impact of a program can be clearly defined and measured to inform future
planning and create a cycle of measurement, planning and program
development that will make ideals real.
sector. Increasing program impact by just 20% is the equivalent of adding more
than four billion dollars a year in funding. With a proper feedback loop and
program evaluation, this can be done.
There is a perception in the social world that measuring the impact of certain
programs is not possible. The argument is that the impact takes too long to
show up, there are too many variables affecting the outcome and/or the
outcome is intangible. This parallels an old saw in psychology research --if you
can't count it, it doesn't count; if you can count it, that ain't it. This conundrum
doesn't block our work, it is the jumping off point for High Impact Philanthropy,
which finds meaningful ways to measure change.
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