BigCat Research

NGO, Foundation and Social Impact Programs

The value of social impact programs is understood by how clearly and sustainably the change in the target audience is demonstrated, rather than the number of people reached.

BigCat distinguishes between activity, output and result; By combining the impact chain, beneficiary voice and stakeholder expectation in the same framework, it clarifies what value the program produces and what the next decision should be.

Well-intentioned activities easily get squashed in the stakeholder report. However, the funder, the team and the beneficiary ask the same question from different places: what has changed, who has changed and will this change continue?

The real need is to clarify the distinction between activity, output and result. The change that the program can own, the areas that are limited by assumption, and the next resource allocation should appear in the same table.

The impact chain, beneficiary research, stakeholder interview, focus group and SROI assumption set are established together. Numerical indicators and field narrative are connected to the same decision logic.

Report; Used as management decision, grant optimization, stakeholder communication, resource prioritization, and shareable impact summary.

What change did the program create in the lives of the target audience?

What data supports this change?

What social value does the grant or CSR investment produce?

How should impact be reported simply, reliably and shareably?

chain of effect

Needs analysis

Beneficiary survey

Focus group and interview

SROI assumption set

CSR impact narrative

Social impact report

CSR and stakeholder communication report

SROI or value analysis

Grant program evaluation report

Infographic impact summary