INDIGO Documentation

This work is part of a new International Network for Data on Impact and Government Outcomes (INDIGO), supported by the University of Oxford’s Government Outcomes Lab (GO Lab). See here for a general introduction to INDIGO:.

Data Model

The data model described here is intended as the first steps towards an open data standard. As more data is published using the model, we hope that the ideas here will provoke interest and criticism and be informed by wider conversations in the sector.

Overview of the data model

A high-level diagram representing the core data model is presented below.

A project is the building block of the INDIGO data specification, representing a single impact bond, social investment or other partnership.

A project can be further broken down into any number of components. These components may represent activities and agreements (like investments, delivery, technical assistance, outcome-based payment agreements and outcome metrics) or measurements of, or associated with, activities and their effect (like outcome metric results or financial performance).

Results and evaluations can be associated either with individual outcome metrics or the project as a whole.

Upstream sources of payment funding can be described by linking any number of outcome funds to a project.

Project-level and disaggregated data

A cross-sector collaboration is modelled in the INDIGO Data Specification as a project. A project can represent a social impact bond, outcomes based contract or similar partnership.

Project-level attributes provide an overview of a given project, and are designed to provide a useful and unambiguous overview and a backstop in the absence of more granular disclosures.

A project can also be described in terms of its disaggregated components. These individual indicators provide more detail than is available at a project level and are a closer match for the composite nature of how social impact bonds are arranged, delivered and measured.

Project-level data should always be a complete and up-to-date representation of knowledge about a project. Data at a project-level may or may not include and account for the addition of and updates to disaggregated data.

Disaggregated data should be a complete and up-to-date representation of the relevant individual component of a project. Where a corresponding project-level attribute exists, completeness of disaggregated disclosures should not be assumed.

Example

A social impact bond declares total investment committed of USD1,000,000 at the project level. Two disaggregated investment disclosures are available for the project, of USD250,000 and USD500,000. The sum of the disaggregated investments, USD750,000, does not match the total investment commitment for the overall project. There may be several reasons for this discrepancy, including confidentiality, and the project-level figure should be preferred.

Shared vs project-level data objects

To reduce duplication and error and allow for easier analysis, the INDIGO data standard shares some data across all datasets. The shared objects are: projects, organisations, outcome funds and investment funds.

Shared objects are distinguished by identifiers with an ‘INDIGO’ prefix. See INDIGO identifiers.

Each shared object should only be described once, and any new data or corrections added as updates rather than creating a new, duplicate object with a new INDIGO identifier.

Core and extended datasets

The data dictionary lists the datasets which fields are expected to appear in. The specification has no formal mechanism to restrict the collection of data. But, in general, there is a ‘core’ set of data fields that all datasets are encouraged to collect; other datasets may collect extra fields for a specific purpose, either for learning purposes or as a result of a particular data-sharing agreement. The core data fields may expand over time, and become more formalised, as the specification matures.

Organisation roles and classifications

Datasets collected using the INDIGO specification provide two ways to understand organisations.

The first is by using external identifiers, like company or charity numbers, that can be linked to canonical data sources like a company or charity register. These identifiers will allow analysis by organisational type, jurisdiction, sector and other basic demographics. Data sourced from these identifiers should not be replicated in the dataset but may be used in analysis.

The second is by allowing a dynamic picture of organisational activity to emerge from the data itself rather than preassigning classifications. This is done by associating individual components (like an investment) of a project with one or more organisations, as in the diagram below.

An organisation may appear multiple times in a single project, in different roles, and also recur across projects. The organisation can be traced across projects using INDIGO identifiers. Some components also allow an organisation’s role to be further broken down via a codelist.

Example

A diversified NGO makes an investment of USD250,000 in a project and is also involved in an aspect of service delivery. The same organisation would appear twice in the data that describes the project: first associated with an Investment and then associated with a Service Provision. Both of these would describe the organisation in the Organisational Role Category of “Nonprofit/NGO”.

Data collected in this way allows for analysis of the sector as a whole, as well as changes in organisational behaviour over time.

Relationships between organisations

The data model allows for lightweight modelling of control relationships between organisations, of the form “Organisation A is controlled by Organisation B”.

This is useful in cases where, for example, investments are held in subsidiary companies and there is a common parent company that can be used for analysis.

A controlling organisation is described like a normal organisation.

A relationship between two organisations is declared by the controlled organisation, using the INDIGO ID of the controlling organisation in the Controlled By tab.

In general, a relationship between two organisations is assumed to be a relationship between an organisation and its ultimate parent organisation.

Identifiers

The INDIGO specification uses three kinds of identifier to link data internally and offers space to enhance the data with the identifiers of related disclosures.

INDIGO identifiers

INDIGO identifiers are assigned to projects, organisations and funds to ensure uniqueness for these important entities across all published datasets. An INDIGO identifier must not be changed once assigned.

The entity an INDIGO identifier refers to can be inferred from the prefix, as follows.

Prefix	Entity type
INDIGO-POJ	A project.
INDIGO-ORG	An organisation.
INDIGO-FUND	An outcome payment or investment fund.

Real-world identifiers

Most organisations will have an official registration number suitable for use as a unique identifier. The INDIGO specification requires identifiers to use the format and prefixes specified by org-id, an open register of organization lists.

An organisation identifier consists of:

1. A list code: a prefix that describes the list the identifier is taken from.

2. An identifier taken from that list.

Example

Open Data Services Co-operative Limited is a private company limited by shares, registered in the UK. From the org-id page the prefix for Companies House is GB-COH. From the linked register the company number is 09506232. The full identifier in org-id format is then GB-COH-09506232.

Internal identifiers

Internal identifiers are unique within a project and used to join components of a project together, for example a result can be linked to a specific outcome metric. Once an internal identifier is set it must not be changed.

Related contract identifiers

To link one or more contracting processes published to the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS), use the ocid, or contract processing identifier, field. The value in the INDIGO dataset must match that in the relevant published OCDS field. The use of this field is described in the OCDS documentation. The data dictionary describes in what circumstances a contracting process is considered to be linked to a project.

Related grant identifiers

To link one or more grants published to the 360Giving Data Standard, use the grant_id, or grant ID, field. The value of the grant_id field in the INDIGO dataset must match that in the relevant 360Giving field. The use of this field in is described in the 360Giving documentation. The data dictionary describes in what circumstances a grant is considered to be linked to a project.

