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v HOW FUNDERS CAN ENCOURAGE GOOD MEASUREMENT Angela Kaill June 2016

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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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vTHANK YOU [email protected]

June 2016