Dr. Amy Carmola, United Way of Chittenden County’s Director of Community Impact and Engagement, and curricular consultant to BBVT, provided an overview of Results-Based Accountability (RBA) at the 2012 “Benchmarks for a Better Vermont” Vermont Nonprofit Conference. Amy’s slide presentation may be found here.

RBA Basics materials from the 2012 Vermont Nonprofit Conference are included here:

• RBA Presentation (PDF) by Dr. Amy Carmola, UWCC
• RBA Slide Presentation by Dr. Amy Carmola, UWCC
• RBA Worksheet: The Whole Picture
• RBA Worksheet: Population Accountability
• RBA Worksheet: Program Accountability

Results-Based Accountability™ website - background, tools, information

RBA Brochure - 2-page basic guide to Results Accountability concepts and steps.

Bridgespan - Rich library of articles on performance measurement for nonprofits

Pressing for Proof – New Interest in Measuring Results - Brief excerpt from Vermont Community Foundation 2010 report.

The Core Capacity Assessment Tool (CCAT) Website: CCAT is a 146-question online survey that measures a nonprofit organization\’s effectiveness in relation to four core capacities—leadership, adaptability, management, and technical capacities—as well as organizational culture. Additionally, the tool helps organizations identify their lifecycle stage and provides a real-time findings report, a prioritized capacity-building plan, and the technology to generate self-selected benchmark reports from a national database of 2500+ nonprofits.

Trailer for “Saving Philanthropy” - Documentary on need for nonprofits to measure performance and for funders to use the information to maximize social investing