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# SIF **National Assessment Survey**  **(4/ 23** **/14)**
**Background**
1. How did your organization learn about SIF? (Please mark all that apply) [] From CNCS presentations at conferences [] From CNCS communications (e.g., email blasts, webinars, information on the CNCS website) [] From GEO [] From America Achieves [] From another organization (which organization): ______________________________________ [] From reading the Federal Register [] From colleagues [] From social media [] Other (please describe): _________________________________________________________________

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### 2. Why did your organization apply for SIF Funding? (Please mark all that apply) [] To scale the **delivery** of an intervention your organization was already supporting, by **serving more of the original population** [] To scale the **applicability** of an intervention your organization was already supporting, by testing the intervention’s effectiveness for **additional populations or geographic areas**  [] To implement an intervention that your organization had not previously supported [] To engage in evidence

-based grantmaking [] To build your organization’s capacity [] To test innovative ideas [] To increase the impact of investments your organization was already making in communities of interest to you [] Other reasons (please describe):___________________________



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. Does your organization currently have any other portfolios of grants that are similar to SIF in any of the following ways? (Please mark all that apply) [] Provide funding to a group of nonprofits to carry out community

-based interventions in a particular focus area or geography [] Support interventions in the areas of youth development (including early childhood development), economic opportunity and/or community

health or healthy

futures [] Fund grantees in the portfolio at a level of $100,000 or more per year [] Have a total por

tfolio size of $1,000,000 or more per year [] Require applicants to provide at least preliminary evidence of effectiveness to obtain funding [] Require grantees to conduct rigorous evaluations of their intervention that will build on their initial level of evidence

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[] All of the above 

### 3A. If your organization currently has 1 or more portfolios in addition to SIF that have all the above characteristics: How many of your organization’s other grant portfolios have all of these characteristics (write number):_________ 

# Grant Making Organization **Capacity Development**

To learn **how** grantmaking organizations change and **over what time period** change occurs, we are asking you to rate how effective your organization is in each of several areas, year by year. Please rate your organization’s capacity to do each of the following

–  Rate your organization’s capacity in each area (row) on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 means “have no capacity to do this”, and 10 means “have all the capacity needed to do this”
 For each area (row), rate your organization’s capacity in each year (column)
 If there has been change in this period, please indicate how much of the change has been a result of your organization’s participation in SIF 

### 4. Rate your organization’s capacity to **identify and select nonprofits to fun** **d** to implement interventions in their communities: Rate your organization’s capacity in each of these areas: In each of the following years If there has been change in your organization’s capacity over this period, **how much of the change has been a result of your participation in SIF** ? 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 None A little Some A substantial amount N/A (no

change in capacity) 1...10 1....10 1....10 1....10 1....10 1...10 

### A. Develop and issue an RFP or similar solicitation for applicant organizations to ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

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Rate your organization’s capacity in each of these areas: In each of the following years If there has been change in your organization’s capacity over this period, **how much of the change has been a result of your participation in SIF** ? 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 None A little Some A substantial amount N/A (no

change in capacity) 1...10 1....10 1....10 1....10 1....10 1...10 respond to 

### B. Conduct outreach to attract a strong pool of applicants ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 

### C. Implement a rigorous, transparent process for reviewing applications and making selection decisions ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )


### D. Assess level of evidence for applicants’ proposed interventions ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 

### E. Assess applicants’ capacity to implement proposed interventions ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 

### F. Assess applicants’ capacity to conduct rigorous evaluations of their interventions ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 

### G. Assess applicants’ capacity to scale up proposed interventions ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

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Rate your organization’s capacity in each of these areas: In each of the following years If there has been change in your organization’s capacity over this period, **how much of the change has been a result of your participation in SIF** ? 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 None A little Some A substantial amount N/A (no

change in capacity) 1...10 1....10 1....10 1....10 1....10 1...10 

### H. Assess applicants’ capacity to meet federal government compliance requirements ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )


### In **identifying and selecting nonprofits to fund** :
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. In areas where your organization’s participation in SIF contributed to a change in capacity, please describe **how SIF**  **contributed**
.

6
. In addition to SIF, what **other factors** contributed to a change in capacity? How did they contribute?

