Funders with ambitious goals to change large systems often create multi-year partnerships with intermediaries and evaluators to help realize their visions. But what does it take to effectively weave these partners together and position them for shared success?
In this brief and in a webinar hosted by Candid, we explore five common tensions in funder-intermediary-evaluator relationships and offer potential solutions:
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Three Case Studies
The brief takes an in-depth look at how some of these tensions and resolutions can play out in practice through observing challenges and successes in three case studies:
Linked Learning Regional Hubs of Excellence
Funder: James Irvine Foundation
Intermediary: Jobs for the Future
Evaluators: Equal Measure, Engage R&D, Harder & Company, Community Research
Consumer Voices for Coverage
Funder: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Intermediary: Community Catalyst
Evaluators: Spark Policy Institute
Opportunity Youth Incentive Fund
Funder: Collaborative of 34 Regional and National Funders
Intermediary: Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions, Jobs for the Future, Harder & Company Community Research,
Evaluators: Equal Measure and the Urban Institute
Finally, we ask seven critical questions that can help position partnerships for success.
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