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Open Standards in Conservation Grantmaking

Matthew Birnbaum Christina Kakoyannis Evaluation Officers, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation. Open Standards in Conservation Grantmaking. NFWF’s Adoption of Systematic Performance Mgmt (SPM). 2007 strategic plan & Board mandate to show results of conservation investments

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Open Standards in Conservation Grantmaking

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  1. Matthew Birnbaum Christina Kakoyannis Evaluation Officers, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Open Standards in Conservation Grantmaking

  2. NFWF’s Adoption of Systematic Performance Mgmt (SPM) • 2007 strategic plan & Board mandate to show results of conservation investments • Goal: Institutionalize M&E into new initiatives & existing programs • Program improvement/ adaptive mgmt • Accountability • Board & leadership support critical for adoption throughout NFWF

  3. NFWF’s Application of Systematic Performance Mgmt Applied at program/initiative level: • Used to design initiatives from start & retrofit existing programs • NFWF facilitates participatory planning process with partners (both funders & grantees)

  4. Uses & Benefits • Monitor impact at program/initiative scale • Application—Provides clearer guidance on key program outcomes, indicators, strategies • Proposal review: Used to assess alignment of grant proposals with overall program/initiative strategy • “Burden” of applying SPM shifts from grantee  funder (NFWF)

  5. Upper Klamath Basin Initiative Results Chain Shortnose sucker population Landowners implement water conservation projects Landowner Outreach Increased late summer stream flow Less water used on private lands

  6. Outreach to landowners in priority reaches 25% % of landowners in priority reaches agreeing to participate in conservation projects

  7. Improved irrigation efficiency on private ranchlands Cfs of water diverted at project scale

  8. What’s On the Horizon? • Standardize monitoring protocols across project grants • Create and implement initiative dashboards • Revisit issue of who (grantees, NFWF or 3rd-party) bears responsibility for M&E at different stages of an initiative/program lifecycle

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