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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### 7. Rate your organization’s capacity to **support grantees**  to implement and evaluate interventions: Rate your organization’s capacity in each of these areas: In each of the following years If there has been change in your organization’s capacity over this period, how much of the change has been a result of your participation in SIF? 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 None A little Some A substantial amount N/A (no

change in capacity) 1...10 1....10 1....10 1....10 1....10 1...10


### A. Ensure grantees comply with reporting and other federal program requirements ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 

### B. Provide technical assistance to grantees to implement the intervention successfully ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 

### C. Provide technical assistance to grantees to conduct rigorous evaluations of their interventions ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
D. Provide technical assistance to grantees on using evaluation findings for program improvement and other purposes ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )



### E. Provide technical assistance to grantees on fundraising ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

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Rate your organization’s capacity in each of these areas: In each of the following years If there has been change in your organization’s capacity over this period, how much of the change has been a result of your participation in SIF? 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 None A little Some A substantial amount N/A (no

change in capacity) 1...10 1....10 1....10 1....10 1....10 1...10


### F. Provide technical assistance to grantees on scaling their interventions ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 

### G. Provide technical assistance to grantees on communications and dissemination strategies ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )



### In **supporting grantees :** 
8
. In areas where your organization’s participation in SIF contributed to a change in capacity, please describe **how SIF**  **contributed**
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. In addition to SIF, what **other factors** contributed to a change in capacity? How did they contribute?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Rate your organization’s capacity to **build the evidence base for interventions** :

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**Rate your organization’s capacity in each of these areas:**  **In each of the following years If there has been change in your organization’s**  **capacity over this period, how much of the change has been a result of you** **r participation in SIF? 2009**  **2010 2011**  **2012 2013**  **2014 None**  **A little**  **Some A** 

**substantial amount**  **N/A (no**

**change in capacity)**  1...10 1....10 1....10 1....10 1....10 1...10 A. Design and implement rigorous evaluations of your organization’s activities in funding and supporting community nonprofits ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

B. Design and implement rigorous evaluations of your grantees’ interventions ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) C. Partner with external evaluators to conduct rigorous evaluations of your organization’s activities ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
D. Partner with external evaluators to conduct rigorous evaluations of your grantees’ interventions ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
E. Use evaluation findings for program improvement ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) F. Use evaluation findings to inform grantmaking decisions ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) G. Use evaluation findings to support scaling of models that ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

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**Rate your organization’s capacity in each of these areas:**  **In each of the following years If there has been change in your organization’s**  **capacity over this period, how much of the change has been a result of you** **r participation in SIF? 2009**  **2010 2011**  **2012 2013**  **2014 None**  **A little**  **Some A** 

**substantial amount**  **N/A (no**

**change in capacity)**  1...10 1....10 1....10 1....10 1....10 1...10 show evidence of effectiveness H. Use evaluation findings to demonstrate and communicate success of an intervention ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )



### In **building the evidence base** for interventions:
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. In areas where your organization’s participation in SIF contributed to a change in capacity, please describe **how SIF contributed** 
.

12. In addition to SIF, what **other factors** contributed to a change in capacity? How did they contribute?

**_____________________________________________________________________________________ _____**  **____________**

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### 13. Rate your organization’s capacity to **carry out other aspects of your work**: **Rate your organization’s capacity in each of these areas:**  **In each of the following years If there has been change in your organization’s**  **capacity over this period, how much of the change**  **has been a result of your participation in SIF? 2009**  **2010 2011**  **2012 2013**  **2014 None**  **A little**  **Some A** 

**substantial amount**  **N/A (no**

**change in capacity)**  1...10 1....10 1....10 1....10 1....10 1...10 A. Raise funds to support your grant programs ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) B. Work collaboratively with co

funders to address community needs ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) C. Foster communication and joint problem solving among your grantees ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
D. Develop and use data systems to manage grant programs ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) E. Develop and use data systems to manage performance and evaluation data ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )



### In **these other areas :** 
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. In areas where your organization’s participation in SIF contributed to a change in capacity, please describe **how SIF contributed** 
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. In addition to SIF, what **other factors** contributed to a change in capacity? How did they contribute?

