Reproductive Justice
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.
Tides Foundation
Reproductive Justice Initiative—Reproductive Justice Fund and Catalyst Fund Evaluation • National
The Tides 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 Tides, 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 Tides 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 First Year Evaluation Report.