Most third-sector and charity organisations collect data of some sort. For example, an organisation that supports people with health and wellbeing issues will probably track how people are referred into the service, a range of quantitative and qualitative datasets that arise from an initial client assessment, how each person progresses through the service, and what the outcomes are.
These data sets may or may not be easy to compare across different teams, platforms and formats. This can be because people collect slightly different data that are difficult to compare directly, or because file formats cannot easily be merged.
Why do third-sector organisations (e.g. NGOs, charities) collect data?