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Amp Impact Aquila Release

Amp Impact Aquila Release: Capture financial data in Excel, update Logical Framework items, and more

The second Amp Impact release of the year is now live! Named Aquila ⁠— after the constellation that represents eagles delivering lightning to Zeus – the latest Amp Impact release provides users with new features and enhancements to: Download/upload structured budget and expenditure data using a friendly XLS template, Update

13th June 2019

9 Themes of Impact Responsibility

9 Powerful Insights from Salesforce.org’s ‘Impacting Responsibly’ Report

On May 22, Salesforce.org released Impacting Responsibly: a collection of articles written by data-focused influencers to help social sector organizations collect, interpret, and apply impact data responsibly, created in partnership with Candid (formerly Guidestar), the Urban Institute’s Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, and New Philanthropy Capital. According to Brian Komar,

4th June 2019

2019-EMEA-ISV-Partner

Vera Solutions is honored to be named Salesforce.org’s 2019 EMEA ISV Partner of the Year! Special thanks to the team, the partners, the AEs and SEs, and especially the early adopters who have helped get Amp Impact to where it is today! Looking forward to the road ahead and continuing

20th May 2019

2019 Inaugural Amp Impact Summit

The Inaugural Amp Impact Summit: Creating a Common Ground for Impact Measurement

On April 15, Vera Solutions and Salesforce.org hosted the inaugural Amp Impact Summit in Amsterdam to bring together a passionate group of professionals for an afternoon focused on strengthening accountability and data management in the social sector. We were inspired to see organizations of different shapes and sizes (from iNGOs

30th April 2019

Windmills Cool Effect

Commitment to Carbon Neutrality, Responsibility to Positive Impact

For the second year, Vera Solutions has teamed up with Cool Effect, a nonprofit organization that provides a platform to fund carbon-reducing projects around the world, in our efforts to remain carbon neutral. By supporting Cool Effect projects – carefully selected and scientifically verified to reduce greenhouse gas emissions –

3rd April 2019

DHIS2

Connecting Amp Impact & DHIS2

What happens when you integrate Amp Impact and DHIS2, the leading public health management information system in Africa and Asia? Taylor Downs, CEO and Founder of Open Function, breaks down the implications for public health programs globally. Read the article on Medium

19th February 2019

Directors Peter Blair and Utsav Poddar

Directors Peter Blair and Utsav Poddar Join the Vera Partnership

Vera Solutions is pleased to announce that Directors Peter Blair and Utsav Poddar joined Vera’s Partnership on January 1, 2019. They join CEO Zak Kaufman, COO Sam Gordon, and CTO Owen Davies in leading Vera’s growing Consulting Division and its teams across seven countries.   Peter has been a Director

18th February 2019

Amp Impact Winter 2019

Amp Impact: Winter ’19 is Now Available

Vera has just released Amp Impact: Winter ’19 with new features and enhancements specifically designed to help organizations achieve their ongoing objectives and deliver better results. Working with a variety of organizations globally, we’re continually hearing ways in which Amp Impact could further streamline portfolio management needs to amplify the

1st February 2019

Real Leaders Awards 2019

January 7, 2019 – Real Leaders, Big Path Capital, and B Lab have teamed up to score and rank the “100 Top Impact Companies” of 2019. We are proud to announce that Vera Solutions has been named to the inaugural list, alongside other impact-first companies like Bridges Fund Management, Network

9th January 2019

Shalinee Thakur Joins Vera’s Board of Directors

Vera Solutions is pleased to announce that Shalinee Thakur, a finance and strategy expert with over a decade of experience in technology for social good, has joined Vera’s Board of Directors. Shalinee has worked at the crossroads of Salesforce and social impact since 2009, when she first joined Salesforce.org’s Finance

3rd December 2018

Salesforce.org’s Connected Nonprofit Conference

Connected Nonprofit Conference in 5 Highlights: Tools and Technologies Reinventing Nonprofit Impact Measurement

On 8 November, Vera joined 250+ nonprofits for Salesforce.org’s Connected Nonprofit Conference (CNPC) in London. As Salesforce.org puts the world’s best cloud-based technology into the hands of nonprofits and educational institutions, the CNPC served to both connect organisations and offer insights to accelerate their impact. From presenting a transformational story

20th November 2018

2018-19 Fellows

Meet Our 2018-19 Fellows

  This year’s Fellowship applications brought in an exceptional 375 candidates from 54 countries. From that pool, we selected 13 Fellows representing 9 nationalities and speaking 14 languages.   Vera Solutions is delighted to welcome the newest members of our global consulting teams. Shaping our largest and most diverse cohort

27th July 2018

BOMA Project | Data Dilemma

The Data Dilemma: Making Measurement Matter

Perspective from a Gender-Focused Poverty Intervention Program – By The BOMA Project and Vera Solutions This post originally appeared on The BOMA Project’s blog and is republished with permission. Accountability for nonprofits means many things: financial transparency and disclosure, to show that they are good stewards of the funding they

10th July 2018

Best for the World 2018

Creating Positive Impact for our Company and our Customers Last week, Vera Solutions was recognized as Best for the World for creating positive impact as a mission-driven business based on an independent, comprehensive assessment administered by the nonprofit B Lab. This year we are thrilled to be honored in both

20th June 2018