Measurement Resources Company

What Measurement Resources Company does

Measurement Resources Company is a privately held Ohio-based consulting firm founded in 2008 that provides impact measurement, program evaluation, and performance management services to nonprofits, government agencies, foundations, and social enterprises. The firm operates a sister SaaS platform, SureImpact (launched 2019, spun off under separate leadership in 2022), that automates impact data collection and reporting for the social sector, creating a service-to-software continuity path for clients. Its core deliverables include fractional performance management, program evaluation, strategic planning, collective impact backbone support, and leadership development, with a methodological library built around frameworks such as the "1-10-100 Rule" and a Measurement Culture Survey administered across 200+ organizations.

The business model is project-based and custom-priced, generating revenue from consulting engagements, advisory retainers, and speaking/training workshops. Go-to-market is sales-led and reputation-driven, leveraging the firm's founder's thought leadership and national speaking presence to attract inbound demand from social-sector clients. The firm has served 300+ clients since inception across verticals including health, housing, arts, education, food, and media. Team composition of ~10 named professionals includes PhD-trained evaluators and former nonprofit executives, with credentialed practitioners (e.g., Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Certified Leap of Reason Ambassador) supporting methodological positioning.

The firm is at an inflection point: founder Sheri Chaney Jones is transitioning leadership to Christy Farnbauch effective January 15, 2026, while maintaining operational momentum evidenced by three Columbus Business First Fast 50 awards and the 2025 BBB Torch Award for Ethics. The SureImpact spin-off creates a software recurring-revenue stream that is organizationally separate but strategically adjacent, providing optionality for future capital events or integration. Risks include concentration in the nonprofit/government segment (revenue cyclicality tied to grant funding), limited geographic concentration in the Midwest, and no visible AI/ML differentiation.

Name

Measurement Resources Company

Legal name

Measurement Resources Company

Website

https://measurementresourcesco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Measurement Resources Company is an Ohio-based consulting firm founded in 2008 that provides impact measurement, program evaluation, and performance management services to nonprofits, government agencies, foundations, and social enterprises, with a SaaS sister platform, SureImpact.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Sector Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Global Health Research, Evidence & Technical Assistance Organizations (HLAJAKAN), Humanitarian Coordination, Information Management & Needs Assessment (BPAGAAAL)

Keywords

• Social impact measurement
• Nonprofit consulting services
• Program evaluation consulting
• Performance measurement systems
• Collective impact backbone

Headquarters

HQ city

Powell

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Consulting and Advisory Services: Revenue generated through professional consulting engagements including fractional performance management, impact measurement, program evaluation, needs assessments, strategic planning, and leadership development. Services are typically project-based or retainer arrangements with nonprofit organizations, government agencies, foundations, and social enterprises.
2. Speaking and Training Workshops: Revenue from conducting keynotes, training sessions, and workshops nationally and locally, either at MRC's events or at client locations. Customized presentations designed for specific industries or organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Measurement Resources Company provides consulting services that help purpose-driven organizations gather and use the right data to change actions, outcomes, and lives. Offerings include high-performance outcome measurement, program evaluation and strategic planning, fractional performance management (part-time data management partnerships), collective impact backbone support, and leadership and organizational development for nonprofits, government agencies, foundations, and social enterprises.

Product overview

Measurement Resources Company offers a portfolio of consulting services focused on helping purpose-driven organizations gather and use data to change actions, outcomes, and lives. The core offerings include High-Performance Measurement (outcome measurement), Impact Evaluation and Planning (program evaluations and assessments), High-Performance Leadership (coaching and organizational development), Fractional Performance Manager (fractional data management partnership), and Collective Impact Backbone Partner (backbone support for community collaboratives). The company also has a sister company called SureImpact, a software-as-a-service platform launched in 2019 for nonprofit organizations to track and quantify social impact.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• High-Performance Measurement Outcome measurement consulting service that helps purpose-driven organizations focus on their highest-impact performance metrics to advance their missions. The firm partners with clients to use measurement to change actions, outcomes, and lives.
• Impact Evaluation and Planning Design and conduct of program evaluations, assessments, and data-driven action plans that help clients quantify unmet needs, tap into new efficiencies, and communicate their impact.
• High-Performance Leadership Organizational development services including assessments, workshops, and coaching to build high-performing teams that align mission, culture, and measures.
• Fractional Performance Manager Fractional data management partnership providing professional, trusted, and consistent support for collecting, organizing, and analyzing organizational data, with assistance putting data into practice. Designed for organizations that need senior measurement capacity without the cost of a full-time hire.
• Collective Impact Backbone Partner Backbone support services for collective impact initiatives including shared measurement, vision alignment, stakeholder engagement, public will building, and capacity for change across multi-organization collaboratives.

Quantifiable outcome

• Case management recipients 2.1x more likely to have successful housing moveouts (reduced recidivism)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• South Side Thrive CollaborativecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015MRC serves as backbone partner for South Side Thrive Collaborative, a collective impact initiative with 40+ organizations improving health, income mobility, and housing stability for South Side Columbus residents. MRC provides data capacity building, dashboard development, and measurement infrastructure.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• FSG: FSG is a mission-driven consulting firm that advises foundations, nonprofits, and corporations on strategy, evaluation, and impact measurement. Most directly comparable peer given shared social-sector focus and impact measurement methodology.
• The Bridgespan Group: Bridgespan is a nonprofit advisory firm providing strategy consulting, organizational development, and impact advisory to nonprofits, philanthropists, and governments. Closely matches MRC's consulting model and social-sector clientele.
• La Piana Consulting: La Piana Consulting partners with nonprofits and foundations on strategy, collaboration, and capacity building. Comparable boutique size and consulting orientation toward the social sector.
• Campbell & Company: Campbell & Company provides fundraising, marketing, and management consulting to nonprofits. Direct peer in the nonprofit consulting market with comparable boutique scale and service portfolio.
• BWB Solutions: BWB Solutions provides strategic planning, capacity building, and organizational development services to nonprofits. Small peer with similar consulting model and nonprofit client focus.
• TCC Group: TCC Group provides consulting, evaluation, and capacity building services to foundations, nonprofits, and government agencies. Shares MRC's evaluation and organizational development focus with overlapping client types.

Emerging players

• Third Sector New England: TSNE provides management support, consulting, and capacity building to nonprofits in New England. Regional peer with comparable nonprofit consulting services and similar organizational size.
• Nonprofit Finance Fund: NFF is a community development financial institution that provides consulting, lending, and advisory services to nonprofits. Comparable in serving mission-driven organizations with advisory and capacity-building services.

Broad incumbents

• Mathematica: Mathematica is a large research and evaluation firm that conducts policy research and program evaluation for government and social-sector clients. Larger incumbent providing overlapping evaluation/research services.

Others

• SureImpact: SureImpact is MRC's sister company providing SaaS for nonprofit impact tracking. Not a competitor but an ecosystem participant and referral partner; included for completeness given the structural relationship.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/MeasurementResourcesCo

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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