Bar Foundation awards $2.89 million in grants

Running a small to medium size non profit organization is potentially more difficult than operating a small to medium profit business.To have the support, investment, and understanding of what it takes to walk in our shoes from major foundations helps sustain non profit execs and boards.It is not easy cobbling together multiple funding streams, finishing the year in the black, reporting out both financial results and program outcomes, supporting a staff and board, and delivering effective front line services to clients, students, etc. Assessment data and outcome measurements are critical to proving that a program or organization has the ability to operate at optimal levels. Adult literacy has received one of the highest rankings (effective) from the federal OMB because of a system of focused and measureable assessments & outcomes. Adult literacy state grantees have, because of proven results, been deemed as a good investment in education. Providers are efficient in delivering outcomes.