Nonprofits collect data from funded partners for a number of reasons, including: 

• Building partnerships

  Collecting data from partners can help maximize their impact and demonstrate the value of the partnership to corporate sponsors. This can help maintain current partnerships and attract new ones. 

• Supporting equity, diversity, and inclusion

  Demographic data from grant seekers can help build equity, diversity, and inclusion into grantmaking. This data can help identify patterns of exclusion and partner with communities that need support. 

• Understanding programs

  Tracking exit points can help identify why participants might be leaving a program and how to increase engagement. This can help understand what's working and how to improve programs. 

• Communicating impact

  Data can help nonprofits quantify and communicate their impact to the community, which can help build credibility. 

• Making informed decisions

  Data can help nonprofits make more effective decisions based on their organization's successes and pitfalls. 

Community-based organizations, as a requirement of funding acceptance, either collect and report on individual data or aggregate data based upon the type of intervention/program being implemented. Quarterly, as required by the Ohio Department of Medicaid, funded partners report the number of newly enrolled clients/participants by race.

THE COMPYLE SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING DATA IS BEING ELIMINATED AND REPLACED BY MICROSOFT FORMS. PERFORMANCE MEASURES COLLECTED ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO GRANT DELIVERABLES ESTABLISHED IN PARTNER GRANT AGREEMENTS. AGGREGATED DATA WILL BE REPORTED QUARTERLY, OR BIANNUALLY, OR ANNUALLY BASED ON ABILITY TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY.

• Establish a Data Committee to include community representatives and partners (COMPLETED)
• Create an agreement on use of data (Ensure community view) (Due Date: COMPLETED)
• Create a repository for data (Due Date: COMPLETED)
• Develop a plan to disseminate data that is collected (Due Date: In process)
• Determine how to use the data to make investment decisions, take appropriate actions, and assess impact (Due Date: In review)
• Identify key indicators to track activities, efficiency, and impact (Due Date: Completed)