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The art of measuring impact

Advisory

In recent years, much has been written about measuring impact in the arts and culture sector – sometimes encouraging, but often critical. This is also evident in the discussions surrounding the most recent allocations of cultural subsidies. In this insight, we take you through how we at Impact House – part of Grant Thornton – think about measuring impact in the arts and culture sector.

Tim de Wilde
Jacoline Plomp
| 7 min read | 01 Jun 2026

Measuring effects? Start with an impact-oriented approach!

Impact measurement

Demonstrating the effects of preventive policy measures in healthcare is often difficult. On the one hand, because the expected effects are unclear, and on the other because the objectives of these measures and interventions are often formulated too broadly. As a result, the activities of the professionals delivering care and support spread across many areas and in many directions. How do you ensure that you can properly measure the effects and the impact afterwards?

Aimée van der Wolde
| 5 min read | 01 Jun 2026

Measuring impact with children: lessons from the Sing & Dance UP! study

Impact House

In this article, we take you through how to approach impact measurement when working with (young) children. For them, it is often difficult to reflect on change using standard impact questions and research approaches. We share our experiences from the study conducted for the ELJA Foundation, focusing on the Sing & Dance UP! project for children.

7 min read | 01 Jun 2026

DUMAVA: subsidy for making social real estate more sustainable

Subsidy

Are you the owner of social real estate? And are you considering investing in making, for example, a school, healthcare institution or sports facility more sustainable? If so, the Sustainable Social Real Estate (DUMAVA) subsidy scheme is highly relevant.

Pierre Docx
| 5 min read | 28 May 2026

Dutch proposal to implement a single VAT registration in the EU

Tax

The Dutch government has published a proposal to implement the first phase of the EU’s VAT in the Digital Age package (ViDA).

Aiki Kuldkepp
| 11 min read | 27 May 2026
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