Is This You?

Built on mission. Accountable to funders.

If any of these land, you’re in the right place.

  • Your program runs on grant funding or donor contributions. How do you prove your organization is effective? How do you find funding for new initiatives that could make a positive difference? WE can design high-impact evaluations or promotional materials to tell your story effectively.
  • A funder wants measurable outcomes and you’re not sure how to define them? WE understand data storytelling and crafting narratives that are honest about successes and opportunities for growth. Getting your organization to the next level sometimes requires additional donor dollars. WE can help you secure them.
  • You know your work makes a difference but struggle to prove it in numbers? We get it. You know you are making a difference. You hear it all the time, and you see the lives changed first-hand. WE can help design data collection protocols and tell your story in a unique way.
  • Grants: You’ve lost a grant — or worry about losing one — or have been unable to secure a grant after applying for one — WE can help you navigate the grant landscape, stand out from the crowd of applications, and get that award.
  • You want to build internal data capacity, not hire out every report forever? WE teach organizations to use basic and affordable tools to be more effective with shoe-string budgets.
  • Your team is small and the reporting burden feels disproportionate? WE get it. Running a non-profit means everyone wears many hats, and sometimes the channels for data feedback to make informed decisions bottlenecks. WE can help!
  • You serve a faith-based, community-based, or mission-driven population? WE are about coming alongside Jesus and joining Him in His work. WE help build skills in your staff OR handle the reporting so you can remain focused on being the hands and feet of Christ.
  • You need funder-or-grant ready materials but don’t have a dedicated evaluator on staff? WE can help with this. Although WE will serve areas outside of Lower East Appalachia, our roots go deep here and WE want to see this area grow. WE know non-profits are the backbone and driver of this benefit.

What We Do for You

Evaluation that satisfies funders and builds your team.

We meet you at the grant application stage or mid-cycle. Either way, the goal is the same: rigorous work that stays with you when we’re gone.

Before the Grant Starts

  • Logic model development
  • Evaluation plan writing (funder-ready)
  • Theory of change articulation
  • Indicator and metric definition
  • Data collection tool design

During the Program

  • Formative evaluation: real-time feedback while you can still adjust
  • Process evaluation: fidelity, reach, and implementation quality
  • Survey and focus-group design and facilitation
  • Mid-cycle reporting and progress summaries
  • Data collection system setup and staff training

At the End of the Cycle

  • Summative evaluation for high-stakes funding decisions
  • Outcome measurement: what changed for the people you serve
  • Clean, honest analysis appropriate to your data
  • Final report writing and visual design
  • Dissemination materials for funders, donors, and the public

Building for the Long Term

  • Staff training on data collection and basic analysis
  • Practical dashboards your team can maintain without a data scientist
  • Next-cycle planning and evaluation capacity building
  • Grant narrative and RFP sharpening
  • Storytelling that moves donors and board members

How It Works

From first question to independent next cycle.

Every engagement is shaped to your timeline and budget — but the progression is always toward your independence, not your dependence on us.

Discover

What do you want to know? Who needs to know it? What decisions will this data support?

Design

Logic model, evaluation questions, methods matched to budget and timeline.

Collect

Instruments and systems your team can actually run — no enterprise platform required.

Analyze

Clean, honest, contextually appropriate analysis with no spin.

Report

Compelling documents and visuals written for funders and donors, not academics.

Sustain

Handoff, training, and next-cycle planning so your team leads the next round.

What the Work Reveals

Results that changed outcomes.

ESL students were four times as likely to face a dismissal or repeat-year decision, compared to their peers.

Grant-funded tutoring and language support, grounded in evaluation findings, helped them progress on par — and in some years, better.

A mission-driven program needed to demonstrate measurable community impact to retain a major donor relationship.

Clear outcome metrics and a concise funder report led to renewed funding and expanded reach.

First-generation students were leaving a support program, lacking the navigation skills most students take for granted.

Targeted onboarding and counseling, guided by evaluation data, improved retention for the students who needed it most.

Examples are anonymized. Detailed reports exist but are held under NDA.

Ready to make your data work for your mission?

Share what you’re trying to measure, prove, or fund. The first conversation should leave you clearer than you arrived.

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