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Welcome to the Learning for Social Impact site, part of McKinsey's Social Sector Office. We developed this site to help funders, their grantees, and other essential partners achieve social change by offering best practices, guidelines, tools, insights, and practical help in developing assessment plans that drive social impact.

New report
Learning for social impact: What foundations can do

What best practices should foundations follow in assessing social impact?
Why is now the moment to move forward on assessment? How can
foundations work together to achieve sector-wide change?

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TRASI: Tools and Resources for Assessing Social Impact

Tools and Resources for Assessing Social Impact (TRASI)

Search a database of 150 tools, methods, and best practices that can help you assess social impact for programs across all sectors and geographies.
Leaders' perspective

Leaders' perspective

What are social sector leaders thinking about social impact assessment? We asked 30 of the sector's thinkers and doers.
Our core beliefs

Core beliefs

McKinsey has 10 core beliefs on social impact assessment. These principles underlie our process for designing an assessment plan.
Send us your stories

Send us your stories

Help us share what's working. If you have a concrete example of how your organization used what you learned from an assessment to positively impact program results, we want to hear from you.
 

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What is social impact assessment?

What exactly is social impact assessment, and why is it important? Listen to four social sector leaders define and discuss the relevance of social impact assessment.

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