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Generating evidence to support the COVID-19 response: The Fund for Global Human Rights

January 14, 2021

Early on in the pandemic, The Fund for Global Human Rights (FGHR) leveraged data to understand the needs of their grantees and to respond adaptively. The data revealed that overnight COVID-19 had turned many of these grassroots activists into frontline first responders. Read more to see how FGHR's data-driven approach and flexible funding model allowed partners to adapt their work to meet shifting needs and reallocate resources and how this evidence helped them design and launch an emergency rapid response fund.

UNDP and ImpactMapper release the Gender Results Effectiveness Scale supporting gender lens investing and funding

December 4, 2020

UNDP and ImpactMapper release the Gender Results Effectiveness Scale to support stronger gender lens philanthropy and investing work.

ImpactMapper launches the first wave of data on key wins of women’s rights organizations around the world and the SDGs

November 4, 2020

‍ImpactMapper launched the first wave of data on our collective project to strengthen the evidence base of key wins of women’s rights and women’s movement building organizations around the world. We are building the world’s largest database of evidence around women’s rights movements' outcomes, aligning them with the SDGs, and generating useful insights to understand why investing in women's movements is so critical. Have your key wins documented today!

ImpactMapper launches fellowship program providing free impact measurement software to 10 global changemakers

October 30, 2020

ImpactMapper launches fellowship program providing free survey licenses to 10 global changemakers. It is such a privilege to be supporting such inspiring groups creating significant and transformative social changes around the world. Using our survey tool and social impact technology, they can strengthen their impact measurement, collect data more efficiently, across languages and cultures and spend more time focusing on what matters, sharing insights with their communities and promoting deeper social change and impact collectively.

Entrepreneur magazine names ImpactMapper's founder an inspirational woman tech founder focused on impact

February 28, 2020

Our founder, Alexandra Pittman, was highlighted in Entrepreneur magazine as an inspirational founder who has integrated social responsibility and impact into technology products. We are excited to see the recognition of ImpactMapper and Alex!

Help improve global impact evaluation practices and data use for action - Join the ImpactMapper Ambassador Network

February 4, 2020

Are you an evaluator looking for a dynamic tool to collect, analyze and visualize mixed-method data and impact stories? Do you work with foundations, nonprofits or impact companies and want to set yourself apart from other evaluators or consultancy firms?

Improve your M&E efforts through the ImpactMapper Fellowship 2020!

January 15, 2020

Are you (or do you know) a non-profit organization doing meaningful work to affect change in your community? Would you like to monitor and track social change more easily over time?If so, then let’s make it happen!

Thank you, 2019!

December 18, 2019

This year has been full of growth, successes and lessons for our team, clients and the communities with whom we share and serve. We are continuously motivated by the inspiring work that our clients are contributing to, and feel so privileged to learn about the diverse and impactful social change initiatives around the globe. As we come to the end of 2019, we wanted to share with you a few highlights related to our growth and some exciting new projects we have planned for 2020!

The Key to Change: Women's rights organizations and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

November 11, 2019

Time’s up on inequality and we are committed to supporting women’s rights movements as key actors in creating a more equitable and sustainable world! At ImpactMapper, we work to change how the world sees impact. So we formed a collective of partners to strengthen the global evidence base of women's rights organizations’ key achievements and to track how they are engaged with the SDGs.

Power of story and using stories as datasets

November 4, 2019

The Xynteo Exchange brings together mission-driven leaders and practitioners across business, academia, the arts, and activism to accelerate collaborative action to tackle systemic problems, and re-think growth models that are no longer future-fit.