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A Platform for Sharing Knowledge
In exploring how to measure impact, we seek partners to share insights and develop frameworks to help solve social problems.
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Adapt and Innovate
Impact measurement evolves with changing times and circumstances. That dynamic offers opportunities to innovate, as the HKJC Charities Trust found.
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A Playbook for Designing Social Impact Measurement
Thinking about social impact measurement on a spectrum can help organizations develop a clear, evidence-based idea of how or why their programs work.
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Prioritizing Impact Measurement in the Funding of Social Innovation
Impact investors and grant makers can learn from each other.
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Plotting Impact Beyond Simple Metrics
For NGOs, impact comes in different forms and to track the cycles of social change work, we must think across the tangibility and the speed of emergence of change.
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Beyond Randomized Controlled Trials
How the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and the Evidence to Policy (E2P) community are integrating innovation and evidence into social policy and practice at scale.
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Ten Reasons Not to Measure Impact—and What to Do Instead
Impact evaluations are an important tool for learning about effective solutions to social problems, but they are a good investment only in the right circumstances.
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Putting Evidence to Use
Research does no good if its insights are irrelevant or not applied. Ensuring that evidence influences policy requires developing the right ecosystem and levers for accountability.
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In Search of Durable Change
Measuring how long impact lasts can be difficult, but nonprofits and donors should make the effort.
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Time for a Three-Legged Measurement Stool
Going beyond traditional monitoring and evaluation to focus on feedback can lead to new innovations in the social sector.
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The Best of SSIR: Impactful Philanthropy in the Real World
This collection of articles, sponsored by the Institute of Philanthropy (IoP), brings together some of the best research on impact measurement published in SSIR to further discussion, collaboration, and co-learning opportunities about charitable giving.
In the words of IoP: “We present this SSIR supplement to consolidate and share knowledge on social impact measurement that can help philanthropy professionals leapfrog barriers, especially in Asia. The articles that follow highlight different perspectives on measuring impact and present approaches that are multifaceted in theory and practice, such as the appropriate use of impact evaluation and the importance of stakeholder feedback in impact assessment. They also include inspirational and enlightening real-life lessons from organizations such as the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and its evidence-informed innovations; Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies and its approach that extends far beyond simple metrics; and The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.”
You can download the PDF of the supplement here.