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Gates Grants $105 Million for Evaluation to University of Washington
The growing awareness of the importance of evaluation was dramatically illustrated by this week's announcement from the Gates Foundation. The Foundation has made a 10-year, $105 million grant to the University of Washington to fund the new Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
This is excellent news for the entire evaluation field. Not so long ago, grants for evaluation were scarce. Grantees were expected to report on their work, but most grantmakers rarely allotted funds for evaluation efforts. Over Innovation Network's 15-year history, we have championed the evaluation cause and watched it win supporters throughout the nonprofit and philanthropic community. We applaud the Gates Foundation for showing such an extraordinary level of commitment to the evaluation process.
Read more about the grant at the Gates Foundation website.
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