Working with some of America’s leading corporations, funders, nonprofits and research institutions, Mission Measurement has developed specific measurement understandings in a wide variety of program areas.  Our experience includes an understanding of common outcomes, performance measures and effective strategies in these areas.  We have also identified effective practices and field-wide benchmarks in these areas through relationships with leading funders and practitioners.

CSR/Corporate Citizenship

We work with leading Fortune 500 companies measuring philanthropic, social and environmental initiatives. Our program experience includes the following:
         Business case
         Grant impact analysis
         Employee engagement
         Consumer loyalty/awareness
         Business integration  

Education

We work with education funders, corporate philanthropy initiatives, intermediaries, charter schools and school districts.  Our program experience includes the following: 
         Student achievement
         College and career access
         High school transformation
         School culture
         School and district leadership
         Post secondary enrollment options
         Afterschool/ out-of-school time/ enrichment

Employment

We have developed program expertise in this area through our work with domestic and international funders, community-based organizations and government contractors.  Our program experience includes the following:
         Workforce development
         Workers’ rights (domestic and international)
         Skills development
         Job training for people with disabilities

Health Care

We have worked directly with service providers, funders, hospital affiliates and health policy initiatives.  Our program experience includes the following:
         Access to healthcare
         Family-centered care 
         HIV/AIDS prevention
         Elder care
         Day care counseling

Organizational Effectiveness/ Capacity Building

We have helped many organizations to measure their internal effectiveness, including national nonprofits, community-based organizations, funding intermediaries, corporations and foundations.  Areas of expertise include:
         Fundraising capacity
         Financial sustainability
         Community engagement/Visibility 
         Management effectiveness
         Healthy growth
         Affiliate/Chapter benchmarking
         Compliance

Policy Change/Advocacy

Many of our clients focus on policy change or reform.  We work with national nonprofits, advocacy organizations, systemic change initiatives and foundations to measure policy outcomes.  These include: 
         Awareness/call-to-action campaigns
         Stakeholder engagement 
         Building coalitions
         Passing local, state, and federal legislation
         Enforcement
         Sustainable funding

Youth

We have worked with a number of the leading youth serving organizations, national youth funders and community-based initiatives.  Including:
         Positive youth development (PYD)
         Healthy lifestyles /nutrition and fitness
         Out of school time
         Community service
         Risky behaviors/addiction