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Supporting the Common Approach vision

The organizations below have signed on to support our vision for flexible, shareable impact measurement and urge others in the ecosystem to learn more about how the Common Approach Standards can improve impact measurement for everyone.

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The vision

We see a future where impact measurement is valuable—and certainly not a burden—to social purpose organizations (SPOs), but funders and investors can still get the information they need.

Common Approach has developed four standards that enable flexible, shareable impact measurement. When actively used, SPOs will be able to measure in a way that is useful for them, and our standards will coordinate their customized approaches into something common that funders and investors can use.

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The Common Approach standards have the potential to reduce the reporting burden for SPOs by streamlining reporting to their funders while improving the quality of the data funders are receiving. SPOs will be able to measure what matters to them, so they can also use the data to run an even more impactful organization in a way that best captures the work they are doing.

Once funders and investors are equipped to create portfolio-level analysis from the rainbow of impact data from the organizations they support, they will no longer need to prescribe metrics and indicators but will be able to use what the SPOs have determined to be the best measurements of their work.

Our supporters

The following social purpose organizations—charities, nonprofits, cooperatives and social purpose businesses—are enthusiastic about Common Approach’s vision for flexible, shareable impact measurement that reduces their reporting burden and equips them with useful data they can use.

Social purpose organizations

Stay tuned—we’ve begun with social purpose organizations but we’re just getting started! Other members of the impact measurement ecosystem will soon be represented on this page!

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Additional ways to support the Common Approach vision for flexible, shareable impact measurement

The benefits of the Common Approach standards will only be realized once they truly become common.

Funders & investors

For social impact organizations to truly feel their reporting burden has been reduced, all the funders they work with need to be able to accept data in a way that is aligned with the Data Standard. This is where you come in!

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Trainers & consultants

Access to professional support familiar with Common Approach will be a huge help to clients across the impact measurement ecosystem who are looking to adopt the standards. This is where you come in!

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Software developers

It needs to be easy for everyone involved in impact measurement (funders, investors, and social purpose organizations) to find tools aligned with the Common Impact Data Standard. This is where you come in!

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