For health and human services grantmakers who are ready to fund with clarity. And prove it.
Outcomes measurement consulting that gives program officers the tools, frameworks, and real data to make confident grant decisions, without waiting on expensive outside evaluators.
Start the Conversation
Many grantmakers fund with good intentions. But without a shared language of impact, program officers end up reviewing incomparable reports and making renewal decisions based on anecdotal evidence.
(And that means time, money, and energy spent on evaluations that arrive too late to matter, if they produce actionable insight at all.)
You've hired external evaluators. You've tried to harmonize reports yourself. You've asked program officers to synthesize data that was never designed to be compared. You've presented impact to your board and hoped the anecdotes were enough.
And the grants kept going out, the reports kept coming in, and the gap between what you intended to fund and what you could actually measure stayed exactly where it was.
The answer isn't a better evaluator. It's building the right infrastructure before the money goes out the door.
For example…
These are just a few examples of what it looks like when grantmaking infrastructure is built with intention. Together, we create something your team can own, maintain, and build on, long after our work together is done.
Introducing
An intentional, structured 4-month engagement for health and human services grantmakers who are ready to move from guesswork to grounded decision-making, and build the infrastructure to sustain it.
What's Included
Intent Clarity Session
We start by naming exactly what each grant is meant to achieve, in plain language your whole team can agree on. No frameworks are built until this foundation exists.
Portfolio Metrics Alignment
We identify shared outcome indicators across your grantee portfolio so program officers can track and compare progress without forcing unlike programs into the same box.
Reconciled Reporting Framework
One coherent reporting template, designed with grantees and not just for them, that reduces their burden and gives program officers data that is actually comparable across the portfolio.
Grant Renewal Assessment Tools
A structured framework for program officers to assess grantee progress individually and across the portfolio, grounded in consistent data, not relationship history or anecdotal evidence.
Grantee Onboarding Guide
A plain-language guide that tells grantees exactly how their progress will be evaluated, what data matters, and how renewal decisions will be made, from day one of the funding relationship.
Long-Term Support + Documentation
Every deliverable is documented so your team can maintain and adapt it without us in the room. We build for the work that continues after our engagement ends.
How It Works
First…
We meet to understand your portfolio, your strategy, and the gap between what you're currently measuring and what you actually need to know. We leave with a shared picture of where clarity is missing.
Next…
We do the foundational work: naming intended impact for each grant, identifying shared indicators across the portfolio, and building the reporting architecture around those goals rather than around what's easiest to collect.
And after that…
We build the tools: the reconciled reporting template, the renewal assessment framework, the grantee guide. Everything designed for the staff capacity and tools your organization actually has.
With a focus on…
Usability. Every framework is reviewed for whether a program officer can actually use it on a Tuesday afternoon, and whether a small community-based grantee can complete it without undue burden.
That results in…
A grantmaking operation where goals, metrics, reporting, and renewal decisions all point in the same direction, and your team has the tools to sustain that alignment well beyond our work together.
Together, we'll build an impact measurement system your team actually uses, and your grantees actually trust.
Pick a time below to start the conversation.
For nonprofits that want the next grant renewal to be a formality, not a leap of faith.
Measurement strategy and reporting frameworks that turn your program data into funder-ready proof that the money worked, built into your own systems, owned by your team, no outside evaluator needed.
Start the Conversation
Most nonprofits do good work. But when it's time to ask for more money, they're reduced to a feeling: "trust us, it's working." Not a fact. And funders, under more pressure than ever to justify their grants, are starting to need more than goodwill.
(The organizations that stay funded aren't always doing the best work. They're the ones who can prove it.)
Without proof, every renewal conversation starts from zero. You're not negotiating from strength, you're hoping goodwill carries you.
And the gap shows up where it hurts most: staff you can't hire, programs you can't scale, growth you can't fund.
The answer isn't a better grant writer or another external evaluator. It's building the proof before the funder asks for it.
For example…
These are just a few examples of what changes when your program and development teams are working from the same framework. Together, we build the infrastructure and leave you the tools to sustain it.
Introducing
I build the framework that gives your team the funder-ready proof that the money worked, so your next ask isn't a leap of faith. It's a formality. No evaluator on retainer, no new data system to manage. Just a system that's yours, that proves the investment worked, every time you need it to.
What's Included
Program-Development Alignment Session
We start by mapping the gap: what your program team currently tracks, what your development team needs to report, and where the disconnect is creating extra work or missed opportunity.
Shared Outcomes Language
We develop a consistent vocabulary that both teams use, so program staff aren't describing success one way while development writes about it another. One language, two audiences.
Funder-Ready Metrics Framework
We identify the 3–5 outcome indicators that tell the most honest and compelling story about your program's impact, ones your program team can realistically collect and your funders want to see.
Dual-Purpose Reporting Template
One framework that serves both program tracking and grant reporting, so your data gets collected once, used twice, and no one is recreating evidence under deadline at the end of the grant cycle.
Development Impact Narrative Guide
A practical reference for development staff: how to translate program data into funder-facing language that is evidence-grounded and specific, not just story-based or generic.
Sustainability Documentation
Everything your program and development teams need to maintain and adapt the system on their own, because this infrastructure should outlast our engagement, not depend on it.
How It Works
First…
We sit down with your program and development teams, both separately and together, to understand the gap between what gets tracked, what gets reported, and what funders are actually asking for. We leave with a clear picture of where the friction lives.
Next…
We do the alignment work: developing shared outcomes language, identifying the indicators that serve both program improvement and funder reporting, and building the framework around what your team can realistically collect and sustain.
And after that…
We build the tools: the dual-purpose reporting template, the metrics framework, the narrative guide for development. Everything calibrated to the capacity and tools your team actually has, not a system built for a bigger organization.
With a focus on…
Reducing burden on program staff, because your program team didn't sign up to be a data extraction service for development. The framework is designed so that what program staff track naturally becomes what development needs to report.
That results in…
A nonprofit where program and development speak the same language of impact, where grant applications, funder reports, and renewal conversations are grounded in evidence you already have, organized in a way funders can see.
Together, we'll build the system that makes your next renewal conversation the easiest one you've ever had.
Pick a time below to start the conversation.
Hi, I'm Magdiel. I help health and human services grantmakers build the measurement infrastructure they've been trying to piece together for years.
Hi, I'm Magdiel. I help nonprofits prove the money worked, so the next ask isn't a leap of faith. It's a formality.
I've spent my career working at the intersection of data, strategy, and community impact, and I've seen firsthand what happens when organizations try to assess impact without the right frameworks in place. Program officers burn out on reporting review. Development teams scramble for data under deadline. Renewal decisions rest on the wrong evidence.
My work is different because I don't start with frameworks. I start with intentions. What is this work actually meant to achieve? How will we know when it has? Once we have that clarity, everything else, the metrics, the templates, the tools, follows from it.
This work isn't theoretical. It's grounded in hands-on experience with outcomes measurement methodology that holds up when a funder pushes back, when an auditor asks questions, and when the data has to tell a story that's both honest and compelling.
I work alongside organizations and the communities they serve to build measurement systems that are rigorous enough to trust and simple enough to actually use.
That's where I come in.
"Our job is to do one thing: give organizations the clarity and tools they need to know what they're actually achieving, and show the people who matter."
Whether you're a grantmaker building infrastructure for the whole portfolio, or a nonprofit closing the gap between programs and development: the work starts with intention and ends with tools your team actually uses.
Pick a time that works for you. We'll talk through where you're at and whether this is a fit.
