As an outcome of its strategic planning process several years ago, the South Carolina Coalition
Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (SCCADVASA) sought to create a set of metrics that
enables the board & staff to monitor the organization’s performance. In essence, the organization
wished to evaluate the impact of its work, writ large – not program evaluation, but evaluation of the
greater whole of SCCADVASA.

This document discusses the benefits and the many caveats of evaluating the work of nonprofits such as
SCCADVASA and establishes, in the absence of other models, a unique framework for comprehensive
evaluation of the organization – a “Bento Box Framework.”