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. The preceding questions asked about change in your organization’s capacity in different areas in the period since 2009. This question asks about technical assistance or similar support (e.g., coaching, facilitation, tools) your organization may have received from different sources to help you increase capacity or make changes. (Do not include sources that provided only financial assistance and no other kinds of assistance.) **In carrying out their SIF work, intermediaries may receive assistance from a variety of sources. This question asks how much assistance your organization has received from different sources on carrying out your SIF responsibilities.** 
**Have not received**  **a ny**  **assistance from this**  **source Have** 

**received a little**  **assistance from this**  **source Have received** 

**some assistance from this**  **source Have received a** 

**substantial amount of assistance from this**  **source N/A** 

**–**

**Assistance not needed** 
A. SIF program staff ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) B. CNCS Research and Evaluation Staff ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) C. CNCS evaluation contractor ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

### 12 **Have not received**  **a ny**  **assistance from this**  **source Have** 

**received a little**  **assistance from this**  **source Have received** 

**some assistance from this**  **source Have received a** 

**substantial amount of assistance from this**  **source N/A** 

**–**

**Assistance not needed** 
D. Resources posted on Knowledge Network Website (e.g., trainings, toolkits) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
E. Other departments in your organization (e.g., finance department) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
F. Other SIF intermediaries ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) G. SIF convenings ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) H. Other conferences or convenings (sponsored by other organizations in the field) (Describe:__) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

I. Co
-funders/other philanthropies ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
J. Other (describe:

___) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

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# Development **of Capacity among Your Organization’s SIF**  **Grantees This section asks about**  **the capacity of grantees your organization has**  **funded under SIF to carry out different functions**  **-- at the time their SIF funding started**  **and their capacity**  **now , and**  **about the extent to which the change in capacity is attributable**  **to their participation in SIF.** 

## In responding to these questions, please think about your SIF grantees overall or on average. If some have experienced particularly great increases in capacity, you are welcome to talk about these in response to questions about examples of change. 17
. Overall, how would you rate your SIF grantees' capacity to do the following, at the time their SIF funding started and now? For areas where your SIF grantees’ capacity has increased, how m uch of that change is the result of their participation in SIF?

**Your SIF Grantees’ Capacity**  **at the Time their SIF Funding Started**  **Your SIF Grantees’ Capacity**  **Now How much of**  **the change in your grantees’**  **capacity has been**  **a result of their**  **participation**

**in SIF? Very**  **Weak Weak**  **Moderate Strong**  **Very Strong**  **Very**

**Weak Weak**  **Moderate Strong**  **Very Strong**  **None A** 

**little Some**  **A**

**substantial amount**  **N/A (No**

**Change)** A. Im plement the interventions they are carrying out in their communities ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

### 14 **Your SIF Grantees’ Capacity**  **at the Time their**

**SIF Funding Started Your SIF Grantees’**  **Capacity Now**  **How much of the change in**  **your grantees’ capacity**  **has been a result of**  **their participation** 

**in SIF? Very**  **Weak Weak**  **Moderate Strong**  **Very Strong**  **Very**

**Weak Weak**  **Moderate Strong**  **Very Strong**  **None A** 

**little Some**  **A**

**substantial amount**  **N/A (No**

**Change)** B. Design and conduct rigorous evaluations of their interventions ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

C. Make use of evaluation findings for program im provement ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

D. Raise matching funds for the intervention ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
E. Meet federal compliance requirements ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) F. Scale up the intervention (e.g., increase im pact within community, or expand to ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

### 15 **Your SIF Grantees’ Capacity**  **at the Time their**

**SIF Funding Started Your SIF Grantees’**  **Capacity Now**  **How much of the change in**  **your grantees’ capacity**  **has been a result of**  **their participation** 

**in SIF? Very**  **Weak Weak**  **Moderate Strong**  **Very Strong**  **Very**

**Weak Weak**  **Moderate Strong**  **Very Strong**  **None A** 

**little Some**  **A**

**substantial amount**  **N/A (No**

**Change)** other communities) G. Develop their own logic model or theory of change ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

