What our clients say about working with us:
I2I TESTIMONIALS
“I2I brings a winning combination of curiosity, rigor, and heart to their work of demystifying all things ‘MEL.’ They took the time to deeply listen to our partners, weaving together various theories of change to co-develop an overarching framework—a Theory of Transformation—that provides our narrative program and individual grantees with a critical tool to measure public and political will for housing reform in California.”
— Robert Avruch, Manager, Housing Affordability, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
The team from I2I were absolute legends in leading and managing two retrospective evaluations of our efforts at the Foundation. In both cases, I have to say we were pretty unrealistic in what we hoped to understand, learn, and do from the start, but the team at I2I was undaunted. They bring together highly refined technical skills, a strong eye for style and design, and joyful, engaging presence to complex work and tough questions — a rare find!
— Megan Colnar, Former Director of Strategy & Impact, Open Society Foundations
“I2I has been with us since the first days of Elevate, and because of their awesome talent, open minds, creativity, responsiveness and collaborative spirit, we’ve been able to learn and shape a truly innovative and uniquely impactful prize program. Our winners feel safe, heard and supported which is why we are able to receive rich and meaningful data with which to evolve the foundation. This wouldn’t be possible without the open hearted and thoughtful approach by this team.”
— Carolina García Jayaram, CEO, Elevate Prize Foundation
I2I is a pleasure to work with. Their enthusiasm and steadfastness is coupled with effective and efficient organizational processes to ensure clear, open lines of communication. They are dynamic and responsive to emerging and shifting needs on projects while prioritizing comprehensive analyses and keen attention to details.
— Elaine Lander, Former Evaluation & Learning Officer, The California Endowment
“Intention 2 Impact really understands strategic frameworks, collaborative partnerships, and project leadership that works well with API Council to match our goals and inquiry! The tam brought strategic focus, hands-on experience of field research, and a deep understanding of the different types of stakeholders we needed to seek perspectives from. I would recommend I2I anytime for their superior work and attention to the questions we are trying to solve!”
— Lina Sheth, API Council
I really appreciate Intention 2 Impact’s approach: instead of trying to sell their clients an off the shelf product, they take the time to listen to their needs, and to co-create and implement solutions that are useful and work for them. That approach has allowed us to push the boundaries of what both us and them thought possible on a few occasions and I’m already looking forward to seeing what might come up in future opportunities.
— João Martinho, Director of Learning & Evaluation, The Audacious Project at TED
“Throughout 50 years engaging in evaluation, I can tell when someone has "the goods." Nina Sabarre is one of those people. She is an evaluative thinker par excellence and that translates into excellence in practice.”
— Michael Quinn Patton, Founder, Utilization-Focused Evaluation