kansas University Center for Community Health and Development
National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) - Urban Institute
Community Toolbox - Kansas University Center for Community Health and Development
National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) - Urban Institute
Outcome Indicators Project – Urban Institute and The Center for What Works
Common Results Catalog – GuideStar
Effective Performance Measures - Clear Impact
ChildTrends DataBank
Common Results Catalog – GuideStar
Effective Performance Measures - Clear Impact
ChildTrends DataBank
Data Playbook - Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
Data Visualization Checklist - Stephanie Evergreen
An Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Storytelling - Donorbox
Six Rules of Great Storytelling - Disney/Pixar
Data Visualization Checklist - Stephanie Evergreen
An Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Storytelling - Donorbox
Six Rules of Great Storytelling - Disney/Pixar
Storytelling with Data - Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
The Functional Art - Alberto Cairo
The Accidental Analyst - Eileen McDaniel & Stephen McDaniel
How Narratives Influence Human Behavior
The Functional Art - Alberto Cairo
The Accidental Analyst - Eileen McDaniel & Stephen McDaniel
How Narratives Influence Human Behavior
Sample Data Stories - Neighborhood Data for Social Change
Lessons Learned in Communicating with Data - Andy Krackov
Makeover Monday - Tableau
Lessons Learned in Communicating with Data - Andy Krackov
Makeover Monday - Tableau
Book Suggestions - Center for Evidence Based Management
What’s Standing in the Way of the Spread of Evidence-based Programs? - Bridgespan Group
Standards of Evidence - Society for Prevention Research
What’s Standing in the Way of the Spread of Evidence-based Programs? - Bridgespan Group
Standards of Evidence - Society for Prevention Research
Straight Talk on Evidence - Arnold Ventures
Succeeding With – or Maybe in Spite of – Evidence-Based Practices - Blue Avocado
Succeeding With – or Maybe in Spite of – Evidence-Based Practices - Blue Avocado
Evaluation Handbook - Kellogg Foundation
Participatory Evaluation Essentials for Nonprofits - Bruner Foundation
Non-Researcher’s Guide to Evidence-Based Program
Evaluation - SAMHSA
Program Evaluation Guide - McCormick Foundation
Evaluation Flash Cards - Otto Bremer Foundation (Micheal Q Patton)
Participatory Evaluation Essentials for Nonprofits - Bruner Foundation
Non-Researcher’s Guide to Evidence-Based Program
Evaluation - SAMHSA
Program Evaluation Guide - McCormick Foundation
Evaluation Flash Cards - Otto Bremer Foundation (Micheal Q Patton)
Utilization-Focused Evaluation - Michael Quinn Patton (Better Evaluation)
RealWorld Evaluation: Working Under Budget, Time, Data, and Political Constraints - J. Michael Bamberger, Jim Rugh, Linda S. Mabry
A Short Primer on Innovative Evaluation Reporting - Kylie S. Hutchinson
Trying Hard Is Not Good Enough: How to Produce Measurable Improvements for Customers and Communities - Mark Friedman
RealWorld Evaluation: Working Under Budget, Time, Data, and Political Constraints - J. Michael Bamberger, Jim Rugh, Linda S. Mabry
A Short Primer on Innovative Evaluation Reporting - Kylie S. Hutchinson
Trying Hard Is Not Good Enough: How to Produce Measurable Improvements for Customers and Communities - Mark Friedman
American Evaluation Association
NNLM Evaluation Office - National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Evaluation Methodology Briefs - UNICEF
Center for Evaluation Innovation - Strategic Learning
Project Evident
Impact Reporting - Free Consultation - ImpactMatters
NNLM Evaluation Office - National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Evaluation Methodology Briefs - UNICEF
Center for Evaluation Innovation - Strategic Learning
Project Evident
Impact Reporting - Free Consultation - ImpactMatters