LaFrance Associates, LLC (LFA) is a San Francisco-based consulting group serving the nonprofit, philanthropic, and public sectors with research, evaluation, and technical assistance services.

Providing Vital Information
LFA provides clients with useful data and analysis so that they can meet their goals more effectively.

Building Capacity
Our approach builds the capabilities of individuals and organizations to understand and utilize information.

Partnering in the Process
We engage clients and seek their input at every project stage so that our work produces valuable results.

Announcements

Download the Bridgespan Group Nonprofit Sector Assessment Survey here.

Read LFA’s study on the organizational capacities that are critical for successfully scaling social impact. Based on case studies of nearly 30 highly effective social entrepreneurships around the world, this study identified seven critical scaling capacities: mission, leadership/governance, structure, culture, model, data, and resources.

Read about LFA’s four-year assessment of the Environmental Solutions Forum (ESF), an exciting high-engagement philanthropy initiative sponsored by the Center for Venture Philanthropy at Silicon Valley Community Foundation. LFA’s evaluation demonstrates the value added by the venture philanthropy approach, as well as how capacity-building investments can lead directly to improved program effectiveness.