Other Organizations’ Results BMGF Results Framework Frameworks Other organizations’ Results The foundation intentionally focuses on Scope of Frameworks articulate everything outputs and outcomes (primary and Results from resources/inputs to ultimate intermediate), to allow the PO to focus Framework results and impact on and manage to investment results rather than investment activities Outcomes across organizations In addition to the basic definition of broadly mean the same thing: the outcomes, the foundation articulates Definition of change in behavior or systems that both “primary” outcomes (i.e. overall Outcomes the project/investment seeks to changes) and “intermediate” outcomes achieve (i.e. short- to- medium changes) in the Results Framework Many organizations require In the foundation’s Results Framework, articulation of the logical link between the higher level change an investment is outcomes and a higher level change or contributing to is represented by Linking impact; e.g. USAID’s Results strategic goals at an initiative, Outcomes to Framework links to a Country or portfolio level, and is Higher-level Development Cooperation Strategy described in the Strategic Fit section; Results Goal there is no expectation to measure impact or the strategic goal at the investment level Most Results Frameworks require The foundation’s Proposal Narrative and articulating assumptions (the general Results Framework do not include a conditions under which the Results section referred to as “assumptions”; Articulating Framework will hold true) instead, the Proposal Narrative includes Assumptions a few optional questions on “critical relationships” and “external factors” that address areas commonly included as assumptions Table 2 provides a more detailed comparison of our results language to some of our partner organizations, for reference. Table 2. Terms and Definitions across Different Organizations Organization Components of the Results Framework
Other Organizations’ Results Frameworks BMGF Results Framework Scope of Results Framework Other organizations’ Results Frameworks articulate everything from resources/inputs to ultimate results and impact The foundation intentionally focuses on outputs and outcomes (primary and intermediate), to allow the PO to focus on and manage to investment results rather than investment activities Definition of Outcomes Outcomes across organizations broadly mean the same thing: the change in behavior or systems that the project/investment seeks to achieve In addition to the basic definition of outcomes, the foundation articulates both “primary” outcomes (i.e. overall changes) and “intermediate” outcomes (i.e. short- to- medium changes) in the Results Framework Linking Outcomes to Higher-level Results Many organizations require articulation of the logical link between outcomes and a higher level change or impact; e.g. USAID’s Results Framework links to a Country Development Cooperation Strategy Goal In the foundation’s Results Framework, the higher level change an investment is contributing to is represented by strategic goals at an initiative, or portfolio level, and is described in the Strategic Fit section; there is no expectation to measure impact or the strategic goal at the investment level Articulating Assumptions Most Results Frameworks require articulating assumptions (the general conditions under which the Results Framework will hold true) The foundation’s Proposal Narrative and Results Framework do not include a section referred to as “assumptions”; instead, the Proposal Narrative includes a few optional questions on “critical relationships” and “external factors” that address areas commonly included as assumptions Table 2 provides a more detailed comparison of our results language to some of our partner organizations, for reference. Table 2. Terms and Definitions across Different Organizations Organization Components of the Results Framework