Increasingly donors are looking for impactful and well governed charities to give .The workshop will examine the donation landscape in Singapore as well as various frameworks used by international charity rating platforms to evaluate/rank charities using publicly available data.

It will also examine the evaluation process and framework used by grantmakers to determine grantees. The online course will be useful for funders, fundraising executives as well as people who are interested in understanding philanthropy and charity evaluation process in Singapore. This course is pre-approved by NCSS for 80% training grant for management staff of eligible charities.

Key Outcomes-

1. Introduction to the principles of various giving strategies being used worldwide to select causes and charities

2. Discussion on the relevance, strengths and weaknesses of each strategy for your giving

3. Learn the various frameworks used by international charity rating platform e.g. ImpactMatters, Charity Navigator, GuideStar to evaluate/rank charities using publicly available data

4. Learn the evaluation process and framework used by some grantmakers including private foundations

5. Get insights on the best practices under each evaluation criteria e.g. financial, operational, transparency, governance

Target Audience-

Charity Program Managers and Funders

Mode & Duration -

Online/F2F , 7 hours

Trainer -

Pauline Tan

Pauline Tan is the principal consultant in Soristic Impact Collective. She has been a consultant for funders and non-profits and has also conducted a number of philanthropy related research. Her co-authored philanthropy related publications include:

• Philanthropic Foundations in Asia

• Insights from Singapore, Myanmar and China

• Impact Investments by Foundations in Singapore and Hong Kong

• Philanthropy on the road to Nationhood in Singapore

• Innovation in Asian Philanthropy

She was also part of the team that set up an information portal for giving circles in Asia. Besides philanthropy research, she conducts social sector research on topics including mental health, poverty, social enterprise, early childhood and microfinance. She has also conducted evaluation for organisations (e.g. Civil Service College, Helpage Asia, National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre, Community Foundation of Singapore) in Singapore and the Southeast Asia region as well as developed Social Value/Outcome Frameworks for funders to measure the social values/outcomes of their grantees. Between 2012 and 2014, she was responsible for evaluating and shortlisting charities for the Charity Governance Award in Singapore.

This course equips learners with a working knowledge of concepts and terminology associated with the Theory of Change approach and logic models.

Learners will gain knowledge and skills to identify and organize client outcomes, create measurable outcome indicators and to interpret service standards through an in-depth understanding of client outcomes and Theory of Change (TOC).

This will enable learners to evaluate their programs more holistically and extract learnings to help improve services for their clients.

Key Outcomes-

• Introduction to Theory of Change & Logic Models

• Equip participants with working knowledge and competency to develop their own ToC & LM.

• Identify & analyse critical success factors & gaps using ToC & LM framework for the organisation’s intervention program.

Target Audience-

Charity Program Managers and Funders

Mode & Duration -

Online/F2F , 3 hours

Trainer -

Dr.June Lee

Dr June Lee holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from University of Western Australia. (She was also an Honorary Research Fellow at Asia Centre for Social Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy (ACSEP) and NUS Business School. More recently, she has been involved in helping a number of charities develop and articulate their logic models and underpinning Theory of Change.

The course introduce global trends in impact measurement as well as the various tools and standards used by organisations today. It explains why measurement is valuable and explores the harnessing of Social

Return on Investment (SROI), a well-recognised tool in impact qualification.

Then, we proceed to learn the methodology of SROI, how it is operationalised and review case studies from around the world.

Participants get a chance to work on hands on SROI assessment on case studies.

Key Outcomes-

• Introduction to Social Return on Investment.

• Understanding the importance of measurement.

• Learn the SROI methodology and how it can be a useful tool for your impact measurement.

• Experience hands-on SROI assessment on case studies.

Target Audience-

Charity Program Managers and Funders

Mode & Duration -

Online/F2F , 7 hours

Trainer -

Pauline Tan

Pauline Tan is the principal consultant in Soristic Impact Collective. She has been a consultant for funders and non-profits and has also conducted a number of philanthropy related research. Her co-authored philanthropy related publications include:

• Philanthropic Foundations in Asia

• Insights from Singapore, Myanmar and China

• Impact Investments by Foundations in Singapore and Hong Kong

• Philanthropy on the road to Nationhood in Singapore

• Innovation in Asian Philanthropy

She was also part of the team that set up an information portal for giving circles in Asia. Besides philanthropy research, she conducts social sector research on topics including mental health, poverty, social enterprise, early childhood and microfinance. She has also conducted evaluation for organisations (e.g. Civil Service College, Helpage Asia, National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre, Community Foundation of Singapore) in Singapore and the Southeast Asia region as well as developed Social Value/Outcome Frameworks for funders to measure the social values/outcomes of their grantees. Between 2012 and 2014, she was responsible for evaluating and shortlisting charities for the Charity Governance Award in Singapore.

This workshop introduces participants to Impact Measurement for Social Enterprises. It includes hands-on exercises to support social enterprises to develop their logic model and to select indicators that they can use to track and report the outcomes of their work.

The first part of the workshop focuses on the logic model. The second part of the workshop introduces the social enterprises to the various measurement framework including raiSE's Social Value Toolkit, UN Sustainable Development Goals Indicators Database and Social Return on Investment. The social enterprises will be supported to select their indicators and develop their measurement framework by the trainers/facilitators of the workshop.

Key Outcomes-

• Participants will be introduced to the concept of social outcomes.

• Hands-on development of logic models.

• Learn about the various impact measurement frameworks and how to assess the best fit for your organisation and programs.

Target Audience-

Charity Program Managers and Funders

Mode & Duration -

Online/F2F , 3 hours

Trainer -

Pauline Tan

Pauline Tan is the principal consultant in Soristic Impact Collective. She has been a consultant for funders and non-profits and has also conducted a number of philanthropy related research. Her co-authored philanthropy related publications include:

• Philanthropic Foundations in Asia

• Insights from Singapore, Myanmar and China

• Impact Investments by Foundations in Singapore and Hong Kong

• Philanthropy on the road to Nationhood in Singapore

• Innovation in Asian Philanthropy

She was also part of the team that set up an information portal for giving circles in Asia. Besides philanthropy research, she conducts social sector research on topics including mental health, poverty, social enterprise, early childhood and microfinance. She has also conducted evaluation for organisations (e.g. Civil Service College, Helpage Asia, National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre, Community Foundation of Singapore) in Singapore and the Southeast Asia region as well as developed Social Value/Outcome Frameworks for funders to measure the social values/outcomes of their grantees. Between 2012 and 2014, she was responsible for evaluating and shortlisting charities for the Charity Governance Award in Singapore.