<P> While it is difficult to assign a financial value to social benefits many nonprofit work to produce, nonprofits feel the need to measure their performance . Social return on investment (SROI) is a form of measurement that can be used by nonprofits . SROI assigns a financial value to charitable activities so that nonprofits can measure their social benefits . For example, the nonprofit Crises employs the SROI method to measure the value of their activities by trying to show how helping the homeless population access education and training has benefits such as creating tax revenue and reducing the cost of welfare . </P> <P> Evaluating programs can help figure out what works for the organization and what does not . However, evaluation takes time and is costly . Performance Measurement on the other hand is less time - consuming and can provide information in time for day - to - day decisions . While both evaluation and performance measurement are necessary, they each have their own advantages and disadvantages . A detrimental aspect of performance measurement is that the validity of the results can be questioned, and it is not clear as to whether or not positive outcomes were due to a specific program . </P>

Which of the following is not one of the three types of performance measures used by organizations