California Census 2020 Statewide Funders’ Initiative Final Evaluation Report

In 2019, Grantmakers Concerns with Immigrants and Refugees, on behalf of the Statewide Funders’ Initiative commissioned (SPR) to serve as the evaluation partner for the initiative. This evaluation centers on three distinct yet overlapping areas of inquiry:

• The California 2020 Census Campaign — both its implementation and
  outcomes. With this focus, the evaluation endeavored to document the story of the campaign within the context of significant upheaval that marked 2020, while also capturing collective outcomes from this enormously complex undertaking.
• The extent to which Census 2020 served as a “movement moment” and an
  opportunity to leverage the networks, infrastructure and momentum of Census 2020 for sustained engagement and change. As such, our approach purposefully embedded our analysis of Census 2020 within a broader equity-focused movement frame.
• The role that the CA Census 2020 Statewide Funders’ Initiative played in supporting a successful campaign as well as its contributions to aligned movement building and civic engagement efforts.

Read the evaluation report here.