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.