Research and evaluation for the democracy sector
We help foundations and nonprofits in the democracy, social justice, and civic sectors use evidence to make better decisions, from strategy through evaluation.
Our services
We provide on-demand services such as policy and implementation research, data analytics, as well as retainer or master services agreements for portfolio-level research and analysis and ongoing learning and strategic adaptation.
We offer specialized democracy measurement, evaluation, and learning frameworks and tools, training programs for democracy practitioners, and coaching for ongoing programs.
We co-create questions, methods, and recommendations with our clients, designing everything we produce to be used by its intended audience.
Featured work
Protecting Youth Protest
Democracy Trends in the U.S. at 250
Coming soon! EIRP supported the Piper Fund in conducting research on youth protest in the United States and on resources to support youth who choose to protest. This blog post shares the highlights and funder recommendations from that research.
EIRP co-founder Marcia Mundt writes in the RealTime DemTrends Substack about what the Declaration of Independence demanded of democracy — and what a year of weekly data says about where we stand.
Understanding Closing Civic Space in the U.S.
In this Democray without Exception Substack post, EIRP co-founder Laura Adams reviews the research on how governments in backsliding democracies close civic space and discusses what to watch out for in the U.S. context.
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