Formatting data

Dates

The specification allows for imprecise dates depending on how much information is known (e.g., 2020 or 2020-06). Dates must use the YYYY-MM-DD format.

Currencies and currency conversion

A field describing a monetary value in the INDIGO specification should have an accompanying currency field. Monetary values must be described as numbers only with no currency symbols, commas or textual descriptions of large numbers.

Currency codes must come from the ISO 4217 code list.

Example

A social impact bond makes an investment of USD250000. This data should be input as:

Field		Entity value
investment_commitment/currency/value		USD
investment_commitment/amount/exact/value		250000

Inputting the value as “250,000”, “$250000” or “250k” would be wrong.

Monetary values should be input in the currency of the original transaction. There may be a converted USD value of any transaction, calculated by the INDIGO project, using the methodology described in the data dictionary. Data providers should not convert transactions to USD when supplying data.

Data Dictionary

Project

General Overview

Names

Name	Definition	Type
Impact Bond Name - (Value)	Full name of the Social Impact Bond. What counts as an Impact Bond project? It is a contractual relationship that includes two core factors: • Payment for social or environmental outcomes achieved • Up-front repayable finance provided by a third party, the repayment of which is (at least partially) conditional on achieving specified outcomes. Each impact bond project that begins work under a new contract, with a new target cohort, a distinct geography, and/or with a later start date is counted separately.	Text

Name	Definition	Type
Alternative Names - (Value)	Additional or informal names should be specified in this variable. If the project has more than one alternative name, they should be separated by commas.	Text

Stage of Development

Name	Definition	Type
Stage of Development - (Value)	Stage of development of the project at the moment of data collection. Codelist options are: Early-stage design Late-stage design Contracted Implementation Service delivery complete Complete	Codelist
Stage of Development - (Source ID’s)	Stage of development of the project at the moment of data collection.	Text

Jurisdiction

Name	Definition	Type
Jurisdiction - Jurisdiction - (Value)	Project jurisdiction describes a project’s origins, using the place it is governed or organised from, under law, as a proxy. Codelist options are: A 2 character country code from ISO 3166. Eg: GB, US	Codelist
Jurisdiction - (Source ID’s)		Text
Jurisdiction - (Notes)		Text

Dates

Name	Definition	Type
Dates - Date outcomes contract signed - (Value)	Date on which the outcomes contract was signed. If signed by parties on different dates, select the latest date of signature.	Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Dates - Date contracts between all parties signed - (Value)	The date on which the full set of required contracts between impact bonds parties received sign off. That is the date – whichever is the later – on which parties signed the outcomes contract; service delivery contract; investment contract or any other contract signalling the agreement to the impact bond arrangement such that full contracting arrangements are signed.	Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Dates - Anticipated completion date - (Value)	Expected date when final outcomes payments will be made.	Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Dates - Actual completion date - (Value)	Actual date when final outcomes payments were made.	Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Dates - Start date of service provision - (Value)	Date when service provision started/will start.	Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Dates - Anticipated end date of service provision - (Value)	Expected date when service provision will end.	Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Dates - Actual end date of service provision - (Value)	Actual date when service provision ended/will end.	Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Dates - (Source ID’s)		Text
Dates - (Notes)		Text

Overall project finance

Name	Definition	Type
Overall project finance - Total investment commitment - Currency - (Value)	Currency in which financial data is reported for this project.	Text
Overall project finance - Total investment commitment - Amount - Min - (Value)	When it is not possible to share the exact amount of total investment, projects can present a range with minimun and maximum values.	Number
Overall project finance - Total investment commitment - Amount - Exact - (Value)	Total investment amount committed by investors (capital raised), as contractually agreed. Note that this should not include any recycled outcome payments.	Number
Overall project finance - Total investment commitment - Amount - Max - (Value)	When it is not possible to share the exact amount of total investment, projects can present a range with minimun and maximum values.	Number
Overall project finance - Total investment commitment - Amount USD - Min - (Value)	Minimum investment amount in US dollars.	Number
Overall project finance - Total investment commitment - Amount USD - Exact - (Value)	Exact investment amount in US dollars.	Number
Overall project finance - Total investment commitment - Amount USD - Max - (Value)	Maximum investment amount in US dollars.	Number
Overall project finance - Maximum potential outcome payment - Currency - (Value)	Total maximum payments for outcomes from outcome funders. This should be equal to “contract cap”.	Text
Overall project finance - Maximum potential outcome payment - Amount - (Value)	Total maximum payments for outcomes from outcome funders. This should be equal to “contract cap”.	Number
Overall project finance - Maximum potential outcome payment - Amount USD - (Value)	Total maximum payments for outcomes from outcome funders. This should be equal to “contract cap”.	Number
Overall project finance - Maximum potential loss - (Value)	Percentage of principal that investors stand to lose in a worst-case scenario. Please provide for each investor, if different.	Text
Overall project finance - Maximum potential return type - (Value)	This variable identifies whether the return is average annual return or IRR (Internal rate of return).	Text
Overall project finance - Maximum potential return - (Value)	Percentage return that investors expect to gain in best case scenario. Return can be understood as the profit on an investment. This is typically the ratio of the income from the investment over the cost of the investment. Please provide for each investor, if different.	Text
Overall project finance - Configuration of the Contracting Parties - (Value)	A description of the bilateral or multilateral relationship between contracting parties. It identifies which party/parties hold the contract with the outcome funder (or which actor has majority control of a contract-holding Special Purpose Vehicle).	Text
Overall project finance - Investor repayment - (Value)	To be completed at the end of the project. Extent to which investment and return was paid to investor.	Text
Overall project finance - Total outcome payments made - Currency - (Value)	Currency in which outcome payments data is reported for this project.	Text
Overall project finance - Total outcome payments made - Amount - (Value)	Total actual payments for outcomes disbursed by outcome payers.	Number
Overall project finance - Total outcome payments made - Amount USD - (Value)	Total actual payments for outcomes disbursed by outcome payers in USD. This will be calculated by GO Lab staff.	Number
Overall project finance - (Source ID’s)		Text
Overall project finance - (Notes)		Text

