Tools and Resources for Assessing Social Impact

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Approach

What type of assessment are you looking for?
Tools
Methods
Best Practices

Purpose

What is your end-goal?
Assessment
Management
Certification certified

Organization

What type of organization would you like to assess?
NGO/nonprofit
Program Cluster
Social Enterprise
Government
Foundation
Social Investor

Sector

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General sector applicability
 
Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy
Education
Employment
Environment
Food, Nutrition, Agriculture
Health General and Rehabilitative
Housing/Shelter
Human Services
Microfinance
Philanthropy, Grantmaking Foundations
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Focus

What are you measuring?
Organizational Effectiveness
Social Impact
  Cultural
Economic
Environmental
Political
 

At what stage of the impact value chain?
Outputs
Outcomes
Impact

Geography

What type of geography are you assessing?
Developing Countries
Developed Countries
 

User

Which type of organization do you represent?
NGO/nonprofit
Program Cluster
Social Enterprise
Government
Foundation
Social Investor

Intervention

What type of intervention would you like to assess?
Knowledge Development
Capacity Enhancement
and Skills Development
Enabling Systems and Infrastructure
Service/Product Development
and Delivery
Behavior Change
Policy Development and Implementation

Stage

At what stage of the solution are you working?
Frame the Problem
Develop Approach
 
Demonstrate and Refine Solution
Scale and Sustain
 

Cost

What costs may be incurred?
Technology Costs Subscription/Licensing Fees Third Party Consultant Costs
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No

Techniques

If searching for methods or best practices, which of the following planning techniques would you like to use?
Stakeholder Consultation
Issue Mapping
Formative Evaluation
Logic Model
Evaluability Model
 

Which of the following data gathering methods would you like to use?

Interviews
Direct Observations
Program Data Collection
Focus Groups
Participant Surveys
External Data Collection

What data evaluation methods would you like to use?

Benchmarking
Cost Analysis
Descriptive Statistics
Expert Review
Mapping Methods
Multidimensional Indices
Regresson Analysis
Strategic Assessment
 
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