Credible answers to the questions that matter
River City Research helps mission-driven organizations answer three questions: What results is our program achieving? What does our community need? How can we increase our impact?
When organizations call us
A funder is asking for outcomes, and your reports show activities, not results.
You’re launching or redesigning a program and need a logic model and measures that fit.
You need a community needs assessment for planning or a grant application.
You want survey data you can trust and act on.
Prove your impact. Improve your results
Outcome Evaluation & Impact Reporting
Move beyond anecdotes to evidence-based insights. We partner with you to design evaluations that are practical, credible, and right-sized for your organization. By refining your theory of change and logic models, we help you focus on the metrics donors, community partners and boards care about most, so you can report results that resonate.
Strategy grounded in community data
Needs Assessment & Program Design
Design your initiatives on a foundation of evidence rather than assumptions. We work with you to understand current community conditions and identify gaps between where things are and where you want them to be. By blending public data with direct community feedback, we surface unmet needs and trends and turn them into strategic plans and grant proposals you can act on.
Clear answers, not just more data
Survey Design & Development
Get survey results you can trust to inform strategic decisions. Whether you’re using simple tools like Google Forms or more advanced platforms, we help make sure your questions are clear, unbiased, and aligned with your program’s logic. We handle the technical setup so you get useful answers, not just more data.
What you receive
Evaluation
- Evaluation plan and logic model
- Outcomes report for funders and boards
- Plain-language findings summary
Needs Assessment
- Needs assessment report
- Prioritized gap analysis
- Data and community input summary for grants and planning
Surveys
- Survey instrument
- Configured platform setup
- Analysis report with visuals
Have a project in mind?
Tell us what you’re trying to learn or show, and we’ll talk through whether River City Research is a good fit.
Discuss a project