ALIVE 2022 Impact Report
ALIVE Ventures shares their 2022 impact report, centered on 60dB data collection
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47 Insights Found
How successful were CDFIs in helping California businesses rebound from COVID?
The California Rebuilding Fund loans served as a critical capital injection for many small businesses in the wake of the pandemic. In a report from 60 Decibels, over three quarters of surveyed owners said their stress levels related to finances have decreased because the support from CDFIs.
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Southern Opportunity And Resilience (SOAR) Fund Insights
60 Decibels worked with Calvert Impact Capital & CRF USA to measure the impact of the SOAR Fund; these loans were critical for many businesses as they recover from COVID-19's worst impacts.
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Kiva’s Impact Study for US Borrowers
A Kiva loan gave Renee the working capital she needed to take on her first major commercial contract for the City of New Orleans. Learn more about Kiva US's impact.
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For comparability’s sake, let’s really measure outcomes
Designing meaningful, appropriate and comparable impact investment performance instruments that do not stop at outputs, but get all the way to outcomes, was never going to be easy. But it is not impossible.
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Turning Impact Measurement on its Head
Listen to an interview with Sasha and Tom about the best way to measure the impact of an enterprise or initiative.
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Business Fights Poverty Podcast with Sasha
“No one is mystified about what we need to measure.” Sasha explains: “But people are mystified about how we can measure this.” Learn more about how we measure impact at 60 Decibels in this podcast.
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Building impact data by listening, live from SOCAP
Listen to Sasha Dichter, CEO and co-founder of 60 Decibels, chat about what 60 Decibels means, and how we provide unique data improving the social impact sector one survey at a time.
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The Case For Remote Data Collection
Here are a few myths and truths about the ability to gather representative, quality insights by speaking directly to end-customers on the phone.
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This Is Not an Impact Performance Report
Impact investing needs more than just “evidence” of impact; we need continuous “impact performance” data that is dynamic, fluid, and iterated upon.
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