Analyzing Data to Evaluate the Success of the Community Renaissance Strategy Model
"The JPMorgan Chase Foundation utilized a Capstone team in analyzing and implementing its Community Renaissance Strategy, a new grantmaking model addressing issues and developing solutions in Community Development, Education, and Arts and Culture across markets that the firm serves. The Capstone team approached the project in three phases. Phase I actively assisted Community Relations Officers with local market analysis and development of business plans to guide 2008 philanthropic grant making, and created a separate analysis for client review. Phase II was a gap analysis designed to discover to what degree the various marketspecific business plans move towards embracing the vision of the Community Renaissance Strategy, and operationalize the vision of the Global Foundation through the proposed grants. Phase III provided the Foundation with analysis and recommendations regarding the tools and best practices for the design and implementation of an evaluation and performance measurement framework for the Community Renaissance Strategy. "