Evaluate impact
Demonstrating impact in the civic tech field can be hard. In this section of the guide, you will find tools that can be used by governments, organizations and communities to track performance, collect data and manage impact. In addition to resources for building monitoring and evaluating systems, you can explore databases to analyze public policy or researches on how entities and nonprofits that use tech and data are generating positive effects.
Cali Cómo Vamos
Cali Cómo Vamos es un programa de seguimiento y evaluación de la calidad de vida en la ciudad, tiene como referencia el Programa “Bogotá Cómo Vamos”, adelantado desde 1998 por iniciativa de la Casa Ed...
Datos que hacen ciudad
El programa Cali Cómo Vamos, el laboratorio ciudadano Mi Cali Contrata Bien, la Unidad de Acción Vallecaucana y el observatorio Cali Visible, ponen a disposición una ruta de obtención de datos referid...
Open Government for Stronger Democracies
An OECD global assessment of countries' implementation of its 2017 Recommendation on Open Government
Relationality Lab
We help people who nurture relationships that drive change prove that their work has impact.
plinth
The only solution that combines an AI grant-writer, a case management system, a CRM, a booking platform and impact reporting — so you can get more funding, keep costs low, and keep all your informatio...
Overton
Track your policy impact
Civic Engagement Scorecard
It's a quick tool for the public to rate: 1) Official public meetings (such as city council meetings, board/commission meetings, school board meetings) that you have attended. 2) How connected your co...
Oxford Insights
We make technology work for the public good
Mission Metrics
When founding The Oaklandside in 2020, we launched Mission Metrics, an innovative pilot program for reader feedback.
Impact Tracker
The IA Impact Tracker is a digital platform to help news organizations, funders, and other stakeholders understand the impact of journalism by defining, measuring, and tracking real world change.
Understanding journalism impact: A multi-dimensional taxonomy for professional, organizational and societal change
Drawing on literature from multiple disciplines, we propose a multi-faceted metric which future researchers, journalists and news agencies will be able to use when analysing media impact.
Cheeri IMM
By making it easy for impact funders and fundees to define, measure, analyze, report and manage their impact projects, we help purpose-driven organizations such as social enterprises and nonprofits ge...
ReliefWeb Numbers
The new ReliefWeb Numbers site aims to deliver easily discoverable topline numbers on the world's most pressing humanitarian crises.
Suomi.fi Quality Tools
Finnish government tools to make it easy for government offices to assess and improve upon their digital service delivery
Measuring People Power
How do you measure gifts of time, expertise and leadership? What indicators can you use to assess grassroots power building, organising and volunteer initiatives?
Iguala
IGUALA es el sistema de analítica avanzada del Ayuntamiento de Madrid para elaborar el Índice de Vulnerabilidad Territorial Agregado.
Effective Activist: An Evidence-based Guide To Progressive Social Change
Did you know hundreds of scientists have researched what makes activism effective?
How can civic tech work effectively with public and private institutions?
A collection of case studies where civic tech interventions have resulted in tangible improvements and benefits for governments/public institutions and their citizens, by People Powered
IDinsight
IDinsight is a mission-driven global advisory, data analytics, and research organization that helps global development leaders maximize their social impact.
SDG 16 Survey Initiative
The SDG16 Survey jointly developed by UNDP, UNODC and OHCHR provides a high quality, well tested tool that countries can use to measure progress on many of the survey-based indicators under SDG16.
Redefining rigour: using stories to evaluate systems change?
A series of articles interrogating the concept of rigor in the context of impact evaluation in our work, by Keira Lowther
Research Excellence Framework Impact case study database
"Documents put together by university departments that attempt to explain the reach of their research beyond academia."
Kara
Automated data gathering, simple ESG frameworks & actionable insights for venture capital investors and portfolio companies.
UpMetrics
The data analytics platform for impact-driven organizations.
Data for Good Fund
The Data for Good Fund, a single-entity fund, was established in partnership with the Tides Foundation. With donations from mission-aligned donors, the Data for Good Fund will allow nonprofits to le...
Addressing ethical gaps in ‘Technology for Good’: Foregrounding care and capabilities
This paper identifies and addresses persistent gaps in the consideration of ethical practice in ‘technology for good’ development contexts.
Analysis and Response Toolkit for Trust
The Analysis and Response Toolkit for Trust or ARTT is focused on helping people engage in trust-building ways when discussing vaccine efficacy and other topics online.
The Haves and the Have Nots: Civic Technologies and the Pathways to Government Responsiveness
Paper by Jonathan Mellon Tiago C. Peixoto Fredrik M. Sjoberg
OutcomesX
The world’s leading marketplace for social outcomes.
Digital Maturity Indicator
The Digital Maturity Indicator (DMI) is a tool to help organisations measure, benchmark and improve their digital maturity across six key areas.
Civic Tech Impact Tracker
The Civic Tech Field Guide's view of impact metrics
AidData Replication Datasets
AidData has assembled a collection of replication datasets associated with scholarly research on aid allocation and aid effectiveness. Whenever possible, there is a link to the computer code that is n...
Amp Impact
Amp Impact is a Salesforce-based solution for organizations pursuing impact.
ImpactMapper
Visualize your impact, track data trends, and share the stories that matter most.
ImpactAnalytic
A platform to help social good outfits import, visualize, and analyze impact data
Algorithmic Impact Assessments: A Practical Framework For Public Agency Accountability
A framework to assess automated decision systems and to ensure public accountability
A Simple Civic Tech Evaluation Canvas
"Our goal was to apply a simple but powerful canvas tool to help our peers plan to measure immediate and long-term results of their projects."
AirGrade
We improve the effectiveness of international development efforts by understanding and encouraging what works using rigorous, actionable and engaging evidence.
Post-legislative scrutiny in the UK Parliament
Research into whether legislation achieved its policy goals
Common Approach to Impact Measurement
The Common Approach is composed of 4 related standards that are community-driven.
Decidim Census
A small static website gathering open data from Decidim platforms around the world.
Evaluating Digital Citizen Engagement: A Practical Guide
A World Bank working paper (2016)
Un indice de Qualité Démocratique
A project to create an index of democratic quality
Ranking Digital Rights
Ranking ICT sector companies on respect for free expression and privacy
Nonprofit Journalism Issues Around Impact
A 2012 white paper from Pro Publica by Richard J. Tofel
Poverty Action Lab
Our mission is to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. We do this through research, policy outreach, and training.
Assessing Civic Tech: Additional Tools & Resources
We have compiled and organized more detailed information on specific topics to help operationalize recommendations in the guides and provide links to useful articles, examples and existing evaluation...
SIMLab's framework for monitoring and evaluating inclusive technologies in social change projects
It helps people and organizations to use inclusive technologies to build systems and services that are accessible, responsive, and resilient.
Impact Matters
Communicate impact correctly.
Topl
We're an impact technology company building a blockchain to help you prove your ethical and sustainable practices. .