This resource focuses on the role of local philanthropy as a means to contribute to Financing Self Reliance, a key pillar of USAID's Journey to Self Reliance initiative.

The paper introduces the community philanthropy idea and other associated concepts that can help funders deliberately discuss and apply what we are calling a “community philanthropy approach” or “l

The review draws together information from existing reports, studies and organizational websites in order to provide an overview of the current state of organized community philanthropy around the

Implementation Tip for USAID Partners on how you can use evidence to inform all stages of the project cycle. 

Implementation Tip for USAID Partners on the key features of M&E.

Report from USAID Conflict-Sensitive Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop.

Brochure on the key principles for Conflict Sensitive M&E.

Tips paper explains what key informant interviews are, when it is appropriate to use them and the steps in conducting the interviews.

Tips paper describes participatory evaluation, why it is important, and how to conduct one.

Paper looks at how to create a framework to evaluate Public-Sector Networks through three levels of analysis.