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Impactful data, insightfully delivered
Relevant social impact data is hard to come by. Ecosystems by Impala offers unprecedented visibility into any nonprofit sector in the United States. See who’s involved, how funders or nonprofits compare, emerging funding trends, and more.
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How it works
1. Build your ecosystem:
Customize your parameters to generate the most relevant results.
2. Analyze for insights:
Understand trends and discover funders to solicit or nonprofits to support.
3. Turn insights into action:
Generate leads, save them to lists, and share the most useful insights with your peers.
You have questions. We have answers.
Find answers to these questions and more using Ecosystems
What’s included
Limitless Curation
Choose relevant causes, geographies, and keywords or focus on a specific set of funders or nonprofits
Actionable Insights
Master the most relevant data in your sector to win or make grants more effectively and maximize your impact
My Portfolio Grantmakers Only
to track, manage and optimize your grantmaking strategy
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Your portfolio has a lot to say. We made it easy to listen:
Compare them across key financial, staffing and funding metrics. See who is growing most over time and who might need a boost.
Measure how reliant your grantees are on your support and evaluate risk across your portfolio like never before.
Reveal which funders support the same grantees as you, uncovering previously hidden opportunities for collaboration and efficiency.
Premium Lists
for sharing, collaborating, and exporting your most actionable data
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When you purchase Ecosystems, enjoy complementary access to Premium Lists, which will take your work to the next level:
Turn any private list into a collaborative workspace where colleagues can add, remove, or comment on organizations together.
Export any list of funders or nonprofits that you create, any time.
Advanced Filters
for the savviest of funders, fundraisers and researchers
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Generate leads and insights like a pro with advanced filters:
Reveal which funders in your ecosystem reported being open to solicitation in their Form 990.
Hide anonymous data related to Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) to ensure results are as clear, relevant and actionable as possible.
Analyze funders or nonprofits in a particular asset or budget range.
Complete any funding picture by revealing who else supports a set of funders’ grantees.
Use Cases
- Grantseekers
- Consultants
- Grantmakers
- Service Providers & Vendors
Fundraising Research
Build prioritized prospect lists based on a funder’s alignment with your mission and capacity to give.
Cultivate Leads
See who funds nonprofits like you by revealing every grant given to peers and partners.
Smart Pitches
Right-size your ask and your pitch based on a funder’s recent giving data.
Stakeholder Engagement
Give board members, supporters a single, interactive tool to track your impact.
Prospect Research
Generate custom funder lists based on a client's specific mission, location and peers.
Data-driven Grantwriting
Demonstrate your client's impact and align your ask based on funders' past giving data.
Strategic Planning
Develop plans based on clients' past performance, peer benchmarks and sector funding trends.
Differentiation
Stand out by offering unparalleled insights and client training in this cutting-edge tool.
Portfolio Evaluation
Monitor risk and track grantees to see who's growing most and who might need a boost.
Due Diligence
Understand potential grantees’ finances, current funders and impact - all without asking a single question.
Targeted Co-Funding
Discover funders who support the same grantees and uncover opportunities for collaboration.
Peer Benchmarking
See how you compare to other grantmakers - pinpoint where you’re leading and where you're lagging.
Network Analysis
Become the authority on your members with network-wide insights on impact and trends
Member Cultivation
Identify and engage new members based on their location and the issues they care about.
Service Enhancement
Consider an API integration to add value to your existing service offering.
Member Benefits
Elevate your offering by partnering with us to give members access and training in this advanced tool.
Grantseekers
Fundraising Research
Build prioritized prospect lists based on a funder’s alignment with your mission and capacity to give.
Cultivate Leads
See who funds nonprofits like you by revealing every grant given to peers and partners.
Smart Pitches
Right-size your ask and your pitch based on a funder’s recent giving data.
Stakeholder Engagement
Give board members, supporters a single, interactive tool to track your impact.
Consultants
Prospect Research
Generate custom funder lists based on a client's specific mission, location and peers.
Data-driven Grantwriting
Demonstrate your client's impact and align your ask based on funders' past giving data.
Strategic Planning
Develop plans based on clients' past performance, peer benchmarks and sector funding trends.
Differentiation
Stand out by offering unparalleled insights and client training in this cutting-edge tool.
Grantmakers
Portfolio Evaluation
Monitor risk and track grantees to see who's growing most and who might need a boost.
Due Diligence
Understand potential grantees’ finances, current funders and impact - all without asking a single question.
Targeted Co-Funding
Discover funders who support the same grantees and uncover opportunities for collaboration.
Peer Benchmarking
See how you compare to other grantmakers - pinpoint where you’re leading and where you're lagging.
Service Providers & Vendors
Network Analysis
Become the authority on your members with network-wide insights on impact and trends
Member Cultivation
Identify and engage new members based on their location and the issues they care about.
Service Enhancement
Consider an API integration to add value to your existing service offering.
Member Benefits
Elevate your offering by partnering with us to give members access and training in this advanced tool.
This is the most powerful research tool built for the social impact sector, ever.
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