Purpose and classifications

Name	Definition	Type
Purpose and classifications - Social challenge - (Value)	Broad definition of the social challenges that the project addresses.	Text
Purpose and classifications - Intervention - (Value)	Description of the intervention supported by the Impact Bond.	Text
Purpose and classifications - Policy sector - (Value)	Main policy sector in which the project is based. Codelist options are: Employment and training Child and family welfare Health Homelessness Education Criminal justice Agriculture and environment Poverty reduction	Codelist
Purpose and classifications - Primary SDG goal - (Value)	Primary Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) in which the project is based. To be selected from the 17 SDGs defined in the United Nations 2030 Agenda (2015) https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda. [This is at the project level. This is also captured at the outcome level]	Text
Purpose and classifications - Secondary SDG goals - (Value)	Secondary Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) in which the project is based. Primary SDG Goal must not be included in this variable. [This is at the project level. This is also captured at the outcome level]	Text
Purpose and classifications - Primary SDG target - (Value)	This variable identifies what primary SGD target the project is addressing. See United Nations 2030 Agenda (2015) https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda. [This is at the project level. This is also captured at the outcome level]	Text
Purpose and classifications - Secondary SDG targets - (Value)	This variable identifies what secondary SGD target the project is addressing. Primary SDG target must not be included in this variable. See United Nations 2030 Agenda (2015) https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda. [This is at the project level. This is also captured at the outcome level]	Text
Purpose and classifications - (Source ID’s)		Text
Purpose and classifications - (Notes)		Text

Service and beneficiaries

Name	Definition	Type
Service and beneficiaries - Target population - (Value)	Description of the population targeted by the project and any eligibility requirement for the cohort of people who are to be offered support.	Text
Service and beneficiaries - Targeted number of unique service users or beneficiaries (total) - (Value)	Intended number of individuals in the target population who will be engaged in the service/intervention and/or whose social outcomes will be evaluated for outcome contract payment calculation.	Number
Service and beneficiaries - Unit type of targeted service users or beneficiaries - (Value)	Description of the unit of measurement that is used to account for targeted service users or beneficiaries. Codelist options are: Individual Other	Codelist
Service and beneficiaries - Unit description of targeted service user or beneficiaries - (Value)	This field will only be completed if the answer to the last variable was “other”. This variable identifies what type of unit of measurement is used to account for targeted service users or beneficiaries.	Text
Service and beneficiaries - Actual number of unique service users or beneficiaries engaged (total) - (Value)	Effective number of service users after the project was completed. The actual number of service users may differ from the targeted number, as forecasted at the beginnings of the project.	Number
Service and beneficiaries - Unit type of actual service users or beneficiaries engaged - (Value)	Description of the unit of measurement that is used to account for targeted service users or beneficiaries. Codelist options are: Individual Other	Codelist
Service and beneficiaries - Unit description of actual service user or beneficiaries engaged - (Value)	This field will only be completed if the answer to the last variable was “other”. This variable identifies what type of unit of measurement is used to account for actual number of service users or beneficiaries.	Text
Service and beneficiaries - (Source ID’s)		Text
Service and beneficiaries - (Notes)		Text

Changes to project due to COVID-19

Name	Definition	Type
Changes to project due to COVID-19 - (Value)	Codelist options are: Pause project Continue on outcomes contract without variations Continue on outcomes contract with variations Switch to grant payments based on medium scenarios	Codelist
Changes to project due to COVID-19 - (Source ID’s)		Text

Outcome Funds

Name	Definition	Type
Id		Text
Sources		Text
Notes		Text

When viewing data, other variables from the fund data model may be included to provide more information. See the Fund data dictionary for more information on what these variables mean.

Delivery Locations

This is a list. One project can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
Service Provision ID - (Value)		Text
Location - Name - (Value)	Name of the city or region where services are provided.	Text
Location - Postcode - (Value)	Postal code of the location where services are provided.	Text
Location - Country - (Value)	Country where services are provided. Codelist options are: A 2 character country code from ISO 3166. Eg: GB, US	Codelist
Lat/Lng - Lat - (Value)	Latitude and longitude coordinates. GO Lab will add or double check this variable. This variable feeds into the map(s) on the GO Lab website.	Number
Lat/Lng - Lng - (Value)	Latitude and longitude coordinates. GO Lab will add or double check this variable. This variable feeds into the map(s) on the GO Lab website.	Number
Adminstrative geography - Name - (Value)		Text
Adminstrative geography - Code Type - (Value)		Text
Adminstrative geography - Code - (Value)		Text
Sources		Text
Notes		Text

Sources

This is a list. One project can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
Id	A within-project original, flexible identifiers to be referenced in another sheet. This can be set by the GO Lab analyst.	Text
Name - (Value)	Name of the person or institution who shared information about this project.	Text
Type - (Value)	Type of source of information.	Text
Publishing Organisations - (Value)	Organisation that published the evaluation, report, document or website that is cited as a source.	Text
URL - (Value)	URL of the document about this project.	Text
Archive URL - (Value)	A preserved copy of an online source that can be accessed if the original page is moved, changes, or disappears.	Text
Internal URL - (Value)		Text
Publication Date - (Value)	Date when the information about this project was published.	Text
Accessed Date - (Value)	Date when the information about this project was accessed.	Text
Notes		Text

Organisations

When viewing data, variables from the organisation data model may be included to provide more information. See the Organisation data dictionary for more information on what these variables mean.

The organisations listed are those referenced in other parts of the project, such as Service Provisions.

Service Provisions

This is a list. One project can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
Id	A within-project original, flexible identifiers to be referenced in another sheet. This can be set by the analyst.	Text
Organisation ID - (Value)	INDIGO identifier of the organisation that provides services for this impact bond project. See INDIGO Identifiers section.	Text
Organisation Role Category - (Value)	Category of service provider. Codelist options are: Nonprofit/NGO Foundation/Philanthropist Government/Public Sector/Public Bank For-profit Other	Codelist
Intervention - (Value)	Description of the intervention or the activities that service providers are funded to address the social challenge.	Text
Planned Service - Start - (Value)	Expected date when service delivery starts.	Text
Planned Service - End - (Value)	Expected date when service delivery ends.	Text
Actual Service - Start - (Value)	Actual date when service delivery starts.	Text
Actual Service - End - (Value)	Actual date when service delivery ends.	Text
Alterations to service - Description - (Value)	This variable specifies whether there has been a modification in the service delivery. Where there are multiple alterations, this field should describe all alterations that have taken place.	Text
Alterations to service - Reason - (Value)	This variable presents the motivation for that modification, if applicable. Where there are multiple alterations, this field should describe the reason for all alterations that have taken place.	Text
Sources		Text
Notes		Text

