Has delivered on its promise.

Demographics and services data collection and tracking. Outcome tracking and evaluation. Program evaluation. Internal reporting and accountability. Grant performance reports. Grant applications PR and press releases.

We haven't yet used the data to scale our programs. Data alone cannot do this. What we have done is build a better method of program evaluation in only two and a half years. We did not have a data collection, evaluation, or reporting method prior to Apricot. Data put us in a position to apply for larger grants because we can speak about our processes and outcomes in terms impossible to do previously. Using data in this way and receiving larger grant awards had the unintended effect of giving us more resources than we had the capacity to leverage. We are now at the point, because of Apricot, to see clearly where and how we need to scale.

Funders are increasingly funding with performance-based grants. Whether government or foundations, funders require better data on the application and have significantly more stringent performance expectations. We have been awarded the money multiple times after implementing Apricot than before, with the caveat mentioned in my response to the previous question.