Impact Model
See where the plan leads before you launch it.
Start from a proposal or a rough idea. Get a program you can defend, and the two or three things worth measuring.
Youth Literacy Program
DraftProgram budget
$120k across 2 sites
Weekly tutoring sessions
90 minutes, twice a week
Students completing the term
Students reaching grade-level reading
Long-term: graduation rates rise
Likely range
76students
Storyline · 10,000 what-if runs
Try it: flip between the two plans above and watch the band shift.
Sample dataFrom rough idea to defensible plan
The model does the heavy math. You make the calls.
- 1
Drop in what you have
A proposal or three sentences of intent
- 2
Shape the logic model
Activities to outputs to outcomes, guided
- 3
Run the forecast
Thousands of simulations, a range and a confidence level
- defensible plan4
Launch and compare
Live results chart against the plan from day one
What’s included
Everything below comes with every plan.
Building the model
Start from what you have
A proposal or a rough idea
Guided logic model
Activities, outputs, and outcomes, step by step
Indicator library
Measures other teams in your field already use
Assumptions in the open
Every number shows where it came from
Forecasting
Expected outcomes
What the plan is likely to achieve, with a range
Confidence levels
How sure the model is, stated plainly
Scenario comparison
Put two versions of a program side by side
Cost per outcome
What each result is likely to cost you
Working with it
Plan versus actual
Live results measured against the forecast
Program templates
Reuse a model for the next cohort or site
Shareable summaries
A one-page snapshot for a board or funder
Comments and approvals
Your team reviews before anything goes out
See it on your own programs.
Thirty minutes with your data in front of us, and you'll know whether this fits.
