Impact Story Toolkit: A Guide to Nonprofit Storytelling
As humans, we tell stories for a range of reasons: to inform, to convince, to create empathy, and to communicate experience. Nonprofits,...
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Insights to help you manage, measure, and share your social impact story
- Jul 19
Move to PROSPER Selects SureImpact to Improve Economic Mobility for Single Moms
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 20, 2022—SureImpact, Inc., announced today that it has been chosen by Move to PROSPER to measure and share their impact
- Jun 22
Philanthropy’s New Model: Takeaways from the Siemer Institute
5 Lessons from a new model of philanthropy based on collective social impact, coordinated strategy, and real-time shared measurement.
- Jun 16
What Is Impact? A Primer on Nonprofit Impact Measurement
In the larger world of impact assessment and program evaluation, impact measurement is an often overlooked but critical step. According...
- May 3
The Ultimate How-To Guide to Social Impact Assessment
On an instinctual level, you know your nonprofit is doing important, impactful community work. Your volunteers show up early. Your staff...
- Mar 28
What Is Impact Assessment? A Complete Introduction
Walk into any board room in the U.S. and you’ll likely hear the term “impact assessment” tossed around. From such contexts, it can be...
- Mar 2
SureImpact Announces Dwight Smith and Kristy Campbell as New Board Members
SureImpact, the leader in impact management software today announced the appointment of Dwight Smith and Kristy Campbell to their board.
- Jan 24
Urban City Codes Selects SureImpact to Measure Impact of Culturally-focused Technology Training
SureImpact, Inc., announced today that it has been selected by Urban City Codes to help the organization measure and manage their impact.
- Jan 7
How Data Enables Purpose-Driven Foundation Board Leadership
The impact and long-term sustainability of social-good organizations requires purpose-driven leaders and an impact-centric culture.
- Nov 9, 2021
What do your organization’s finances say about your values?
The strategic utilization of financial resources is essential to addressing complex problems for individuals and communities.
- Sep 23, 2021
How Trust-based Philanthropy Creates Thriving Communities
Transparent communication helps funders and grantees align their missions and find ways to continuously improve.
- Aug 9, 2021
Pathlight HOME Selects SureImpact to Demonstrate Social Impact of Housing First Initiatives
SureImpact, Inc has been selected by Pathlight HOME to automate and simplify the process of collecting and sharing social impact data
- Jul 27, 2021
Why Social-Impact Measurement is Critical for Social-Good Networks
Social-impact measurement can be applied to any type of social-good network whether geographical or united by a common funder
- Jul 8, 2021
Philanthropy’s role in driving lasting social change
If funders desire radical transformations in the social causes they fund, they need to promote high-performance measurement practices
- Jun 7, 2021
United Community Selects SureImpact to Demonstrate Social Impact of 2Gen Poverty Initiatives
SureImpact, Inc., announced today that it has been selected by United Community to manage, measure, and communicate its unique social impact
- May 25, 2021
Are You Neglecting Your Social-Impact Bottom Line?
The highest-performing social-good organizations focus equally on both the social-impact and revenue bottom lines.
- May 10, 2021
Five Steps for Ensuring Impact
SureImpact is a user-friendly case management and reporting platform that facilitates the five steps required to drive maximum impact.
- Apr 16, 2021
How to Maximize the Impact of Your Social-Service Collaborative
In order to ensure maximum impact across the community, collaboratives have a great responsibility to establish shared outcome measures
- Apr 1, 2021
Three Critical Components of Sustained Change in the Social-Service Sector
The motivation for organizations to make efforts needed to create and sustain real change is a function of three factors.
- Mar 23, 2021
Why Data-driven Collaboration is Essential to Addressing the Opioid Crisis
In order to build the capacity for communities to collectively address the opioid crisis, there must be data-driven collaboration.
- Mar 2, 2021
Are You Ready for Results-based Donation Models?
Results-based donation models link funding with measurable outcomes and impact performance. Are you ready?
- Feb 16, 2021
How to Get Started Using High-Quality Performance Measures
Learn how leaders can determine what to measure, four traits of successful performance measures, and what to do with the data collected.
- Feb 9, 2021
How Collective Impact is Evolving to Fundamentally Transform Community Wellbeing
Collective Impact moves beyond collaboration to co-creating a coordinated strategy and shared commitment for addressing complex issues.
- Feb 3, 2021
How to Determine the Effectiveness of Your Connected Community of Care
The common threads that lead to long-term sustainability for Coordinated Communities of Care involve data, measurement, and evaluation.
- Jan 20, 2021
How Continuous Feedback Loops Drive Community Long-Term Stability
In times of economic and social turbulence, the social-service sector continues to play an increasingly pivotal role in the long-term...