H. Share knowledge and best practices ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )



### 18**. Please provide examples of increased**  **grantee capacity in these areas.** 

**19 .**  **For these areas, please provide examples of how SIF has contributed to the changes.**

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### 20**. Where there has been increased grantee capacity, what other factors**  **other than SIF have contributed to the increase?** 

**21 .**  **What approaches have been most effective in increasing SIF**  **grantee capacity? Please provide examples of these approaches and describe how they have made a difference.** 

**22 .**  **What have been some of the greatest challenges you have experienced in increasing S IF grantee capacity, and what has**  **been most effective in addressing these challenges?**



## Grantmaking **Organizations ’**  **Support for SIF and Other Grantees**

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## One of the issues the SIF National Assessment seeks to address is the extent to which SIF intermediaries use similar approaches to support their grantees in programs other than SIF, and whether their SIF participation has contributed to change in support for other grantees. This question asks you to report:

 The kinds and extent of support your organization has provided to your **SIF grantees**

 The extent to which you provide the same kinds of support to **other g rantees now** 

 The extent to which you provided the same kinds of support **to grantees prior to your partici pation in SIF**  If there has been **change in the support you provide for**  **other grantees**  since you began participation in SIF, how much of the change is the result of SIF? 23
. To what extent has your organization done the following to support your grantees? For areas where your organization has changed the support it provides other grantees, how much of the change has been a result of your organization’s participation in SIF?

**Types of Support**  **Grantees prior to your participation in SIF**  **SIF Grantees Now Other Grantees Now**  **How Much of the Change in Support for Other Grantees Has Been a Result of Your**  **Organization’s Participation**  **in SIF? Not**  **at all**  **Very Little**  **Somewha**

**t To a**  **great exten**  **t N/**  **A No**  **t at all**  **Very Little**  **Somewha**

**t To a**  **great exten**  **t N/**  **A Not**  **at all**  **Very Little**  **Somewha**

**t To a**  **great exten**  **t N/**  **A None**  **A**

**Littl e**  **Some A** 

**Substantia l Amount**  **NA**

A. Provide financial assistance to carry out an evaluation or hire an external evaluator ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

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**Types of Support**  **Grantees prior to your participation in SIF**  **SIF Grantees Now Other Grantees Now**  **How Much of the Change in Support for Other Grantees Has Been a Result of Your**  **Organization’s Participation**  **in SIF? Not**  **at all**  **Very Little**  **Somewha**

**t To a**  **great exten**  **t N/**  **A No**  **t at all**  **Very Little**  **Somewha**

**t To a**  **great exten**  **t N/**  **A Not**  **at all**  **Very Little**  **Somewha**

**t To a**  **great exten**  **t N/**  **A None**  **A**

**Littl e**  **Some A** 

**Substantia l Amount**  **NA**

B. Provide advice, guidance, or other types of support on fundraising ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

C. Provide advice, guidance, or other types of support on conducting evaluations ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

D. Design and conduct evaluations for grantees ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

E. Provide advice, guidance, or other types of support on how to scale up interventions ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

F. Provide advice, guidance, or other types of support on communication s strategies ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

G. Provide advice, ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

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**Types of Support**  **Grantees prior to your participation in SIF**  **SIF Grantees Now Other Grantees Now**  **How Much of the Change in Support for Other Grantees Has Been a Result of Your**  **Organization’s Participation**  **in SIF? Not**  **at all**  **Very Little**  **Somewha**

**t To a**  **great exten**  **t N/**  **A No**  **t at all**  **Very Little**  **Somewha**

**t To a**  **great exten**  **t N/**  **A Not**  **at all**  **Very Little**  **Somewha**

**t To a**  **great exten**  **t N/**  **A None**  **A**

**Littl e**  **Some A** 

**Substantia l Amount**  **NA**
guidance, or other types of support on strategic planning H. Bring grantees together (either in person or virtually) to provide training, share learnings, or foster peer exchange and support ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

I. Provide tools and models for grantees to use ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )



### 24. For areas where your organization has changed the support it provides for other grantees, how has the SIF experience contributed to that change?

25. What have been the major challenges your organization has had in applying SIF principles in other grant portfolios?What have you found to be effective in addressing these challenges?

