Welcome to Charting Impact

Charting Impact is led by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, GuideStar USA, and Independent Sector.

Donors care that your organization is making a difference, but often have a hard time finding information about the impact your organization has been having. Charting Impact helps your organization tell your story in an accessible, concise way by answering five simple yet powerful questions.

Charting Impact encourages strategic thinking about how you will achieve your goals. It also creates a report that lets you share concise, detailed information about plans and progress with key stakeholders, including the public. It was designed with several benefits in mind, including:

• Encouraging people to invest their money, time, and attention in effective organizations.
• Helping your organization highlight the difference you make.
• Positioning your organization to work with and learn from other organizations.
• Helping your organization sharpen your approaches to making a difference.

Get Started

1. You must have a GuideStar account to sign in to Charting Impact. If you do not have an account with GuideStar follow these steps to get your credentials:

   1. Create an Account.
   2. You will receive a confirmation e-mail. Verify your e-mail address by clicking the link provided in the e-mail.

   Note: If your organization has a parent organization, your parent organization must register you for Charting Impact. If you do not have a separate EIN, you will need to ask your parent organization to assign a Charting Impact report to you.

   If your organization is a religious institution, follow these instructions to have it added to the GuideStar database.

2. Sign in to GuideStar.
3. Visit the Manage Nonprofit Reports page.
4. Return to www.chartingimpact.org and log in there.