Impact
The Rooted & Wired measurement framework is designed to show what community-based nonprofits build, use, sustain, and carry forward.
Follow the measurement journeyThe infrastructure behind community impact
A practical definition of impact
The framework is designed to show how support can strengthen the strategy, systems, technology, funding readiness, and organizational practices behind the people closest to the work.
Measurement framework
Move through five connected stages. Each is a different way of understanding what becomes possible over time.
01 · Who enters—and how
Who participates, how organizations enter, and which access pathway supports the work.
Explore the pathways that make a starting point possible.
What we plan to learn
As programs and engagements are completed, Rooted & Wired will examine which forms of support help organizations build strength they can sustain.
We will track which missing records, workflows, and decision structures repeatedly create unnecessary drag.
systemsWe will examine which tools and records help teams make commitments, communicate the work, and act with clarity.
readinessWe will assess which forms of technical assistance support stronger ownership once direct support ends.
ownershipWe will study how fee-based, Community Access, sponsored, and institutionally funded models can expand access responsibly.
accessWe will document the systems, documents, and routines teams choose to carry forward in their daily work.
sustainabilityWe will assess how Blueprint helps teams organize readiness work in one place without creating another tool to maintain.
readinessHow we will report
Rooted & Wired will report impact only when results are verified or clearly identified as self-reported.
Sessions, tools, systems, documents, and support provided as engagements are completed.
Verification required before publicationVerified changes in its practices, readiness, and capacity after an engagement.
Verification required before publicationContextual reach shared by the organization closest to the service—not claimed as direct Rooted & Wired delivery.
Verification required before publication
2030 goal
By 2030, Rooted & Wired aims to strengthen community-based nonprofits whose work collectively reaches one million people.
Rooted & Wired will report collective reach based on participating organizations’ verified or self-reported service data, with context about possible overlap. This goal does not mean every person reached is claimed as direct Rooted & Wired service.
Start with stronger strategy, systems, technology, funding readiness, or operating infrastructure.
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