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# Grantmaking Approaches for SIF and Other Grant Programs **The following questions ask about changes in your organization’s grantmaking for other grant programs**  **during the period you have participated in SIF, and whether change in grantmaking practices is a result**  **of your SIF participation.**


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. In making funding decisions, how important was each of the following **before your organization received SIF funding** and **now**? If there has been a change, how much of the change has been the result of your organization’s participation in SIF?

**Before Your Organization Received SIF**

**Funding Now**  **How m uch of the change has been a result of your**  **organization’s participation in SIF?**  **Not at All**  **Importa nt**  **Som ew** 

**hat Import**  **ant Impor** 

**tant Very**  **Important Not at** 

**all Impor**  **tant Som** **e**

**what Impor**  **tant Importa** 

**nt Very** 

**Impor tant**  **None A little**  **Som e**  **A substantial**  **am ount**  **N/A (no**

**change)**
A. A grant applicant's logic model (or theory

of

-change or similar document) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

### 21 **Before Your Organization Received SIF**

**Funding Now**  **How m uch of the change has been a result of your**  **organization’s participation in SIF?**  **Not at All**  **Importa nt**  **Som ew** 

**hat Import**  **ant Impor** 

**tant Very**  **Important Not at** 

**all Impor**  **tant Som** **e**

**what Impor**  **tant Importa** 

**nt Very** 

**Impor tant**  **None A little**  **Som e**  **A substantial**  **am ount**  **N/A (no**

**change)**

B. Prior research regarding applicant’s proposed intervention or theory of change ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

C
. Innovative approach to solving a community problem ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

D. Strength of applicant’s evaluation plan ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
E. Findings of internal evaluations of similar interventions ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

F. Findings of external evaluations of similar interventions ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

### 22 **Before Your Organization Received SIF**

**Funding Now**  **How m uch of the change has been a result of your**  **organization’s participation in SIF?**  **Not at All**  **Importa nt**  **Som ew** 

**hat Import**  **ant Impor** 

**tant Very**  **Important Not at** 

**all Impor**  **tant Som** **e**

**what Impor**  **tant Importa** 

**nt Very** 

**Impor tant**  **None A little**  **Som e**  **A substantial**  **am ount**  **N/A (no**

**change)**

G. Findings of internal evaluations of the applicant’s previous work ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

H. Findings of external evaluations of the applicant’s previous work ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

I
. Prospects for scaling ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )



### 27
. How important are the following for your organization’s decisions to **scale up**  programs or strategies

– before you entered SIF and now. If there has been a change, how much of the change has been a result of your participation in SIF?

**Before Your Organization Received**

**SIF Funding Now**  **How much of the change has been a result of your organization’s participation in SIF?** 

### 23 **Not at All**  **Import ant**  **Some**

**what Impor**  **tant Impo** 

**rtant Very**  **Impo rtant**  **Not at all Importan**  **t Some**  **what Impo**  **rtant Importa** 

**nt Very**  **Impo rtant**  **None A little**  **Some A**  **substanti al amount**  **N/A (no**

**change)**

A. The intervention’s evidence base ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
B. The grantee’s track record in implementing the intervention ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
C. Grantee’s infrastructure and capacity to expand their operations and serve more participants ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

D. Level of support for the intervention in a new community or population ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

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# Change in **Intermediary Organizat** **ions**

28 . How have these aspects of your organization's **infrastructure and systems** changed since you started participating as a SIF intermediary?

**How have these changed since you started participating as a SIF intermediary**  **If there has been change, how much of the change has**  **been a result of participation in SIF?** 
**Has decreased**  **substantiall y**  **Has**

**Decrease d**  **Somewha t**  **Has not Change**  **d Has**  **Increased Somewhat**  **Has Increased**

**Substantially Non** 

**e A little**  **Some A**  **substantia l amount**  **N/A (no**

**change)**
A. Overall evaluation budget, as a percentage of annual program budget ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

B. Staffing for evaluation ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

### 25 **How have these changed since you started participating as a SIF intermediary**  **If there has been change, how much of the change has**  **been a result of participation in SIF?** 
**Has decreased**  **substantiall y**  **Has**

