UpMetrics

“I don't think it's a good use of our dollars to ask grantees to spend their time on reporting. We want them to spend their time doing what they do well - doing what we're funding them to do! So we really have to ask big questions and think about how we actually free them up to do their best work. Ultimately, we're pushing ourselves to try new things to really disrupt the system.”

“COVID was a moment for us to take a hard look at our approach. We said: ‘It’s the right time for us to push ourselves. We know better so now let's do better.'”

“"The opportunity to make an immediate impact for these fantastic organizations by providing them with tools, while also helping them to become more financially sustainable in the long run, was very exciting to our team. Working with UpMetrics has made the process of becoming data driven seamless. We are excited to continue our work together as we work to build capacity for nonprofits in the Chicagoland area."”

““Our organization has understood the need for data for a few years now. Working with UpMetrics has only solidified that belief as well as encouraged us to act on it."”

“As a smaller org, without an evaluation staff person, the platform has cut our reporting time in at least half, if not more. It has also cut down on our need to contract external evaluators as the platform now does the more advanced analysis for us.”

“We're able to do so much more because of access to insightful data. The dashboards are impressive.”

“UpMetrics helps us assess the effectiveness of new initiatives and supports our fundraising efforts.”

“UpMetrics has been a true partner in helping us simplify our impact data collection practices, and visualize our growing body of impact data - and thus measure the extent to which we’re achieving our intentions.”

“Collecting impact data from thirty-seven active portfolio companies is a tall order. UpMetrics has been an excellent partner throughout our annual reporting process, and they've helped evolve our impact reporting from a burden into a value-add practice for our portfolio.”

“ICU Baby is doing critical work for the community. I am going to be able to do so much more for our community with access to these numbers. The dashboards and ease of accessibility to the data is so impressive.”

“I think of my UpMetrics system as Oz where I can just go onto my system and literally see feedback on the impact we're having.”