# What’s the difference between programmatic metrics and organization metrics?

Programmatic metrics are a curated set of metrics defined by a funding program. Applicants and grant recipients for that program can access the list and associate programmatic metrics with their pacts and activity records.

Organizational metrics are curated and managed by organizations with Standard subscriptions. Organizations can create their own metric list and define targets, baselines, and units. Once created, organizational metrics can be assigned to any activity in an organization’s portfolio. As metrics are assigned, FieldDoc can track progress toward implementation targets throughout the period of performance. Organizational metrics also roll up to parent views to show collective progress and impact across the full portfolio.

It’s important to note that programmatic and organizational metrics do not interact. For example, if you report “25 trees planted” to a funder and also report “25 trees planted” to your board, you must track it twice: as a **programmatic metric** in your pact and as an **organizational metric** in your portfolio.


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