- Jan 12, 2021
Why a Measurement Roadmap Is Key to Your Organization’s Success
To create impactful programs and communicate the impact to donors, social-sector organizations must create a strong measurement road map
- Dec 22, 2020
How A Data-Driven Giving Approach Resulted in $4.5 Billion for 384 Organizations
This season we are inspired by a real-world angel and philanthropist, MacKenzie Scott who provided significant funding to 384 nonprofits
- Dec 18, 2020
4 Steps for Illustrating a Compelling Impact Story
Research shows that organizations who consistently collect and use data to share a compelling impact story are more successful
- Dec 10, 2020
Why Human-Centered Design Is Needed to Drive Systemic Change
Human-centered design has a role to play in shifting our communities towards a more equitable and regenerative future.
- Dec 8, 2020
SureImpact Secures Seed Funding to Accelerate Social Impact
COLUMBUS, Ohio, December 8, 2020—SureImpact, the software platform that empowers mission-driven organizations to manage, measure, and...
- Dec 3, 2020
How Participatory Grantmaking Maximizes Community Impact
Participatory grantmaking is a relatively new form of collaboration that increases impact through greater involvement communities.
- Nov 16, 2020
The Future of Social Impact Investing: Results-Based Donation Models
Results-Based Social-Impact Investing creates the collaborative tension needed to drive social impact.
- Nov 12, 2020
Celebrating National Philanthropy Day and Collective Impact
National Philanthropy Day signifies the importance of diverse organizations and individuals working together to create long-term impact.
- Nov 9, 2020
SureImpact Named as Honoree for the Columbus First BizTech Awards
SureImpact president Sheri Chaney Jones was recognized as an Executive of the Year Honoree for the Columbus First BizTech Awards for 2020.
- Nov 5, 2020
How Foundations Drive Social Change with Data-Driven Multiyear General Operating Support
When informed by data, unrestricted multiyear core operating support is one of the best ways to build nonprofit capacity and sustainability.
- Oct 20, 2020
Top Two Strategies to Prioritize for Your Social Sector Organization in 2021
Maximize your community impact in 2021 by tapping into the collaborative relationships you’ve formed and the resiliency you’ve rediscovered
- Oct 13, 2020
Using Data-Driven Strategies to Create More Equitable and Prosperous Communities
Strategic investment in a community-wide data sharing platform would lead to exponential social impact rooted in data-driven solutions.
- Oct 8, 2020
How to Prove your ESG Efforts are Making a difference
Organizations need data to prove they are delivering impactful, cost-effective, and sustainable solutions to complex social problems.
- Sep 28, 2020
How to Use Collective Impact to Fight Poverty
To effectively alleviate poverty, many communities are launching collective impact initiatives on a community-wide scale.
- Sep 18, 2020
4 Signs Your Nonprofit is Ready for Collective Impact
Collective impact can only be accomplished by pooling together a wide range of expertise that spans many sectors and industries.
- Sep 9, 2020
Thinking About Your 2021 Budget? What You Need to Know About Funding for Technology
In today’s environment, technology should be included in the budget as a tool for accomplishing your overall mission.
- Sep 4, 2020
Why Nonprofit and Government Cooperation and Transparency are Critical for Social Change
While non-profit organizations can accomplish much independently, working in tandem with government agencies can yield better returns.
- Aug 28, 2020
How Data is Helping Ohio Equitably Combat COVID-19 for Minorities
An informed, coordinated, cross-sector response from multiple entities would be required to adequately protect residents from COVID-19
- Aug 18, 2020
4 Steps to Maximize Your Social Impact
To maximize your organization’s social impact, you must start with your desired outcomes in mind. Learn 4 steps to maximize your impact.
- Aug 12, 2020
How Logic Models Lead to Greater Mission Outcomes
Logic models support a data-driven, high-performance culture, aligning all resources and activities—and capturing data along the way.
- Aug 4, 2020
How to Gain Funder Trust: It’s all About Maximizing the Impact of their Giving
In the social sector, we are in the business of realizing social change. Leaders can use data to meet the needs of all stakeholders.
- Jul 30, 2020
How to Create and Maintain a Continuous Cycle of Learning and Feedback
Successful social sector leaders develop high-performing cultures that are focused on consistently using data to drive strategic decisions.
- Jul 22, 2020
How 3 Communities Achieved Social Change through Collective Impact Initiatives
Learn how Rochester, NY, Lincoln, NE, and Grant County, IN achieved social change through collective impact initiatives
- Jul 16, 2020
Public Trust is Today’s Currency in the Social Sector
Understanding, managing, and strengthening public trust must be a top priority for social sector organizations to succeed.
- Jul 7, 2020
Why Capacity Building is Key to Becoming an Impact-Centric Organization
Social sector organizations need to build their data capacity to measure participant needs, track outcomes, & demonstrate impact to funders