Free diagnostic tool

Is your equity commitment written down, or built in?

Most equity commitments live in a strategic plan or a public statement. Few live in the budget, the governance structure, or what happens when someone inside the organization disagrees. This free self-assessment shows you which one is true for your organization.

Score your organization, free

The same 24-item Index we apply with clients in our Symbolic-to-Structural Assessment.

Why this exists

Statements are not strategy

We measure commitments by what they redesign, not by what they say. A statement costs nothing to publish and nothing to walk back. A structural change, in governance, in the budget, in who holds authority when priorities conflict, is much harder to reverse. That difference is the whole test.

This tool walks you through that test across six domains where commitment either shows up or doesn't. Score yourself honestly and you will know, before a funder or a board member asks, where your organization actually stands.

Domain 1
Commitments and Governance
Where the commitment is written, and who is bound by it.
Domain 2
People and Power
Who does the work, who holds authority, and who advances.
Domain 3
Money
Whether the budget agrees with the mission statement.
Domain 4
Incentives and Accountability
What the organization rewards, and what happens when targets are missed.
Domain 5
Protection for Dissent
What happens to the person who names the gap.
Domain 6
Evidence
Whether anyone can answer the question that matters.

The six domains the Index scores, four items each

What's inside

A short, honest audit you run yourself

A 24-item scored self-assessment

Score each item from 0 to 4 against written anchors. Every item asks about something you can verify in a document, a budget, a policy, or a personnel record. No outside facilitation required.

An Index from 0 to 100

Your domain subtotals convert to a single Index that places your organization in one of four bands: Symbolic, Transitional, Structural, or Institutionalized.

Your first three moves

For whichever band you land in, three first moves drawn from the research on which structures actually change outcomes.

Who this is for

Built for the people who have to answer for the commitment

  • Executive directors and boards about to make, renew, or defend an equity commitment
  • Program and strategy staff who keep hearing "we value equity" without seeing it in the budget
  • Foundation and funder staff assessing whether a grantee's or applicant's commitment is structural or symbolic

Score it now

Tell us a little about where you're starting

A few questions about you and your organization, then the 24 items. You'll see your result as soon as you finish and can download it as a PDF. No sales call required.

Step 1 of 3

About you and your organization

Scoring with your team

The Index works best when several people who see the organization from different vantage points score it independently. A team code groups everyone's responses so you can request a team report comparing all raters.

How your responses are used

Your answers are stored by As-I-Am Consulting Group and used internally to validate and improve the Index. They are not published, sold, or shared outside As-I-Am Consulting Group, and team reports show your scores alongside your role, not your name.

Your responses are used internally to validate and improve the Index. They are never published, sold, or shared.

Want the deeper version, done with your team?

The free tool tells you where you stand. The Symbolic-to-Structural Assessment is the scored audit we run with your leadership and board, with redesign priorities built for your actual governance and budget.

The Index is one of four frameworks behind our work. See all four frameworks