KDK-Harman Foundation

Online Resources

American Evaluation Association. Information about evaluation practices, methods, and uses through application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, and technology. http://www.eval.org

Getting to Outcomes: Methods and Tools for Planning, Self-Evaluation, and Accountability. A manual that works through ten questions that incorporate the basic elements of program planning, implementation, evaluation, and sustainability. http://www.stanford.edu/~davidf/empowermentevaluation.html#GTO

W.K. Kellogg Foundation Logic Model Development Guide. http://www.wkkf.org/Pubs/Tools/Evaluation/Pub3669.pdf

The Innovation Network. Web-based tools and resources for evaluation, including a logic model development tool. http://www.innonet.org

Books

Connolly, P. & Lukas, C. (2002). Strengthening Nonprofit Performance: A Funder’s Guide to Capacity Building. (Saint Paul, MN: Fieldstone Alliance).

Fetterman, D.M., Kaftarian, S.J., & Eandersman, A. (1996). Empowerment Evaluation: Knowledge and Tools for Self-Assessment and Accountability. (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications).

Gray, S.T., & Associates. (1998). Evaluation with Power: A New Approach to Organizational Effectiveness, Empowerment, and Excellence. (Washington, DC: Independent Sector).

Kibbe, B.D., et al. (2004). Funding Effectiveness: Lessons in Building Nonprofit Capacity. (San Francisco, CA: Josey-Bass).

Letts, C., Ryan, W., & Grossman, A. (1999). High Performance Nonprofit Organizations: Managing Upstream for Greater Impact. (New York: John Wiley & Son, Inc.).

Love, A.J. (1991). Internal Evaluation: Building Organizations from Within. (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications).

Mattessich, P. (2003). The Manager’s Guide to Program Evaluation: Planning, Contracting, and Managing for Results. (Saint Paul, MN: Fieldstone Alliance).

Patton, M.Q. (1990). Qualitative Evaluation Methods, 2nd ed. (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications).

Patton, M.Q. (1997). Utilization-Focused Evaluation, 3rd ed. (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications).

Preskill, H.S., & Torres, R.T. (1999). Evaluative Inquiry for Learning in Organizations. (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications).

Russ-Eft, D., & Preskill, H. (2001). Evaluation in Organizations: A Systematic Approach to Enhancing Learning, Performance and Change. (Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing).

Senge, P.M. (1990). The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. (New York: Doubleday).

Sonnichsen, R.C. (1999). High Impact Evaluation. (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications).

York, P.Y. (2005). Leveraging Evaluation to Improve Nonprofit Effectiveness:  A Funder's Guide to Evaluation. (Saint Paul, MN:  Fieldstone Alliance).

Articles and Reports

Backer, T.E. (1999). Innovatin in Context: New Foundation Approaches to Evaluation, Collaboration, and Best Practices. (Encino, CA: Human Interaction Research Institute).

Cherin, D. & W. Meezan. (1998). Evaluation as a Means of Organizational Learning. Administration in Social Work, 22, 1-21.

Connolly, P. & York, P. (2003). Building the Capacity of Capacity Builders: A Study of Management Support and Field Building Organizations in the Nonprofit Sector. (New York: The Conservation Company).

Easterling, D., & Csuti, N.B. (1999). Using Evaluation to Improve Grantmaking: What’s Good for the Goose is Good for the Grantor, a publication of the Colorado Trust. (Denver, CO).

GEO-GEN. (2000). High Performance Organizations: Linking Evaluation and Effectiveness, in the Report on the GEN-GEO 2000 Conference. (Washington, DC: Grantmakers for Effective Organizations).

Hernandez, G., & Visher, M.G. (2001). Creating a Culture of Inquiry: Changing Methods-and Minds-on the Use of Evaluation in Nonprofit Organizations. (San Francisco, CA: The James Irvine Foundation).

Patrizi, P. & McMullan, B. (1998). Evaluation in Foundations: The Unrealized Potential. (Battle Creek, MI: W.K. Kellogg Foundation).

Torres, R. T. & Preskill, H. (2001). Evaluation and Organizational Learning: Past, Present, and Future. American Journal of Evaluation, 22(3), 387-395.

York, P.Y. (2003). Learning as We Go: Making Evaluation Work for Everyone. (New York: TCC Group).