Who we help · Institutions
Foundations, philanthropies & impact funds
Due diligence, evaluation, results data and clear reporting for foundations, philanthropies and impact funds commissioning credible evidence.
1 of 3What you face
Decisions we help you make.
Where our work usually starts with organisations and people like you.
Whether a grantee or partner is what it says
Whether a portfolio is achieving its results
How to reconcile and present results data
How to tell the story of results without overstating them
How we work with youIndependent methods and sources are stated in every deliverable; conflicts are declared before work begins.
2 of 3What we do
Services, by practice.
Every service here has a defined first scope and a fixed fee agreed in writing before work begins.
6 of 11 practices serve this group
01Research, evidence & evaluation
4 of the 13 services on this page
- Due-diligence researchBefore you sign with a partner, supplier or grantee in Ghana or West Africa, we investigate the counterparty within agreed registers and sources. You receive the findings, the questions that remain open, and the full source trail.→
- Feasibility studiesWe review a project concept for commercial and institutional feasibility before a larger study, loan or investment is commissioned, so the questions that could stop the project are answered first.→
- Programme evaluationWe review your evaluation brief and evidence base, propose a method that fits the questions and the budget, and cost any fieldwork separately and transparently. Evaluations follow recognised criteria such as relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability.→
- Third-party monitoring (TPM) in Ghana / West AfricaVerify one accessible Ghana site against agreed evidence requirements; cost travel and independence explicitly.→
- Monitoring, evaluation and learning framework designWe repair or build one programme’s theory of change, results framework and indicator definitions before the next reporting cycle, so what you measure is what the programme is meant to change.→
- Institutional and organisational reviewWe review one institutional unit’s mandate, structure, processes and controls, and return options and a prioritised action memo that leadership can decide on.→
- Donor MEL reporting automationWe convert one approved indicator workbook into one funder reporting template, with reconciliation checks and exception handling, so each reporting cycle takes hours instead of weeks and every figure can be traced.→
- Institutional website designWe design and build focused institutional websites with the content, performance and accessibility criteria agreed up front, the way this site was built.→
- Content engineWe turn one approved report or body of work into an agreed set of audience-specific assets, with formats, volumes and revision rounds fixed at the start.→
- Report design and publication productionWe design a polished, accessible sample chapter or spread first, so you can judge the quality before committing, then scope the complete production.→
- Donor results dataWe reconcile your programme results data and deliver one usable analysis, dashboard or reporting cycle, with every figure traceable to its source.→
- Document analysis at scaleWe compare a defined set of documents and return cited findings, a list of extraction exceptions and a hand-checked validation sample, so you can trust what AI-assisted review found.→
3 of 3What you can try now
Start with a free tool.
Working tools matched to the services above. Results on screen straight away.
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Evidence register and due-diligence checklist
List the claims a decision depends on, where each one comes from and how confident you are. The register shows which conclusions rest on unsourced or self-reported evidence, and what to request next.
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Feasibility study sensitivity analysis
Enter your investment, revenue and cost assumptions. The explorer calculates net present value, internal rate of return and payback, then shows which assumption moves the result most.
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Strategic plan template
Set out your purpose and priorities, then give every objective a measure, a target, an owner and a review date. The template drafts the plan outline and checks that nothing is left without someone accountable for it.
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MEL indicator builder
Define each indicator properly: level, unit, numerator and denominator, baseline, target, source, frequency and disaggregation. The checker rejects percentages without a numerator and denominator and turns complete indicators into reference sheets.
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Colour contrast checker
Check colour pairs against the WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text and interface parts, then record the manual tests an automated scan cannot do. The worksheet shows what passed, what failed and what was never tested.
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Web app requirements template
Name your users and what they need to do, then list features with the need behind each, a priority and the test that proves it works. The builder turns it into a specification and test checklist you can hand to developers.
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Also in institutions
- NGOs, donors & development partners21 services
- Governments & public institutions16 services
- Universities & training providers11 services
- Professional bodies, chambers & membership organisations12 services
- Social enterprises & community organisations9 services
- Health organisations & care providers8 services
- Faith-based organisations & charities6 services
- Schools, TVET institutions & education networks7 services
What needs to move forward?
Tell us the decision, the challenge or the opportunity. We reply with a scoped approach, a named principal and a fee before any work begins.
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