Evidence that guides your evolution and tells your story.
Whether you're a government agency, an academic institution, or a nonprofit, evaluation shouldn't just measure what's happening in your organization — it should help it evolve. We combine quantitative data with qualitative research, grounded in your organization's own culture and history, so your decisions are backed by evidence and authored by the people who have to act on them.
Start a conversationToo many evaluations come from outside consultants applying a formula — flat metrics that show what is happening but miss why, and proposals that don't reflect the institution they're meant to serve. We founded Grounded Insights because we'd lived that experience, and knew there was a better way: one that's deliberative, inclusive, and rooted in who you actually are.
Read our story and meet the team →what we do
Insight grounded in evidence, so you know what's working, what needs to shift, and can make the case for it — to a board, a legislature, a funder, or your own leadership.
Interviews, focus groups, and field scans that ground your organization's next chapter in a clear-eyed view of where it stands and where it's headed.
A new question for a new moment: not whether to use AI, but how — so adoption reflects not just efficiency, but evolution.
our work
From a two-year eviction-prevention study for Pierce County to helping a university reform biased course evaluations, we've done this work in the field, not just in theory.
How effective is rental assistance and case management for keeping renters in their homes?
How can course evaluations more fairly reflect teaching, given documented patterns of bias?
How can a service organization move into advocacy to advance its mission?
who we are
Grounded Insights is led by Monica DeHart and Robin Jacobson, scholars and facilitators with decades of combined experience in social science and ethnographic research, community involvement, and program evaluation and organizational strategy across higher education, government, and the nonprofit sector.
Meet the team →Ready to see what your organization's data — and your organization's people — actually have to say?
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