Tinker Impact Intelligence

Tinker Impact Intelligence

Turn your mission into impact people can understand, trust, and act on.

We help companies, foundations, nonprofits, and mission-driven teams build the data strategy, impact measures, analysis, projections, and executive story behind better decisions—and stronger trust.

Book an Impact Clarity Conversation

You already have the ingredients.

Your organization may have budgets, program records, surveys, stories, grant reports, and people who know the work deeply. But when a board, funder, employee, partner, or community asks, “What changed—and what could change next?” the answer can become scattered, overcomplicated, or more certain than the evidence allows.

We build the line from investment to activity, outcome, evidence, and decision.

What we do

Measure what matters

Design right-sized theories of change, KPI systems, and definitions tied to real decisions.

Build the data strategy

Turn scattered records into a practical source map, collection plan, ownership model, and reporting rhythm.

Analyze with integrity

Assess observed results with clear denominators, confidence, limitations, and useful comparisons.

Project responsibly

Build low, base, and high scenarios grounded in capacity and transparent assumptions—not false precision.

Tell the impact story

Create board-, funder-, employee-, and community-ready narratives that never outrun the evidence.

Turn learning into action

Translate findings into priorities, owners, next steps, and a system your team can maintain.

The Tinker method

Frame. Map. Measure. Instrument. Analyze. Project.

  1. Frame: Define the decision, audience, initiative, period, geography, and success criteria.
  2. Map: Connect resources, activities, outputs, outcomes, and assumptions.
  3. Measure: Choose a compact set of primary outcomes, drivers, and guardrails.
  4. Instrument: Design the minimum viable data model, quality rules, privacy controls, and cadence.
  5. Analyze: Understand performance, variation, drivers, confidence, and limitations.
  6. Project: Build capacity-grounded scenarios and show which assumptions matter most.

Ways to work together

Start with the decision in front of you.

Impact Clarity Intensive

A focused two- to three-week engagement for one initiative that needs a credible measurement direction.

Includes: decision brief, theory of change, KPI set, source map, and 90-day measurement plan.

Typical investment: $4,500–$7,500

Measurement + Projection System

For an organization preparing to fund, launch, scale, or report.

Includes: measurement blueprint, metric dictionary, data strategy, observed analysis, scenario model, and executive readout.

Typical investment: $12,000–$22,000

Impact Intelligence Partnership

Ongoing analysis, forecasting, reporting, and learning support.

Includes: recurring scorecard, data-quality review, scenario refresh, leadership memo, and working session.

Typical investment: $3,500–$7,500/month; three-month minimum

Executive Impact Report

For teams with evidence that need a rigorous, beautiful external story.

Includes: evidence review, claims calibration, narrative, visuals, recommendations, and a publication-ready report.

Typical investment: $7,500–$15,000

What makes the work trustworthy

Every important number is distinguished as observed, calculated, estimated, targeted, or projected. Every projection shows its assumptions. Descriptive evidence is not presented as causal proof. The system is designed to improve decisions without creating unnecessary burden for participants or staff.

Human judgment stays at the center.

Technology helps us synthesize records, test definitions, check calculations, construct scenarios, and produce consistent reporting. Jessica retains responsibility for the relationship, context, ethical judgment, facilitation, recommendations, and final claims. Clients are not buying “AI metrics.” They are buying clarity, credibility, and a repeatable way to understand what is working.

Bring the initiative, the records you have, and the decision you need to make.

We’ll help you build the evidence system—and the story—to move forward with integrity.

Start the conversation

Jessica Tomapat · jessie@gotinker.org · 631-431-2662