sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle. Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. These are often perceived as disconnected from and less important than grant strategy. Fast forward to today….

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 76

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The bbcon 2023 agenda is full of great sessions for finance professionals serving nonprofits, schools, foundations, healthcare, and cultural organizations, from creating better systems to extending what you currently do with Blackbaud’s fund accounting software, Financial Edge NXT.

Blackbaud 89

Blackbaud Chart Denver Nonprofit 89

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Our intention is to understand whether grants have had the impact we envisioned. It is our hope, as funders, that financially resourcing a movement, an organization, or an individual can lead to positive change. Ask what they want to see as a result of grant funding and how they will know that it has happened?

Participatory 93

Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 93

sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways. Organizations play funders’ perfection game by writing grant proposals and making promises to funders as if they can predict the future.

Problem 84

Problem Skills Proposal Grant 84

Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 10, 2021

As LCRM is already built on the Salesforce platform, your organization will be transitioning to a system that is familiar and flexible with your previous technology investments. Now, perform a system check on your current technology and evaluate the business process mapping and data conversions needed to complete your technology transition.

Life 64

Life Test Nonprofit Data 64

DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

A nonprofit data warehouse is a centralized digital repository that nonprofits use to store, manage, and analyze their data. It’s designed to consolidate and integrate data from various sources, including CRM systems, fundraising software, financial databases, program management tools, and more.

Data 52

Data Guide Proposal Nonprofit 52

sgEngage

JANUARY 29, 2024

For grantmakers, it’s important to stay on top of technology and industry trends so you can understand—and possibly guide—your grantees. What workflows stay, does this process serve us, is the data we’re about to input the data we want in the new system? Make Room for New Ways of Learning Learning is a journey.

Adopt 93

Adopt Learning Help Organization 93

Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A long time Salesforce customer, they made the switch from a legacy system and used Salesforce to build the Justice Data Solution. The new system allows them to visualize their logic model in action across programs in 24 offices in 14 countries.

Experiment 111

Experiment Impact Australia Nonprofit 111

Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

That’s where change management comes in. By implementing a change management strategy that’s geared towards their specific circumstances, nonprofits can help their staff members adopt new systems quickly and effectively. Change management: What is it?

Change Management 52

Change Management Change Management Nonprofit 52

sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

They will need to make financial incentives to attend—especially grants and scholarships—more robust and communicate how an education at their school prepares students for the future. Ensure your marketing, website, and social media appeal to a broad audience and reflect an ever-changing student population.

Education 87

Education Student Award University 87

sgEngage

MAY 23, 2024

This trend is not limited to a specific size or experience level of nonprofits, as both large and small, experienced and new, are venturing into these funding opportunities. However, many organizations are unprepared for the multitude of regulations and requirements associated with managing federally funded programs.

Award 103

Award Grant Application Analysis 103

NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

By Grant Howe, VP Research and Development, Nonprofit Solutions, Sage Business Solutions. A growing trend among organizations is to get out of the business of owning servers entirely. Instead, they're either renting them from a managed service provider or moving to Software as a Service (SaaS) for common applications.

Work 97

Work Second Life Laptop Audio 97

sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

ChatGPT’s real value lies in its ability to reduce uncertainty in ways that introduce system-wide change, prompting creativity as we reimagine old ways of doing things. ChatGPT is a probabilistic model. It has no understanding of the content; only what word is most likely to come next. He finally got there.

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Model Italy Test Generation 78

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This post features advice from IT and grants management experts on how to streamline your tech solutions, create clear processes, and drive more external and internal impact. The Foundation uses the Blackbaud Grantmaking system, and to expedite the timing, grants managers completed applications on behalf of island employees. “I

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Advice Tech Sharepoint Grant 82

sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Knowledge work in philanthropy is a big umbrella, expanding exponentially over the last decade to cover more of what grants professionals do on a regular basis. Sure, grants professionals can be masterful with technology, great at planning out a timeline, and really good at ensuring administrative alignment across siloes.

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