The purpose of this project, sponsored by the American Evaluation Association and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, was to improve the quality and effectiveness of evaluation by expanding the diversity of the evaluation profession and by improving the capacity of evaluators to work across cultures and community settings. Community Science was instrumental in the Initiative’s inception and implementation. We convened an advisory committee to guide the effort; collected information on best practices utilized by foundations and government agencies to identify and use evaluators with different backgrounds and training, researched strategies used by professional associations to expand their membership, and created a directory of evaluators with cross-cultural competencies.
