In a survey conducted of members of Maryland Nonprofits, sponsor of the Standards for Excellence Institute®, in 2014, 119 organizations responded to questions that asked how the organization involved the people it served and the benefits and costs of such efforts. The Standards for Excellence®: An Ethics and Accountability Code for the Nonprofit Sector, developed and promulgated by Maryland Nonprofits (through the Institute) encourages such involvement and suggests that "evaluations should[…]