Overview

Most organizations produce meaningful outcomes regularly but lack a system for documenting them. When proposal deadlines hit, you're scrambling to remember what happened six months ago instead of pulling from an organized record.

This lesson helps you capture real-world results in a format you can pull from quickly when writing proposals or updating partners.

You'll create a simple impact log and populate it with three to five examples from your recent work. These don't need to be polished case studies. Short notes work: who benefited, what changed, how the outcome appears in measurable terms.

Sample structure:

• Reach: How many people or organizations engaged with your work

• Capacity: What skills, tools, or systems were built

• Outcomes: What improved as a result

What's Next

Once your impact log is in place, you'll learn how to pull from it directly when writing proposals. Funders assess your past results to predict future performance. Your log becomes the evidence they need to say yes.