Impact Evaluation Lab built the Impact Navigator database to help fund managers and allocators identify and compare authentic impact funds.

The Impact Evaluation Lab (IEL) helps impact investing scale with integrity. We provide investors and fund managers with rigorous tools that bring trust, transparency, and accountability to a fast-growing market. Our two flagship products work together to address the barriers holding impact investing back: Impact Navigator Database: A first-of-its-kind platform that accelerates fund diligence, featuring comprehensive fund profiles with IEL-verified analysis of both financial and impact performance. Impact Authenticity Score (IAS): An independent, evidence-based assessment that validates a fund’s mission alignment, impact integration, execution, and results—giving managers third-party credibility and helping allocators invest with confidence. Why it matters: As the impact investing movement grows, it faces rising expectations for transparency, consistency, and rigor. IEL is building the standards and tools needed to ensure every investment delivers on its financial goals and intended impact. With nearly 100 years of combined experience across traditional finance, impact investing, and social entrepreneurship, our team brings the expertise required to raise the bar for accountability and unlock greater capital flows into strategies that matter. At IEL, we believe impact investing can—and must—become a trusted part of mainstream finance. Our role is to build the infrastructure that makes that possible

Founded 2024