Outcome Payment Commitments

This is a list. One project can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
Organisation ID - (Value)	INDIGO identifier of the organisation that pays for social outcomes in this impact bond project. See INDIGO Identifiers section.	Text
Organisation Role Category - (Value)	Category of outcome payer Codelist options are: Nonprofit/NGO Foundation/Philanthropist Government/Public Sector/Public Bank Multilateral/Bilateral/Intergovernmental Financial Institution Corporate Giving Investment Fund Other	Codelist
Maximum potential Outcome payment - Currency - (Value)	Total maximum payments for outcomes from each outcome payer. Currency.	Text
Maximum potential Outcome payment - Amount - (Value)	Total maximum payments for outcomes from each outcome payer.	Number
Maximum potential Outcome payment - Amount USD - (Value)	Total maximum payments for outcomes from each outcome payer. In USD.	Number
Result type - (Value)	This variable specifies whether a result is interim or over all (final). Codelist options are: Interim Overall	Codelist
Period - Start - (Value)	This variable provides the start date of the performance period.	Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Period - End - (Value)	This variable provides the end date of the performance period.	Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Total outcome payments made - Currency - (Value)	Currency in which outcome payments are reported for this project.	Text
Total outcome payments made - Amount - (Value)	Total actual payments for outcomes disbursed by outcome payers in relevant local currency.	Number
Total outcome payments made - Amount USD - (Value)	Total actual payments for outcomes disbursed by outcome payers in USD.	Number
Alterations to payment commitment - Description - (Value)	Detail of the modifications to payment commitments occured during the life of the impact bond project.	Text
Alterations to payment commitment - Reason - (Value)	Brief explanation of the reasons behind the modifications to payment commitments occured during the life of the impact bond project.	Text
Sources		Text
Notes		Text

Investments

This is a list. One project can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
Id	A within-project original, flexible identifiers to be referenced in another sheet. This can be set by the GO Lab analyst.	Text
Organisation ID - (Value)	INDIGO identifier for the organisation that invested upfront capital for this project. See INDIGO Identifiers section.	Text
Organisation Role Category - (Value)	Codelist options are: Nonprofit/NGO Foundation/Philanthropist Government/Public Sector/Public Bank Multilateral/Bilateral/Intergovernmental Financial Institution Corporate Giving Investment Fund High Net Worth Individual/Family Office/Private Bank Impact Investor Commercial	Codelist
Investment Commitment - Currency - (Value)	Currency in which investments are reported for this project.	Text
Investment Commitment - Amount - Min - (Value)	When it is not possible to share exact amounts, projects can share a range with minimum and maximum amount of investment committed by each investor.	Number
Investment Commitment - Amount - Exact - (Value)	Exact amount of committed investment from each investor.	Number
Investment Commitment - Amount - Max - (Value)	When it is not possible to share exact amounts, projects can share a range with minimum and maximum amount of investment committed by each investor.	Number
Investment Commitment - Amount USD - Min - (Value)	Minimum amount of investment committed by each investor in USD (when it is not possible to have exact amount in USD).	Number
Investment Commitment - Amount USD - Exact - (Value)	Exact amount of investment committed by each investor in USD.	Number
Investment Commitment - Amount USD - Max - (Value)	Maximum amount of investment committed by each investor in USD (when it is not possible to have exact amount in USD).	Number
Maximum Potential loss - (Value)	Percentage of principal that investors stand to lose in a worst-case scenario.	Text
Maximum Potential Return Type - (Value)	This variable specifies whether the maximum potential return type is measured as average annual return or IRR. Codelist options are: IRR Average annual return	Codelist
Maximum Potential Return - (Value)	Percentage return that investors stand to gain in best case scenario.	Number
Investor Repayment - (Value)	Extent to which investment and return was paid to investor. Codelist options are: No repayment (no principle or return) Some repayment (but below value of principle) Principal repaid (but no net return) Principal + positive financial returns Not publicly available	Codelist
Investment Type - (Value)	This variable identifies whether this investment qualifies as debt, equity or a combination of both. Codelist options are: Debt Equity Combination	Codelist
Sources		Text
Notes		Text

Intermediary services

This is a list. One project can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
Organisation ID - (Value)	INDIGO identifier for the organisation that provides intermediary services for this project. See INDIGO Identifiers section.	Text
Organisation Role Category - (Value)	The role(s) or key functions performed by each of the named intermediaries. Codelist options are: Impact bond design Financial and commercial modeling Impact bond investment structure Capital raise Loan arranger Performance management Legal counsel Technical assistance Other	Codelist
Other Role Description - (Value)	If an organization is providing a role that is not listed above, it can be listed in this field.	Text
Sources		Text
Notes		Text

Outcome Metrics

This is a list. One project can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
Id	A within-project original, flexible identifiers to be referenced in another sheet. This can be set by any analyst. The outcome is what changes for an individual as the result of a service or intervention.	Text
Outcome Definition - (Value)	An outcome target or metric is the specific value attached to the measure of outcomes for the purposes of determining whether satisfactory performance has been achieved. In an impact bond, these targets will usually determine whether a payment is made to the provider or investor. This variable provides a detailed description of the metric(s) used to determine payments from the outcome payers. It should provide a clear definition of the conditions under which an outcome is agreed to have been ‘achieved’ or ‘not achieved’.	Text
Target Population - (Value)	Description of the targeted population of beneficiaries or service users.	Text
Targeted number of service users Or beneficiaries (total) - (Value)	Targeted number of beneficiaries/service users for each outcome metric	Number
Unit type of targeted Service users or beneficiaries - (Value)	Description of the unit of measurement that is used to account for targeted service users or beneficiaries. Codelist options are: Individual Other	Codelist
Unit description of Service user or beneficiaries - (Value)	This field will only be completed if the answer to the last variable was “other”. This variable identifies what type of unit of measurement is used to account for targeted service users or beneficiaries.	Text
Outcome metric target - (Value)	Targeted levels of outcome metrics to be achieved (e.g. the proportion of people supported who are expected to achieve a given outcome)	Text
Other target for Meeting outcome metric target - (Value)	This variable identifies information about other/secondary targets that need to be met in order to achieve the outcome.	Text
Outcome validation Method - (Value)	The approach taken to assessing whether the specified outcomes have been achieved and the basis on which ‘outcome payments’ will be made. This could take the form of validated administrative data (for example in a rate card for youth engagement where young people achieve education outcomes, the production of these qualifications may be used as the basis of outcome payments) or a formal and independent impact evaluation (for example under a Randomised Control Trial or quasi-experimental study outcome payments are only made when the performance of the treatment group is significantly improved when compared to the control group). To be selected from: Randomised Control Trial; Quasi-experimental study; Historical comparison (e.g. comparison to historical benchmark); Pre-Post analysis (measurement of outcomes for target individual or cohort before and after intervention); Simple ex-post verification; Not available.	Text
Data source for Outcome validation - (Value)	The sources of information for outcome validation could be existing administrative data or new data collected.	Text
Policy sector - (Value)	Main policy sector in which the project is based.	Text
Primary SDG goal - (Value)	Primary Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) in which the project is based. To be selected from the 17 SDGs defined in the United Nations 2030 Agenda (2015) https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda.	Text
Secondary SDG goals - (Value)	Secondary Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) in which the project is based. Primary SDG Goal must not be included in this variable.	Text
Primary SDG target - (Value)	This variable identifies what primary SGD target the project is addressing. See United Nations 2030 Agenda (2015) https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda.	Text
Secondary SDG targets - (Value)	This variable identifies what secondary SGD target the project is addressing. Primary SDG target must not be included in this variable. See United Nations 2030 Agenda (2015) https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda.	Text
Sources		Text
Notes		Text

