Helping Organizations Understand and Communicate Their Hyper-local Impact
At WRD Consulting, we specialize in community-based research and evaluation designed to help you make the case for support, and drive meaningful lasting change at the hyper-local level.
Our participatory approaches ensure you gain actionable insights while fostering trust, new relationships, and collaborative partnerships with the community members you serve.
[Photo Context] Last day of the Wallace foundation funded study ,“Ten Months at the Union: An organizational ethnography of a North Omaha-based Contemporary Arts Center.” SSRC fellow, Associate Professor and Executive WRD Consultant Dr. Jason C. White in center; posing with Operations Manager Paige Serra Reitz (on Left) & Founder and Executive Director Brigitte McQueen (on Right) at The Union for Contemporary Art in Omaha, Nebraska (July 31st, 2023).
Our Services
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We work with you in collaboration with a cohort of local community members. We design and conduct research that is hyper-local, inclusive, culturally relevant, and of mutual benefit to the participants. This participatory approach ensures that our research design is informed by the lived experiences of the community members you serve, empowering organizations to gain hidden insights at the hyper-local level.
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We help foundations measure and maximize the effectiveness of their programs and investments. We design tailored evaluation plans, collect and analyze data using proven methods, and deliver evidence-based insights through clear reporting. With a focus on collaboration and long-term impact, we empower foundations to demonstrate accountability, adapt strategies, and amplify their philanthropic efforts.
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We provide customized evaluation plans tailored to your mission and goals, focusing on both program implementation and outcomes to uncover strengths and areas for improvement. Through actionable insights and clear reporting, we empower you to demonstrate value to funders, build stakeholder trust, and make data-driven decisions that drive meaningful change in the communities you serve.
About us
We are a dynamic husband-and-wife team, published scholars, co-business owners, and college professors with deep expertise in community-based research and evaluation. We love to partner with foundations and organizations focused on supporting the arts, health and human services to create sustainable, evidence-driven solutions. We value servant leadership, trust-building, community engagement, and research that matters to the participants just as much as to the foundation(s) or donor(s) that funded it.
Contact Us
Interested in working together? Fill out the contact form and we will be in touch shortly. Whether you're focused on the arts, health services, or community development, we’re ready to help you drive lasting change and enhance the effectiveness of your philanthropic efforts.