Exhibitors & Sponsors

National Endowment for Financial Education

The National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) is the independent, centralizing voice providing leadership, research and collaboration to champion effective financial education and advance financial well-being. NEFE strengthens action-oriented research agendas, mobilizes intermediaries, and creates better solutions for researchers, educators, practitioners and policymakers.

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Evidano

Evidano is an AI evaluation and qualitative research platform. It supports AI-powered thematic analysis, coding, frequency analysis, outcome harvesting, most significant change, and other evaluation methods. Evidano also enables evaluators to conduct surveys and interviews using AI chatbots, voicebots, and AI avatar video moderators.

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Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

The Kauffman Foundation provides access to opportunities that help people achieve financial stability, upward mobility, and economic prosperity – regardless of race, gender, or geography.

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African Centre for Development Impact

The African Centre for Development Impact (ACDI) is an Africa-led research-impact institution dedicated to advancing rigorous, transparent, and contextually grounded evidence to strengthen policymaking across the continent. ACDI operates at the intersection of research, policy, governance, and development by commissioning impact evaluations, facilitating research–policy partnerships, building technical capacity, and supporting knowledge translation.

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The Evaluation Center (at Western Michigan University)

The Evaluation Center advances the theory, practice, and use of evaluation. Staffed by interdisciplinary evaluation specialists at Western Michigan University, the center conducts evaluations across diverse sectors, provides students and local organizations with community-engaged learning opportunities, and offers open-access resources to strengthen evaluation practice and use.

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The Evaluators' Institute (at Claremont Graduate University)

The Evaluators’ Institute (TEI), part of Claremont Graduate University (CGU), offers high-quality training and a range of certificates for evaluation professionals at all levels. TEI aims to enhance the credibility and use of evaluations across the globe by providing training to individuals and organizations with our spring, summer, and fall courses in addition to customized programs. Taught by leaders in the field, TEI courses offer technical rigor in evaluation methods and practice through approaches centered on participants and grounded in adult learning.

CGU is an independent institution devoted entirely to graduate study. At CGU, students are encouraged to pursue academic and applied research within and across traditional disciplinary boundaries. As a member of The Claremont Colleges, CGU offers access to a broad range of faculty and campus resources.

Alongside TEI’s professional development offerings, CGU offers an online MS in Evaluation & Applied Research, MA programs in Psychology with evaluation co-concentrations, a PhD in Psychology with a concentration in Evaluation & Applied Research Methods, and the Doctor of Evaluation Practice (DEval). Visit our booth to explore opportunities for professional development and graduate education in evaluation.

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Evaluation + Learning Consulting

Evaluation + Learning Consulting trains evaluators data skills such as interactive dashboarding, data cleaning, process automation, database design, and coding in R and Python through hands-on workshops. When a project needs skills a team doesn't have in-house, ELC also subcontracts the work directly. Training and technical support, built by evaluators, for evaluators.

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Evidano

Evidano is an AI evaluation and qualitative research platform. It supports AI-powered thematic analysis, coding, frequency analysis, outcome harvesting, most significant change, and other evaluation methods. Evidano also enables evaluators to conduct surveys and interviews using AI chatbots, voicebots, and AI avatar video moderators.

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Guilford Press

Guilford Press produces science-based books, journals, and digital content that support individual and societal well-being. We partner with world-renowned researchers, educators, and clinicians to distill their expertise into needed resources for readers around the world. Over decades, we have championed transformative perspectives in research methods, literacy, and psychological science.

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The MERL Tech Initiative

The MERL Tech Initiative (MTI) and its core collaborators work with social sector organizations to achieve thoughtful tech-enabled program design, implementation, and MERL.

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National Student Clearinghouse

Founded in 1993 by the higher education community, the National Student Clearinghouse� is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the source for trusted, authenticated, and secure education data insights. Our unique verification, data exchange, learner insights, and compliance services help institutions maximize time, resources, and knowledge.

We power the future of education by providing educators, learners, businesses, and policymakers with the right data for the right use at the right time.

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NORC at the University of Chicago

NORC at the University of Chicago conducts research and analysis that decision-makers trust. As a nonpartisan research organization and a pioneer in measuring and understanding the world, we have studied almost every aspect of the human experience and every major news event for more than eight decades. Today, we partner with government, corporate, and nonprofit clients around the world to provide the objectivity and expertise necessary to inform the critical decisions facing society.

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University of North Carolina System, The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW)

One of 17 institutions in the University of North Carolina System, the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) is a nationally recognized large public doctoral university with a private feel

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Viable Insights

Viable Insights is a program evaluation and organizational development firm based in Tucson, AZ. VIRB is our community-based IRB service, designed for evaluators and other applied researchers.

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