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Monitoring and Evaluation Services
ForeignAID Ratings provides monitoring and
evaluation services to international development agencies, foundations,
nonprofits, and companies worldwide. ForeignAID Ratings' services include:
In-Depth
NGO Monitoring and Evaluation
Monitoring and Evaluation Training
ForeignAID
Certification for NGOs
ForeignAID.com Global Catalog for Philanthropy Online
In-Depth
NGO Monitoring and Evaluation
The
ForeignAID Ratings NGO evaluation model assesses the capacity of NGOs and
other institutions. Based on
the NGO Star of Excellence TM Evaluation System, the model
considers the following criteria: Social Impact, Institutional Development, Financial Efficiency and
Sustainability, Accountability, and Non-Violence/Patriot Act compliance.
Information
from the NGO Star Evaluation System not only allows grantors and partners
to measure the social impact of their NGO investments, but also acts as an
internal system of checks and balances for an NGO to better understand its
core competencies and areas for improvement.
The model is designed to:
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Identify high-impact NGOs by creating and administering a
versatile, intelligent and consistent social value certification
model
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Provide a benchmark for donors to measure the social impact of
their NGO investments
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Increase donor investments to NGOs by identifying high-impact
NGOs through clear, transparent and unbiased information
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Act as an internal system of checks and balances for an NGO to
improve its effectiveness by highlighting strengths and weaknesses
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Promote partnerships by increasing information-sharing and
communication amongst NGOs, the private sector and potential donors
ForeignAID rated NGOs are assigned a rating grade from AAA+
(highest) to D- (lowest), and organizations rated BB and above are
declared ForeignAID Certified.
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Monitoring and Evaluation Training
ForeignAID.com conducts
evaluation training sessions for nonprofits, grantmakers, management
consultants and organizational development specialists. Our trainings
cover organizational effectiveness and program evaluations, evaluation
design and implementation, and data collection, analysis, interpretation,
and use. Upon completion of the ForeignAID evaluation trainings,
nonprofits and grantmakers are be able to develop and implement evaluation
plans and use data-collection tools as part of their ongoing evaluation.
For more information, please email
ratings@foreignaid.com.
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ForeignAID Certification
for NGOs
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 ForeignAID Ratings also provides a certification service to
eligible grassroots NGOs around the world.
A holistic approach is used to identify ForeignAID Certified
NGOs that demonstrate sustainable and long-term impact
on the communities they serve.
Throughout the nomination, evaluation, and selection process, ForeignAID
Ratings relies on its global network of NGO evaluators and local and
international leaders from academia, the third sector, the private sector,
government, and international agencies.
The
strict standards set by ForeignAID Ratings are followed to identify ForeignAID
Certified NGOs that satisfy
the criteria of the NGO Star of ExcellenceTM.
In addition, eligible NGOs must:
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Be legally registered Not-for-Profit organizations
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Be operating and registered for at least 1 year
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Have a proven track record of success and accountability
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Be conducting programs that directly benefit the disadvantaged
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Be willing to complete a detailed application process
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Have sound management systems in place
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Pass ForeignAID Ratings' Affidavit of Equivalency requirement
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Not use program funds directly for religious purposes
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Not conduct any activities for personal gain
ForeignAID
Certified NGOs are
chosen and continuously updated with:
- Input from ForeignAID Ratings’ global network of
donors, international organizations, professors, and community leaders
in
Africa
and abroad
- A rigorous application process for each NGO applicant
- International reference check and comments
- In-house analysis of the NGO Star of ExcellenceTM:
Transparency, Financial Efficiency, Social Impact,
Institutional Development, and Non-Violence/Non-Terrorism.
ForeignAID
Certified NGOs gain access to donors around the world by being
profiled in the ForeignAID.com Global Catalog for Philanthropy Online—a
directory of ForeignAID
Certified
NGOs which
is accessed by foundations, corporations, international organizations, and
individuals looking for grassroots investments worldwide.
In
addition, ForeignAID
Certified
NGOs are
featured on www.ForeignAID.com to
connect directly with donors, volunteers, and other partners who frequent
the website. Finally, certified organizations receive the ForeignAID
Certified NGO seal.
Over 50 NGOs have been ForeignAID Certified from
North
America
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Latin America
and the
Caribbean
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Asia
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Africa
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and Central and
Eastern Europe
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ForeignAID Certified NGOs represent high impact organizations that address
issues of education and youth, AIDS and health, women, civil society,
environment, microenterprise, and advocacy and research, among others.
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