Common Impact Data Standard

A utility to share and aggregate impact data from multiple softwares.

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Please review the user guide for this extension.

This Airtable extension is a utility for converting information about an organization’s impact into a JSON-LD file that can be shared and aggregated with similar files from other organizations.

This extension can:

  • Export a JSON-LD file containing the impact data entered into the template base. 
  • Import multiple JSON-LD files of impact data created by other software aligned with the Common Impact Data Standard (i.e. software that can export valid JSON-LD files)

There are two intended users for this template:

  1. Social Purpose Organizations (SPOs), who will use the extension with Airtable to collect and then export their impact report data in the Common Impact Data Standard JSON-LD file format.
  2. Data Aggregators (e.g. funders, investors, networks), who will use the extension to collect and view the contents of multiple JSON-LD files and who may also use the extension to export their own summary JSON-LD files.

For both of these types of users, this extension is presented as a low-cost, low-barrier tool for organizations who need to send or receive impact data in the Common Impact Data Standard JSON-LD format at the Basic Tier of alignment and for whom the other aligned software options for managing JSON-LD imports or exports are not preferred.

This extension is not intended to be an all-in-one impact measurement tool. It should be used in conjunction with other software for managing impact data, e.g. Google Sheets, a CRM product, another Airtable base, another non-aligned database, or other software products to collect and analyze data.

This extension assumes that the user has an existing and fairly well-defined understanding of how their organization’s activities result in impact and that the organization’s measurement practices meet the minimum standard described by the Common Foundations standard.

This extension provides an import/export utility for working with the JSON-LD file format of the Common Impact Data Standard. The extension is intended to complement the use of other software and is not presented as a standalone alternative for software that:
• Collects, summarizes, or analyzes ‘raw’ impact data, e.g. a set of survey responses
• Manages data related to other Classes or Properties in the Common Impact Data Standard
beyond what is in the Basic Tier, e.g. Stakeholders, Impact Risk, Impact Model, and so on.
• Allows for more complicated causal connections, e.g. between Outcomes and related or dependent Outcomes.
• Produces visualizations, live dashboards, or other sophisticated analyses.
• Manages large-scale, complex, or automated data imports or integrations; the extension offers the JSON-LD import function and otherwise offers only the tools and methods that are built into Airtable by default.
• Offers consulting support to accompany the use of the product. The Airtable extension is offered on an “as-is” basis.

Where any of the above-noted features, functionality, or support are required for an organization and/or its intended use of the Common Impact Data Standard, using another aligned software option is recommended.

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