Metrics That Matter for Building, Scaling, and Funding Social Movements

There are a wide range of program officers and philanthropic leaders who are eager for the evidence to make the argument that movements matter. They are actively looking for the tools and the stories that can help their institutions see the bigger picture. This report tries to build on this new openness in both the field and the foundations and that gaps in mutual understanding between the field and the foundations can be bridged by developing metrics that can capture both quantity and quality, both numbers and nuance, both transactions and transformations.