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HOW FUNDERS CAN ENCOURAGE GOOD MEASUREMENTAngela Kaill
June 2016
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THE IMPACT CYCLE
Agree measurement
plan with grantees
Select grantees
Define problem
Monitor delivery by grantees
Support grantees’ measurement
practices
Collect impact data from grantees
Analyse data to identify findings
Review implications of findings for you and grantees
Share findings with the wider
sector
Do(& monitor)
Plan
Assess
Review
Approach Define theory of change/ approach to
impact
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FUNDERS USE EVIDENCE OF IMPACT…
Design grant programme
Research needs and
groups
Monitor delivery by grantees
Do(& monitor)
Plan
Assess
Review
44% use evidence of impact to shortlist
applicants
71% support grantee
measurement practices in some way
79% collect data on
outcomes from grantees
33% use evidence of impact to
inform public debate
…but more would use it if the information they got from grantees was better quality
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FUNDERS SEE ISSUES WITH GRANTEE CAPACITY TO MEASURE
Not a priority for senior management
Not a priority for trustees
Lacking skills to understand data from grantees
Other
Lack of funding for grantees to measure impact
Grantees not providing the necessary information
Grantees not knowing what to measure
Grantees not having the necessary capacity/skills
Grantees not knowing how to measure
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Issues with grantee abil-ity to mea-sure their im-pact
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Responsive funding
- Flexible funder with categories of
funding loosely defined
- Often high ratio of grants to staff
- Funds applications that people submit
Single goal oriented funding
- Working towards goals in a clearly
defined area- Normally proactive,
looking for charities to fulfil key
outcomes identified by strategy
Targeted funding
- Clear social needs funded
- Outcomes within that are determined
by applications- Fund a mixture of
applications in and proactively sought
grants
Ease of using impact measurement
Flexibility
MODELS OF FUNDING
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IMPACT MEASUREMENT BY FUNDING APPROACH
Funding impact measurement approach
Responsive Targeted Single goal orientated
Impact of funding approach
Focus on this Can do this Can do this
Impact of funding on organisations
Focus on this Can do this Can do this
Impact of funding on beneficiaries
Ensure grantees equipped, and where possible draw out lessons
Focus on thisShould do this—ensuring that grantees are using the best possible methods to measure their impact
Impact of funding on social problem (aggregated impact)
Should not attempt to do this as will not be aggregating comparable outcomes
If outcomes and measurement techniques are comparable, should try to do this. If not, then it should not be a focus.
Focus on this
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