There were two offerings for this event on Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 7 am ET / 12pm GMT and 11 am ET / 4 pm GMT.

During this gathering (part of our monthly event series), we shared what it takes to develop true evaluation partnerships among evaluation firms of all sizes, and we created space for participants to get to know each other and learn from each other's experiences.

This event took place on Thursday, December 4th at 11 am ET / 4 pm GMT.

This was the launch of a monthly event to which we will invite evaluators and evaluation firms of all sizes and from all parts of the world -- focused locally, nationally (e.g., within the United States or within another country), and/or globally -- to come together to build relationships and learn from each other about how to strengthen true evaluation partnerships.

This event took place on July 31, 2025 at 11 am ET / 3 pm GMT.

Increasing numbers of foundations are adopting contracting practices aimed at strengthening their partnerships with small community-based evaluation firms. In this webinar, Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies share their journey toward fostering more effective partnerships with small community-based evaluation firms. They discuss, in conversation with WithInsight, an evaluation and learning partner, why they chose to embark on this journey and their learnings along the way.

This event took place on May 12, 2025 at 11 am ET / 3 pm GMT.

In our 3rd webinar, presenters and participants discussed why funders and other evaluation commissioners tend to work with familiar, larger evaluation firms; the conditions under which they may prioritize working with small and solo community-based evaluation firms; and what it will take to convince funders and other evaluation commissioners to try out new partnerships with small and solo community-based evaluation firms.

This event took place on July 9, 2024 at 11 am ET / 3 pm GMT.

Partnering with small and solo community-based evaluation firms begins with designing selection processes that welcome them in. 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.

This event took place on May 9, 2024 at 11:30 am ET / 3:30 pm GMT.

Many funders value partnering with small community-based evaluation firms, given their deep knowledge of local cultures and contexts. However, funders' contracting practices can be ill suited for such partnerships. In this webinar, three pairs of funders and small community-based evaluation firms -- two focused globally and one focused within the United States -- describe the contracting practices they are using to facilitate these partnerships and the benefits they are gaining from them.