Impact for Philanthropy

Demonstrate impact to donors

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What you can do to prepare

Creating impact adoption across your institution or even department can seem daunting, but there are lots of methods and strategies to achieve this, and they are often interconnected. Below are some examples to consider:

Leverage internal resources
Provide incentives for impact activities
Introduce impact planning
TRAIN THE TRAINER
Impact adoption
TARGET ECRs AS EARLY ADOPTERS
Send internal communications
Obtain senior level buy-in
Provide staff engagement

How we can help

We have worked with universities of sizes and across all disciplines to help them prepare their submissions and embed key rhythms to support higher quality submissions through our software and services approach. We provide a consultative approach to help you identify your areas of improvement and choose the services or technology that will help you achieve as highly as possible.
Feature Software Services ImpactEcosystem
Integrations: Repository, User Management and Grants
ImpactEcosystem onboarding and dedicated training, empowering your colleagues to use the technology to improve their capture and reporting of impact
CPD-accredited eLearning courses that cover impact basics through to specific Impact Case Studies (ICS) and national assessment training
Participation in quarterly Steering Groups to help shape product and services, and share knowledge
In-person workshops and full training options, including "what makes as 4* impact case study"
Annual health checks to assess impact readiness and recommend improvements
Annual Impact Case Study Reviews, built within ImpactTracker & ImpactReviewer and shared to provide continual constructive support
1-2-1 Impact Mapping / Feedback sessions in person/virtual (1 hour) to provide recommendations and actions to improve ICS.
Polish documents Ready for Submission: Receive drafts in Word /GDoc format. Clean and marked up versions to be provided

Foundations,re-granters, funds and grantees need to demonstrate impact to their donors. hivve makes it easy for complex organisations to manage and demonstrate their impact.

Operationalise your impact journey with efficient data collection, robust data access and clear reporting.

hivve’s training and tools were essential for our Finalists to help understand best practice in the world of impact measurement. The training session has equipped them with the tools they need to effectively communicate and evidence their environmental impact. The personalised support through the drop-in session helped them troubleshoot specific challenges. Hivve have been a very knowledgeable and collaborative partner in this process, always incredibly generous with their support. “

Impact Measurement & Reporting

“We help you align with leading frameworks (SDGs, IRIS+, GIIN) and build custom KPIs.”

ESG Due Diligence

“Screen investments and evaluate risks & opportunities with our in-depth ESG lens.”

Theory of Change Design

“Develop a strategic roadmap to clarify how your investments deliver positive outcomes.”

Impact Strategy & Fund Design

“Create funds with embedded impact goals from day one.”

The impact journey

Foundations,re-granters, funds and grantees need to demonstrate impact to their donors. hivve makes it easy for complex organisations to manage and demonstrate impact.

Discovery

Learn about impact, its value, the landscape, how others are doing it, and build confidence to continue your journey

Understanding

Know what good/bad impact looks like, benchmark, identify current gaps, and secure organisational support

Engagement

Demonstrate early impact success, win stakeholder buy-in,  and gain approval for organisational adoption

Management

Embed impact into your strategic plan, establish a dedicated team, processes and systems to track and report impact

Optimisation

Extend the reach and value of impact throughout your organisation, and streamline impact processes

Amplification

Scale impact, promote your profile, extend collaboration and capability through networks

Engage Impact Champions – Demonstrate ‘What’s in it for me’

Develop internal examples

Showcase the benefits from high impact through your own examples, for example by creating impact case studies. 

CONSIDER BOTTOM-UP DEVELOPMENT

Equip impact champions through “train the trainer” sessions that help to scale impact understanding throughout your institution.

SHOW ROI

Help academics to clearly see the return on investment, for example by hosting funding workshops that include an impact element.

Make compliance easy

Make compliance easy by ensuring that impact data is readily available and can be easily repurposed into whatever formats are required. 

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