by The Radiance Team | Aug 27, 2026
How can you bring evaluation into a new project when you’re not even sure what your full strategy will be or what outcomes and impacts are possible? And why would you want to? Many nonprofit organizations and grant makers grapple with how to address long-standing,...
by Robin Horner | Apr 7, 2025
I see and hear from a lot of leaders these days. I greatly appreciate those with formal leadership titles who are speaking up boldly, but the ones I want to follow aren’t always in high-ranking positions. ✨They’re women who went back to college as adults, becoming...
by Robin Horner | Mar 24, 2025
When I was a child, some of the games I played had a magic card that let me skip ahead a few spaces and land closer to the finish line. Evaluation is like that magic skip-ahead card for our clients. Before becoming an evaluator, I was on staff at various nonprofit and...
by The Radiance Team | Feb 24, 2025
At Radiance, we approach evaluation as a way to help organizations uncover and talk about important truths about their work—not just to funders, but to themselves and their communities. That means asking good questions, making space for learning, honoring...
by Robin Horner | Jan 12, 2025
A long time ago, I learned that rice and beans together make a complete protein. They’re simple, nourishing, and affordable. I’ve leaned on that combo during seasons in my life when money was tight, and it always stuck with me as a reminder that some basic things,...
