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United Way and Clear Impact: Stronger Together

The Clear Impact Scorecard software is used by many United Ways – including United Way Worldwide, United Way of Central Iowa, United Way of Berkshire County, and more – to easily collect and measure the impact of their funding efforts in a simple, and easy-to-use interface.

Clear Impact Scorecard was developed specifically with the input from our major United Way customers.  Our long standing relationships with individual United Ways as well as the United Way Worldwide has shaped a system and approach that focuses on creating real impact instead of superficial impact reports. We are dedicated to your success and helping you develop effective measures to make your work easier.  The user friendly interactive scorecards allow you to easily collect and analyze performance data for all your grantees. The software goes deeper than just data and digs into the story behind the curve to tell the real story and align grantee’s projects and activities to the results you want to achieve.

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Terie Taylor-Wolfe

“Clear Impact is very invested in the outcome of what we’re trying to accomplish, in us being successful.  And the software is geared for the not-for-profit sector.  Not all software is.  It is quite intuitive.  It is almost too simple to be true.”

Terie Taylor-Wolf
Data and Research Director

United Way of Central Iowa

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United Way of Central Iowa

Using ends-to-means thinking and Clear Impact Scorecard to help students succeed and improve high school graduation by 26%.

In 2008, the Des Moines Independent School District faced its lowest High School Graduation Rate in 11 years: a dismal 65.10%. At the same time, a series of national research reports revealed disturbing trends in the numbers of high school dropouts nationwide. To say the least, the community was in an uproar – the United Way of Central Iowa knew something needed to be done.

UWCI decided to take the lead in coordinating a community-wide improvement strategy. Launching this strategy began with setting the community’s “Goals for 2020”: a common agenda to align community efforts and improve wellbeing. One of these goals was to “reduce by half the number of dropouts in Polk, Dallas, and Warren counties” by 2020.

After realizing they needed a system to track and improve progress, UWCI sought out Clear Impact Scorecard to align community efforts and streamline performance reporting. Through the implementation of the Results-Based Accountability “ends-to-means” thinking process and the Clear Impact Scorecard software to measure and improve educational program performance, UWCI and partners were able to increase Des Moines’ 4-year High School Graduation Rate from 65.10% to 81.68% – an increase of 26%.

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Berkshire United Way

Working with partners to determine whether the community is making measurable progress towards end-goals.

Berkshire United Way logoSummary of Client Results:

  • BUW can more easily see the link between program performance and community outcomes. 
  • BUW staff have more time to focus on the bigger picture now that many time-intensive tasks are automated and completed remotely by partners.
  • BUW engages in more effective data-based decision-making, funding, and communication.
  • BUW has a more accurate understanding of areas of need and demographics within their community.
  • BUW has a method to measure long-term progress towards community wellbeing and engage in Results-Based Accountability.

Pittsfield is the largest city and seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Like many New England manufacturing centers, it experienced a significant economic decline in the latter part of the 20th century. However, with environmental initiatives, industrial property reconstruction, and growth in arts and entertainment, the city has redefined itself as a cultural and economic powerhouse.

Pittsfield is also home to Berkshire United Way (BUW), which has revealed a different side of the city and county. Based on data collection funded by BUW in 2014, 7,846 low-income families were living at 200 percent of poverty in Berkshire County (24% of the county’s population). By comparison, the state average is 19.7%.

BUW is working to turn the curve in the right direction on these indicators with community partners’ support. Currently, BUW funds around 42 programs across 28 local organizations to improve literacy, provide good job opportunities, and eliminate poverty through educational pathways. To ensure the community is making long-term progress, BUW uses data to identify issues and measure results and outcomes. By measuring results, they ensure programs are useful and worthy of investment.

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United Way of Brazoria County

Using a shared framework and tools to enhance communication and create outcomes.

United Way Brazoria CountySummary of Client Results:

  • The work of funded partners is now tied to strategies that align with results and indicators.
  • Increased consistency in how they articulate performance measurement.
  • Enhanced communication throughout measurement and reporting processes.
  • Established a system for communicating outcomes for the GRF.

Like many other United Ways around the country, UWBC had provided donor dollars to well-intentioned funded partners for decades without a way to communicate the return on investment. What had changed? How were people better off as a result of the hard work of public sector partners? These were the most important questions, but there was no universal system to get this information from grantees.

Funded partners submitted reports with different data in different formats. What was included in the reports was often anecdotal – important stories of change, yes, but it was difficult to see the bigger picture in terms of clients’ progress. Collating these reports into something meaningful was time-intensive and painstaking. UWBC staff had to make hand calculations across multiple organizations or transpose data from partner reports into spreadsheets.

What needed to change was clear. First, UWBC needed a simple framework that could be deployed across the network to get everyone on the same page, working towards the same goals, and reporting on shared measures. Second, they needed a data-collection tool that each grantee could use to report data locally and then roll that data up into community-wide indicators.

The steps to make these changes happen were also clear. First, Clear Impact would help UWBC develop a Results-Based Accountability (RBA) framework. Second, train every funded partner on performance accountability and help them to develop performance measures related to the UWBC RBA framework. Third, build a set of Scorecards and transition UWBC and its funded partners to use the Clear Impact Scorecard for data reporting.

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United Way of Waco-McLennan County

Giving a voice to the story of impact.

United Way of Waco McLennan County LogoSummary of Client Results:

  • UWWMC can more easily answer the questions: How much work are partners doing? How are residents better off as a result of that work? Are there different gains in education, financial security, health, or safety net services? What do the individual contributions of partners mean at an aggregate level?
  • UWWMC now has an automated system that communicates the impact of funded partners in education, financial literacy, health, and safety net services. Partner data instantly updated and aggregated numbers are immediately visible in Impact Framework Scorecards.
  • UWWMC has made great strides towards tracking, understanding, and communicating the aligned contributions of funded partners towards making a difference on community-level goals and objectives

Despite the growing positivity, Waco, Texas has its share of entrenched challenges. The median household income in 2018 was $37,735, far below the Texas median of $60,629. Waco’s poverty rate is 26.8%, representing more than twice the national average. A look at the data, disaggregated by race and ethnicity, tells an even starker story; 24% of African-Americans and 21% of Latinos live in poverty compared to 12% of Anglos. This contrasts with the general demographics of the area. 46% of the people living in Waco are Anglo, 24% are Latino, and 23% are African-American. The community-at-large has recently begun to address inequity through racial equity training and collective impact.

To address these challenges, United Way of Waco-McLennan County invests in trusted partners in the areas of education, health, financial stability, and safety net services. Many partners are longstanding pillars in the community; Caritas of Waco, for example, has worked to offset poverty and hunger for more than 53 years. Regardless of how long they have served the people of Waco-McLennan County, all partners supported by United Way share a defining characteristic – to work hand in hand with residents and help them to build better tomorrows.

Clear Impact was approached by United Way of Waco-McLennan County about the Clear Impact Scorecard in 2018. They saw it being used by the local collective impact initiative, Prosper Waco, and were interested in its capabilities. More than anything, United Way of Waco-McLennan County needed a way to clearly give voice to its story. How much work had partners done? How were residents better off as a result of that work? Were there different gains in education, financial security, health, or safety net services? What did the individual contributions of partners mean at an aggregate level?

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