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Evalysis

We work with organizations to design, measure, and improve their social impact.

About Us

We are a global advisory firm that supports organizations to design, measure, and improve the social impacts of their programs, philanthropy, and impact investments.

Who We Work With

We work across the spectrum of capital: philanthropy, catalytic, blended, and conventional. These include: foundations, family offices, intermediaries, DFIs, governments, and collaboratives.

How We Work

We often play multiple roles — including as a strategy partner, technical expert, and critical friend — working at the intersection of strategy, measurement, and decision making.

Trusted by Impact Leaders

Since 2015, we’ve worked with organizations at the forefront of deploying impact capital, building impact measurement and management practice, and shaping the frameworks and standards that guide the field.

Impact, with Integrity

We typically engage when social impact work is innovative, complex, or contested. The goal is for impact claims to be credible, useful, and worth standing behind.

Clarify

Clarify impact goals and strategies when designing new initiatives, or evolving existing programs and portfolios.

Align

Align impact measurement and management approaches across your organization, partners, and ecosystem.

Navigate

Navigate the complexity of data, processes, systems, and incentives to improve performance and accountability.

Advised the MacArthur Foundation on a $150M investment, learning, and market development initiative bringing together leading impact investors to encourage greater impact and use of catalytic capital. Co-designed the initial theory of change, assumptions, and metrics. Provided guidance on design, implementation, and evaluation priorities for granting, investment, and partnership strategies.

Impact Strategy

Design new initiatives informed by internal and external stakeholders, or refine programs and portfolios based on evidence and learning.

Strategy & Initiative Design

Theory of Change / Impact Goals

Strategy & Learning Reviews

Co-led the developmental evaluation and IMM for the $25M impact VC fund – Working Capital Innovation Fund seeded by Humanity United and the Omidyar Network – to promote responsible corporate supply chains. Co-led theory of change development; impact due diligence approach; impact scoring rubric model; portfolio metrics and qualitative insights; reporting and learning; and investee capacity support.

Impact Measurement

Develop and refine impact measurement and management approaches to accurately collect, analyze, and report on social impact.

Design Approaches & Frameworks

Improve IMM Processes & Value Add

Strengthen Effectiveness & Relevance

Designed and delivered a multi-module learning series for PayPal on impact measurement and data equity to build awareness and mission alignment across different teams. Provided feedback to improve processes, reports, and dashboards for philanthropic and impact investment priorities. Facilitated workshops and provided individual coaching to improve practices and capabilities.

Skills & Systems

Equip individuals and teams with the skills, capabilities, and systems to effectively measure, manage, and enhance social impact.

Coaching

Workshops

Training

Developed the Systems Thinking for Impact Investing Primer and Playbook with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors – which introduced new frameworks, practical tools, and applied examples to help foundations and family offices integrate systems perspectives across strategy, investment processes, and impact measurement.

Thought Leadership

Share insights and learning with internal and external audiences, and collaborate more effectively for collective impact.

Knowledge & Insights

Partnerships & Collaborations

Field Building & Convening

Experienced in the work.
Invested in the field.

Over two decades, Karim Harji has combined hands-on advisory work for leading institutions across impact investing and impact measurement with a commitment to building the frameworks, tools, and knowledge that strengthen impact practice globally. He is the founding Programme Director of the Oxford Impact Measurement Programme at the Saïd Business School.

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Featured Resources

Some reports and toolkits on impact measurement that we’ve been involved in.