The best grantmaking decisions aren’t just well-intentioned; they’re well-informed. But for many foundations, data is still more of a burden than an asset: scattered across systems, inconsistent in quality, and hard to act on when it matters most.

 In this session, foundation leaders and practitioners from Community Foundation of Kingston & Area, Saskatchewan Community Foundation, Oakville Community Foundation and Philanthropy.io will share how they built data practices that inform better grantmaking decisions and tell impact stories that funders, boards, and donors want to hear. 

We’ll explore:

• How to determine what’s worth collecting, what to let go of, and how to collect data without overwhelming the people you fund
• What good data hygiene looks like in a grants management context, and how to build practices your whole team will buy into
• How to use data to tell impact stories, and how stories give context to data