Outcome Pricing

This is a list. One project can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
Outcome Metric Id - (Value)	A within-project original, flexible identifier to be referenced in another sheet. This can be set by the GO Lab analyst. This ID should be equal to the ID that was stated in the “Results” and “Outcome metrics” sections.	Text
Currency - (Value)	Currency in which outcome pricing data is reported for this project.	Text
Price Per Unit - Amount - (Value)	Price per unit, often a participant, for whom outcomes are achieved. Price here is the cost to the outcome payer. This is to be populated only if there is a single outcome which is measured at the unit /individual level. Use the currency stated in the above field.	Number
Price Per Unit - Amount USD - (Value)	Price per unit, often a participant, for whom outcomes are achieved in USD. Price here is the cost to the outcome payer.	Number
Maximum Price if all targets achieved - Amount - (Value)	Maximum price if all targets related to that outcome are achieved.	Text
Contracted increases to outcome pricing - (Value)	If certain price increases have been contracted (e.g. inflation adjustments), an description of these terms should be provided.	Text
Price Description - (Value)		Text
Sources		Text
Notes		Text

Results

This is a list. One project can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
Outcome Metric Id - (Value)	A within-project original, flexible identifiers to be referenced in another sheet. This can be set by a GO Lab analyst.	Text
Result level - (Value)	This variable specifies whether a result was captured at the outcome level or project level. Codelist options are: Project level Outcome level	Codelist
Result type - (Value)	This variable specifies whether a result is interim or final. Codelist options are: Interim Final	Codelist
Period - Start - (Value)	This variable provides the start date of the performance period.	Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Period - End - (Value)	This variable provides the end date of the performance period.	Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Outcomes achieved - (Value)	A description of the outcomes that were achieved, according to the specifications of the contract.	Text
Number engaged In impact bond - (Value)	Number of users or beneficiaries who engaged in the impact bond project.	Number
Number with Positive social outcomes - (Value)	Number of users or beneficiaries who engaged in the impact bond project and achieved positive outcomes.	Number
Other Description of result - (Value)	A broader description of the results of the impact bond, if applicable.	Text
Outcomes validator(s) - (Value)	Name(s) of organization(s) responsible for validating the achievement of outcomes or otherwise assessing the metrics underpinning outcome payments. One outcome can have two or more validators.	Text
Evaluation Documents - (Value)	An evaluation is an objective assessment of a programme to determine whether and to what degree the intervention in an impact bond project has had an impact on the measured outcome variables over time. This variable provides a link to any published evaluations, if applicable.	Text
Sources		Text
Notes		Text

Outcome Payments

This is a list. One project can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
Outcome Metric Id - (Value)	A within-project original, flexible identifier to be referenced in another sheet. This can be set by a GO Lab analyst.	Text
Period - Start - (Value)	Start date of claim period.	Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Period - End - (Value)	End date of claim period.	Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Payer Organisation ID - (Value)	INDIGO ID of organisation that is paying for outcomes.	Text
Recipient Organisation ID - (Value)	INDIGO ID of organisation that is receiving payment for outcomes.	Text
Type - (Value)	Codelist options are: Planned Actual	Codelist
Payments - Currency - (Value)	Currency in which outcome payments are reported for this project.	Text
Payments - Amount - (Value)	Amount of outcome payments received in this period in relevant currency.	Number
Payments - Amount USD - (Value)	Amount of outcome payments received in this period in USD.	Number
Sources		Text
Notes		Text

Open Contracting

This is a list. One project can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
OCID	OCID identifier that links this impact bond project with data on the contracting process.	Text
Sources		Text
Notes		Text

360Giving

This is a list. One project can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
Grant ID	360Giving identifier that links this impact bond project with data on received grants.	Text
Sources		Text
Notes		Text

Documents

This is a list. One project can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
Title - (Value)	Title of related document or case study.	Text
URL - (Value)	URL of related document or case study.	Text
Notes		Text

Scenarios

This is a list. One project can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
Scenario Id		Text
Name - (Value)		Text
Overall project finance - Maximum potential outcome payment - Currency - (Value)		Text
Overall project finance - Maximum potential outcome payment - Amount - (Value)		Number
Overall project finance - Maximum potential outcome payment - Amount USD - (Value)		Number
Sources		Text
Notes		Text

Social Investment Prototype

The Social Investment Prototype offers additional tabs to describe technical assistance and the financial aspects of projects in greater detail, including individual transactions.

On the General Overview tab:

Name	Definition	Type
Social Investment Prototype - (Value)	Codelist options are: YES NO	Codelist

Investment Details

Expected and latest internal rates of return can be recorded on the investment details tab (This may be in the general overview tab).

