Kasey Hammock 
Picture this (maybe familiar) image: it’s October and strategic planning season is in full swing. Your executive director, board members, and program leads are gathered around a whiteboard, armed with markers, sticky notes, and lukewarm coffee. After days of intense retreats and endless debates, you finally create a shiny, 30-page strategic planning document. Six months … Read More
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Use data with curiosity and care through radical love rather than blame. Program evaluation helps nonprofits move beyond good intentions.
Written by Intern Bailey Elmore Let’s be real—the last few months have been tough for nonprofits. Between policy changes, budget cuts, rising costs, and economic uncertainty, your organization is probably feeling the squeeze. And here’s the hard part: when the economy struggles, the communities you serve need you even more. Food insecurity goes up. Homelessness … Read More
A Decade of Impact: Longitudinal Program Evaluation of a Children Services Fund At Partner for Better, we believe that strong data leads to stronger communities. That’s why we were honored to work alongside Central Missouri Community Action to lead a comprehensive program evaluation review and assessment of the Boone County Children’s Services Fund (BCCSF)—a community … Read More
Can you believe it’s almost November? 2024 is flying by, and it’s been a whirlwind of a year! Unfortunately, the blog took a backseat while we focused on supporting our clients. Moving forward, one of our goals is to post more consistently and share fresh ideas each month. We’re committed to making that happen and … Read More
Contact: Andrea Morrow-Cronin 573-253-0291 andrea@partnerforbetter.com Missouri Network Against Child Abuse Retains Partner for Better To Reopen a Child Advocacy Center in Columbia Following the Rainbow House closure, MO-NACA has contracted with Partner for Better to assist in creating the Child Advocacy Center of Central Missouri COLUMBIA, MO. The Missouri Network Against Child Abuse (MO-NACA) has … Read More
This guide emphasizes the vital role of program evaluation in nonprofit storytelling, illustrating how systematic data gathering and analysis can enhance decision-making, improve programs, and convincingly communicate impact to stakeholders. It outlines steps from defining objectives and data collection to analyzing results and crafting compelling narratives using mixed media. Effective use of evaluation data ensures authenticity, focuses on impact, and involves multimedia for broader reach, thereby facilitating organization growth and community engagement.
We are so excited to announce a partnership with The Heart of Missouri United Way. We’re teaming up to offer local non-profit organizations the chance to enhance their capacity through the ASPIRES project. One part of this project is quarterly capacity building classes, which are open to any local nonprofit organization. Our first session, provided by Partner for … Read More
Lessons from a Mushroom Let’s talk about reaching your 2024 goals. I wrote about my planning strategy on the blog earlier this year, but I didn’t share my personal goal publicly. Maybe because it’s a little silly. But also because I wasn’t sure people would understand. Now, I think maybe it might help you in … Read More