Impact Strategy

Your organization is full of good intentions and real initiatives. The problem is that they're scattered - across departments, reporting frameworks, compliance systems, and the sticky notes from your last strategic retreat. Your people care, but they can't always see how their daily work connects to the mission. You need an Impact Framework - a sustainability management system that gathers what you already do into three to five impact pillars, ties each pillar to outcomes and metrics, and connects every person's work to your long-term vision.

Outcomes

Know Where to Focus

Stop trying to fix everything at once. See the whole picture, choose the few improvements that matter this year, and move.

Know How to Adjust

A framework is a theory of change, not an edict. As results come in, you'll know what to keep, what to shift, and when.

Grow your impact

Make social impact drive your business success. Do more good with more profit and make profit by doing good.

The Value

Pillars

Three to five impact pillars that hold everything - every policy, program, and practice tied to the outcomes they serve.

Alignment

A theory of change that connects daily operations to your long-term vision, so every person can see their work in the mission and every decision has somewhere to stand.

Prove It Can Be Done

Profit belongs in the framework too. Our clients build financial health in as a foundation, proving people and planet first pays.

Analysis

First, we gather what already exists. Every policy, program, practice, and reporting framework you juggle goes into one place, and we interview stakeholders across your organization - including the corners that usually get skipped. What's working? What overlaps? All of it matters.

Roadmap

We take what we found, connect the dots, and distill it into three to five impact pillars, each tied to an outcome and the metrics that ladder up to it. You'll have a living roadmap that aligns your vision, your capacity, and your annual planning in one place.

Action

Now for the fun part - making it real. We don't hand off a framework and walk away. We build the reporting cadence, the internal communications, and the education your teams need to actually use it, then partner with you through the change management that follows. Living frameworks get lived in.

Who This is For

Multi-Framework Organizations

You report to more frameworks than you can count - B Corp, industry standards, regulators, funders - and each one lives in its own silo. We audit what you already track, find the overlaps, and consolidate everything into one system that serves them all.

Purpose Driven Organizations

Your mission is strong but your people can't always see themselves in it. Initiatives feel scattered and ungrounded, and good ideas stall because there's no shared way to evaluate them. We build the framework that connects daily work to long-term vision, so every human sees their part.

Beyond B Corp

The new B Corp standards require a sustainability management system. An Impact Framework is exactly that, turning recertification from a three-year scramble into something your daily work already supports.

Embedded, strategic, and right-sized for your needs.

The Fractional Impact Officer is your on-demand impact strategist, embedding strategy, systems, and accountability so your mission thrives. Think of us as your Impact Director, available fractionally: part-time, project-based, or ongoing, without the overhead of a full-time executive.

Fractional Leadership

  • Serve as an embedded member of your leadership team
  • Provide ongoing accountability, coaching, and thought partnership
  • Manage impact projects, assessments, and communications

Project-Based

  • Design and deliver discrete projects like Impact Frameworks, BCorp certifications, or annual impact reports
  • Lead discovery, facilitation, and documentation
  • Bring structure and clarity to complex initiatives

Advisory

  • Facilitate strategic discussions to review metrics, assess progress, and refine goals
  • Offer external perspective and expert insights
  • Support leadership teams in maintaining accountability and momentum

Not sure which shape fits? That's usually the first conversation.

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Client stories

Odd Notion

For small teams, measuring impact is essential but hard to prioritize amid daily operations. We facilitated a one-day sprint to co-create an impact framework for Odd Notion, a B Corp certified design studio, defining impact pillars aligned to their mission, vision, and values — and built the scaffolding for an impact report.
Outcomes
  • Identified impact pillars aligned with Odd Notion’s mission, vision, and values.
  • Developed a structured impact framework connecting business activities to short-term outcomes and long-term impacts.
  • Created measurable metrics for tracking progress and demonstrating impact.
  • Built the foundation for an impact report, ensuring ongoing transparency and communication.
Eleazar Ruiz, Odd Notion

“We've always been dedicated to making purpose popular, but we didn't have a structured way to measure or communicate it. In just one day, Sarah and Rebecca helped us define our impact pillars, establish key metrics, and build a framework that makes it easy to share our story.”

Eleazar RuizOdd Notion
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Port of Portland

The Economic Development team had made significant strides toward shared prosperity but struggled to communicate their role and value within the larger organization. We worked closely with the team to summarize and align their past work, develop compelling narratives, and create a storytelling framework that clarifies how economic development is integral to the Port's long-term strategy.
Outcomes
  • Consolidated and clarified the team’s past work, defining their role within the organization’s overarching mission and vision.
  • Developed strong impact narratives to articulate their purpose and value to potential collaborators.
  • Conducted stakeholder interviews to ensure the framework was clear, accessible, and useful.
  • Created decision-making frameworks to ensure economic development is prioritized in all strategic initiatives.
  • Implemented an impact framework linking day-to-day operations to long-term regional impact.
Rachel Thieme, Port of Portland

“Our team had been doing meaningful work for years, but we lacked a cohesive way to communicate our role within the organization. Their guidance made our work more visible, strategic, and impactful.”

Rachel ThiemePort of Portland, Economic Development Team
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Beneficial State Bank

Beneficial State Bank set out to refine its impact strategy by developing a comprehensive Mission Framework. We collaborated with their Chief Impact Officer to create logic models, identify key metrics, and incorporate stakeholder feedback — then supported the internal impact team by defining roles, implementing a communications plan, and co-creating a retreat to align everyone behind it.
Outcomes
  • Developed logic models and impact narratives for six Mission Framework Pillars.
  • Identified key metrics aligned with existing reporting.
  • Incorporated feedback from diverse stakeholders.
  • Mapped existing reporting structures to the impact framework for alignment and simplification.
Terra Neilson, Beneficial State Bank

“The Impact Collective brought structure and clarity to our impact strategy in a way that was both actionable and inspiring. Their ability to translate complexity into clarity has strengthened our team and deepened our commitment to measurable change.”

Terra NeilsonBeneficial State Bank
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Ways to Work Together

Sprint

1 day sprint, 6-8 week project in total

Organizations that are clear about their desired outcome and need support in putting the pieces together

Deliverables
  • Impact pillars
  • Key metrics
  • Framework scaffolding

Retreat

2 day retreat, 8-12 week project in total

Organizations that are looking to make the space to dive deep to better understand their impact so they have a clear path forward

Deliverables
  • Narrative arc
  • Purpose statement
  • One-year roadmap

Short Term

1 day workshop, 3-4 month project in total

Organizations that are ready to start measuring, managing and communicating their impact

Deliverables
  • Impact framework
  • Measurement plan
  • Reporting starter

Long Term

6+ months, usually across multiple scopes

Organizations committed to measuring, managing, and communicating their impact in a comprehensive and sustainable way

Deliverables
  • Logic models
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Implementation support

B Lab featured our impact strategy work

B Lab selected our Impact Framework approach as a case study. Read how impact strategy and B Corp certification reinforce each other, and what that looks like in practice.

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