Gilead Oncology Corporate Giving Program
The Gilead Oncology Corporate Giving Program (“Oncology Program”) partners with Facente Consulting, a firm specializing in program evaluation and other services. Evaluation is required for most Oncology Program grants, and Facente Consulting is offered as a resource (free to grantees) for information, guidance, and technical assistance to help them tell the story of their program’s impact.
The evaluation method the Oncology Program uses is called Results-Based AccountabilityTM, or RBA. RBA is disciplined way of thinking and acting to improve entrenched and complex social problems. Communities use it to improve the lives of children, youth, families, and adults. RBA is also used by organizations to improve the effectiveness of programs.
Additional resources and tools for current and prospective Oncology Program grantees are provided below:
Gilead Oncology’s Approach to Evaluation
- Gilead Oncology Corporate Giving Program’s Grantee Guide to Evaluation (download here)
- Gilead Oncology’s Corporate Giving Strategy Theory of Change (download here)
- Tools for RBA Implementation (developed by Facente Consulting)
Gilead Oncology’s Reporting Requirements
The reporting requirements for a specific grant will differ depending on a number of factors. Below is an overview of the possible requirements. When you are awarded a grant, Gilead will let you know which of these, if any, are relevant. In addition, grantees will be required to participate in meetings with their FOA cohort (if they are part of a cohort), as well as individual meetings with the Facente Consulting team.
- SteepRock Reports (always required for all grantees)
- RBA Impact Summary. These are brief 2- to 4-page summaries of your RBA evaluation findings, using graphs accompanied by short narratives. You will be provided with a template to use and will receive technical assistance from Facente Consulting to develop your impact summary. Generally an interim summary is due midway through your grant period, and a final impact summary is due 30 days after your grant ends.
- Quarterly Snapshot. These are brief (3-5 sentences) responses to a set of questions that each grantee answers on a quarterly basis. The snapshot provides the Oncology Program and Facente Consulting with updates on grantee progress. When snapshots are required as part of an FOA, responses are generally shared with all the grantees to provide opportunity for grantees to see what others are doing, build connections based on common program efforts and challenges, and learn from each other.
Additional Free and Low-Cost RBA Resources
- The RBA Guide: A free e-book based upon RBA concepts and materials (download here)
- RBA Fact Sheet: Key points on what sets RBA apart (download here)
- RBA Organizational Self-Assessment: Useful questions to consider for results accountability implementation (download here)
- Clear Impact: An all-in-one system for data collection, performance management, and impact reporting designed for RBA
- Fiscal Policy Studies Institute: Home of RBA and Outcomes Based Accountability Resources, Tools and Workshops
- Results-Based Accountability Implementation Guide: A useful guide for step-by-step implementation of RBA
- Trying Hard is Not Good Enough by Mark Friedman: The “how-to,” book for government and non-profit agencies working at the city, county, state and national levels to improve community quality of life and the performance of program services (available through Amazon here)
- Turning Curves by Mark Friedman: An Accountability Companion Reader to Trying Hard is Not Good Enough that includes essays from several organizations that are putting RBA into practice (available through Amazon here)