As Social Purpose Organisations (SPOs) increasingly collect data across programs and operations, the ability to use that data effectively is becoming essential for informed decision-making and demonstrating impact. However, many organisations continue to face challenges in moving from data collection to consistent, organisation-wide data use. Understanding your organisation’s data maturity can help identify current strengths, gaps, and practical opportunities to build stronger data practices and a data-driven culture.

With this resource, you will be able to:

1. Understand data maturity: Learn what data maturity means and why it matters for Social Purpose Organisations.
2. Explore key dimensions of data maturity: Understand the different dimensions of data maturity and what effective data practices look like.
3. Assess your organisation’s data practices: Gain insights into how to evaluate your organisation’s current level of data maturity.
4. Understand sector-wide trends: Explore findings and gaps in data maturity based on ISDM CDSSI’s 2-year research and State of the Sector Report.
5. Identify areas for improvement: Recognise opportunities to strengthen how data is collected, managed, and used across your organisation.
6. Build a data-driven culture: Explore practical steps and recommendations to make data a more consistent part of organisational decision-making and improvement.

This resource is recommended for founders, CEOs, executive directors, programme managers, monitoring and evaluation teams, data and learning teams, and nonprofit leaders looking to strengthen their organisation’s data practices and use data more effectively for decision-making.