A critical component of our work is lifting up the stories from our borrowers and power building relatives. We use a combination of storytelling and data obtained from our borrowers through their Quarterly Borrowers Reports to show the true impact of NDN Fund’s lending in Indigenous communities. We take this approach because mainstream impact evaluation is not grounded in the holistic realities of our Indigenous communities, and we value stories paired with data to show the fullest possible picture of the impact of NDN, our borrowers and our power building relatives.