I'm trying to figure out what the current success ratios are for organizations / initiatives that have been started within the past 5 years. Does anyone have any relevant data regarding:

  1. How many orgs / initiatives were started?
  2. How many of those are still in existence?
  3. How successful have they been?

The end goal is to figure out how we can maximize the impact and success rate of funding $s, but in order to measure a successful increase, we need to know what the base rate is.

Additional data that would help us:

  • Reasons for failure
  • Number of people employed
  • How many funds were allocated

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