In short: Boards, communities, and accreditors each need something different from the same results, and sharing results with a community carries obligations a board briefing doesn't.
Boards, funders, communities, and institutions each need results told differently. These pages cover communicating findings to each audience, and telling an impact story with credible evidence.
A grant evaluation runs across the whole award, from the first question asked to the funder's annual report, and the plan can change when the program does.
An evaluation that finds a program isn't working is still useful, and there are honest ways to report it that protect the program and the funder relationship at once.
Working with an evaluator follows a known rhythm, and a good one starts from the records you already keep without judging the state they're in.
Funders can learn from grantees without exhausting them, and the line between support and monitoring is a design choice the funder makes.