Executive Vice President—COO's Report
Foundation Performance Measurement: A Tool for Institutional Learning and Improvement
The Fund's Approach to Performance Assessment
Principles for Value-Added Grantmaking
1. Developing Sound Strategies
2. Capitalizing on the Fund's Comparative Advantages
3. Executing Strategy
4. Selecting and Positioning Grantees for Success
5. Contributing to and Monitoring Work in Progress
6. Communicating Results to Influential Audiences
7. Staffing to Accomplish Value-Added Goals
Learning From Experience

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Sponsor conferences to disseminate important work. The Fund often uses small grants to support conferences. The Fund's own staff are intimately involved in developing agendas and selecting presenters in order to achieve the full communications potential of these events.

Monitor quality carefully. Quality control has become a particular challenge in recent years, as the Fund has increased its capacity to publish and disseminate large numbers of documents on its Web site. An internal Web content review committee meets regularly to review materials before they are posted.

Survey key audiences to assess effectiveness and obtain feedback. An audience survey in 2000 provided helpful feedback on Fund publications and encouraged investment in a Fund Web site. A 2003 audience survey instigated a shift to electronic dissemination of publications and upgrades to the site. The Fund is now exploring the use of more frequent online audience surveys and taking advantage of improved methodologies for tracking Web traffic.
 
 
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