JP/PC: Reassessing Initiative Impact Goals by Michelle Du https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w As a reminder, Impact goals were initially created to serve as measurable goal posts for initiatives by which progress can be assessed, hold us accountable about what we are doing and why, and inform initiative-level strategy and adjustments over time en-us 2021-12-02 00:20:44 UTC 2021-12-02 20:00:32 UTC hello@padlet.com mlo40 https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1923995614 Greater co-development and adjustment of goals with grantees overtime ]]> 2021-12-02 00:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1923995614 mlo40 https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1923995615 Root goals in equity ]]> 2021-12-02 00:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1923995615 mlo40 https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1923995616 Ensure impact goals reflect community/grantee-driven goals and work ]]> 2021-12-02 00:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1923995616 mlo40 https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1923995617 Better align goals with all key aspects of initiatives (e.g., systems change) ]]> 2021-12-02 00:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1923995617 mlo40 https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1923995619 Clarify who goals are for, whose work it represents, and how they are used]]> 2021-12-02 00:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1923995619 mlo40 https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1923995620 Use goals to assess progress towards equity, not just efficiency and scale ]]> 2021-12-02 00:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1923995620 mlo40 https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1923995621 Increase focus on learning and less on accountability ]]> 2021-12-02 00:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1923995621 mlo40 https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1923995622 Assess progress in ways that are useful for both the foundation and grantees ]]> 2021-12-02 00:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1923995622 mlo40 https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1923995623 Don’t rely too much on quantitative goals given the complexity of the work ]]> 2021-12-02 00:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1923995623 without a strategy refresh how can we change/alter impact goals https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925935453 2021-12-02 19:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925935453 how do we talk about assessing progress not just with a grantee but with a cohort or ecosystem https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925936593 2021-12-02 19:21:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925936593 Impact goals should be internal measure of how well are doing & supporting an ecosystem of orgs. https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925937144 2021-12-02 19:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925937144 Impact goals should be internal measure of how well are doing & supporting an ecosystem of orgs. https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925937423 2021-12-02 19:22:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925937423 could impact goals just not be quantitative but about stronger ecosystems/fields https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925937729 2021-12-02 19:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925937729 Capture and integrate practices to build on https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925938087 What can we learn from ways JP has co created goals with grantees? What should we integrate into how we develop and use impact goals? ]]> 2021-12-02 19:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925938087 What is our capacity to implement these ideas? https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925938342 Yes, we are adding more positions, but are they enough and how will they incorporate all the ideas we are coming up with?]]> 2021-12-02 19:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925938342 instead of a focus on attribution or success how do we focus on progress https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925938776 2021-12-02 19:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925938776 The design of impact goals was initially to see measurable change in a time bound period in a very specific problem (for PC that is #of quality jobs in a given community). We need to account for the work communities are doing to change economic systems of opportunity. That is more complex and iterative and affects ecosystem development. https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925940398 2021-12-02 19:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925940398 Impact goals have (negatively) impacted who we invite/partner with (i.e. larger, white-led intermediaries) https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925940716 2021-12-02 19:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925940716 could we not have impact goals at first and concertize them a couple years in https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925941446 2021-12-02 19:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925941446 We need to have an intersectional analysis of power in order to operationalize equity in our impact goals. https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925942448 2021-12-02 19:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925942448 We need to be more explicit about the RE components of economic injustice and the strategies and capacities that need to be built to address these injustices. https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925943908 2021-12-02 19:25:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925943908 Impact goals have been meant to be measurable - need to revisit what that means given the complexity of our work kammannhoward https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925945070 2021-12-02 19:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925945070 Clearly, there's a tension betw what grantees/staff and what the board wants to see in terms of impact goals. How do we educate the board about moving away from numbers to what we're learning https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925945240 2021-12-02 19:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925945240 Racial equity is longterm work, we need to look at outcomes over a longer time horizon and for shorter time horizons focus on process goals and incentivizing funding procedures/processes that are produce equitable outcomes over time. https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925945445 2021-12-02 19:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925945445 should we have portfolio level impact areas that are focused on racial equity that are not specific to each initiative https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925945881 2021-12-02 19:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925945881 What does the foundation value in terms of accountability? Rather than a return on our investment, could it be more oriented to some measure of power to BIPOC communities? https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925949702 2021-12-02 19:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925949702 Lack of a Clear understanding around impact goals kloving3 https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925957166 What is the purpose of them? 
Who are these for the internal team? the board?  
What does impact really mean? ]]> 2021-12-02 19:33:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925957166 Desire for co-design with grantees and community kloving3 https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925958635   ]]> 2021-12-02 19:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925958635 Quantitative Measurements being valued as the only way to gauge impact kloving3 https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925963596 Should impact goals be about how we are doing our work or qualitative feedback v. the quantitative measurements of success?  ]]> 2021-12-02 19:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925963596 Need for Board Learning and Unlearning around how we measure impact kloving3 https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925968172 Before impact goals can be changed, we should focus on shared understanding, alignment, and then action]]> 2021-12-02 19:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925968172 Tension with Impact Goals feeling limiting and not valuing/capturing the innovative and adaptive work kloving3 https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925979833 How do we refine and track the work that isn't identified in impact goals? ]]> 2021-12-02 19:45:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925979833 Need for Portfolio level Impact Goals kloving3 https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925980294 across the board with program development and implementation not just the implementation side ]]> 2021-12-02 19:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925980294 Need for clear Accountability in Goals kloving3 https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925984227 How can we clarify who we are accountable to and what we are accountable for? ]]> 2021-12-02 19:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925984227 How can we boldly commit to and name how we are supporting BIPOC community? kloving3 https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925989159 2021-12-02 19:51:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925989159 What kind of a funder are we? kloving3 https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925998867 Low income worker funder? Political economy funder? ]]> 2021-12-02 19:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1925998867 Could we release control around how change will happen? kloving3 https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1926004788 2021-12-02 20:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mlo40/p95yv7608ei27m5w/wish/1926004788