Who it’s for · Funders
Decision-grade evidence across the whole portfolio, not only the grants big enough to evaluate.
Many funders can justify bespoke impact evaluation for only a selected group of grants. Prova is being built to change that arithmetic, whether the money is a foundation’s, a family’s, or a company’s.
The bind
Bespoke impact evaluation can be difficult to justify across a whole portfolio. Much routine reporting therefore relies on outputs, self-report, or before-and-after change. Some evaluations also conclude after the decision they were meant to inform. Funder-paid evidence carries an incentive risk that has to be managed. None of this is a failure of will. It is the cost of knowing, the constraint Prova is being built to move.
Whichever kind of funder you are
The bind is shared. Its shape differs by where the money comes from.
Each has its own page.
Foundations
Bespoke evaluation concentrated on selected grants, while much routine portfolio reporting relies on outputs and self-report.
For foundations →Private philanthropy
People seeking renewed support face an incentive to emphasize success, while independent evidence remains costly.
For private philanthropy →Corporate community investment
Impact numbers that are softer than they look, and become exposure when budgets tighten.
For corporate community investment →