The Rockefeller Foundation is committed to learning, monitoring and evaluation practices that are appropriate to the global and regional contexts in which we work. We develop processes and products, organizational and market innovations—all of which others can implement in the service of helping more people build better lives and futures. Our goal is not to validate preconceived hypotheses, but to discover something new from all phases of our work.
"It’s necessary but not sufficient to learn and then work. You must learn from the work and learn while you work."
- Judith Rodin, President of the Rockefeller Foundation
Our Approach
We measure and monitor our work as it progresses, rather than waiting to evaluate this work only at its conclusion. A regular cycle of evaluations helps us determine whether we are achieving our intended results and impact. We continually consider feedback from our staff, grantees, partners and beneficiaries. This enables us to seize unanticipated opportunities, shift tactics when necessary and recalibrate our approach when a problem demands shorter- or longer-term investment. Together with our grantees, we focus on achieving outcomes, implementing performance measurement and supporting learning and transformative change.
