Diversity, Leadership, and Organizational Capacity

To successfully advance and sustain community impact, organizations working in the social sector need to be as effective as possible. Whether a start-up working on establishing and evaluating signature programs, a growing organization seeking increase scale across the country, or an established, mature agency in a leadership succession transition, organizational capacity is central to success.

Founded with capacity-building as a core competency, OMG assists nonprofits and philanthropies with enhancing their leadership, diversity, management, financial, technical, and collaborative skills through grantmaking, technical assistance, and evaluation training.

Increasing Diversity of RWJF Programming
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OMG is the national program office for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's (RWJF) New Connections: Increasing Diversity of RWJF Programming. New Connections aims to expand the diversity of perspectives informing RWJF programming and introduce new scholars to RWJF, particularly those historically underrepresented in RWJF research and evaluation activities. In addition to identifying scholars for the program, the work supports a broader network of diverse scholars beyond its grantees through activities and events such as the Annual New Connections Symposium.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Diversity Evaluation Fellowship Program
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In partnership with RWJF and Duquesne University, OMG is managing a four-year training program to provide post-graduates and current service-delivery professionals from diverse and under-represented groups with new knowledge and skills in the practice of evaluation. The training incorporates intensive workshops, practice placements, mentoring, and the development of a learning community.
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Thought Leader Forums on Childhood Obesity Prevention
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OMG designed and facilitated four thought leader forums for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to advance and inform the field by bringing together leaders with diverse perspectives and expertise in various areas pertaining to childhood obesity prevention.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Human Capital Program
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OMG helped the RWJF identify cross-cutting outcomes and indicators to measure the Human Capital portfolio’s key goal areas: leadership, diversity, and a skilled workforce. OMG provided a series of evaluation trainings to RWJF grantees and developed strategies for the foundation to track outcomes and indicators across the Human Capital portfolio. A second phase is assisting the foundation to communicate its strategy to grantees and gain buy-in for reporting requirements through a series of evaluation focused webinars.
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Pew Fund’s Health and Human Services in Philadelphia
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OMG operates this regional capacity-building program. Competitive awards to organizations support infrastructure development to improve services and increase program effectiveness. OMG reviews and recommends awardees for a one-year capacity-building project, and holds convenings on a variety of capacity building topics.
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Capacity Partners Initiative for the Goldman Sachs Charitable Services Group
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OMG conducted an evaluation of the capacity-building work undertaken by six grantees selected as capacity partners in the Goldman Sachs Capacity Partners Initiative. OMG is used a case study methodology to assess the implementation and impact of capacity-building strategies for each grantee and also identified cross site trends in program take-up and progress.
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Ford Foundation’s Leadership for a Changing World (LCW)
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LCW sought recognition of the achievements of outstanding social justice leaders who were not yet well-known outside their immediate communities by providing financial support for their work, conducting research that explored their leadership, and encouraging increased public conversation about community leadership. OMG worked with the program partners to articulate the program’s theory of change and assess its implementation. The formative evaluation led to several program refinements and improvements, and ultimately assessed program outcomes.
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The Eisenhower Fellowships
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This fellowship is a leadership development program for mid-career professionals from around the world. Established in 1955 to honor President Eisenhower, the program has brought over 1,000 emerging leaders to the U.S. for travel, meetings, and site visits with American leaders and institutions. OMG evaluated the program, yielding evidence that the fellowships lead to strong individual-level outcomes (increases in knowledge, skills, worldview, etc.) and moderate organizational-level and societal-level outcomes.
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Next Generation Leadership (NGL) Program for the Rockefeller Foundation
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Launched in 1997, NGL focused on identifying and nurturing leaders, providing opportunities for examining challenges to democracy and social justice, and developing strategic collaboration among program participants. OMG assessed the effectiveness of the program’s design and implementation, and gathered evidence of its short-term impacts on the organizations and communities of the NGL fellows. The information was used to highlight NGL’s contribution to the field of leadership development programs in the U.S.
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