Indicates whether the organization employs charitable practices in its operations.
Organizations should footnote details about the types of charitable practices in place. See usage guidance for further information.
This metric is intended to capture whether the organization engages in charitable practices. Types of charitable practices, to footnote, may include: contributions of charitable donations to the local areas in which the organization operates or from which it sources; public-facing partnerships with service or charitable organizations; provision of facilities for community events or trainings; provision of trainings for organization's employees to serve in external leadership positions (e.g., on nonprofit Boards of Directors); and provision for paid employee volunteer time.
Organizations are encouraged to report this metric in conjunction with Charitable Donations (FP3774). Organizations can also report this metric in conjunction with Community Service Hours Contributed (OI8429), if applicable.
Metrics identified as "cross-category" are those that are relevant to any IRIS+ Impact Category or Impact Theme (i.e., these metrics are not specific to any particular industry/category or theme).
June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)
Immaterial change. Minor revisions to definition and usage guidance for clarity.
January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
No change.
May 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released
No change.
March 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released
New metric. Charitable Practices (OI7421) was developed via the IRIS Taxonomy Group.
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