Evaluation Resources

NFWF uses evaluation to foster learning and adaptive management to improve the quality of our conservation investments. This site provides information on a variety of evaluation functions within the Foundation.

Evaluation of Grant Programs

Evaluation principles and practices are incorporated into the foundation's Keystones and Charter Programs to better clarify program and initiative goals, gauge progress over time, assess achievement of outcomes, and continuously improve.

The Grants Library

To disseminate knowledge to the conservation community, NFWF has developed a searchable, online Grants Library which currently contains information on over 3,000 NFWF-funded grant projects and several NFWF program evaluations.

The Environmental Evaluators Network and eCommunity

Launched in 2006, NFWF and the U.S. EPA co-host an annual forum for environmental evaluators and practitioners. From this forum emerged an Environmental Evaluators Network and eCommunity whose purpose is to foster an environmental evaluation community where we can share knowledge and effective tools.

Save the Date

The fourth annual 2009 Environmental Evaluators Networking Forum will be held June 8, 9 at George Washington University.  This year’s theme is looking at the value that evaluation can bring to environmental programs and policies.  An agenda will be forthcoming in the near future.  For more information, contact either Matt Birnbaum at matthew.birnbaum@nfwf.org or Matt Keene at keene.matt@epa.gov.

Evaluation Publications

NFWF has edited special volumes on environmental evaluation in two journals due to be published in 2009:

• New Directions in Evaluation—volume focused on methodological issues constraining environmental evaluations.
• Journal of Evaluation and Program Planning—volume focused on evaluation of environmental education efforts.

For further information, contact the foundation's Evaluation Officers: Matthew Birnbaum or Christina Kakoyannis.