We deliver consultations that provide insights and support confident action, specializing in the complicated, messy, and complex that characterizes so much of the meaningful work our clients do to support social change.
study: Collective impact
Read more about this research study recently completed by ORS Impact and Spark Policy Institute.
Read the Report
Measurement Learning Evaluation (MLE)
Check out the 2018 MLE Lab
ORS Impact
Brief: Contribution analysis
ORS Impact’s Carlyn Orians, with co-writers Claire Reinelt, Robin Kane and Carlisle Levine offer answers in their new brief.
Access our Resources & Publications
Feature Report
Understanding advocacy impact requires more than counting policy wins and losses.Policymaker Ratings can help by measuring political will. Our brief outlines lessons learned for different political contexts.
Download See all Publications
Feature report
Evaluation of multi-stakeholder advocacy is still in its infancy with evaluators, funders, and advocates working to untangle the complexity of how multiple organizations come together to influence policy change, build cohesive fields of practice, and accomplish more than any one group can do.
Download
A typology for structuring and thinking about a next generation of impact measurement and evaluation for impact investing.
Since 1989, we've been delivering deep value into our client's organizations
Featured project
We are currently conducting a large-scale qualitative study of collective impact, co-funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Robert Woods Johnson Foundation, McCormick Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Houston Endowment.
Read More
Our latest news and insights
Latest News