Set Goals to Measure Your Impact
What you can measure
As the CRC gets off the ground, you will want to share its successes with the community as well as with a wider audience. Develop metrics and other ways to measure your successes -- and begin to track them as soon as possible. That way, you can build on the meaningful and compelling story of your CRC, and share that story well into the future -- with data that backs it up. The metrics you collect will also help you make the case for future funding and partnerships as the CRC continues to grow.
Questions
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How will you keep track of the impact measures you decide to use?
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How often will you look at the data you're collecting?
Finger Lakes ReUse's Story
Some of the ways Finger Lakes ReUse measures our impact include:
+ The number of reusable items diverted from landfills (800,000+ in 2024)
+ The number of tons of reusable materials diverted from landfills (1,250+ in 2024)
+ The number of full-time and full-time equivalent jobs our organization has created (80/65 in 2024)
+ The number of employees who had previously been reliant on public assistance prior to joining our staff
+ The number of people we train in marketable job skills through our programs
+ The rate of employment of our job skills trainees after they participate in our programs
+ The amount of money earned through sales and services
+ The amount of sales tax generated by our sales
+ The number of customer transactions or sales daily
+ The number of volunteer hours provided
+ The number of computers and printers repaired and refurbished for resale