We help organisations that fund and deliver programs connect strategy, program quality, data and reporting so they can achieve and communicate impact with greater confidence.
So you can deliver work that stands up, and secure, justify or maximise funding with confidence.
Creating meaningful change requires more than good intentions. It requires quality program design, practical implementation, meaningful evidence and a clear understanding of how activities contribute to longer-term outcomes.
At Quality for Outcomes (OfO), we believe organisations shouldn't have to choose between delivering meaningful work and demonstrating meaningful impact.
That's why our approach focuses on building quality into the way programs are designed, delivered, evaluated and continuously improved.
Whether you're designing and delivering programs or investing in them, we provide practical tools and resources, evidence-informed quality systems and tailored support to help quality in—so impact stands up.
Choose the path that best describes you:
We are designing or delivering programs...
For organisations that design and deliver prevention, health promotion, community, public health, human-services and place-based programs.
Strengthen program quality: Use practical standards and processes to design, deliver, evaluate and improve high-quality programs.
Build capability and continuity across your team: Embed shared standards, tools and ways of working so knowledge and program quality do not depend on individual staff.
Plan and communicate your impact: Develop clear impact pathways, identify meaningful evidence and explain the difference your programs make.
We are funding research or community programs...
For research, philanthropic, government and corporate funders seeking to increase and demonstrate the impact of their funding.
Align funding design with your impact goals: Connect your funding purpose, strategy, impact pathways, data and reporting.
Strengthen the quality and capability of funded programs: Create the conditions that help funded organisations design, deliver and improve strong programs.
Understand and communicate portfolio impact: Bring evidence together across programs to explain how your funding collectively contributes to change.
Need ideas for designing and demonstrating impact?
Explore evidence-informed articles that translate research and experience into practical guidance for funders and organisations designing and delivering programs. Whether you're looking to strengthen program quality, improve evaluation or communicate impact more clearly, our Blog is a great place to start.
Featured insights:
For funders: Want Better Outcomes from the Programs You Fund? Start with Quality
For program providers: What Difference Will This Program Make? Five Questions to Clarify Impact
Featured insight: Beyond the Impact Agenda: Why Quality, Equity, and Integrity Matter
Not sure where to start?
Every organisation is different. Whether you're trying to strengthen program quality, plan for impact, maximise your investment, improve evaluation or build capability across your team, we can help you identify the most useful next step.
Tell us what you're trying to achieve, and we'll point you towards the most appropriate tool, resource or support.
Quality for Outcomes was created because we kept seeing the same problem.
Talented teams were doing important work but often lacked the practical systems, tools and support to clearly demonstrate the difference they were making.
That's why we do what we do.
We understand the challenges because we've experienced them ourselves. We've designed programs, conducted research, evaluated complex initiatives, advised funders and worked alongside governments and organisations to strengthen quality and impact. That breadth of experience means we don't just understand the theory - we understand what works in practice.
When you work with us, you work directly with us. We don't hand projects to junior consultants. We bring more than 40 years of combined experience across public health, research, evaluation, systems change and program design, working alongside organisations to develop practical solutions that continue to add value long after our involvement ends.
Together, we've authored 110+ peer-reviewed publications, developed 100+ practical tools and resources, and partnered with governments, health services, universities and community organisations in Australia and internationally—including the Department of Health, Department of Social Services, cohealth, headspace and the European Commission. Our work has also contributed to international policy and knowledge translation, including representation on the WHO Global Research Agenda on Knowledge Translation.
Our goal is simple: to help organisations build quality into their programs so they can create, and confidently demonstrate, meaningful impact.
Dr Melinda Craike & Dr Bo Klepac Rolih
