In Breakthroughs in Shared Measurement and Social Impact, an FSG Social Impact Advisors report funded by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the CDP was used as a case study for  comparative performance systems.  The report focuses on innovative web-based systems that help to coordinate reporting on performance and measuring outcomes.   Together these innovative systems  “foreshadow profound changes in the vision and effectiveness of the entire nonprofit sector.”

The full report can be viewed here.