Impact Measurement Resources

Join us for a high-energy, insight-packed webinar introducing UpMetrics’ Collaborative Cohorts—a powerful program that helps grantmakers go beyond transactional funding and truly invest in the growth and success of grantees.

What happens when grantees don’t just receive support—but shape it together?
Join us for an interactive 1-hour Impact Learning Collective (ILC) session designed to elevate the power of peer-to-peer learning and spotlight the momentum of our SE Michigan cohort by exploring how collaboration fuels stronger impact strategies.

Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at how our one-year, fully sponsored Collaborative Cohort Program. Grantees don’t just receive funding—they gain tools, coaching, and community to help them grow their impact, strengthen their storytelling, and build lasting relationships with mission-aligned funders.

Radical honesty, real collaboration, and redefined impact—inside a powerful day with 30+ Southeast Michigan changemakers.

During the PEAK2025 Conference we held an exclusive dinner for grantmakers, creating an intentional space where meaningful connection and bold ideas could flourish.

How can impact investors transform reporting from a check-the-box exercise into a meaningful driver of value? That was the central question explored at a recent gathering of impact investors in New York City, co-hosted by SJF Ventures, Impact Capital Managers (ICM), and UpMetrics.

Miami-Dade Innovation Authority shares how to use qualitative and quantitative data to tell powerful stories that engage funding partners and drive social impact.

Read how SJF Ventures is “bending the curve” and leveraging impact data to make smarter investment decisions, while driving sustainable and equitable growth for them and their portfolio companies.

Discover six practical ways grantmaking executives can build stronger, more equitable relationships with nonprofit grantees, and actionable suggestions for putting these ideas into practice.

On-Demand Webinar: Discover what’s broken in the funder-grantee relationship, why it matters, and practical steps to build more equitable, transparent, and impactful partnerships.

Recently, we held an ILC session featuring Camelback Ventures' Senior Director of Data & Strategy, Melvin Freeman, on Measuring What Matters: Helping Portfolio Companies Demonstrate Impact.

Learn how to use UpMetrics' and Temelio's platforms to streamline processes and leverage data in decision making

How NewBo City Market Harnesses Impact Reporting to Drive Community Development and Unlock Funding

Learn all the impact measurement essentials in our new blog

Learn how prioritizing impact measurement & management can help you stand out in the increasingly competitive impact investor landscape.

Enjoy this recording of our webinar with the Kauffman Foundation and UpMetrics, where we discussed how impact organizations can leave the reporting status quo behind and begin tracking and applying data in ways that drive learning, collaboration, and change.

Check out our library of 10+ impact frameworks built using our DeCAL methodology

Learn how our new and improved IMM Suite and explore how you can leverage data to drive your funding (or fundraising) strategy

Hear directly from CEO Drew Payne & get snippets from our recent Bay Area Cohort Workshop

Watch along as ICU Baby's CEO Elizabeth Simonton discusses the power of impact measurement for her org's mission delivery

In this free webinar, we explore best practices for SEL with an expert in the field, Sally Munemitsu, COO of Algorhythm.

How America SCORES Chicago is unlocking their organization‘s full potential through impact measurement & management

Check out our glossary of impact terms to get inspired!

How Lime Rock New Energy’s impact-driven investment strategy is boldly addressing the global climate crisis

Learn our recommended techniques for collecting accurate and relevant data, as well as how to transform it into meaningful visual representations.

In this webinar you'll learn how to measure and report on the impact of your work, improve outcomes, and inspire others to join your mission.

Watch our Intro Video to discover how UpMetrics can help you measure and showcase the positive social impact of your work.

A summary of findings from an UpMetrics survey on how foundations and nonprofits are utilizing collaboration today

View a recording of our webinar with the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation of Louisiana, Line4Line, and UpMetrics, where we discussed the importance of building a strategy that sets grantees up for success with capacity building grants.

How the National Bankers Association Foundation is democratizing finance through community empowerment

A 4-step approach to leveraging your data to make informed decisions, build capacity, and tell your story of impact

How to ensure your story of impact hits all the right points

A checklist to make sure you’re gathering the right data and ready to answer any questions about your impact

How Sonen Capital is leading the way in creating a data-fueled future for impact investing

How Thrive Chicago is leveraging data to optimize the impact of their nonprofit network

A guide on combining metrics and stories to paint a more powerful picture of your impact

How the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation used a learning mindset to support grantees in measuring impact

How the Schultz Family Foundation is using data to inform responsive grantmaking

How ICU Baby learned to use data more effectively through the UpMetrics cohort model

Strategies for Funders to Create Alignment around Data

A guide on receiving clear next steps no matter where you are in your data journey

View a recording of our webinar where Kaci Patterson, Chief Architect at the Black Equity Collective and Stephen Minix, Managing Director at UpMetrics, discuss key steps Kaci and her team took to ensure a collaborative effort was created with the BEC that truly drove change where it was needed.