**Decrease d**  **Somewha t**  **Has not Change**  **d Has**  **Increased Somewhat**  **Has Increased**

**Substantially Non** 

**e A little**  **Some A**  **substantia l amount**  **N/A (no**

**change)** C. Staffing for support and monitoring of grantees ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

D. Data systems for monitoring and managing grantees ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

E. Data systems, tools, and processes for evaluation ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

F. Creation of a space and venue to discuss evaluation findings and their use in ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

### 26 **How have these changed since you started participating as a SIF intermediary**  **If there has been change, how much of the change has**  **been a result of participation in SIF?** 
**Has decreased**  **substantiall y**  **Has**

**Decrease d**  **Somewha t**  **Has not Change**  **d Has**  **Increased Somewhat**  **Has Increased**

**Substantially Non** 

**e A little**  **Some A**  **substantia l amount**  **N/A (no**

**change)**
decision making



### 29. Looking at your organization's budget and staffing, please provide the following:

**Before you started SIF participation**  **Now** 

### A. Total evaluation budget (in $) 

### B. Evaluation budget as % of the total organization budget 

### C. Number of staff FTEs with primary responsibility for evaluation

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D. Number of staff FTEs with primary responsibility for grantee support



### 30
. Who is primarily responsible for conducting evaluations for the following areas of your organization’s activities?(Please mark all that apply) Evaluations of: Evaluation

office/group within your organization Your

organization’s external evaluation partner Program staff

within your organization The grantee

organizations The grantee

organization’s external evaluation partners Other

(specify)

A. Your SIF grantees’ interventions ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) B. Your organizations work as a SIF intermediary ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
C. Your organization’s full SIF portfolio ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) D. Your organization’s other grant portfolios ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
E. Your organization’s support of those ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

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Evaluations of: Evaluation

office/group within your organization Your

organization’s external evaluation partner Program staff

within your organization The grantee

organizations The grantee

organization’s external evaluation partners Other

(specify)

other grant portfolios



### 31. For areas where there has been change in infrastructure or systems, **how has the SIF experience contributed** to the change?

32. What **other factors** have contributed to the change? How have they contributed?

33. If there have been changes in your organization’s **policies and procedures** resulting from SIF participation, please describe the change and the role of SIF in the change (For example: changes in policies and procedures relating to how grant competitions are conducted, or requirements for grantees to conduct rigorous evaluations of their interventions.)

34. How would you rate your organization’s leadership support and organization

-wide support for the following, before your SIF participation started, and now? Rate support on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 means “no support for” and 10 means “complete support for”

### 29 **Leadership Support For:**  **Organization******

**wide support: How much of the change in leadership support** 

**has been a result of participation in SIF? How**  **much of the change in organization -** **wide support has been a result of organization’s** 

**participation in SIF? Before**  **SIF Now**  **Before**

**SIF Now** 

**1 -** **10 1** **- 10**  **1 -** **10 1** **- 10**  **None A**  **little Some**  **A**

**substantial amount**  **N/A (no**

**change in**  **support) None**  **A**

**little Some**  **A**

**substantial amount**  **N/A (no**

**change in**  **support)** A. Open, competitive grantmaking ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) B. Requiring grantees to provide evidence of effectiveness for their interventions at the time they apply for funding ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

C. Requiring grantees to implement a rigorous evaluation of their interventions ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

D. Scaling interventions ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

### 30 **Leadership Support For:**  **Organization******

**wide support: How much of the change in leadership support** 

**has been a result of participation in SIF? How**  **much of the change in organization -** **wide support has been a result of organization’s** 

**participation in SIF? Before**  **SIF Now**  **Before**

**SIF Now** 

**1 -** **10 1** **- 10**  **1 -** **10 1** **- 10**  **None A**  **little Some**  **A**

**substantial amount**  **N/A (no**

**change in**  **support) None**  **A**

**little Some**  **A**

**substantial amount**  **N/A (no**

**change in**  **support)**

– increasing impact within the community or in additional communities or groups E. Leveraging public

private funding through co

funding or matching funds ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

F. Capturing and sharing learnings and best practices ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

### 31 **Leadership Support For:**  **Organization******

**wide support: How much of the change in leadership support** 

**has been a result of participation in SIF? How**  **much of the change in organization -** **wide support has been a result of organization’s** 

