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Standards for Impact Measurement

The Impact Genome Registry stores and measures program data using standardized, peer-reviewed protocols. This enables actionable insights, benchmarking, forecasting, and evidence-based decision-making. By turning social impact into a measurable asset, the Registry helps funders and social programs maximize their impact with data they can trust.

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BENEFITS

What is the
Impact Genome Registry?

The Impact Genome Registry is the world’s largest repository for standardized impact data, covering more than 2.2 million global nonprofits and social programs. It catalogues essential data—outcomes, strategies, costs, and evidence quality—allowing us to quantify the annual impact of any program. Like carbon registries for environmental impact, the Impact Genome Registry turns social impact into a measurable currency. All data is validated and verified by trained evaluators, with peer-reviewed verification standards curated by experts, practitioners, and academics. Verified programs receive Verified Impact Credits, transforming their outcomes into assets funders can trust.

Impact Data You Can Trust

The Impact Genome Registry standardizes and verifies impact results, allowing nonprofits and social programs to confidently prove the difference they make. Funders can trust the peer-reviewed, verified data, knowing their investments support effective programs.

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Measurement Equity

The Impact Genome Registry levels the playing field for small and marginalized organizations, giving them the chance to compete for funding based on their proven results, not their marketing budget. Verified outcomes give all organizations the visibility they deserve.

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Maximize the Value of Funding

Social programs can now accurately communicate the true cost of producing social impact. This transparency helps investors, grantmakers, and donors ensure that their resources are creating the maximum possible impact.

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HOW IT WORKS

Standards for Impact Measurement

The Impact Genome Registry uses standardized, peer-reviewed data fields and rigorous verification protocols to give funders and stakeholders confidence in the results. It provides a more consistent and cost-effective way to report social impact, eliminating the need for individual evaluations for each program. Standardization is the foundation of efficient markets. The Impact Genome Registry has pioneered an Impact Standard for measuring, reporting, and evaluating social impact, allowing funders to verify, value, and benchmark the outcomes of their investments—from grants and community programs to employee giving and volunteering. Over 2 million nonprofits have registered, and the Registry has verified thousands of programs’ outcomes.

Rigorous
‍All outcomes are based on a peer-reviewed evidence base, regularly curated, and vetted by field experts to ensure the highest standards of accuracy.

Unbiased
Program impacts are verified objectively and benchmarked using Impact Genome Verified Standards, ensuring fairness, transparency, and independence in the evaluation process.

Accessible
‍Any organization, regardless of size, can showcase its impact and connect with funders who value proven outcomes. The Impact Genome Registry ensures that even smaller programs can compete for funding based on their results, not their marketing efforts.

VERIFIED IMPACT REPORT™

The Verified Impact Report™ provides funders and institutions with transparent, peer-reviewed, benchmarked data on the impact of the programs they support. This report offers a clear view of outcomes, cost-effectiveness, and evidence quality, giving stakeholders confidence that their resources are driving measurable change. The Verified Impact Report™ turns program results into actionable insights, allowing funders to invest with certainty.

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

What’s the frequency of reporting for impact producers?
Who is the program data shared with?
Is the reporting process standardized or flexible for impact producers?
Can the Impact Genome Registry help with our board reporting?
Does the Impact Genome Registry have for-profit programs?
What is the sample size for benchmarking?
Do you do benchmarking for funders?
Can you pull the Cost-Per-Outcome regionally or for a very specific type of intervention?
How does the system factor in any bias or any anecdotal information?
Which geographical regions are the social impact programs from?
Some social programs are not allowed to collect race data. How would that work?
Does the Impact Genome Registry capture data around household income?
Who fills in the data? Is it self-reported?
Do you help nonprofits collect data or just analyze it?
Which funders are currently using the Impact Genome Registry?
How do impact producers like nonprofits land in the Impact Genome Registry?
Are beneficiaries always just a single person?
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Speak to our team today to find out how the Impact Genome Registry can help you get credit for the good work you’re doing and optimize your impact.

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What is the Impact Genome Registry?

The Impact Genome Registry is a repository for impact data on over 2.2 million global nonprofits and social programs. It catalogues standardized data on outcomes, strategies, beneficiaries, context, cost, and evidence quality. We can now quantify the annual impact—the total outcomes produced—of any social program. The Impact Genome Registry creates a currency for social impacts the same way carbon registries do for environmental impacts. Impact data is structured, validated, and Verified by our evaluators. The Verification Standards are curated by taxonomists and peer-reviewed by nonprofit practitioners, experts, and academics. Verified programs receive Verified Impact Credits that turn impact into an asset.

how it works

Standards for Impact Measurement

Impact Genome Registry uses standardized data fields and rigorous Verification to provide assurance to funders, investors and other stakeholders. Using the Registry offers a more affordable, consistent and reliable way to report social impact than hiring individual evaluators for every investment or program. Standardization is the key to efficient markets. Impact Genome has pioneered an Impact Standard for measuring, reporting, and evaluating social impact. This Standard can be used to Verify, value, and benchmark the outcomes of all of your programs (grants, community investment, employee giving, volunteering, etc.). Since our inception, over two million nonprofits have been registered and the Impact Genome Registry has verified thousands of social programs’ outcomes.

Rigorous

Outcomes are derived from the evidence base, vetted by experts in the field, and curated regularly.

Unbiased

Program impacts are independently verified and benchmarked using Impact Genome Impact Verified Standards.

Accessible

Any organization—no matter its size—can demonstrate its impact and find funders who value the outcomes it produces.

Simple

The Impact Verification process is intuitive and doesn’t require deep technical knowledge.
Benefits

Impact Data You Can Trust

Impact Genome Registry standardizes and independently verifies results so nonprofit and social programs can now prove their work in making a difference and funders can give confidently to organizations making an impact.

Learn how to get credit and optimize your impact portfolio
Benefits

Measurement Equity

Small and marginalized organizations can compete for funding on a level playing field. They get visibility and funding based on their results, not based on their marketing and fundraising capacities.

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Benefits

More Bang for the Buck

Social programs can communicate their "true cost" of producing social impact so that investors, grantmakers, and donors can give where their money can do the most good.

Learn how to get credit and optimize your impact portfolio

Frequently Asked Questions

What’s the frequency of reporting for impact producers?
Who is the program data shared with?
Is the reporting process standardized or flexible for impact producers?
Can the Impact Genome Registry help with our board reporting?
Does the Impact Genome Registry have for-profit programs?
What is the sample size for benchmarking?
Do you do benchmarking for funders?
Can you pull the Cost-Per-Outcome regionally or for a very specific type of intervention?
How does the system factor in any bias or any anecdotal information?
Which geographical regions are the social impact programs from?
Some social programs are not allowed to collect race data. How would that work?
Does the Impact Genome Registry capture data around household income?
Who fills in the data? Is it self-reported?
Do you help nonprofits collect data or just analyze it?
Which funders are currently using the Impact Genome Registry?
How do impact producers like nonprofits land in the Impact Genome Registry?
Are beneficiaries always just a single person?
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Speak to our team today to find out how the Impact Genome Registry can help you get credit for the good work you’re doing and optimize your impact.
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