Pedro Paz from Responsive Evaluation Services shares how he has engaged in strong partnerships with evaluators, especially as a funder.

During our March 2026 Gathering Space, Sara McGarraugh of the Improve Group shared the Improve Group’s experience using the Trust Triangle to strengthen relationships within a team and with clients.

Sara McGarraugh from The Improve Group shared how her team has used the Trust Triangle to strengthen relationships within their team.

During our February 2026 Gathering Space, Carlisle Levine and Hippolyt Pul of SECPI engaged Sonia Taddy-Sandino of Engage R+D in conversation about a practical tool for making authentic partnership more than just a good intention. This post captures our conversation. 

Sonia Taddy from Engage R+D shares how her team has used Before and After Action Reviews to deepen relationships and reflect on how a team is working together.

Read the highlights from our first Gathering Space on January 22, 2026.

Read the highlights from our first Gathering Space on December 4, 2025.

Read our lessons from our Strengthening Evaluation Contracting Partnerships Initiative's third webinar on making the case for partnering with small and solo proximate evaluation firms, which took place in May 2025.

In this webinar, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies share their journey toward fostering more effective partnerships with small community-based evaluation firms.

This checklist for evaluation commissioners provides guidance for designing and managing proposal requests, selection processes, contracts, and payments to better foster partnerships with small proximate or community-based evaluation firms.

In this article, we make the case for partnering with small and solo community-based evaluation firms and offer guidance for adjusting selection and contracting practices to foster these partnerships.

In this webinar, two funders and two small community-based evaluation firms describe the selection processes they are using to facilitate these partnerships and the benefits they are gaining from them.

In this webinar, three pairs of funders and small community-based evaluation firms describe the contracting practices they are using to facilitate these partnerships and the benefits they are gaining from them.

Read our contribution to AEA365’s Nonprofits and Foundations Topical Interest Group (NPFTIG) Week.

In this executive brief, we highlight key points from our case for partnering with small and solo community-based evaluation firms and provide guidance for adjusting selection and contracting practices to better foster these partnerships.

In this open letter to funders, we make the case for partnering with small and solo community-based evaluation firms and provide guidance for adjusting selection and contracting practices to better foster these partnerships.