**participation in SIF? Before**  **SIF Now**  **Before**

**SIF Now** 

**1 -** **10 1** **- 10**  **1 -** **10 1** **- 10**  **None A**  **little Some**  **A**

**substantial amount**  **N/A (no**

**change in**  **support) None**  **A**

**little Some**  **A**

**substantial amount**  **N/A (no**

**change in**  **support)** G. Using evaluation findings for program improvement ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )



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. For areas where leadership or organization

-wide support has changed:

 

### How has participation in SIF contributed to change?

36. For areas where leadership or organization

-wide support has changed:

 

### What other factors have contributed to change? How have they contributed?

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# Other funding for programs

**This section asks about the**  **funding your organization has received from Federal Government agencies and other sources, either before you**  **applied for SIF, or since you receive d**  **SIF funding.**

37
. Since you started participating in SIF, has your organization co

-funded additional initiatives with the partners who contributed to the match for SIF? [ ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Don’t know



### 38. If yes

– are these partners you had co

-funded with before SIF? [ ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Don’t know

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### 39. Has your organization applied for or received federal funding (other than your SIF grant) in the three year period before you applied for SIF, and in the period since you started participating in SIF? **In the three year period before you applied for SIF**  **Since you started participating in SIF**

**We applied for funding from**  **We received funding from We applied for funding from**  **We received funding from**

**Yes No**  **Yes No**  **Yes No**  **Yes No**  Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) (Other than SIF funding) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the Department of ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

### 34 **In the three year period before you applied for SIF**  **Since you started participating in SIF**

**We applied for funding from**  **We received funding from We applied for funding from**  **We received funding from**
Health and Human Services (DHHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF), in DHHS ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

Other agency(ies) or offices within Department of Health and Human Services (specify): ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

U. S. Department of ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

### 35 **In the three year period before you applied for SIF**  **Since you started participating in SIF**

**We applied for funding from**  **We received funding from We applied for funding from**  **We received funding from** Housing and Urban Development (HUD) U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
U.S. Department of Education (ED) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

Other federal agency (specify): ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )



### 40
. If you have applied for or received additional federal funding since you received SIF funding, has your participation in SIF contributed to your ability to apply for or obtain additional federal funding? If so, how has it contributed?

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### 4 1
. Has your organization received funding from any of the following non

-federal sources to provide funding to nonprofits to implement interventions in communities

– in the three

-year period before you applied for SIF and since you started participating in SIF? (Do not include the SIF matching funds in your response.)

**In the three year period before you**

**applied for SIF Since you started participating in SIF** 

**Yes No**  **Yes No**  A. State or local governments ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
B. Private foundation(s) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) C. Grant making public charity (solicits funds from diverse sources, including the general public). ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

D. Businesses/corporations ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
E. Major individual donors (pledges greater than $20,000, including ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

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planned gifts) F. Annual donations (given directly or through workplace campaigns) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

G. Earned income ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) H. Other (describe) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )



### 42
. If you have received additional funding from any non

-federal sources since you received SIF grant, has your participation in SIF contributed to your ability to apply for or obtain additional funding from these sources? If so, how has it contributed?



# Reflections on SIF experience **These last questions ask you to reflect more**  **generally on your organization’s experience with SIF.**

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### 43
. In general, how has your organization’s experience in the SIF program been different from your experience in other grant programs?

44. In what ways has the SIF experience been similar?

Compared with the way other grant programs have been implemented by your organization

– 45. What are the strengths/benefits of the SIF model compared with others?

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### 46. What are the challenges or costs of “doing SIF”?

47
. Given what you now know from your experience in the SIF program, what would you have changed about your SIF approach? **Please describe what you would have changed:** A. Scaling B. Matching funds C. Knowledge sharing D. Grantee selection E. Evaluation F. Use of evidence and evaluation in grantmaking decisions? G. Other areas (specify)

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### 48. Would you apply for another SIF grant? [ ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Don’t know [ ] Not applicable



### 49. Please explain your response to the question above:

50
. What recommendations do you have for improving the SIF program?

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