Does Your Impact Report Actually Hold Up?
A rigorous, scored diagnostic of your impact report to surface weak claims, narrative gaps, and accessibility risks… before your board, funders, or investors find them.
A Stress-Test for Your Impact Claims
Most impact reports are reviewed for typos before they go out. Few are reviewed for whether the argument actually holds together, whether the evidence supports the claims being made, and whether the report can survive a close read from a skeptical funder, investor, or board member.
The Impact Report Assessment & Action Plan is a structured evaluation of your report. This isn't a compliance check or a copyedit. It's an objective, diagnostic read of how well your report communicates, and a working plan for closing the gap.
Evaluated Against a Proven 5-Phase Methodology
We evaluate your report against the same methodology Inform Solutions uses to build reports from scratch, providing specific findings grounded in your report's actual language, numbers, and claims.
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Strategic Foundation
Is your core purpose clear and effectively tailored to your primary audience?
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Evidence Architecture
Do your metrics hold up longitudinally, or does the report read as a disconnected, single-year snapshot?
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Narrative Structure
Does the report carry a cohesive, overarching argument, or is it just a sequence of well-built pieces?
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Claim Strength
Do your claims outrun your evidence, and are measured results clearly distinguished from modeled estimates?
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Design and Publication
Does the design get out of the way of the data, and is it fully accessible (including alt text, tagging, and structural review)?
Delivering a comprehensive, shareable document ready for internal, board, or funder review.
A full five-phase score:
Diagnostic breakdown across all five core reporting dimensions.
Specific risk & finding logs:
Direct citations of weak claims, unsupported metrics, and structural gaps.
Accessibility & compliance check:
Verification of image alt text, document tagging, reading order, and file optimization.
Effort vs. Impact roadmap:
A phased action plan sequenced by priority and effort level.
Claims outrun their actual data.
A report promises outcomes the numbers can't back up.
Modeled estimates pose as facts.
Headline metrics turn out to be educated guesses.
Because Reputational Risk Hides in the Details
Sections fail to build one argument.
Great individual stories never add up to a core thesis.
Activities overshadow actual impact.
The report details everything done, but skips what actually changed.
These are the gaps a funder or board member finds first.
This Assessment is built to find them before they do.
See What a Completed Assessment Looks Like
Review a full sample Assessment & Action Plan, scored against a real (anonymized) report.
Three Simple Steps to a Stronger Report
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Share your report.
Send the report you want assessed, along with a bit of context on your primary audience and reporting goals.
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We score it.
Every phase is scored and documented, with specific evidence drawn from your own report.
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You get the plan.
A full Assessment & Action Plan is delivered as a formatted document, ready to share internally or use to guide your next report cycle.
Built for Teams Who Can’t Afford Weak Claims
Impact Leads & Sustainability Officers
Get an objective sanity check on claims before presenting to executive leadership or the board.
Investment Firms & LPs
Conduct diligence on portfolio company impact disclosures to protect against reputational risk.
Nonprofits & Foundations
Stress-test annual funder reports to ensure data matches narrative claims before submission.
Reporting Organizations
Secure a clear-eyed diagnostic on last year's report to set a stronger strategic baseline for the next cycle.
One Flat Rate. Zero Guesswork.
Everything you need to stress-test your claims, align your team, and publish with complete confidence.
STANDARD REPORT AUDIT
$1,500
Flat Engagement Fee
Full 5-Phase Diagnostic:
Scored evaluation across Strategic Foundation, Evidence Architecture, Narrative, Claim Strength, and Accessibility.Page-Specific Risk Log:
Direct citations of modeled estimates, weak claims, and structural gaps using your report's exact data.Prioritized Action Roadmap:
Sequenced next steps based on effort vs. impact, mapped to your immediate timeline.Shareable Deliverable:
A formatted diagnostic document ready for internal, board, or funder review.
Get a Clear Read on Where Your Report Stands
No guesswork, no generic checklist.
A scored assessment of your actual report, and a specific plan for what to do next.
Not ready for a full assessment?
Start with our free Impact Reporting framework instead.
Inform Solutions works at the intersection of investment and communication. We've spent 15+ years helping impact investment firms and innovative organizations turn complex data into reports and publications that investors trust and stakeholders can use. Learn more.