Assessment

M+R produces insightful strategic assessments for nonprofits, foundations, coalitions, and issue campaigns.  With decades of experience designing and managing campaigns, we are uniquely qualified to:

  • Help clients understand how the changing political and economic environment will affect their programs and campaigns;
  • Evaluate the governance, structure, operations, and performance of coalitions, organizations and issue campaigns;
  • Assess previous and ongoing campaigns, as well as the feasibility of prospective campaigns;
  • Measure program and campaign tactics and results against best practices in the field;
  • Assess the ongoing work of an organization or foundation’s affiliates or grantees;
  • Conduct comprehensive communications audits; and
  • Produce innovative, multi-faceted and effective campaign plans.

Some of our recent work includes:

  • An assessment of the Transportation for America campaign and a campaign plan for federal policy reform, field capacity and communications;
  • Two assessments of Farm Bill campaigns and the development of a foreign aid reform campaign plan for Oxfam America;
  • An assessment of disparities in access to breast cancer care around the country for Susan G. Komen for the Cure;
  • An evaluation of environmental media coverage and public opinion polling in five Northwestern states;
  • An assessment of voter engagement and mobilization efforts for America Votes;
  • An assessment of civic engagement efforts in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin;
  • An assessment of a nationwide media and online advocacy campaign to reduce inappropriate use of antibiotics in food animals;
  • An assessment of civic engagement work in nine states;
  • An internal evaluation of America Coming Together for the ACT board;
  • A coalition-building and media plan to launch the Campaign for Environmental Literacy;
  • An assessment of a national reproductive health organization;
  • An analysis of an effort to pass campaign finance reform in Connecticut;
  • And more!

Contact Us

For more information, please contact Bill Wasserman at bwasserman@mrss.com or (202) 478-6122.

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