Research & Evaluation
Make evidence-based funding decisions by leveraging our rigorous, human-centered research and evaluation services designed to equip you with the data you need to inform your giving strategy and drive meaningful social change.
Research & Evaluation
Invest in research and evaluation that generates evidence for action. Enhance the quality of programs, services, and interventions, equipping communities with the tools to advocate for, design, and implement enduring social change. Our approach prioritizes the voices closest to the challenges and customizes our processes to align with your unique context and requirements.
Impact Evaluation
Drive more effective social change by collaborating with our team to test your theory of change and harness data to gain insights into your impact.
Measurement & Learning Systems
Partner with us to create tailored and culturally relevant data collection tools, processes, and systems that enable you to narrate your impact story and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
Landscape Scans, Market Analyses, & Niche Assessments
Enhance your understanding of the operating environment by identifying effective practices, pertinent trends, market gaps, service needs and demands, and your competitive advantage.
Community Needs Assessments
Develop a comprehensive understanding of your community's most pressing needs and top priorities through surveys, interviews, focus groups, community meetings, and a blend of quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. This will empower you to design and adapt pertinent and effective programs and strategies.
Proven Expertise
See what leaders from across the philanthropic sector say about working with our team.
"Our partnership with Third Plateau helped us create a framework from which we could revise the fund’s mission in response to the current social, political, and economic issues impacting the communities we support."
Luisa Adrianzen Guyer
President, Penney Family Fund
"Third Plateau have been indispensable over the past five years in rallying an ever-more vibrant network of advocates, commentators, scholars, NGO leaders, funders, and politicos who are committed to working on a transpartisan basis to strengthen U.S. democracy."
Daniel Stid
Former Director of U.S. Democracy Program, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
"Since I began working with Third Plateau, I’ve gained a level of strategic clarity about my philanthropy that I couldn’t have imagined."
Rachel Pritzker
President & Founder, Pritzker Innovation Fund
More Service Areas
We offer a full suite of services that support you from ideation to execution.
Philanthropic Management
Get the support you need as a high-net-worth individual or family, private foundation, or other funder to execute meaningful and effective philanthropy.
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Work in concert with other funders to solve the world’s most complex problems. We design, facilitate, and manage funder networks that emphasize learning, relationship building, and aligned action.
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