This case study documents an academic evaluation of the PICO California Project, an effort to unify the work of ten California congregation-based community organizations.  The report is retrospective and seeks to document the impact of the organization's work along two realms: the development of individual constituent leadership and the impact on policy-level decisions.

Because it was conducted by an academic institution, the evaluation is more thorough and formal than that which many groups might be able to do on their own.  However, the report offers logic models and other ways of approaching evaluations that may provide insight and perspective to groups who cannot or do not wish to launch a full-scale academic evaluation.

The case study provides a tremendous amount of data on both of the measures being studied.  However, because the evaluation is retrospective in nature and designed to look specifically at the impact that PICO's work had on individuals and the policy environment, it lacks recommendations or insights into how PICO could change its activities to be more effective.