Name	Definition	Type
Investment Details - Total Funds Invested - Latest - Currency - (Value)	The currency of the investment data provided.	Text
Investment Details - Total Funds Invested - Latest - Amount - (Value)	The total invested amount to date.	Number
Investment Details - Total Funds Invested - Latest - Amount USD - (Value)	To be calculated by GO Lab staff using the year in the above date and World Bank data available online at https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF [Note that this variable does not capture and may misrepresent fluctuations over different years. This is an issue being tackled in the prototyping process.]	Number
Investment Details - Total Funds Invested - Latest - Date - (Value)	The date.	Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Investment Details - Internal Rate of Return - Target - (Value)	The targeted rate of return of an investment on the project after all costs have been considered, to determine profitability (net IRR)	Text
Investment Details - Internal Rate of Return - Latest - (Value)	The latest actual rate of return of an investment on the project after all costs have been considered, to determine profitability. Reported as date below. If actual IRR is not being reported seek to indicate if Actual IRR exceeds Target IRR (yes/no)	Text
Investment Details - Internal Rate of Return - Date - (Value)	Date	Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Investment Details - (Source ID’s)		Text
Investment Details - (Notes)		Text

Transactions

The transactions tab is designed as a ledger of money in and money out of a project.

A transaction is modelled with a sending organisation and a receiving organisation, a date and an amount. These fields are required.

The value of a transaction (Amount) must be positive.

A transaction can be linked to the project as a whole (the default) or to a:

• Outcome payment (using the Outcome Metric ID column to link to the relevant row on the Outcome Metrics tab);

• Investment (using the Investment ID column to link to the relevant row on the Investment tab); or,

• Grant (using the Grant ID column to link to the relevant row on the Grants tab).

Only one of these IDs should appear per row, i.e. transactions should be disaggregated where possible. This is particularly important if the data is to be used in further analysis or visualisations.

The transaction type field is used to identify the purpose of the transaction.

The formatting rules on dates and currency values should be followed.

This is a list. One project can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
Investment Id - (Value)	A within-project original, flexible identifier to be referenced in another sheet.	Text
Outcome Metric Id - (Value)	A within-project original, flexible identifier to be referenced in another sheet.	Text
Grant Id - (Value)		Text
Date - (Value)	Date when the transaction occurred.	Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Sending Organisation ID - (Value)	INDIGO ID of the organisation that makes the transaction.	Text
Receiving Organisation ID - (Value)	INDIGO ID of the organisation that receives the transaction.	Text
Transaction Type - (Value)	This variable specifies whether the transaction is a debt or repayment of debt, equity, payment for an outcome or other type of transaction. Codelist options are: Debt Grant Equity Debt and Equity Interest Payment Capital Repayment Capital Repayment and Interest Outcome Payment Other	Codelist
Money - Currency - (Value)	Currency in which transaction data is reported.	Text
Money - Amount - (Value)	Total amount of the transaction in relevant currency.	Number
Money - Amount USD - (Value)	Total amount of the transaction in USD.	Number
Sources		Text
Notes		Text

Technical Assistance

Technical Assistance is modelled as a period of engagement between a funding organisation and a recipient organisation with a defined start and end date.

This period of engagement can be broken down on the Technical Assistance Details tab into a series of component activities (as well as high-level information that covers the whole engagement where appropriate).

An activity is linked to an engagement by using the relevant id from the Technical Assistance tab. Multiple activities can be linked to a single engagement.

Data should not be provided if no technical assistance from a given category has been given, i.e., zero values are not necessary but assumed in the absence of data.

Each activity can be assigned a cost and a cost type and a time cost in days.

Where no cost is available, or where a cost is inappropriate, a row can be added with the relevant category selected and the value and cost type fields left blank. This will allow activities to be analysed as simple counts.

Activities can be further classified by the delivery approach.

On the Technical Assistance tab, there is a list. One project can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
Id	A within-project original, flexible identifiers to be referenced in another sheet. This can be set by any analyst. The outcome is what changes for an individual as the result of a service or intervention.	Text
Title - (Value)	A summary name for this element of TA. Note that each project may have multiple elements of TA. TA may be broken into different elements as necessary to allow the category, cost and/or other variables to be completed.	Text
Description - (Value)	Description of this element of TA.	Text
Period Start - (Value)	Date when this specific element of TA starts	Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Period End - (Value)	Date when this specific element of TA finishes.	Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Funding Organisation Id - (Value)	Id of the organization that pays for technical assistance.	Text
Recipient Organisation Id - (Value)	Id of the organization that receives technical assistance.	Text
Currency - (Value)	Currency in which costs of TA are described.	Text
Sources		Text
Notes		Text

On the Technical Assistance Details tab, there is a list. One project can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
Technical Assistance Id - (Value)	A within-project original, flexible identifier to be referenced in another sheet.	Text
Title - (Value)	A summary name for this element of TA.	Text
Description - (Value)	A description of this element of TA.	Text
Category - (Value)	This variable has a long list of options. TA should be broken into elements and one item from the list be selected for each element. Codelist options are: Overall TA - Planning - Project Management Overall TA - Planning - Commissioning Overall TA - Delivery - In-house Relationship Overall TA - Delivery - In-house Specialist Overall TA - Delivery - Pro-bono Partner Overall TA - Delivery - External Consultant Overall TA - Delivery - SPO Staff Member Theory of Change and Impact Strategy - Support to develop the Theory of Change and Impact Strategy Theory of Change and Impact Strategy - Support to develop an evaluation framework and performance measures Developing an Impact Measurement System Fundraising - Assistance securing funding from other sources Fundraising - Use VPO's reputation to help grantees secure funding from other sources Fundraising - Practical support with fundraising Fundraising - Fundraising advice or strategy Fundraising - Assistance securing follow-on funding Revenue Strategy - Business Planning Revenue Strategy - Business Model Development or Business Model Canvas) Financial Management - Sound Financial Management Capabilities or Financial Management Tools Financial Management - Develop Financial Systems Financial Management - Financial Management Advice Financial Management - Financial Planning or Accounting Financial Management - Support To Establish New Financial Systems Human Capital Support - Strengthening CEO And Management Team (Coaching And Mentoring Human Capital Support - Recruitment And Talent Provision Governance Support - Support to Develop Board of Directors Governance Support - Advice or Assistance to Strengthen the Board or Governance System Governance Support - Board Development or Governance Assistance Governance Support - Assistance in Recruitment of New Board Members Strategic Support - Strategy Consulting Strategic Support - General Management Advice Strategic Support - Strategic Planning Advice Strategic Support - Support to Develop the Business Strategy Strategic Support - Support to Develop New Products or Services Strategic Support - Support to Develop New Business Systems or Procedures Strategic Support - Advice on management of change Operational Support - Marketing Operational Support - Operational Management Operational Support - Technical Assistance in Specialist Areas Operational Support - ICT Advice Operational Support - Support on Procurement Operational Support - Estate Management or Access to Physical Space Operational Support - Legal Advice Funding - Financing Capacity Building Grants and Awards - Specific money allocated for non-financial support Funding - Financing Capacity Building Grants and Awards - VPOs and VPO’s funders allocate specific resources to non-financial support Funding - Financing Unrestricted Grants or Funding - Give unrestricted funding for capacity building Funding - Financing Unrestricted Grants or Funding - VPOs and VPO’s funders allocate specific resources to non-financial support/external donations Funding - Financing Grants and Contacts with External Capacity-building Providers - Develop Network of Capacity-building Providers Funding - Financing Grants and Contacts with External Capacity-building Providers - External Parties Giving Support For Free Funding - Financing Capacity Building Through Collaboration Among Funders And Beyond - Investors Team Up To Address Capacity-building Challenges Funding - Financing Capacity Building Through Collaboration Among Funders And Beyond - VPOs and VPO’s Funders Allocate Specific Resources to Non-financial Support Funding - Financing Management Fees Funding - Financing the SPO to Pay for Non-financial Support or Matching Funding - Financing Corporate Partners Funding - Financing a VPO Subsidy	Codelist
Approach - (Value)	This variable captures different approaches in which a social investor can deliver TA. Codelist options are: SPO Board Seat (including Observers) Coaching and mentoring Trainings, Workshops and Boot Camps Conferences and Other External Events Access to Networks (External or Peers) Specific Expertise (One-to-One or Groups) Mentoring Informal Relationship Management and Ad Hoc Support Other Approach	Codelist
Cost Type - (Value)	Codelist options are: Purchased or spent In-kind Staff cost Other	Codelist
Cost of Activities - Amount - (Value)	Cost of Technical Assistance activities in relevant currency.	Number
Cost of Activities - Amount USD - (Value)	Cost of Technical Assistance activities in USD.	Number
Number of Days - (Value)	Cost of Technical Assistance activities in days of work.	Number
Sources		Text
Notes		Text

