Medida

Social enterprise

We're a software platform that lets you easily manage your data and measure your impact and a training program that gives you the confidence to use that platform to transform the way your organization uses its data.

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Target populations:

Women

Men

Girls

Boys

Indigenous peoples

Entrepreneurs

Focus areas:

Education

Technical vocations

Entrepreneurship/Business

Development/Community infrastructure

Leadership/Capacitation

Organizational contacts & locations

Contacts

Jake Leonardis

Founder and Principal Developer

(+502) 3215-3645

jake@medida.io

Karen Saenz

Director of Training

(+502) 5218-8826

karen@medida.io

Isabel Magnus

Director of Operations

+1 (732) 245-5246

isabel@medida.io

Locations

Santa Cruz la Laguna

Sololá

07014

Mission, vision & values

Mission

Our mission is to have a world where organizations of any size can work with their data to better serve their communities

Vision

Our vision is to make effective data-management and impact measurement commonplace among Guatemalan NGOs.

Values

We value efficiency

measuring impact

capacity building

accessibility

and humanity.

Products, services, and programs

Services

We offer a software platform for organizing operational and impact data.

Programs

We offer on-site and remote training in the implementation and use of Medida.

Organizational detail

Founded

2019

Number of employees

0-10

Funding

Sale of products and/or services

Primary issue(s) / need(s) addressed

We recognized a lack of good data-management capacities among smaller NGOs in Guatemala and the lack of an existing, affordable, ready-made solution to meet that needs.

Impact, adaptations & objectives

Impact to date

Three client organizations have implemented Medida with several more set to implement it in 2021.

Impact measuring

We are still defining this process.

Organizational adaptations

Key offerings

Organizational adaptation details

Key offerings:

Medida started as a software platform but have since expanded to include a training and support program after realizing the importance of change management in the successful implementation of software tools in the NGO context.

Short term objectives

Growth

We hope to grow in terms of number of clients we serve and the number of organizations and funders we partner with.

Quality

We will continue to improve the quality of our software, adding increased support for advanced data analysis and offline usage. We will also continue to improve our training program based on feedback from our clients.

Impact

We hope to increase our impact by exploring funding opportunities that will allow us to serve the low-resource clients who are often most in need of our services.

Long term objectives

Growth

Grow beyond Guatemala to assist NGOs in as many contexts as possible.

Quality

Continue to expand and refine Medida's functionality so it can be used by the widest variety of NGOs possible.

Impact

Develop an monitoring and evaluation consulting arm to help organizations implement their own monitoring and evaluation programs.

Profile updated: 01/23/23

Medida

Medida

Organizational contacts & locations

Mission, vision & values

Products, services, and programs

Organizational detail

Impact, adaptations & objectives

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