SiMPACT ponders on the importance of data in philanthropy after an episode of the This American Life (#503 – I was Just Trying to Help), an episode which portrays an organization with a not-so conventional idea about charity.
While SiMPACT agrees that data is the key to demonstrating a core value, the SiMPACT Strategy Group renders not only to those with Community Investment portfolios and budgets through LBG Canada, but also to the organizations in which they invest through an analysis on Social Return on Investment (SROI).