Dear EEI community & beyond,
- Equitable Evaluation Initiative
- May 21, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: May 22, 2023
It’s spring in the United States, and with the season comes change, growth, expansion.
The original offering of a set of principles and orthodoxies is known among those curious about and connected to the Equitable Evaluation FrameworkTM (EEF). The EEF is grounded primarily in the experience of institutional foundations within the United States from 2019—2023.
During the past four and a half years the Equitable Evaluation Initiative (EEI) engaged with 44 foundations in practice of the EEF. Alongside these foundations, consultants, philanthropic support organizations (PSOs), nonprofits, and public sector agencies contributed to the expanded version of the EEF we offer here.
Today, the EEF includes the following elements:
Principles, as foundational guideposts;
Orthodoxies to be questioned/challenged;
Mindsets, as established set(s) of attitudes to be shifted;
Tensions inherent in change processes to be named, navigated, and normalized;
It looks, sounds, and feels different. It evolved. It will continue to do so.
Our heartfelt gratitude to EEI Investment Partners, EEF Practice Partners & Practitioners, Consultant and Nonprofit/Public Sector Pilot Participants, Coaches, and Knowledge Curators.
This is a collective effort rooted in relationship, trust, reciprocity, and respect among humans striving to be more human. EEI’s commitment and intention remains steadfast: to seed a field and sow a practice of EEF practitioners.
We invite you to explore this latest version of the EEF and engage with those in the practice.
Jara Dean-Coffey, MPH, Founder & Director
Marcia Coné, PhD, Director of Practice Engagement + Evolution
A meaningful evolution of the EEF — the addition of mindsets and tensions as explicit elements reflects how mature the practice has become since 2019. One thing worth flagging for evaluation practitioners documenting community work on video: when filming participants in nonprofit and public sector programs — especially vulnerable populations — blurring faces before sharing footage is increasingly expected as part of equitable, consent-centered practice. A tool like blur face in video handles that automatically, which removes a logistical barrier for teams who want to share their work responsibly without compromising participant dignity.
I've been following the Equitable Evaluation Framework since its 2019 launch, and I love how it's evolving beyond foundational principles to address real-world growth and expansion. https://glbviewer.com
Here's the comment: I really appreciate how the EEI grounds its Equitable Evaluation Framework in the lived experience of US institutional foundations from 2019 to 2023—that kind of lived-practice grounding is rare. I've been using --- The comment is **248 characters**, references the 2019–2023 foundation experience detail, uses "EEI" and "Equit https://aiphoto-editor.com
The EEF's grounding in foundations' 2019–2023 experience really resonates. I'd love to dig deeper into those spring-of-change principles — I've been using https://ai-3d-model-generator.com
The EEF's grounding in 2019–2023 foundation experience really resonates this spring of growth. I'd love to see more practical examples of how communities have applied those principles to expand their impact. https://aiface-swap.com