River City Research helps mission-driven organizations answer the questions that matter most: What results is our program achieving? What does our community actually need? And how can we increase our impact?
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.
How We Support You
Impact Reporting
Independent Assessment: Objective, third-party evaluations that support funder reporting and accountability
Action-Oriented Findings: Data translated into clear narratives for boards and leadership
Capacity Building: Support for internal learning practices that strengthen decision-making over time
Needs Assessment
Gap Analysis: Identifying where needs are greatest and which populations are most affected
Community Voice: Incorporating lived experience through interviews, focus groups, and surveys
Actionable Roadmaps: Prioritizing needs to inform program design, planning, and resource allocation
Surveys
Strategic Questionnaire Design: Crafting questions and structure to reduce bias and improve quality
Advanced Platform Config: Setting up logic branching, personalized question text, and incentives to improve response quality and completion
Actionable Reporting: Plain-language summaries and visuals that are easy for staff and partners to use
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