Candid

JULY 27, 2023

Candid’s grants data set currently includes comprehensive information about over 30 million grants and other philanthropic transactions, such as pledges, in-kind gifts, program-related investments, etc. This data powers tools like Candid’s Foundation Directory , allowing users to see who’s giving what, where, and to whom.

Grant 80

Grant Data Pledge Analysis 80

Gyrus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

How an LMS Can Benefit Educational Institutions? In this blog, we will specifically shed light on the importance of LMS and talk about areas where LMS can help educational institutions. Indeed, LMS platforms can help streamline educators’ workflows and enhance their overall productivity in the classroom.

Education 52

Education Benefit Student Mobile Learning 52

Gyrus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

How an LMS Can Benefit Educational Institutions? In this blog, we will specifically shed light on the importance of LMS and talk about areas where LMS can help educational institutions. Indeed, LMS platforms can help streamline educators’ workflows and enhance their overall productivity in the classroom.

Education 52

Education Benefit Student Mobile Learning 52

Candid

MAY 4, 2023

Since 2014, Candid has been collecting demographic data about the people who work at U.S. To date, over 54,000 organizations have shared some data about how their staff and/or board identify by race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and/or disability status. Demographic data sharing varies by nonprofit subject category.

Demographics 83

Demographics Share Data Taxonomy 83

Gyrus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

How an LMS Can Benefit Educational Institutions? In this blog, we will specifically shed light on the importance of LMS and talk about areas where LMS can help educational institutions. Indeed, LMS platforms can help streamline educators’ workflows and enhance their overall productivity in the classroom.

Education 52

Education Benefit Student Mobile Learning 52

sgEngage

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Corporate leaders need to be transparent at every step of their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) journey, and recent analysis provides a clear picture of DEI disclosure across corporate America today and direction for companies looking to not just talk the talk but walk the walk.

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Data America Policy Companies 98

Qgiv

JULY 16, 2024

And at the heart of successful fundraising lies one key element—data. Managing your fundraising data can help engage your donors, reach your goals, and maximize your organization’s impact. What is fundraising data or database management? What is fundraising data or database management? What data should you collect?

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Data Management Guide Fundraising 52

Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Understanding Revenue Projections When a nonprofit is putting together a budget for the coming year, an important step is to perform a revenue projections analysis that can inform the expected amount of income used for operational expenses and deepen mission impact. Historically, it costs $1.25

Analysis 52

Analysis Project Donor Retention 52

Forum One

JANUARY 31, 2023

Not that long ago, powerful data management and analysis tools were often only accessible to the commercial sector. Today, there is a wealth of modern tools that make deep and meaningful data analysis more accessible to the nonprofit and social good sector. How can you get data into your platform for future analysis?

Data 68

Data Tools Management Effective 68

Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

Meaningful data is a tremendous asset to advocates, policymakers, and mission-driven organizations. Increasingly, organizations of all sizes have access to digital tools that provide data, but data storytelling—making facts relatable and actionable—takes additional effort to transform data into tangible stories.

Story 69

Story Data Storytelling Lesson 69

Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

It’s been proven time after time that data-driven strategy creates the most successful fundraising results. The challenge can be in knowing which nonprofit data to prioritize, along with how to evaluate it and use it to make improvements. What do we mean by “data?”. What can data help your nonprofit achieve?

Data 69

Data Metrics Nonprofit Analysis 69

Candid

MAY 9, 2023

Despite being historically underfunded, these institutions have been essential in educating Black people, developing leaders, and addressing inequality. The new report, based on both quantitative and qualitative research, is the most comprehensive analysis of institutional philanthropy to HBCUs.

Philanthropy 130

Philanthropy Comparison Student Grant 130

DNL OmniMedia

MAY 10, 2023

We’re talking about data management. The phrase “data management” might make some nonprofit professionals feel a bit intimidated, but it’s something that your organization absolutely needs to focus on. So how does data tie into all of this? Are you ready to take a deep dive into these data management strategies?

Data 52

Data Campaign Practice Management 52

Association Analytics

JANUARY 8, 2024

As 2024 kicks off and the world of data and AI continues to rapidly evolve, associations need to adapt to meet the ever-changing needs of members and stakeholders. Collect the right kind of data on your members Talk to most association executives and they’ll tell you that their data is not in the best place.

Impact 169

Impact Strategy Associations Data 169

NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

In the annual letters from Bill and Melinda Gates which was released today, measurement takes center stage. But in the past year I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.

Measure 96

Measure Ethiopia Nigeria Analysis 96

Forum One

APRIL 8, 2021

Not that long ago, powerful data management and analysis tools were often only accessible to the commercial sector. Today, there is a wealth of modern tools that make deep and meaningful data analysis more accessible to the nonprofit and social good sector. Store the data. Model the data. Analyze the data.

Data 47

Data Tools Management Effective 47

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2021

A tech “discovery” is the initial, independent phase of a technology project where key analysis, design and planning are performed BEFORE a buy or build decision is made. It’s like that old adage from carpentry, “Measure Twice, Cut Once.”. Will reconfiguration, data cleanup or training on our current tech be just as impactful?

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Tech Project Phase Adopt 261

Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Predictive analysis, chatbots , and automation have the power to increase fundraising capacity. Begin by defining AI for non-technical team members, explaining that it can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as learning from data, making predictions, or recognizing patterns. Conduct staff training.

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Team Tips Fundraising Training 98

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

From navigating donor data to finding the most effective ways to communicate, AI for fundraising can be applied to many aspects of your organization to help lift some of the burden of changing the world. These systems follow predefined instructions without the ability to learn from new data. How can charities use AI?

