Case Study: Right To Play halves reporting time and expands play-based impact with Microsoft Power BI

Nonprofit uses technology to expand play-based programming for youth in Africa, the Middle East and Asia

Right To Play, a global nonprofit reaching 1.9 million children in 15 countries, was hampered by manual Excel and Word-based processes that made tracking volunteer participation, program outcomes, and donor pledges slow and error-prone. After receiving a technology grant, Right To Play adopted Microsoft solutions — Office 365 and Dynamics 365 Business Central — and deployed Microsoft Power BI for reporting to solve fragmented data, poor baseline measurement, and limited donor transparency.

By centralizing data with Office 365 forms, streamlining finance and volunteer workflows in Dynamics 365 Business Central, and publishing visual, web-accessible dashboards with Microsoft Power BI, Right To Play automated reporting and improved accuracy. The nonprofit expects to halve the time staff spend finding basic operational information, cut about 60% of finance workload, boost donor engagement through transparent reports, and scale programs that already show measurable gains (girls’ classroom participation +20% in Mozambique; 96% of teachers in Mali taking positive actions; +10% test scores in Pakistan; 83% vs 60% in Rwanda).

Right to Play

David Danylewich

Vice President of Strategy and Systems