Evaluation of the Weingart Foundation’s Developmental Disabilities Initiative

Preliminary Findings

The Weingart Foundation contracted with independent evaluator LFA Group to design and implement an evaluation of their Developmental Disabilities Initiative (DDI). LFA Group designed a qualitative evaluation that aims to capture key lessons about how funders can support effective capacity building, and is not meant to serve as an assessment of the grantee organizations. Weingart staff and LFA Group invited all DDI organizations to participate in the evaluation on a voluntary basis, and all organizations were willing to participate and share their experience as DDI grantees.