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Global Impact Catalyst: Getting Started

Start using Global Impact Catalyst with a controlled example.

ProductGlobal Impact CatalystVerified version1.5.0ComponentActivities and Outputs, Baselines and Targets, Contribution and Attribution, Decision Handoffs, Equity and Distribution, Evaluation, Evidence, Impact Reporting, Impact Workspace, Indicators, Learning Agenda, Monitoring, Outcomes, Problem and Context, Risk and Safeguards, SDG and Framework Mapping, Stakeholder Participation, Theory of ChangeUpdatedJuly 17, 2026Reading time18 minutes
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Global Impact Catalyst · Getting Started

Impact strategy, participation, theory of change, activities, outcomes, indicators, evidence, contribution, equity, safeguards, learning, monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and mapping.

Audience: product users, administrators, reviewers, and integrators.

Last verified version: 1.5.0

Reading time: 18–30 minutes

Status: Published support documentation.

Purpose

This guide provides a safe first run of Global Impact Catalyst. It explains the product role, the main feature surface, the synthetic demonstration dataset, how to recognize a valid result, and when human or expert review is required.

Capability overview

  • Impact Workspace
  • Problem and Context
  • Stakeholder Participation
  • Theory of Change
  • Activities and Outputs
  • Outcomes
  • Indicators
  • Baselines and Targets
  • Evidence
  • Contribution and Attribution
  • Equity and Distribution
  • Risk and Safeguards
  • Learning Agenda
  • Monitoring
  • Evaluation
  • Impact Reporting
  • SDG and Framework Mapping
  • Decision Handoffs

Prerequisites

  • A modern supported browser or runtime
  • The current installed product and service version
  • A new demonstration workspace
  • No confidential, personal, credential, or production information
  • A named reviewer for consequential output

Sample data

This article uses a fictional Resilient Community Retrofit Program. The files contain one demonstration row for every documented feature, so each capability can be tested without private or production data.

Download CSV feature examples · Download JSON workspace example

Preview

# Feature Sample action Expected result Classification
1 Impact Workspace create GIC-RETROFIT-001 a governed program-impact workspace synthetic-demo
2 Problem and Context describe energy burden, comfort inequity, affected groups, causes, and constraints a contextual problem statement synthetic-demo
3 Stakeholder Participation record staff and community participation in framing and review participation and consent records synthetic-demo
4 Theory of Change connect inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and assumptions a reviewable causal pathway synthetic-demo
5 Activities and Outputs record control installation, envelope work, and staff training activity and output records synthetic-demo

The downloadable files include all 18 feature rows.

Procedure

  1. Open the product from its canonical Sustainable Catalyst page or administrative route.
  2. Confirm the product and backend version before creating data.
  3. Create a synthetic workspace named GLOBAL-IMPACT-CATALYST-RETROFIT-001.
  4. Download the CSV and JSON examples supplied below.
  5. Use the feature matrix to complete the first six feature checkpoints.
  6. Save, close, and reopen the workspace to verify persistence.
  7. Inspect warnings, sources, units, permissions, and lifecycle state.
  8. Export or hand off only after completing the verification checklist.

1. Impact Workspace

Action: create GIC-RETROFIT-001.

Expected result: a governed program-impact workspace.

2. Problem and Context

Action: describe energy burden, comfort inequity, affected groups, causes, and constraints.

Expected result: a contextual problem statement.

3. Stakeholder Participation

Action: record staff and community participation in framing and review.

Expected result: participation and consent records.

4. Theory of Change

Action: connect inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and assumptions.

Expected result: a reviewable causal pathway.

5. Activities and Outputs

Action: record control installation, envelope work, and staff training.

Expected result: activity and output records.

6. Outcomes

Action: define short-, medium-, and long-term energy and comfort changes.

Expected result: outcome definitions.

Expected output

  • a governed program-impact workspace
  • a contextual problem statement
  • participation and consent records
  • a reviewable causal pathway
  • activity and output records
  • outcome definitions
  • A saved record that reopens without data loss
  • An export or handoff that identifies product, version, artifact, source, and review state

Verification

  • Every sample value remains attached to its identifier and classification.
  • Warnings remain visible and are not silently treated as approval.
  • The saved workspace reopens in a clean session.
  • The product and version shown in output match the installed release.
  • Another reviewer can understand how the output was produced.

Responsible use

Avoid impact washing, greenwashing, causal overclaim, token participation, and hidden distributional harm.

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