Our Mission

We are building the foundation for a true social capital marketplace. This is only possible through the measurement of both social good and the risk involved in its creation, asking for the cooperation of both those who create social goods and those who invest in them.

Our Method

We start with a simple premise: if the result of a non-profit’s efforts has value, then we should be able to see it. There is no readily available market price for our sector’s outcomes like:

• a child getting vaccinated
• a community getting a library
• a planet getting rid of its greenhouse gasses

but they are all nonetheless valuable. Capturing this value increases both transparency and accountability, which increases the power of both internal managers and external investors.

Who Should Care?

Nonprofits

• who are looking for new funding sources
• who want the world to see the fruits of their labours
• who want the world to see the risks as well as the rewards of their work

Donors

• who want to feel more connected to the nonprofits they support
• who want to see the potential returns on their donation-investment
• who are willing to offer nonprofits incentives to get what they want

Everyone

• who wants the nonprofit sector to grow in size and power
• who wants to narrow the growing rich-poor chasm
• who believes in greater transparency and accountability for the sector
• who believes sector metrics should go far deeper than IRS Form 990
• who believes a web-based community of like-minded stakeholders is the ticket to all the above