jdcPartnerships engages in evaluation, strategic planning and staff development — this is unique. They add the evaluation piece to strategic planning.
— Laurel Kloomok, Executive Director, First 5 San Francisco

The tools we use include:

Evaluative inquiry

Stages of organizational development

Theory of change

Logic models

Survey checklist

Other tools: surveys, interviews, focus groups, discussion groups, etc.

Our Work

Each client is different. We partner with clients to assess their situation, define their objectives and design a custom-tailored project work plan. At the end of our engagement we leave them able to move the work forward in a manner consistent with their organizational culture and capacity.

Our work spans three interrelated areas, all approached with a capacity building and leadership development lens:

Assessment and Evaluation

Strategy Formation and Strategic Planning

Leadership Development

Our projects can focus on any of these areas, though we find the most tangible and sustained results come from integrating all three. Our work strengthens the ability of our clients to think and act strategically, and to adapt to ongoing change.

We also offer trainings, presentations and workshops to share our learnings more broadly. The stories of trainings we developed with CompassPoint and the Center for Civic Partherships offer a sampling of of our work in the field.

Fields of Expertise:

System(s) change | school readiness/early childhood development |  youth development/leadership |  public health, education | human and social services | philanthropy | access to care | aging and adult services | issues related to people of color | community mental health.