What is the Impact Reporting Network?
Sharing your impact report through the Network helps your nonprofit get discovered by the donors and funders who are looking for organizations like yours.
The idea behind the Network
Nonprofits spend a lot of time documenting their work. The Impact Reporting Network is designed to make that effort go further.
The Network is a growing ecosystem of trusted platforms that can display your impact reports to donors, funders, and evaluators. When you create a report through a partner platform, it becomes visible across the platforms your funders already use to find and assess organizations, no extra steps needed.
How it works
You'll create your Impact Report directly inside your partner platform. Once submitted, your report is automatically made public and shared across the Impact Reporting Network.
Your report includes your program description, the people you serve, the outcomes you achieve, how you measure success, where you work, and your total program costs. Donor-specific funding details are never included in what's shared in the network.
Why it matters
Get discovered. Donors and funders searching partner platforms may find your organization through your public report.
Demonstrate credibility. A published impact report shows funders that your organization takes accountability seriously.
Reduce future reporting burden. A strong report created now can be reused to respond to future funder requests, saving you time down the road.
Contribute to the sector. Your report contributes to aggregated benchmarking data that helps the whole social sector learn and improve.
What's included in a public report
When your report is shared across the Network, partner platforms receive:
- Program name and description
- Geographic location
- Outcomes and how they are measured
- The people you serve (beneficiaries)
- Total program costs
The following is never shared:
- Donor-specific funding details or custom funder questions
- Donor claim information
Ready to build your report?
See How to Get Started: Tips and Next Steps for a walkthrough of what to prepare and how to move through the report builder.
Questions? Reach us at impactreportsupport@trueimpact.com