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Glossary of Terms

A quick reference for the terms you'll see across True Impact.

  • Impact Model — The framework that connects your program's activities to the outcomes you create.
  • Impact Model Stages — Reach, Learn, Act, and Succeed, plus an optional Program Development stage. Reach and Succeed are required; the others are optional. See [What is the Impact Model that True Impact uses?] for the full definition of each.
  • End Beneficiary — The person whose life ultimately improves because of your program — not necessarily the person you work with directly.
  • Intermediary Model — When your program supports or trains others who then serve the end beneficiaries, rather than serving them directly.
  • Service Delivery Type — How your program works: Direct Service, Capacity Development, or Policy & Advocacy.
  • Indicator — A standardized measure, chosen from True Impact's standard library, used at each stage of your impact model. Custom indicators aren't available, which is what lets results be compared across similar programs.
  • Measurement Type — How you arrived at a result: Direct Measurement, Evidence-Based Estimate, or Guess.
  • Forecast vs. Final Result — A forecast is the number of people who will experience an outcome (for future or unfinished programs); a final result is the number who did.
  • Report Stages — Reports can either be in an Initial, Interim, or Final stage. Initial is before or the very start of a program period, interim is once a program is underway, and final is once a program has concluded. 
  • Report Statuses — Highlights where in the reporting journey a report is. Draft is an un-submitted report, Awaiting TI or Funder feedback are reports in the queue of True Impact or their funder, Feedback Provided is when feedback comments were left on a report, Awaiting Verification is when a report is under a final review by True Impact, Published is an initial or interim report that has been completed, Interim Updates Needed is when a report is needing updated forecasts, Final Updates Needed is when a report needs final updates, and Finalized is when a final report is fully completed.
  • Reporting Period — The date range your report covers.
  • Allocation — Attributing a specific funder's donation to your report.
  • Cost Per Outcome — How much it costs to produce one outcome of a given type. Program cost per outcome is your full program cost divided by the number of program outcomes of a particular impact.
  • Donor Claim — The share of a program's social impacts a funder can attribute to their investment. Under True Impact's standard contribution claim, the percentage of impacts a funder claims equals the percentage of program costs they funded
  • Impact Reporting Network — The network where nonprofits share their impact results and funders discover programs to support.