Community needs assessment
Designed a needs-assessment survey on sensitive topics: mental health, harm, and discrimination, using validated scales and trauma-informed safety language that keeps participants in control.
Independent evaluation & reporting
Show your funders the evidence.
Independent program evaluation, survey analysis, and outcome reporting for BC non-profits and public organizations, built to hold up in front of a funder, a board, or an auditor.
Kelowna, BC · Serving organizations across British Columbia
Sounds like your situation?
"Our grant renewal is due and the funder wants outcomes, not activities."
"The board keeps asking if the program is working. We think so. We can't show it."
"We surveyed our clients. The responses are sitting in a spreadsheet nobody has time to analyze."
"The ministry report template asks for numbers we're not sure how to calculate defensibly."
"We need an evaluation plan that looks like we know what we're doing. (You will.)"
If any of these sound familiar, this is exactly the work I do.
Who I work with
- Non-profits and charities reporting to BC Gaming, United Way, community foundations, and provincial ministries
- First Nations organizations and Indigenous-led programs reporting to ISC, FNHA, and other funders, on your terms, with your community's data sovereignty respected
- Local governments and public bodies that need survey analysis or program numbers an auditor won't question
- School districts and post-secondary teams with institutional surveys and program data
- Associations and member organizations running member surveys they want to actually use
No in-house analyst required, that's the point. You bring the program knowledge; I bring the statistics.
From raw data to funder-ready
Outcome measurement, set up properly
What to measure, how to measure it, and a framework (logic model included, if your funder wants one) that makes next year's report easier than this year's.
Survey design & analysis
Questions that produce usable answers, including validated scales and trauma-informed wording for sensitive topics, and analysis that turns responses into findings.
Independent statistical validation
A second set of eyes on your numbers before they go to a funder. Errors caught in-house are free; errors caught by a funder are expensive.
Funder-ready reporting
Tables, figures, and plain-language findings formatted for the report you actually have to submit, not a 60-page appendix nobody reads.
Dashboards for boards
When quarterly reporting keeps eating your week: a Power BI dashboard that updates itself, built on four years of doing exactly this inside BC healthcare.
Independence, and how your data is handled
Funders trust evaluation more when it doesn't come from the person whose program is being evaluated. I'm an independent consultant: no stake in your outcomes, no software to sell you, and a standing rule against taking engagements that overlap with my other professional commitments.
Your data is treated like the sensitive material it is:
- A signed confidentiality agreement before I see anything
- De-identified or aggregated data wherever the analysis allows
- Data handled only for the agreed purpose, and securely deleted at project close
- Familiarity with BC's privacy legislation: PIPA for private organizations, and FIPPA obligations when you're a public body
- For Indigenous organizations: your data belongs to your community, and I work within OCAP® principles when that's your standard
Selected work (de-identified)
Intervention evaluation
N = 66
Pre/post evaluation of a clinical training program across five competency dimensions, with effect sizes. A large, significant improvement, delivered ready for reporting.
Enterprise reporting, BC healthcare
Four years building the data systems behind operational and executive reporting, including automation that cut multi-hour reports to minutes and a live dashboard used during the 2023 wildfire response.
How it works
We talk, free of charge
Ten minutes on your program, your funder, and your deadline.
You get an honest read
What your data can show, what it can't, and what I'd recommend, even if that's "you don't need me for this."
We agree on scope and a fixed price
No hourly surprises in a grant-funded budget.
You get something you can submit
Analysis, report-ready findings, and the methodology notes to back them up if anyone asks.
FAQ
What does an evaluation typically cost?
Every engagement is quoted as a fixed price, sized to your data volume and reporting requirements, and built to fit a grant budget line. You'll get the number after a free first call, with no hourly surprises.
Can you work with data we've already collected?
Yes: messy spreadsheets, half-finished surveys, and years of intake data are normal starting points. If you haven't collected yet, even better: call before you design the survey.
Do you only work in the Okanagan?
No, I work with organizations across BC. Most of the work happens remotely; I'm in Kelowna if you're local.
Our funder requires an "external evaluator." Do you qualify?
In most cases, yes: I'm independent of your organization and your funder. Send me the funder's requirements and I'll confirm on the call.
How fast can you turn a report around?
It depends on the state of your data. Tell me your submission deadline on the first call and I'll give you an honest yes or no. I don't take deadlines I can't meet.
Doing academic research instead? See research & academic statistics →
Have a report due, a survey to run, or a board to convince?
Tell me what you're working on and I'll tell you honestly how I can help.
The first call is free, with no obligation after it.