Our team of professional evaluators are here to help you make sense of your data.

We view evaluation as a true partnership that supports you in learning from your work, making informed decisions, and leading with confidence. We believe you should have the data you need to determine how your efforts are making a difference.

We are Sharp Insight.

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Meet our Team

Our Story

Sharp Insight is a woman-led evaluation firm founded in 2013 by Jana Sharp. From its inception, Sharp Insight has been rooted in a passion for helping organizations use data to strengthen their impact — and doing so in true partnership, honoring the expertise and lived realities of the people closest to the work.

More than a decade later, our team of evaluation enthusiasts partners with organizations to leverage data for social change. We believe the best work happens side-by-side with the communities we support, and we take pride in building relationships that feel respectful, collaborative, and responsive to real-world challenges.

Since launching, Sharp Insight has worked with more than 100 clients across the United States. While each project is different, our work is always is rooted in a single goal: helping organizations reach their full potential. We achieve this through listening deeply and navigating the complex systems and structures that shape outcomes. Clear communication is core to who we are, leading us to present findings in ways that are easy to understand, genuinely useful, and ready for action.

We’re also big believers in continuous learning — not just for our clients, but for ourselves. We’ve trained thousands of professionals in themes ranging from evaluation strategy to program quality because shared skills and learning make the entire field stronger. And through it all, we uphold professional integrity: transparent processes, ethical consulting, and an unwavering focus on our clients’ goals.

Our Values

  • We are committed to building strong, collaborative relationships with each of our clients.  We value our clients’ important work, are sensitive to the challenges they face, and respond to their unique and evolving needs. We consider our clients as partners, equally committed to advancing their organization’s mission through our work together.

  • We are committed to providing our clients with thoughtful, research-driven results that add value to their organizations. We are determined to clearly present findings using language, charts, images, and media that resonate and best meet the needs of our clients and their stakeholders.

  • We are committed to infusing equitable evaluation and culturally responsive evaluation practices into our work. We are intentionally focused on aligning our evaluation practices with an equity approach and, ultimately, using evaluation as a tool to advance social justice.

  • We value continuous learning and professional engagement as much for ourselves as for our clients. We are committed to internal professional development so that we may continue to be challenged, inspired, and innovative members of our field.   Further, we recognize our clients as a primary source of our learning and inspiration, and are grateful for the opportunity to share our professional enthusiasm, knowledge, and experience to best support their needs.

  • We adhere to the highest professional standards. We are committed to open and honest communication, ethical consulting practices, and a resolute focus on achieving our client’s goals.

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