Standards and Effective Practices for Community Foundations
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A community foundation communicates openly and welcomes public scrutiny.
Communications - Standard VII. Part A.

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Monitoring & Evaluation Component Check List

Track requests for information, web usage, public meetings, meetings with the public officials, and stories in the media.

Monitoring & Evaluation components relevant to most practices

  1. Clear organizational and departmental benchmarks for desired outcomes.
  2. Annual assessment process for the overall strategy examining outcomes and lessons learned.
  3. A monitoring procedure to track progress toward objectives.
  4. Specific performance indicators to determine how well specific practice elements work.