Organisation

General Overview

Names

Name	Definition	Type
Name	The official name of the party as recorded in any official register.	Text

Name	Definition	Type
Trading Name	The name by which a party is commonly known, where different from an official name.	Text

Name	Definition	Type
Translated Official Name - English	An English representation of an official name.	Text
Translated Official Name - Source Language	An ISO 639-1 language code. Where a translated name is given the language of the original used in the name field should be provided here.	Text

Description

Name	Definition	Type
Description	A description of the party or organisation.	Text

Jurisdiction

Name	Definition	Type
Jurisdiction	A 2 character ISO code or the special value ‘INTL’. The primary jurisdiction in which the organisation is based.	Text

Type

Name	Definition	Type
Type - (Value)	The type of party or organisation. Codelist options are: Registered company, partnership or commercial association Registered non-profit organisation, charity or foundation Government body Multilateral, bilateral or intergovernmental body Arrangement Crowdfunding Unregistered organisation Individual Collective	Codelist

Contact

Name	Definition	Type
Contact - Name	Name of the person to contact from that party/organisation.	Text
Contact - Email	Email of the person to contact from that party/organisation.	Text

Details

Name	Definition	Type
Website	Website of the organisation/party.	Text

Name	Definition	Type
Address	Address of the organisation/party.	Text

Name	Definition	Type
Postcode	Postcode of the organisation/party.	Text

Name	Definition	Type
Country	Country of the organisation/party.	Text

Org-Ids

Primary

Name	Definition	Type
Primary		Text

Secondary

This is a list. One organisation can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
By Organisation ID		Text
Sources		Text
Notes		Text

Controlled By

This is a list. One organisation can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
By Organisation ID	Organisation ID of the controlling organisation, if applicable.	Text
Sources		Text
Notes		Text

Sources

This is a list. One organisation can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
Id	A within-project original, flexible identifiers to be referenced in another sheet. This can be set by a GO Lab analyst.	Text
Name	Name of the person or institution who shared information about this organisation/party.	Text
Type	Type of source of information.	Text
Publishing Organisations	Name of the organisation that published the report, evaluation or document about this organisation/party.	Text
URL	URL of the document about this organisation/party.	Text
Archive URL		Text
Internal URL		Text
Publication Date	Publication date of the document, report or website	Text
Accessed Date	Accessed date of the document, report or website	Text

Fund

General Overview

Name	Definition	Type
Name	Name typically used to refer to the Outcome Fund	Text
Stage of Development - (Value)	Stage of development. Codelist options are: Active Inactive	Codelist
Host institution of Outcome Fund	INDIGO ID of organisation acting as host or administrative lead for the Outcome Fund	Text
Mechanism	The mechanism should describe the ‘how’ of the outcomes fund - i.e. the means by which the Outcomes Fund will achieve the Fund objective/purpose.	Text

Dates

Name	Definition	Type
Dates - Expression of interest - (Value)	Announcement date/date Expression of Interest launched for the Outcome Fund	Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Dates - Launch date - (Value)	Earliest date when an outcomes contract supported by this Fund was signed	Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Dates - Anticipated End date - (Value)		Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Dates - Actual End date - (Value)		Enter a date in format YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
Dates - (Notes)		Text

Purpose and classifications

Name	Definition	Type
Purpose and classifications - Purpose	Stated policy objective of the Outcomes Fund. e.g. improved learning outcomes for target population or to promote the adoption of outcomes-based approaches amongst local government commissioners.	Text
Purpose and classifications - Primary SDG goal	Primary Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) in which the fund is based. To be selected from the 17 SDGs defined in the United Nations 2030 Agenda (2015) https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda. [This is at the fund level. This is also captured at the project level]	Text
Purpose and classifications - Secondary SDG goals	Secondary Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) in which the fund is based. Primary SDG Goal must not be included in this variable. [This is at the fund level. This is also captured at the project level]	Text
Purpose and classifications - Primary SDG target	This variable identifies what primary SGD target the fund is addressing. See United Nations 2030 Agenda (2015) https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda. [This is at the fund level. This is also captured at the project level]	Text
Purpose and classifications - Secondary SDG targets	This variable identifies what secondary SGD target the fund is addressing. Primary SDG target must not be included in this variable. See United Nations 2030 Agenda (2015) https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda. [This is at the fund level. This is also captured at the project level]	Text
Purpose and classifications - (Notes)		Text

