RESPECT is an affinity group within the foundation that focuses on racial and other forms of equity in the foundation’s grantmaking, operations, and services. Community Science was engaged by RESPECT in 2006 to help refine its theory of change and to assess its impact on the foundation through secondary data analysis. A year later (2007), RESPECT decided to extend our role to evaluate all aspects of RESPECT’s work as well as to analyze the degree to which selected foundation investment summaries reflect an intentional goal to promote diversity, inclusiveness, and equity. This contract has been renewed two times since then as Community Science incrementally evaluates more of RESPECT’s work. Our findings during the past two years have been used to promote dialogue among the foundation’s leadership and staff about ways to continuously integrate the value of diversity, inclusiveness, and equity into all aspects of the foundation’s work. (2006-present)
