It is a truism in the field of philanthropy that it is difficult to give away money effectively. The first step toward effective grant making is for a foundation to formulate clear and unambiguous goals for its grant making activity. Second, the foundation must have a well developed strategy for attaining those goals.*

Impact Strategies can assist private, community, and corporate foundations to establish effective grant making programs by:

• Developing an organizational logic model to clarify grant-making goals

• Formulating a concise strategy for accomplishing the goals

• Developing an evaluation plan to monitor your progress 

*Unambiguous goals” and “fully developed strategies” are the criteria identified by Mark Kramer as necessary for meaningful evaluation of foundation work.