The ‘whys’ of measuring outcomes for grant makers – podcast

Sam Thorp on the five common reasons for measuring outcomes and what they mean for good funding practice.

Summary
  • Being intentional about why and how we measure is important as it can impose a significant burden on the recipients of grants.
  • When it comes to measuring outcomes, funders need to ask themselves what they will use the results for.
  • Sam identifies five common reasons: to track performance of a grant, learn and understand what works, demonstrate total impact as funder, determine what should be funded in future, and compare different organisations or programs.
  • For each, he describes what they are and the implications for how outcomes are measured.

 

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