Impact & Measurement

This metric assesses the use of evaluation tools to determine programmatic goals, objectives, approaches, and other activities that facilitate learning within an organization. 

This metric focuses on identifying key stakeholders and ensuring they are engaged and considered throughout the entire M&E process, from conceptualization to setting objectives and early implementation.

This metric focuses on best practices for identifying the most effective means of collecting data and employing scientifically sound and appropriate analysis techniques.

This metric assesses whether findings from program monitoring are reported to all stakeholders in an accurate, relevant, and understandable way.

This metric focuses on using data as a guiding consideration from the inception of an M&E approach. The use of findings may depend on the audience but is generally focused on accountability to funders, program improvement, and demonstrating program effectiveness.  

This metric evaluates eligible charities on cost-effectiveness, rewarding those that achieve more good per dollar and guiding donors to high-impact giving opportunities. Given the diversity in cause areas and success metrics, our evaluation process is tailored to each program type. Charities earn a score of 100 for highly cost-effective programs, 80 for cost-effective ones, and 65 if sufficient data is submitted but the program is deemed not cost-effective.

• We collaborate with external partners to gather reliable data on programs and outcomes, enabling us to assess and score more organizations based on their cost-effectiveness.

• We also partner with other trusted evaluators to leverage their rigorous evaluations as part of our Impact & Measurement assessments.

• When data is provided from external sources, we provide credit and cite the source.