Learning and Evaluation
We learn alongside our grantee partners.
How we evaluate
In conventional philanthropy, foundations define success metrics and expect grantees to meet them. Headwaters takes a different approach. Our evaluation process focuses on shared learning, positioning grantees and the foundation as true partners.
We evaluate for three key purposes: accountability to the communities we serve, learning about progress toward the outcomes defined by our partners, and tracking long-term health metrics to assess the impact of our investments.
Together with our grantees, we learn around these outcomes:
Each year, we publish our insights in our Evaluation & Learning Data Book. We invite you to explore what we have learned in the latest edition.