Fundraising 97

Fundraising Nonprofit Analysis Donor 97

NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

Today we’re excited to share that Matt Groch , Director of Solution Delivery at Mission Measurement , will offer a keynote called Moneyball for Social Impact, Or how I learned to stop worrying and embrace the implications of a discrete closed-loop factor analysis framework for social impact. How do we measure social change?

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Measure Impact Chicago Metrics 96

.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Recent data from the global consulting firm Spencer Stuart shows that 98% of S&P 500 boards conduct a board evaluation of some type, although only about a third review the board as a whole, individual directors, and committees as part of the process. I’ll get on my Association 4.0 Those extremely specific goals kept us on target.”

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Evaluation Government Director Facilitation 251

Candid

JUNE 27, 2024

A gender equity lens preempts approaches that deepen inequities When funders don’t conduct a thorough gender analysis, even programs meant to help women can exacerbate inequities. With the help of a gender analysis , partners are redesigning the program to support women’s recruitment and retention. Analyze gender in your issue area.

Issue 52

Issue Liberia Cancer United States 52

The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 27, 2024

AI capabilities are expansive, especially around data analysis, automations, predictive modeling, which can help identify donor trends and personalize engagement strategies. These real and very human connections go deep, beyond what can be easily captured in a data field.

Relationship 76

Relationship Donor Interaction Data 76

sgEngage

AUGUST 12, 2024

They help your organization measure impact, follow regulations, and show donors you’re on top of the needs of your community. You’ll be able to follow consistent and transparent processes for managing your income and your expenses and leverage technology to automate, streamline, and improve your financial workflows and data quality.

Practice 93

Practice Management Fund Nonprofit 93

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The nonprofit and education leaders I work with each have a different definition of “digital transformation.” How does it measure its impact? They also deployed data to optimize how they spend their time and effort. As with any industry buzzword, there are disagreements – and misconceptions – about what it means.

Digital 122

Digital University Michigan Texas 122

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. The nonprofits that embrace measurement have a data-driven culture. That is they make decisions based on meaningful data, rather than solely by gut. The Evolutionary Stages of A Data-Driven Culture.

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Culture Data Measure Social Media 117

Cloud 4 Good

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Furthermore, while NXT Insight Designer has matured, it will not be a full replacement for CT clients because it is limited to NXT data only. . The other solution Blackbaud is offering to its clients is to export all data (via nightly backups or Database View Export) and report on the raw data outside of the database.

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Blackbaud Report Chart Analytics 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Chip Giller from grist.org give a talk at the Packard Foundation about their social media strategy and how they used measurement. The talk was so insightful that I’m sharing what I learned. Once we’ve hooked them, we engage with our community until they own the idea and run with it.

Measure 98

Measure Policy Social Media Green 98

CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2023

It’s the second chatbot to ever pass the Turing Test , the current standard for measuring sophisticated AI models. Due to the vast amount of data that goes into training and optimizing ChatGPT, the AI-enabled tool can summarize ideas and answer questions with general accuracy. Additionally, it can help boost productivity.

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Language Generation Nonprofit Social Media 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

The NMC’s annual reports that highlight emerging technologies and their impact on the education sector over the next five years include NMC Horizon Report: 2013 K-12 Edition and the NMC Horizon Report: 2013 Higher Education Edition and were published this spring.

Analytics 97

Analytics Teach Train Training 97

The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

” Analysis : This testimonial emphasizes the donor’s personal connection and satisfaction with the results of their contributions, highlighting the organization’s effectiveness and transparency. Educate them about the importance of testimonials and how to ask for them.

Story 104

Story Guide Support Analysis 104

Whole Whale

MARCH 30, 2023

Here are 5 key parts of a donor persona: Demographic information : This includes age, gender, location, education, income, occupation, and other relevant demographic details. Creating donor personas is a process that involves research, data analysis, and collaboration. How are donor personas usually created?

Donor 52

Donor Build New York City Demographics 52

sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2022

And now that the 990s are released as open data by the IRS, it’s more important than ever to rethink the role of the 990 as a communication channel instead of just a compliance requirement. All Form 990s had been released as TIFF image files making it both time-consuming and expensive to extract useful data from them.

Communication 95

Communication Oregon Grant Portland 95

Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Earlier this month, Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released the eighth edition of our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report. We invite you to dive into key findings from the report and explore granular data on our funding map. . Candid makes it easy to share your data.

Disaster 72

Disaster Puerto Rico Palau Lesson 72

Forum One

JUNE 9, 2023

The goal of the Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation is to care for and cure children through the provision of high-quality care, education, research, and advocacy. To do this, the dashboard provides city leaders and communities with an array of regularly updated data that is specific to neighborhood and/or city boundaries.

Award 74

Award Colorado Washington Wisconsin 74

Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

In a recent analysis , we looked at the characteristics of the December cohort, which totaled $4.2 Because Scott is not using a foundation, she is not required to release grant-specific data. Luckily, many of the recipient nonprofits have shared further data. billion to 384 nonprofits. These grants represent about $2.4

Grant 98

Grant Structure Analysis Aggregator 98

Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

Picture this: your donor data and fundraising trends reports are due, but instead of the usual stress, you’re calm, prepared, and even proud of what you’re about to submit. Measure Impact: Link fundraising successes to specific projects or programs, showcasing the tangible outcomes made possible through donor support.

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Report Effective Fundraising Template 62