For foundation leaders

Make evidence support better decisions—not heavier reporting.

Fund practical support that a grantee chooses and directs, or bring Prova a foundation-owned question about a portfolio, initiative, evaluation, or funding decision. Prova combines frontier AI with proprietary evidence systems and accountable professional judgment. The systems connect important statements to sources and make gaps visible for professional review.

The first question is whose decision the work is meant to serve.

Discuss what you need See the two paths

Recognizable situations

Useful support for grantees. Clearer answers for your foundation.

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A grantee needs senior evidence or measurement support around a live decision.
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Reporting burden has grown without proportionate learning value.
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You need to decide which grants actually have a live decision before commissioning more evaluation.
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Your team needs to learn across programs that use different models, populations, or measures.
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A strategy or initiative needs a clearer account of what the record actually supports.
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A consequential claim or evaluation needs independent review.

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Two ways to work

Choose the path according to whose question is being answered.

That choice determines who directs the work, which materials may be used, and who receives the answer.

Grantee decision or foundation decision?

Path 01 · Grantee decision

The grantee holds the question.

Foundation funds access
Grantee chooses whether to participate
Grantee sets the question and materials
Grantee decides what may be shared

Result: work that helps the nonprofit make its own program decision.

Path 02 · Foundation decision

The foundation holds the question.

The foundation names the decision it needs to make
The materials and allowed uses are agreed in advance
Comparison limits stay visible
The foundation remains responsible for its decision

Result: a clear answer for a portfolio, initiative, evaluation, or funding decision.

The same information cannot move between these paths without agreement. Everyone knows whose question Prova is answering, who directs the work, and what may be shared.

Grantee-directed support

Fund expertise the grantee can direct around its own decision.

The foundation makes access possible. The nonprofit chooses whether to participate, sets the question and materials, and controls what may be shared. The offer is not a condition of funding.

What can our current evidence support?

Board or funder question
Annual report or important claim

Evidence synthesis

Has the program changed faster than its theory of change?

Program redesign
Assumptions and logic

Theory of change

Which measures are worth the burden?

Measurement burden
Decision value

Measurement design

Are we ready to expand?

Readiness decision
Evidence gaps

Program evaluation

A foundation's own question

Learn across your portfolio while keeping differences between programs visible.

Start with what you want to learn across the portfolio and how you would use the answer. Then check whether definitions, populations, contexts, and measures can responsibly be compared.

Before comparing programs

What must be checked before patterns become conclusions

What must be true before results can be compared

Element	Question before comparison	Expected status
Decision	What decision will the comparison inform?	Can be common
Definition	Do programs mean the same thing by the measure?	Must be checked
Population	Are participants and eligibility conditions comparable?	Often differs
Context	Do operating and local conditions change interpretation?	Often differs
Measurement	Were data collected in sufficiently similar ways?	Must be checked

A useful portfolio view identifies genuine common structure and preserves material differences.

See an illustrative Portfolio Learning Map and what you receive

Collaboration or independent review

Does this question need collaboration or an independent reviewer?

If Prova helped build or substantially revise the work, Prova should not later present its judgment as independent.

Choose the role the decision requires

Two review types

Before evidence is collected

An existing evaluation design

Question, protocol, measures, sample, comparison, analysis plan, and implementation conditions.

Design Review

Before a claim is used

An existing claim or body of evidence

The claim, materials used, source locations, method, other plausible explanations, and limits.

Evidence Review

Can Prova remain separate from building or substantially improving what it will judge?

If the answer is no, Prova can still help improve the work, but that help will not be presented as an independent review.

Explore Independent Review

Trust and data boundaries

Know what information is being used, who may see it, and who is responsible for the conclusion.

The engagement defines what may be used and shared before information moves through the work.

A practical first step

Start with one organization, one decision, or one portfolio question.

A first conversation can clarify the smallest useful piece of work, who should direct it, whether independence is required, and what information may be shared.

Discuss what you need