Reproductive Justice
Groundswell Fund
Reproductive Justice Fund and Catalyst Fund Evaluation • National
The Groundswell Fund Reproductive Justice Initiative incorporates two grantmaking vehicles, the Reproductive Justice Fund and the Catalyst Fund; both support emergent, innovative work that is focused on movement-building. With reproductive justice only recently taking center stage in funder discussions and with most supporting foundations, including Groundswell Fund, nearing the two- or three-year mark in their reproductive justice grantmaking, the moment is ripe to evaluate the impact grantees are having on policy, base building, public opinion, and the framing of reproductive health and rights in the U.S.
Korwin Consulting is working with the Groundswell Fund and its funding partners to evaluate this multi-pronged initiative, using a combination of interviews, surveys, focus groups, evaluation coaching, and participant convenings with national and local philanthropic partners and women of color-led and other nonprofit reproductive justice organizations. Download the Catalyst Fund’s 2010 Evaluation Report.
Ms. Foundation for Women
Reproductive Rights Coalition and Organizing Fund Evaluation Design and Women of Color-Led Policy Evaluation • National
Ms. Foundation for Women’s Reproductive Rights Coalition and Organizing Fund (RRCOF) has provided grantmaking, technical assistance, and networking activities to strengthen state-level reproductive rights organizations and infrastructures across the United States. Korwin Consulting designed RRCOF’s evaluation and associated evaluation tools to measure the outcomes resulting from this national fund.
Through RRCOF and other Initiatives, Ms. Foundation funds and supports women of color-led organizations committed to advancing policies at the local, state, and national levels. The foundation engaged Korwin Consulting to assist their lead consultant in the design and analysis of a study measuring the impact of this funding, effective grantee strategies, and the role of leadership by women of color in advancing advocacy outcomes.
New Mexico Community Foundation—Women Building Community Fund
New Mexico
The New Mexico Community Foundation (NMCF) Women BuildINg Community Fund exists to support New Mexico women and girls in diverse rural, urban, and immigrant communities. The Women Building Community Fund is a catalyst for community change by making strategic grants and building permanent resources for New Mexico’s women and girls. The New Mexico Community Foundation joined Groundswell’s Catalyst Fund as a grantmaking partner and awarded grants and technical assistance to grantees advancing a reproductive justice agenda. Korwin Consulting evaluated grantees’ strategies, activities, and progress.
New York Women’s Foundation
New York
The New York Women’s Foundation (NYWF) engaged Korwin Consulting to help build the evaluation capacity of NYWF’s reproductive justice grantee partners. Through a blend of group training, one-on-one evaluation coaching, development of an Advocacy Evaluation Resource Guide, and analysis of reproductive justice grantee partners’ Making the Case evaluations, Korwin Consulting supported the foundation and its partners to better measure their impact.
Third Wave Foundation
National
Third Wave is a feminist, activist foundation that works nationally to support young women, transgender, and gender nonconforming youth ages 15 to 30 working for gender, racial, economic, and social justice in grassroots efforts across the country. Since its inception in 1996, Third Wave has funded and supported numerous youth-led social justice organizations and individual activists through grants, scholarships, and other technical assistance. Through board, staff, funder, and grant partner interviews and surveys, and a review of relevant materials, Korwin Consulting evaluated Third Wave’s Reproductive Health and Justice Initiative in order to deepen Third Wave’s understanding of its impact on reproductive justice organizations and the reproductive justice movement as a whole.