Free Nonprofit Impact Evaluations

Effective Give is pleased to announce that we will be offering free impact evaluations for a select number of nonprofit organizations as we aim to develop case studies and gather informed feedback about the usefulness of our methodology. 

Enrollment will remain open until June 30, 2021, or until we reach a maximum of five participating organizations. 

Participating organizations will receive a full report and analysis of their impact along with comparative data from other participating organizations. We will also provide a limited amount of training and coaching for how the data can be used to help optimize program impact going forward. 

All costs associated with the analysis will be covered by Effective Give thanks to the generous support of our donors. 

You can learn more about Effective Give and our Impact Project here. 

Eligibility Requirements 

• Minimum of $1mm annual operating budget 
• Focus: Organizations that aim address no more than 10 burdens (or burden sub-types)*
• Willingness to share information (outlined below) for past three fiscal years
• Willingness for impact analysis data to be shared publicly
• Willingness to complete comprehensive exit survey  

Sample of Information Collected
Coaching will be available (as needed) to help organizations gather the information below. Data from external research reports will be accepted if your organization does not track a specific variable internally (such as life expectancy data):

• Organization/Program Burdens (and burden sub-types)*
• Key Characteristics of Target Population (for each burden being analyzed): 
  • Average Age
  • Average Life Expectancy (Without Intervention)
  • Average Life Expectancy (After Intervention)
  • Average Duration of Burden
• Key Program Attributes: 
  • Total Expenses 
  • Number of Intervention Attempts
  • Case Rate 
  • Intervention Efficacy Rate

Have a question or want to learn more? Email matt@effectivegive.org to start a conversation. 

*What are burdens and burden sub-types?
​Burdens represent something that causes suffering in our society. Cancer would be an example of a burden. Sub-burdens are subsets that offer more specificity to an issue, Lung Cancer would be considered a burden sub-type 1, and  Distant Lung Cancer would burden sub-type 2.