State of Evaluation 2016: Evaluation Practice and Capacity in the Nonprofit Sector
Innovation Network
Innovation Network, Inc.
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The 2016 edition of Innovation Network's nationwide survey of nonprofit evaluation, running since 2010, with responses from 1,125 US-based 501(c)(3) organisations. The share engaging in any evaluation in the past year reached an all-time high of 92 per cent, and the share receiving evaluation funding from at least one source rose from 66 per cent in 2012 to 92 per cent. Yet the share showing a promising mix of evaluation characteristics and practices held flat at 28 per cent, only 12 per cent of organisations spent 5 per cent or more of their budget on evaluation, and only 8 per cent had evaluation staff, internal or external — both sizeable decreases.
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- 92 %↑ Increase
organisations engaged in evaluation(nonprofit evaluation)
Socialn = 1,125Control: all-time high since the survey began in 2010- region
- United States
- year
- 2016
- method
- survey of US 501(c)(3) organisations, share evaluating in the past year
- 28 %→ No change
evaluation capacity share(nonprofit evaluation)
Socialn = 1,125Control: 28 per cent in 2012- region
- United States
- year
- 2016
- method
- share showing a promising mix of evaluation characteristics and practices
- 12 %↓ Decrease
share spending 5pct or more of budget(nonprofit evaluation)
Economicsn = 1,125Control: sizeable decrease from the previous round- region
- United States
- year
- 2016
- method
- share of organisations spending 5 per cent or more of budget on evaluation
- 8 %↓ Decrease
share with evaluation staff(nonprofit evaluation)
Economicsn = 1,125Control: sizeable decrease from the previous round- region
- United States
- year
- 2016
- method
- share with evaluation staff, internal or external
- 92 %↑ Increase
share receiving evaluation funding(nonprofit evaluation)
Economicsn = 1,125Control: 66 per cent in 2012- region
- United States
- year
- 2016
- method
- among organisations that engaged in evaluation, share funded from at least one source
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- Policy and governanceMixedWith caveats
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