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Theory of Change
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Also called a logic model — some prefer that term, same idea.

A guided conversation that turns what you know about your program into a structured logic model. Gaps get flagged before you finish. No frameworks knowledge required.

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15 minAverage completion time
9Guided questions
3Logic checks before you finish
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Your program logic, on paper.

By the end of the session you have everything you need to communicate your program clearly to funders, boards, and partners.

Population and problem statement

A defined target population and a clearly framed problem statement written from their perspective, not the organization's.

Activity to outcome logic chain

A structured map connecting your activities to outputs, short-term outcomes, and long-term impact with causal links made explicit.

Evidence confidence rating

An honest assessment of how well your evidence supports each outcome claim, so you know what you can state directly and what needs qualifying.

Diagnostic gap report

A list of structural, semantic, and evidence gaps found in your logic, each with a suggested resolution path.

Exportable logic model

A clean structured summary you can export, share with your team, or use as the foundation for narratives in any paid tier.

Strategic narrative foundation

The single source of truth your grant narratives, board decks, and annual reports all draw from. Build it once, use it everywhere.

Nine questions. One logic model.

Each question builds on the last. Most people finish in a single sitting.

01

Organization name

Personalizes your output document.

30 sec
02

Mission

The ultimate change you exist to create in the world.

2 min
03

Population served

Define the specific person your program is designed to reach.

2 min
04

Current reality

Frame the core problem as it exists today.

2 min
05

Long-term vision

What success looks like 5 to 10 years from now.

2 min
06

Activities

What your program does to bridge current reality to that vision.

3 min
07

Short-term outcomes

Early shifts in knowledge, skills, or behavior over the first 1 to 2 years.

2 min
08

Intermediate outcomes

Deeper behavioral and systemic changes that emerge over 3 to 5 years.

2 min
09

Assumptions and risks

What conditions need to be true for your logic to hold.

1 min

Start building your logic model.

Free. No account required. Takes about 15 minutes. You will have something to work with when you are done.

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Answer each question at your own pace. Your logic model builds in real time on the right.

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Your logic model

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