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SWARMGOOD
Foundation ROI calculator

Model the impact of one SWARMGOOD cohort.

Estimate Relationship Gap Score improvement, reporting burden reduction, and administrative cost savings for your grantee portfolio. All defaults come from pilot data — adjust to match your foundation.

Inputs & outputs

Adjust your foundation profile.

Your foundation

Defaults reflect a mid-sized US foundation.

75 orgs
$85,000
28 hrs
4
68/100
Cohort tier
Annual contract: $75,000
45 pts
Relationship Gap improvement
From 68 → 23 avg
8,808 hrs
Grantee hours saved / year
Reporting 5,208 · Workflow 3,600
62%
Reporting burden cut
Structured evidence graph + templated reports
Projected annual value
Labor + consulting displacement, net of SWARMGOOD contract.
9.0x return
Grantee labor savings$359,942
Consulting displacement (70%)$315,000
Total portfolio savings$674,942
Less: SWARMGOOD annual contract- $75,000
Net annual ROI$599,942
Effective cost / grantee$1,000/yr

Model assumes 62% reporting-burden reduction and 48 workflow hours saved per grantee — both drawn from pilot cohort averages. Consulting displacement conservatively set at 70% of a $6k/grantee/yr capacity-building baseline.

Methodology

How the model is grounded.

Reporting reduction

Pilot cohorts show a 55–68% cut in report prep time. Model uses 62%.

Workflow savings

Discovery, drafting, and evidence audit averages 48 hrs/grantee/yr from pilot logs.

Consulting displacement

Foundations spend ~$6k/grantee/yr on capacity-building consultants. Model captures 70%.

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