BP Amoco: Evaluation Projects

(8/1/1999-12/31/2001)

CURL worked with BP Amoco foundation to develop the capacity of ten non-profit community organizations in five Chicago communities; Austin, Grand Boulevard, Roseland, Humboldt Park, and Pilsen, where the foundation had targeted funds. The partnership team developed a model for participatory and empowerment evaluation.

These projects developed a set of tools and protocols for the evaluation and documentation of nonprofit organizations. Multiple internal, individual reports were written for partner agencies. An overall report was written that contained a model of participatory evaluation for BP Foundation that included framework for conducting evaluation, phases in evaluation process, and quantitative and qualitative evaluation methodologies.

 Project Team:

• M. Lanum, Graduate Fellow, Psychology

• E. Keeker, Graduate Fellow, Psychology

• N. Portillo, Graduate Fellow, Psychology

• A. Sharma, Graduate Fellow, Psychology

• S. Hill, Graduate Fellow, Psychology

• Y. Suarez-Balcazar, Psychology, Loyola University

• Y. Butchee, BP Amoco Community Fellow

• F. Calixto, BP Amoco Community Fellow

• G. Hou, BP Amoco Community Fellow

• R. Houston, BP Amoco Community Fellow

• M. Williams, BP Amoco Community Fellow

• L. Orellana, Graduate Fellow, Psychology

• A. Carrico, Undergraduate

Community Partners:

• South Austin Job Referral Services

• Youth Guidance

• Options for People, Inc

• Abraham Lincoln Centre

• YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago

• Christian Community Health Center

• Broader Urban Involvement and Leadership Development (BUILD)

• Youth Services, Inc

• Midtown Education Foundation

• Spanish Coalition for Jobs, Inc.