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Beyond the False Choice: Integrating Rigor and Values in Evaluation
Byrhonda schlangen November 17, 2025June 18, 2026

American Evaluation Association AEA365: Tip-A-Day for Evaluators | November 2025 Beyond the False Choice: Integrating Rigor and Values in Evaluation By Rhonda Schlangen and Melanie Kawano-Chiu Evaluators are often pressed to choose between technical rigor and values like accessibility, safety, and inclusion, as if the two were opposing goals. In this post, Melanie Kawano-Chiu of…

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Ecosystem & Systems Change | Funder & Philanthropy Practice | Learning & Evaluation

Global Reproductive Equity Strategy Learning Review
Byrhonda schlangen January 31, 2024June 18, 2026

PUBLICATION | January 2024 Global Reproductive Equity Strategy Learning Review William & Flora Hewlett Foundation By Susanna Dilliplane, Rhonda Schlangen, Julie Tumbo, and Coumba Touré I am part of a Learning & Evaluation consulting team supporting the Hewlett Foundation’s five year Global Reproductive Equity Strategy, part of its Gender Equity and Governance Program. As part…

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Ecosystem & Systems Change | Funder & Philanthropy Practice | Learning & Evaluation

Evaluation of the Hewlett Foundation’s Sub-Strategy to Support Local Family Planning and Reproductive Health Advocacy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Byrhonda schlangen January 30, 2024June 18, 2026

PUBLICATION | MARCH 2022 Evaluation of the Hewlett Foundation’s Sub-Strategy to Support Local Family Planning and Reproductive Health Advocacy in Sub-Saharan Africa By David Devlin-Foltz, Susanna Dilliplane, Rhonda Schlangen, Julie Tumbo, and Coumba Touré This is the final report of a five-year developmental evaluation of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s efforts to shift power…

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Funder & Philanthropy Practice | Movements & Civil Society | Mutual Accountabilities

Transformative Shifts: From Capacity to Movement Power
Byrhonda schlangen April 30, 2023June 15, 2026

PUBLICATION | April 2023 Transformative Shifts: From Capacity to Movement Power American Jewish World Service By Rhonda Schlangen, Irit Houvras, Dorothee Molders, Joanine Nanyange, Emily Rugama, Laura Timme, and Rama Vedula From 2017-2024 I partnered with American Jewish World Services to review and reframe its approach to supporting leaders and organizations in the Global South….

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Good Funder Practices: Promoting Equitable Partnerships with Civil Society Organizations
Byrhonda schlangen April 6, 2022June 15, 2026

PUBLICATION | JANUARY 2022 Good Funder Practices: Promoting Equitable Partnerships with Civil Society Organizations By David Devlin-Foltz, Susanna Dilliplane, Rhonda Schlangen, Julie Tumbo, and Coumba Touré This brief describes good funder practices relevant to private and community foundations, bilateral and multilateral donors, intermediaries like INGOs, and others who provide financial support to civil society organizations….

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Funder & Philanthropy Practice | Learning & Evaluation | Mutual Accountabilities

Interrogating Assumptions About Power
Byrhonda schlangen April 6, 2022June 15, 2026

PUBLICATION | MARCH 2022 Interrogating Assumptions About Power By David Devlin-Foltz, Susanna Dilliplane, Rhonda Schlangen, Julie Tumbo, and Coumba Touré This brief is derived from a five-year developmental evaluation of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s efforts to shift power in its grantmaking ecosystem. It focuses on the Foundation’s key assumptions about power, examining the…

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Pulling up the Floorboards: Reshaping accountability and evaluation in an era of core costs grantmaking
Byrhonda schlangen March 6, 2022June 15, 2026

PUBLICATION | 2022 Pulling up the Floorboards: Reshaping accountability and evaluation in an era of core costs grantmaking By Jim Coe and Rhonda Schlangen Holding the resources has traditionally meant holding the accountability: grantees report up to funders, and communities are consulted at best. In this thought paper, Jim Coe and I argue for upending…

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Ecosystem & Systems Change | Funder & Philanthropy Practice | Learning & Evaluation | Movements & Civil Society

Power Sharing and “Capacity Development”: Lessons from the Hewlett Foundation’s Strategy to Support Local Advocacy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Byrhonda schlangen October 27, 2021June 15, 2026

PUBLICATION | SEPTEMBER 2020 Power Sharing and “Capacity Development”: Lessons from the Hewlett Foundation’s Strategy to Support Local Advocacy in Sub-Saharan Africa By David Devlin-Foltz, Susanna Dilliplane, Rhonda Schlangen, Julie Tumbo, and Coumba Touré In 2016, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation articulated a bold goal for its international reproductive health strategy to support local…

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Funder & Philanthropy Practice | Learning & Evaluation

Midterm Report: Early Lessons from the Hewlett Foundation’s Principled Approach to Supporting Local Advocacy
Byrhonda schlangen October 27, 2021June 15, 2026

PUBLICATION | SEPTEMBER 2019 Midterm Report: Early Lessons from the Hewlett Foundation’s Principled Approach to Supporting Local Advocacy By David Devlin-Foltz, Susanna Dilliplane, Rhonda Schlangen, Julie Tumbo, and Coumba Touré In 2016, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation launched a new grantmaking strategy to support advocacy for access to family planning and reproductive health (FPRH)…

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Advocacy & Campaigning | Funder & Philanthropy Practice | Mutual Accountabilities

Shifting the Balance of Power: Evaluating a Foundation’s Effort to Build Local Advocacy Capacity in sub-Saharan Africa
Byrhonda schlangen October 27, 2021June 15, 2026

PUBLICATION | 2017 Shifting the Balance of Power: Evaluating a Foundation’s Effort to Build Local Advocacy Capacity in sub-Saharan Africa American Evaluation Association Organized by Rhonda Schlangen and David Devlin-Foltz Foundations that are supporting local ownership of international development solutions need to learn about structures and practices that will drive sustainable action. In this session…

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