Developing Impact Measurement and Sustainable Partnerships

High Water Women is a nonprofit organization focused on the economic empowerment of women and youth. The organization enlisted the Capstone team to solve its lack of sustainable funding sources and cohesive programming. To attract funders, High Water Women aims to unify its three programs—financial literacy workshops, the annual backpack program, and the investing for impact symposium—as well as develop a method to measure impact. The team conducted a landscape analysis, literature review, and competitor analysis, and developed a theory of change. The team’s recommendations include utilizing surveys as an effective method of impact measurement and developing a partnership model combining aspects of the three program streams as a feasible source of sustainable funding. The team provided High Water Women with a final report that included detailed research, impact measurement survey questions, and sample partnership structures.