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Giving Circles: Evaluate Circle

Assessing your giving circle is an ongoing process to determine how effective your giving circle is. There are several key areas to consider:

• Member Satisfaction
• Educational Programming
• Processes and Procedures
• Impact on Community
• Impact on Philanthropy

Materials

• Progress Reports
  Learn more about ways to document what was accomplished with your grant dollars.
• Reasonable Grantee Reporting Expectations
  What is reasonable to require of a grantee? These examples might serve as guidelines as you consider what your circle will require.

Links

• The Community Giving Resource: Measuring Results
  This section from the Community Giving Resource will help you assess the difference your support is making. These tips help demystify the evaluation process and help you decide whether and how to hire an outside evaluator.

Take Action

• Read the Giving Circles Trend Report (PDF)
• Learn Steps to Start a Giving Circle
• Find a Giving Circle
• Get the Basics
• Read Success Stories
• Find Templates and Sample Documents