Communicating Grantmaking Data with Charts and Lists

Reports should save you time, not waste it.

As a grantmaker in a digital world, gathering data seems to be the easy part. The difficult part is putting all the data points together in a way that you can make decisions based on that information.

Your grants management system has a variety of ways visualize the information, but what is the best format for the insight you are looking for? Check out this infographic for a quick look at two of the most common reports in your grants management system: charts and lists, including:

  • The benefits of lists and the benefits of charts

  • Examples of when to use a list format and when a chart format would be better

  • When not to use each of the formats to get the insights you are looking for

Download the infographic to learn more about these two reporting formats and start making sense of your data.