Step 6
Preparing the Evaluation Component
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE completed in the development of your organization’s proposal (needs assessment, goals, objectives, and methods) naturally leads you to this component, as evaluation answers questions that both your organization and the funder have, such as
• Was the program successful?
• Did we do what we set out to do?
• What impact did the program have on the community or target audience?
• What did we learn from this experience that can be leveraged?
• What didn’t work—and why or why not?
• What’s different as a result of our program?
As you prepare the goals, objectives, and methods, it is now more important than ever to plan how your organization will evaluate what it proposes to do. In this ...

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