Evaluating your Impact

Impact evaluations focus on the effectiveness of a program in producing change. They are an essential skill in community change because they are used to understand what’s working, what isn’t, and what to do next. When crafted into a story, an impact evaluation can even help attract funders and collaborators, helping to further advance your community initiative.

Explore our own annual report and access tools to help you plan your impact journey, work towards sustainability, and tell your impact story.

A Look into the Past Year at Tamarack

2025 was a busy year for the Tamarack Institute: we developed our equity framework and action plan, championed the power of place in community change work, and offered a platform for community organizations to share their vision for powerful partnerships with philanthropy. Read on to learn more about our busy year!

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Map your Community’s Pathway to Success

The Community Pathways tool is a roadmap for community organizations, helping them assess where they are at, and what skills and approaches they need to create successful whole-community responses to complex issues.

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Is your collaborative prepared for the future?

This self-assessment tool helps collaboratives evaluate their sustainability plans and focus on strategies to maintain their work in the future.

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Tell your Story of Impact

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Communicating your organization’s impact is critical to attract support from funders, partners, and community members. This tool provides a hands-on guide for collaboratives looking to build on their successes and plan for future sustainability.

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Assess your Skills as a Changemaker

What skills do you need to increase your impact as a changemaker? Take this self-assessment quiz to understand your strengths and opportunities to deepen your learning.

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COURSE: Foundations of Participatory Evaluation

This online course is designed to help you learn at your own pace as you explore the fundamentals of building an evaluation framework that invites equitable community input and ensures future success.

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What We're Up To

Need support building your evaluation plan, doing your evaluation or telling your impact story? Reach out to the Learning Centre at Tamarack. Some cool projects we are currently working on:

An evaluation plan for the Pathways to Youth Employment (PYE) project
Evaluation for the first ever CPTCC cohort in collaboration with the Foundation of Greater Montréal
A full evaluation strategy for Institut F – a non-profit organisation working to empower Muslim women in Montréal and all-around Québec
An evaluation of RaricaNow, an Edmonton-based organisation that provides housing and support for transgender refugees and people of colour

Consulting and coaching

Support the Work That Matters

Help us grow the Seeds of Transformation. Your contribution fuels equity, reconciliation, and belonging.

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Land Acknowledgement

We at the Tamarack Institute recognize that the majority of our work occurs on the ancestral homelands of Indigenous Peoples including the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit. We recognize the contributions of Indigenous people and support their ongoing struggle for self-determination and sovereignty. We work to understand the history of the lands upon which we are guests and to contribute to justice for all Indigenous Peoples.

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