Transcription of What Makes an Effective Advocacy Organization?
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JANUARY2009 Fundedbyandpreparedfor:A FrameworkforDeterminingAdvocacyCapacityW hatMakesan EffectiveAdvocacyOr ganization?JA NUARY2009 Res earched and wr ittenby:JaredRaynor,Peter YorkandShao-CheeSimTCCG roupFor ewordby :Barbara Master s, Public Poli cy DirectorAs tr id Hendricks,Directorof EvaluationTheCaliforniaEndowment1 FOR EW ORDF orewordfromTheCaliforniaEndowmentEvaluat ingad vo cacyan d policych an geeffortspresents uniquech alleng es extern al pl ay er s anddynamics,complexity,lengthyti meframe, an d theneedto shiftst rategies,tonamea ,evaluationis criticallyimportant, both fo r the foundationan d ti es , overthelastseveralyears,TheCaliforniaEnd owment,alongwithse veralotherfoundations an d consultants, havesoughtto developframeworksandmethodologiesto beable to meaningful ly evaluatepolicychangeefforts. Thisgrowingfieldofpolicyandadvocacyevalu ationis pr edicatedona prospectiveevaluationapproachth atis intendedto informbothth efoundationandthegranteeabouttheadvocacy strategyduring partof thatendeav or , TheEndowmentrecognized that ge ne ralsupportgrants fo r advocacyorganizationspr esentedadditionalch all en ges, ,bydefinition,donothavesp ecificobject ivesorgoalsattachedtothem,howshoulda fo undationassesswhethera granteeis agood candidateforsucha grantorwhetherprovidinggeneralsupporttot hatgranteeis therightstrategy?
Advocacy as a strategy for the nonprofit sector has become increasingly widespread. Foundations are looking to fund more of this type of work; nonprofits are learning
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