The Centre for Social Impact at The University of Western Australia (CSI UWA) have conducted an Australia-first study on outcomes measurement, concluding that charities in Western Australia are struggling to measure their outcomes due to a lack of funding. The issue is most pronounced in WA’s small- and medium-sized organisations (with an annual turnover of $250,000 to $1 million) with only 49 percent able to measure their outcomes. This is compared to large organisations (with an annual turnover above $1 million) with 87 percent measuring outcomes. Donors are increasingly requiring charities and organisations to report on outcomes to secure or justify funding, but without providing funding at a commensurate level. As a result, a large number of organisations are having to fund outcomes measurement from general internal financial resources. CSI UWA and the Bankwest Foundation have produced a ten-point plan to respond to the findings. You can read more about this by clicking the link here.

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