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The Step-by-Step Guide to Evaluation

December 5, 2017 | W.K. Kellogg Foundation
The evaluation profession is multi-faceted and can be characterized partly by its theoretical debates, ethical considerations and proprietary interests. What is evaluation and how can it help your organization? This handbook is designed to demystify evaluation and help you get the most out of evaluation for your organization. Read More

Seema Shah

November 21, 2017
Seema’s (she/her) career spans two decades in the academic, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors. Innately curious about the world, Seema combines the broad perspective of a generalist with specific expertise on social justice and human rights issues. Her work has touched on a wide range of topics, including diversity, equity, and inclusion, urban education, community organizing, women’s rights, youth development, disaster Read More

Beth Harper Briglia

November 21, 2017
Beth Harper Briglia is a Philanthropy Advisor, Consultant, for the Chester County Community Foundation. She works directly with individuals, families, corporations and nonprofit organizations that are interested in establishing charitable funds at the Foundation. She also manages the Foundation’s grants, scholarships and legacy gifting programs. Ms. Briglia has worked with nonprofit organizations providing consulting and training services through LaSalle University’s Read More

Megha Desai

November 21, 2017
Megha Desai is the President of the Desai Foundation, an organization that empowers women and children through community programming to elevate health, livelihood, and menstrual equity in rural India. The organization focuses on cultivating dignity so that everyone can dream beyond their circumstances. The organization has directly impacted over 5 million lives to date, in 8 States in India. The Read More

Lynne J. Doblin

November 21, 2017
Lynne J. Doblin has served as Executive Director of the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation since 2011. She has been with the Foundation since 2003, serving previously as Program Director and Program Officer. She currently serves as Vice Chair of Associated Grantmakers. Prior to joining the Smith Family Foundation, Ms. Doblin worked as a senior manager at the City Read More
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Can We Agree on This Simple Definition of Equity?

November 20, 2017 | Vu Le
Equity has been like coconut water. It’s all over the place. It’s flavored with pineapple, sometimes with chocolate. Everyone is drinking Equity; it’s on websites, in conference themes, and in those “word-cloud” thingies. Given how pervasive it is, it’s weird that we don’t seem to have a common, universally-accepted definition for it. Read More