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Data Strategy Guide

Data Collection & Analysis

Core Module

Dashboards & Reporting

The same data tells a different story to different audiences. Build a small number of focused views, each aimed at the people who will act on it.

Three audience views

For your team

Internal

Track caseload, stage of review, aging cases, and bottlenecks so you can manage the work and see where reviews stall.

For courts and community

Public

Show volume, outcomes, and trends in aggregate. The transparency that builds trust, without exposing case details.

For funders and supporters

Funders

Tie activity to outcomes and dollars: cases reviewed, exonerations, years restored, and cost per outcome that make the impact legible.

Sample KPIs

A starting set of metrics worth tracking. Pick the handful that match the decisions you need to make.

  • Cases received, opened, and closed in a period
  • Median and longest time in each review stage
  • Exonerations and other outcomes secured
  • Years of wrongful incarceration ended
  • Recurring factors: contributing causes, agencies, labs, or individuals
  • Cost per case reviewed and per outcome

Tools by budget

You do not need expensive software to publish a clear dashboard.

Free

Google Looker Studio and Airtable dashboards

Connect to a spreadsheet or Airtable base and publish shareable views at no cost. Plenty for most small organizations.

Mid-tier

Microsoft Power BI

More powerful modeling and visuals at a modest per-seat cost. A good step up when spreadsheets stop scaling.

Enterprise

Tableau

Deep analytics and polished, interactive dashboards for larger teams with the budget and staff to support it.

Clarity drives action

One chart should answer one question. Resist the cluttered dashboard: clarity drives action.

Live ROI demo

Coming soon

An interactive calculator that turns your caseload and outcomes into a fundable impact story. Full content in development, Summer 2026.