10 key findings about the state of the sector’s data maturity

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In October 2019 we launched the world’s first free online data maturity assessment tool for the not-for-profit sector. Since then, the tool has been used by thousands of people from all kinds of organisations and sectors, and from all over the world.

Key to the tool is its potential for contribution to understanding about data maturity in the not-for-profit sector. We are therefore pleased to present, for the first time, the findings on what the data says about data maturity in the sector.

Our report - State of the Sector - Data Maturity in the Not-for-Profit Sector 2020 - explores the data from the first 15 months of use of the tool (from October 2019 to December 2020). It draws out comparisons across different sectors, though primarily focuses on the not-for-profit sector organisations, for which the tool was designed.

The ten key findings in relation to not-for-profit sector organisations are:

  1. The cost of data is huge, hidden, and often wasted.

  2. Most leaders don’t see the value of data.

  3. Data quality is a big challenge.

  4. A lot of data is still on paper.

  5. People don’t have good digital tools or don’t use them effectively.

  6. There’s lots of counting but not enough meaningful analysis.

  7. Only some are using data to question and challenge.

  8. Some are vulnerable around data protection and security.

  9. Most have major inefficiencies in their approach to data.

  10. There’s a lack of skills, responsibility and support around data.

Find out more

Explore the detail of the ten key findings (and more) here:

 
 
 
 
Sian Basker