Year over Year Review
Trends by cohorts over time and the return on every dollar invested.
Year After Year, Our Impact Grows
Each graduating cohort achieves a greater impact, with communities continuing to build on their progress over time.
Annual Household Value
Across all cohorts, RTV households consistently outpaced peers in Annual Household Value (Household Income + Production + Livestock Assets), achieving sustained growth year after year.
Annual Program Value
Annual Program Value - the yearly difference in household value between RTV and peer households - shows consistent trends across cohorts and progressive gains over time.
Total Program Value
Total Program Value — the cumulative impact of RTV programs during the evaluation period — continues to grow with each new cohort. As reach expands and program methodology is refined, results demonstrate that our data-informed, adaptive approach is not only scalable but increasingly effective at a larger scale.
Return on Investment at Graduation and Beyond
RTV cohorts consistently achieve strong returns at 24 months and beyond.
We prioritize resource optimization, with Return on Investment (ROI, %) and Impact Efficiency (Return Multiple, X) — expressed as benefit relative to cost — serving as our keystone metrics. Our Total Program Value, the cumulative difference in Household Value between RTV participants and peers during the evaluation period, captures the value generated by our program relative to the one-time per household investment, demonstrating how efficiently we convert every dollar into lasting impact.
Returns by Cohort at Graduation
At graduation, RTV programs deliver strong and reliable returns across cohorts.
Our 2020–2023 cohorts at 24 months deliver five- to seven-fold returns.
Across our graduated cohorts, program returns at 24 months have demonstrated a reliable pattern of strong early impact. The 2023 cohort graduating in 2025 unlocked $782 in Total Program Value per household over 24 months — yielding 535% ROI, 6X the program cost per household.
Cost per Household
2022 to 2023
Per household cost increased by 11% in 2023 over 2022, driven by support and growth investments in people and systems as we scale. Direct costs remained stable with a modest increase of 0.33% over 2022.
Returns by Cohort Post-Graduation
Post-graduation, cohorts continue to build on their gains at 36, 48, and 60 months, driving sustained economic growth.
Impact efficiency increases with time in all cohorts post graduation.
Based on the latest results, the 2022 cohort has reached a 10X return at month 36, closely tracking the 2021 cohort, which achieved 14X return by month 48. The 2020 cohort, now at 60 months, has sustained this trajectory with a 19X return.
Together, these results highlight a consistent pattern of increasing program returns well beyond graduation, demonstrating the long term economic impact across cohorts.
Cost Effectiveness
The average household investment represents the cost per household based on the total organizational spending, including all direct program costs, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) costs, staff costs, administration and fundraising costs, as well as program investments for future growth and development.
When compared to traditional graduation programs, RTV delivers comparable impact at 1/12th the cost.