PROJECT EVALUATION AND MEASUREMENT GUIDELINES

1. Trust level of the NGO/organization who are proposing the project for funding. We consider the number of people involved, their commitment to social work, their previous track record etc. Usually there is atleast one site visit to the project, before we decide on funding it.

2. Are the goals proposed, achievable.

3. If the organization is involved in other activities, what is their commitment to the education part.

4. We prefer to build a long term relationship with the NGO.

5. If the project pertains to vocational training, then we support it only if it includes a literacy component.

6. Are we the only ones funding the organization ? If this is a small organization solely dependent on us, this might be a deciding factor.

7. The project should be in the direction of bringing about socio-economic change in the community.

8. The NGO should be open with it's accounts. All the people who are working in the project should have knowledge of the finances and this should be shown to us too.

9. Does the project present metrics that can be tracked?

10. Overall we examine projects considering all aspects, including community, people involved etc. In the process there might be some conditions introduced or overidden due to the nature of the project.