Nonprofits and social enterprises face increasing pressure to prove that our programs are making a positive impact. This enhances our ability to effectively address pressing social problems, and it is critical to wise stewardship of resources.
Innovations for Poverty Action (https://www.poverty-action.org/right-fit-evidence/toolkit has established the Goldilocks Toolkit to help non-profits and social businesses successfully monitor and evaluate social programs.
Poverty-action.org identifies four key principles to help organizations of all sizes build strong systems of data collection for both activity monitoring and impact evaluation. The principles are credible, actionable, responsible, and transportable, or CART:
