We work with leading funders to prove impact

We help corporates, foundations, and development institutions design, measure, and verify social impact programs, so every dollar deployed can show exactly what it achieved.

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Who We Work With

Philanthropy

Foundations and philanthropic organizations looking to maximize and verify their social impact.

CSR / Sustainability

Corporate social responsibility and sustainability teams seeking rigorous measurement and reporting.

Development Finance

Government agencies and development finance institutions scaling outcome-based programs.

Many CSR programs face a shared challenge: demonstrating and measuring what actually changed.

Measuring real outcomes is hard. Data collection varies across grantees. Reports lean on narratives instead of hard numbers. And when a board asks “what did our $5 million actually achieve?”, even strong teams struggle to answer with confidence.

The gap between activity and accountability is where we work. We bring the rigor of carbon market verification to the social sector, giving you defensible numbers that stand up to scrutiny from boards, investors, regulators, and the public.

Our Approach

Rigorous measurement. Real-world impact.

We combine the discipline of financial audit with the nuance of development practice. Every metric is grounded in peer-reviewed research, every claim defensible under scrutiny.

What We Do

Quantify Impact

Know what your programs actually achieved.

We take your existing programs and retroactively quantify the social value they created. Using our Impact Framework, we translate activities into measured, monetized outcomes aligned to specific SDG targets. The output: a defensible social value figure your board can use.

We evaluated SAP's Africa Code Week across 48 countries and 14.6 million youth participants, estimating $1 billion in social value from increased lifetime earnings.

Program Design

Build programs that are measurable from day one.

Most programs fail at measurement because measurement was an afterthought. We work upstream, developing Theories of Change, identifying the right impact indicators, building monitoring frameworks, and structuring risk assessments so your programs capture outcomes from the start.

We designed SAP's global Social Procurement framework, aligning supplier diversity with measurable social outcomes across three regions.

Verification + Marketplace

Turn your impact into a verified asset.

For organizations ready to move beyond reporting, we bring verified outcomes into our marketplace as Verified Impact Assets. This means standardized measurement against a counterfactual, independent data verification, and a public listing where other funders can co-invest.

Bayer Foundation evaluated 15 women entrepreneurs. Three were selected for the marketplace. Their outcomes are now listed for co-funding alongside Bayer's investment.

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Case Studies

Outcome-Based Philanthropic Facility

UBS Optimus Foundation

CGM designed and managed the Human Family Fund, an outcome-based facility funding education, health, anti-trafficking, and environment. Through Verified Impact Assets (VIAs) and our digital marketplace, donor funding was tied directly to verified, monetized social outcomes. The result: $2M in social value transactions and over $500,000 in outcome-based funding for grantees including Imagine Worldwide, LifeNet International, and MiracleFeet.

"CGM is a thought leader with rigour in impact measurement. They are professional, efficient, responsive, rigorous, evidence based, and flexible."

‍Nalini Tarakeshwar, Deputy CEO

Evaluation + Design + Marketplace

SAP

A three-part engagement spanning program evaluation (quantifying Africa Code Week's $1B in social value across 48 countries), program design (building SAP's global Social Procurement Theory of Change), and marketplace participation (SAP became one of the first global corporations to purchase Verified Impact Assets). The collaboration was highlighted by the World Economic Forum's Innovative Finance Initiative as a leading case for outcome-based corporate impact.

"CGM is building the future of impact and we're excited to see it come to life."

Alexandra van der Ploeg, Former Head of CSR

We bring the rigor of regulated market verification to the social sector.

How an Engagement Works

Discovery call

Free, 30 minutes. We learn about your programs and objectives.

Assessment + scope

We review your data, identify gaps, and define deliverables.

Evaluation or design

Deep analysis using our Impact Framework, grounded in peer-reviewed research.

Reporting + recommendations

Monetized social value, SDG alignment, actionable next steps.

Marketplace integration

Optional: bring verified outcomes into the marketplace for co-funding.

What People Say

CGM is a thought leader with rigour in impact measurement. They are professional, efficient, responsive, rigorous, evidence based, and flexible. They are a good team, quick to understand what it takes to make things work, and reliable. It's hard to find organizations you can trust!

Nalini Tarakeshwar

Deputy CEO and Head of Programs and Impact Transparency, UBS Optimus Foundation

What you’ve built isn’t just innovation. It’s system change. You’re unlocking sustainable finance for the places and people the world has written off—where profit can’t reach, but hope still lives. That’s not just next level. That’s a new level. Life—and hope—in forgotten places.

Damon Elseworth

Humanitarian Impact Finance Lead, Medair

The efficiency and clarity of acquiring independently verified impact claims to specific social outcomes is a solution desperately needed by philanthropists, impact funds, CSR executives and anyone committed to the tangible, credible advancement of the SDGs.

Alan Schwartz

Executive Director of Schwartz Family Foundation and Executive Chairman, Guggenheim Partners

Drawing on practical examples…including Common Good Marketplace (CGM) [tradeable impact] offers a blueprint for how verified social impact can be embedded into a dynamic new marketplace. In doing so, it charts a path towards more sustainable, accountable and inclusive systems of value creation.

Taewon Chey

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, SK Group

CGM is building the future of impact and we’re excited to see it come to life.

Alexandra van der Ploeg

VP Europe, Tent Partnership for Refugees, Former head of Corporate Social Responsibility, SAP

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