Agents of Impact swarm to 'Metrics Madness'

Metrics and measurement turns out to be a surprisingly exciting topic, judging from the lively exchanges in the chat feature of last week's Agents of Impact Call.

The call capped SRF Impact 's search (in partnership with ImpactAlpha ) for a universal metric to guide investments in racial justice and equitable wealth-building (see the full writeup and watch the video replay ).

“We spend A LOT of time measuring what job quality looks like for the extreme poor,” said?Kate Cochran?of Upaya Social Ventures.? Kate Cochran

“Measuring economic prosperity in disinvested communities,” chimed in?Pamela Roussos?from WeavingImpact.? Pamela Roussos

Holly Windram?of Hope Network’s Michigan Education Corps is focused on “Metrics on implementation of academic intervention (dosage/fidelity), and student learning outcomes, (among other things).” Holly Windram, PhD

Call regular?Yangbo Du?is keen on “value per acre, since it helps illustrate that poor and working class neighborhoods are actually amongst the most financially productive.”? Yangbo Du

“I want to measure indirect job creation – clean, QUALITY jobs of the future,” said?Tracy Gray?of The 22 Fund. Tracy Gray

Founders First Capital Partners tracks impact by measuring the health of diverse small businesses across the country,” said?Sawm Soltani. “The key metrics we focus on are job growth, job creation, revenue growth, and access to funding.” Sawm Soltani PMP

Cathi Kim?( Cathi Kim ) from Inclusiv is working with credit unions “to advance financial well being, climate justice and wealth building in historically marginalized communities”…?Anna Smukowski?( Anna Smukowski ) from Enterprise Community Loan Fund is focusing on dismantling systemic racism in affordable housing. Social Finance’s?Catherine Dun Rappaport?( Catherine Dun Rappaport ) has a particular focus on investments that support racial and economic justice…?Karyn Polak ( Karyn Polak ) is bringing a legal lens to equitable development and community wealth building…?Curtis Peterson?( Curtis Peterson ) works with impact-driven startups and funders, mostly in women’s sexual and reproductive health…?Jamil Ellis?( Jamil Ellis ) from Unified Ground connects environmental and sustainable investments to citizen-based organizations and minority-owners business enterprises.?

Zhaundra Jones?( Zhaundra C. Jones, MBA ) is vice president of philanthropy and learning at Women’s Foundation of Alabama… Impactable’s?Catherine Griffin?( Catherine Griffin ) is building measurement tools to “direct capital and human ingenuity towards the solutions that can drive lasting, scalable change”… SVT Group’s?Sara Olsen?( Sara Olsen ) specializes in impact management…?Sarah Cone?heads Social Impact Capital…?Kyle Mylius?( Kyle Mylius, CFA ) is with Humanize Wealth in Seattle…?

Marc Tannous?( Marc Tannous ) is in the ESG practice group at Silver Leaf Partners…?Katie Macc??( Katie Macc ) is chief operating officer of the Sorenson Impact Center…?Billy Gridley??( Billy Gridley ) is “chasing impact” with Aton Forest, Benedict Partners and Climate Capital and Media…?Delilah Rothenberg??( Delilah Rothenberg ) of Predistribution Initiative is focused on co-creating regenerative investment structures and practices in mainstream markets to share more wealth and influence with workers and communities…?

Jon Schwartz?( Jon Schwartz ) from Aeris is applying impact metrics to community development financial institutions…??Anne Weisberg??( Anne Weisberg ) from Women in Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy is working on making the clean energy sector diverse, equitable and inclusive…?Vanessa Liew ( Vanessa Liew ) , a?senior at Wharton, is interested in energy transition investing…?Michelle Atherton??( Michelle Atherton ) helps measure community well-being with the Social Progress Index…?John Holdsclaw IV??( John Holdsclaw IV (jhiv) ) is CEO of Rochdale Capital…?Tamika Tyson??( Tamika Tyson ) from TGC Impact “invests patient capital in growing small businesses led by underrepresented and overlooked founders located in the South.”?Krishna Omolade?( Krishna Omolade ) is with the Heron Foundation.?

“Metrics wonks unite,” said?Kyle Roland?of Proof.io ( Kyle Roland ). “It’s metrics madness everyday over here.”