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Logic Model & Evaluation Kit

Show how your program works and how you will know it worked. A landscape logic model ready to attach, plus a workbook that turns outcomes into indicators, objectives and an evaluation plan.

4 files · Word and Excel · $19

$19

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What's inside

Word files

  • Essentials_LogicModel_User_Guide.docx

    Your step-by-step guide to this kit, with official sources and the final checklist.

  • Essentials_LogicModel_Logic_Model_TEMPLATE.docx

    One-page logic model table and an evaluation section outline, ready to paste into a proposal.

  • Essentials_LogicModel_AI_Prompts_TEMPLATE.docx

    Copy-ready prompts that make any AI tool work from your own facts, with ground rules.

Excel files

  • Essentials_LogicModel_Logic_Model_TRACKER.xlsx

    Logic model, indicators, evaluation plan and reporting log, with example indicators.

Who it's for

  • Nonprofits asked for a logic model or an evaluation section
  • Program staff who want measurable objectives without jargon
  • Teams that need to track outcomes during a grant

How the documents work together

  1. Build the model and indicators in the workbook, using the Examples tab as a guide.
  2. Copy the model into the one-page Word layout and the objectives into the evaluation outline.
  3. Track results and reports during the grant on the Indicators and Reporting Log tabs.

Is this the right kit?

Writing a full application? Every full kit includes the logic model workbook.

General information

Templates and general information only, not legal, tax or fundraising advice. No template can guarantee funding: each funder decides on its own priorities and budget. Always follow each funder's own guidelines.

What's not included

  • Writing, reviewing or submitting your application for you
  • Legal, tax or accounting advice for your situation
  • A list of funders or a database subscription
  • Any promise of funding
  • Baselines or targets: they come from your own data

Format & delivery

Instant download after payment: one ZIP with editable Word (.docx) and Excel (.xlsx) files, personalized with your order details. Made for Microsoft Word and Excel; the files also open in Google Docs, Google Sheets, LibreOffice and Apple Pages or Numbers, where some formatting, drop-downs or checkboxes may behave differently. Your download link works 5 times over 30 days.

Questions about this kit

Which logic model definitions do you use?

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Logic Model Development Guide for inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes and impact, and the CDC Program Evaluation Framework (2024 update) for the evaluation steps.

Are the example indicators ready to use?

They are examples in the right form, each with the framework it comes from. Keep only those that match what your program does and can measure.

Does the Word logic model fit on one page?

Yes, it prints on one landscape page, with a second page for objectives and the evaluation outline.

Helpful guides

Bundles that include this kit

Bundle of 16 kits

US Complete Bundle

Every US kit: the six Essentials, the four US funder kits (private foundations, community foundations, companies, government) and the six sector kits.

Kits bought separately: $544. You save $395 (73%).

$149View bundle
Bundle of 20 kits

All-Access Bundle

All 20 kits: Essentials, US funders, UK, Canada and the six sectors. For organizations working across borders and for teams that want every tool.

Kits bought separately: $700. You save $521 (74%).

$179View bundle

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