The philanthropic sector has faced calls for increased transparency, inclusivity and equity, prompting a reevaluation of how foundations engage with the communities they support. Participatory learning is a response to these calls, offering a pathway to more culturally responsive and equitable approaches.

When seeking out an evaluation partner, finding the right match is a challenge for both parties — the commissioner and the evaluator.

Successfully addressing vital social issues — like the movement for racial justice and addressing climate crises — requires large-scale initiatives that address equity, complexity and systems. This report offers ways of grouping systems change outcomes and helpful ways of thinking about complex social change work.

This report examine the foundation's current grantee capacity-building practices and provides recommendations for enhancing the foundation’s approach.

The Walton Family Foundation has been on a learning journey for several years now. We have had successes, setbacks and detours. Our central insight so far: becoming a learning organization requires taking a systems-change view and applying it to our own work.

The rapid distribution of $35 million in relief funding provided critical lessons in the opportunities and challenges of crisis grantmaking

How meaningful accountability systems can strengthen foundation learning and improve impact

The schools profiled in this report include traditional district schools as well as charter schools in five cities

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Trends in school segregation over time

Early evidence suggests that the new CTE is producing results in New York

Our plan flopped. We didn't give up. We changed course.

Seeing what’s possible has compelled us to invest with increased urgency.

Juggling Flexibility, Reinvention, and Accountability in the Nation's Most Decentralized School System

An Evaluation of the Walton Family Foundation’s Approach to Investing in New Charter Schools

Evaluating Efforts to Promote Shifts in Policy Requires Methods That Are Rigorous and Flexible

The framework and process for measuring results at the Walton Family Foundation

New political circumstances, growing popularity