Service and beneficiaries

Name	Definition	Type
Service and beneficiaries - Target population	Description of the population targeted by the fund and any eligibility requirement for the cohort of people who are to be offered support.	Text
Service and beneficiaries - Targeted number of unique service users or beneficiaries (total) - (Value)	Intended number of individuals in the target population who will be engaged in the service/intervention and/or whose social outcomes will be evaluated for outcome contract payment calculation.	Number
Service and beneficiaries - Unit type of targeted service users or beneficiaries - (Value)	Description of the unit of measurement that is used to account for targeted service users or beneficiaries. Codelist options are: Individual Other	Codelist
Service and beneficiaries - Unit description of targeted service user or beneficiaries	This field will only be completed if the answer to the last variable was “other”. This variable identifies what type of unit of measurement is used to account for targeted service users or beneficiaries.	Text
Service and beneficiaries - (Notes)		Text

Dimensions of scale

Total Outcome Fund value (outcomes funding)

Name	Definition	Type
Total Outcome Fund value (outcomes funding) - Currency	Currency used to describe the size of Outcome Fund	Text
Total Outcome Fund value (outcomes funding) - Aspiration - Amount - (Value)	Ambition for maximum funding available from the Outcome Fund (to be made for outcome payments directly or assistance to support the development of outcome-contracts)	Number
Total Outcome Fund value (outcomes funding) - Aspiration - Amount USD - (Value)	Ambition for maximum funding available from the Outcome Fund (to be made for outcome payments directly or assistance to support the development of outcome-contracts) in USD. (Conversion by INDIGO using World Bank exchange rate of the moment of expression of interest. If there is no data on dates of expression of interest, then we will use the exchange rate of the launch date)	Number
Total Outcome Fund value (outcomes funding) - Actual - Amount - (Value)	Actual size of funding available from the Outcome Fund (to be made for outcome payments directly or assistance to support the development of outcome-contracts)	Number
Total Outcome Fund value (outcomes funding) - Actual - Amount USD - (Value)	Actual size of funding available from the Outcome Fund (to be made for outcome payments directly or assistance to support the development of outcome-contracts) in USD. (Conversion by INDIGO using World Bank exchange rate of the moment of expression of interest. If there is no data on dates of expression of interest, then we will use the exchange rate of the launch date)	Number
Total Outcome Fund value (outcomes funding) - (Notes)		Text

Total value of repayable investment linked to Outcome Fund

Name	Definition	Type
Total value of repayable investment linked to Outcome Fund - Currency	Currency used to describe the size of repayable investment	Text
Total value of repayable investment linked to Outcome Fund - Aspiration - Amount - (Value)	Ambition for value of repayable investment associated with the Outcome Fund (i.e., the value of repayable investment committed to resultant Impact Bond projects)	Number
Total value of repayable investment linked to Outcome Fund - Aspiration - Amount USD - (Value)	Ambition for value of repayable investment associated with the Outcome Fund in USD (i.e., the value of repayable investment committed to resultant Impact Bond projects)	Number
Total value of repayable investment linked to Outcome Fund - Actual - Amount - (Value)	Actual value of repayable investment associated with the Outcome Fund (i.e., the value of repayable investment committed to resultant Impact Bond projects)	Number
Total value of repayable investment linked to Outcome Fund - Actual - Amount USD - (Value)	Actual value of repayable investment associated with the Outcome Fund in USD (i.e., the value of repayable investment made available to resultant Impact Bond projects)	Number
Total value of repayable investment linked to Outcome Fund - (Notes)		Text

Number of outcome contracts

Name	Definition	Type
Number of outcome contracts - Aspiration - (Value)	Aspired number of distinct outcomes contracts to be supported by the Outcome Fund	Number
Number of outcome contracts - Actual - (Value)	Resulting number of distinct outcomes contracts supported by the Outcome Fund	Number
Number of outcome contracts - (Notes)		Text

Number of Contributing Outcome Funders

Name	Definition	Type
Number of Contributing Outcome Funders - Aspiration - (Value)	Aspired number of funder organisations contributing to outcome payments (e.g. a few large donor institutions or lots of local government actors?)	Number
Number of Contributing Outcome Funders - Actual - (Value)	Actual number of funder organisations contributing to outcome payments	Number
Number of Contributing Outcome Funders - (Notes)		Text

Number of independent investor organisations

Name	Definition	Type
Number of independent investor organisations - Aspiration - (Value)	Aspired number of institutions who are putting capital at risk as investors across the Outcome Fund (or rather projects supported by the Outcome Fund?) as a whole	Number
Number of independent investor organisations - Actual - (Value)	Actual number of institutions who are putting capital at risk as investors across the Outcome Fund (or rather projects supported by the Outcome Fund?) as a whole	Number
Number of independent investor organisations - (Notes)		Text

Organisations

This is a list. One fund can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
Organisation ID		Text

Geographic area for outcome payment

This is a list. One fund can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
Country - (Value)	Country within which the Outcome Fund allocates funds. Codelist options are: A 2 character country code from ISO 3166. Eg: GB, US	Codelist

Documents

This is a list. One fund can have multiple items of data. One item of data is defined as:

Name	Definition	Type
Title	Title of related document.	Text
URL	URL of related document.	Text
Notes		Text

Versions & Changelog

Versions

This data standard is versioned.

The scheme used is 3 numbers, MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH and follows SemVer. In brief:

Increments to Patch numbers:

• should not change the intention of how the data standard actually works.

• may include modified and additional content to make clear things that were previously unclear.

• may include changes to correct previous mistakes.

Increments to Minor numbers:

• may include changes to the workings of the data standard, limited to additions of new models or fields in a backwards compatible manner.

Increments to Major numbers:

• may include changes to the workings of the data standard in a manner that is not backwards compatible. This will probably be modifications of existing models or fields.

Changelog

2.3.0 - 2022-03-18

Documents moved to new home at https://indigo-data-standard.readthedocs.io

Versioning of these documents restarted properly.

Between this release and the last one, many additions were made to the data models and definitions clarified.

2.02 - 2020-11-11

Updated variable definitions, footnotes and hyperlinks.

2.01 - 2020-09-03

Updated based on changes to the prototype tabs. Add priority levels.

2.0 - 2020-08-27

Moved from version 1 drafts to Version 2.

This data model was produced by Open Data Services Co-operative as part of a project with the University of Oxford’s Government Outcomes Lab.