Our Impact: Evaluation & Learning Report: IDEX's Decade-Long Global Partnership Work

"Findings from this learning and evaluation report affirms IDEX's partnership model. Its commitment to make long-term flexible grants to support locally-determined solutions is an extolled but still hard-to-find practice in philanthropy." - "IDEX Evaluation and Learning Report: IDEX's Decade-Long Global Partnership Work" produced by Shiree Teng, Independent Strategy and Evaluation Consultant

This new external report - looking at 10 years of our way of working - seeks to answer one BIG question: How effective is our partnership model? We wanted to hear directly from our partners - the real experts - to evaluate whether our approach works - and what the impact of IDEX's support has been for their organizations and the communities they reach.

To read the full report, click here.

To read the summary of this report, please click here.

A few revealing highlights from the report, according to our partners:

Find IDEX’s partnership model to be very or mostly effective.

"When asked, 'what makes IDEX different?' partners emphasize IDEX's lack of ego and agenda, respect for locally-driven solutions, long-term, dependable support and ability to broker and connect partners to other resources."

Met all or almost half of their goals to address local needs with IDEX’s support.

Report they have been able to develop local, community-based solutions, either totally or to a great extent since receiving a grant from IDEX.

Identify a significant and substantive positive change in community members’ leadership.

"IDEX's partners are able to succinctly articulate the progress they are making locally – empowering more women as leaders, enabling farmers to be sustainable agricultural innovators, and supporting community members as more confident human rights advocates. IDEX's resources are making a lasting difference in the lives of many."

Have developed strong alliances and links to social change movements internationally.

IDEX has long prided ourselves on being a learning organization; and so, based on the findings and suggestions of this report, we will be refining and strengthening the IDEX model, grounded always in the courage and vision of our partners on the frontlines of the most important struggles for equity and justice.

If you would like to be mailed a hard copy of the report, please send an inquiry to evaluation@idex.org.

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