REGISTRY - IMPACT VERIFICATION

Quantify
Your Impact

Demonstrate Meaningful Outcomes

Impact Verified™ is an evidence-based, peer-reviewed process to certify the annual outcomes of any social program. The standards for the Impact Genome Registry give organizations the power to independently report and verify their outcomes. Becoming Impact Verified™ enables organizations to showcase consistent, measurable outcomes that are benchmarked across the sector.

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WHY VERIFY

What is Impact Verified™?

Social programs report their annual impact data to the Impact Genome Registry, where it is reviewed through standardized protocols and validated by trained verifiers. This process generates a Verified Impact Report™, providing funders with trusted, data-driven insights to find programs that produce outcomes they value, right-size their investments, and evaluate the return on grants.

Impact Data You Can Trust

Generating reliable, comparable impact data is a challenge in the social sector. Reporting different metrics, data, and structures can be burdensome and draw resources away from what matters most. It also presents a challenge for funders to effectively allocate resources. The Impact Genome Registry standardizes the process so programs can independently  report and verify their outcomes. The Verified Impact Report™ boosts transparency and provides a clear benchmark across grantees and sector peers. Ultimately, it shifts the focus from fragmented reporting to what truly matters—real outcomes.

SOCIAL PROGRAM

What is a Social Program?

The Impact Genome Registry empowers organizations to compare their programs, share data, and analyze results across the sector. By standardizing outcomes, the Registry illuminates what works, why it works, and the true cost of achieving impact. Join today to unlock data that can guide your strategic decisions.

A Defined Set of Activities

Core components and program strategies are the specific actions that drive measurable outcomes. Every program in the Impact Genome Registry follows these structured activities to achieve results.

Produces Measurable Outcomes

An outcome represents a tangible change in a beneficiary’s status, behavior, or condition. Each program in the Impact Genome Registry is aligned with standardized outcomes to ensure consistency in how impact is measured and reported.

Measured Within a Specific Time Frame (<1yr)

For impact to be verified, programs must have a defined start and end date. Even long-term initiatives are evaluated on short-term gains to ensure continual progress and measurable results.

HOW IT WORKS

Guided and Intuitive Process

The verification process follows five simple steps. Programs submit their annual impact data to the Impact Genome Registry, where results are assessed and certified. This process is designed to be easy to navigate and it works with the data your program already collects.

Step 01:

Register Your Program

Nonprofits and social enterprises register their program and specify the intended outcomes.

Step 02:

Report Your Impact

Submit your program’s annual impact claims along with supporting data.

Step 03:

Validate Outcome

Trained verifiers assess the eligibility of the program’s outcomes using standardized protocols.

Step 04:

Verify Impact Claims

Verifiers use rigorous protocols to evaluate and confirm your impact claims, ensuring they are backed by solid evidence.

Step 05:

Issue Verified Impact Units

The Impact Genome Registry certifies your results into Verified Impact Units, with each unit representing a positive social outcome your program achieved.

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a cost for impact producers to enter the Impact Genome Registry?
What is the user experience like for impact producers?
How rigorous/difficult is it for impact producers to complete?
What do the funders and nonprofits pay for?
Are your outcomes direct service-focused or capacity focused?
In which social impact areas does the Impact Genome Registry measure outcomes?
Does the Impact Genome Registry incorporate feedback from impact producers?
Do impact producers have any way to provide supporting data while registering their social program?
Is the Impact Genome Registry's verification process ESG auditable? (third-party verified)
What are the elements of the evidence assessment?
What should impact producers include while calculating their Cost-Per-Outcome?
How does the Impact Genome Registry track the quality of data reported by impact producers?
What if impact producers cannot find the outcome they produce while registering their social program?
Does the Impact Genome Registry measure outputs?
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Join the fast-growing community of Impact Genome Registry members – nonprofits and impact producers who are producing over 10 million social outcomes annually, all around the world

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What is Impact Verification?

Social programs self-report annual impact claims to the Registry, which are then validated and verified.

how it works

Guided and Intuitive Process

The Impact Verification process includes 5 simple steps. Social programs submit annual impact results to the Impact Genome Registry, and trained verifiers (Social Impact Associates) review and certify the results. Our guided intake process is intuitive and doesn’t require deep technical knowledge. Programs provide the basic information and we'll do the analysis.

Register

Nonprofit or social enterprise registers a social program.

Report

Social program reports annual impact claims.

Validate

Impact Genome verifiers validate outcome eligibility.

Verify

Impact Genome Social Impact Associates apply rigorous protocols to evaluate impact claims.

Issue Verified Impact Unit (VIU) Credits

Impact Genome certifies the impact results.
Why Verify

Impact Data You Can Trust

The biggest challenge in the social sector is that investors and grantmakers don't have reliable impact data to use in allocating funding. Using the Impact Genome Registry and Standards to independently Verify results, solves that dilemma. It allows investors and social programs to focus on what matters most: impact.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a cost for impact producers to enter the Impact Genome Registry?
What is the user experience like for impact producers?
In which social impact areas does the Impact Genome Registry measure outcomes?
Does the Impact Genome Registry incorporate feedback from impact producers?
How rigorous/difficult is it for impact producers to complete?
Do impact producers have any way to provide supporting data while registering their social program?
What do the funders and nonprofits pay for?
Is the Impact Genome Registry's verification process ESG auditable? (third-party verified)
What are the elements of the evidence assessment?
What should impact producers include while calculating their Cost-Per-Outcome?
How does the Impact Genome Registry track the quality of data reported by impact producers?
What if impact producers cannot find the outcome they produce while registering their social program?
Are your outcomes direct service-focused or capacity focused?
Does the Impact Genome Registry measure outputs?
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Join the Registry

Receive a free evaluation and access to new funders by registering your social program today!
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