Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Consider these audience sectors when writing your report: Donors Volunteers Community leaders Future board members Supporters (in-kind) Elected officials Potential partners, grant funding entities Allow three to four months to prepare your report : Create an outline Gather and organize content Engage your management team Design Review/Proof Print Prepare (..)

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sgEngage

APRIL 7, 2023

The person who coined the term “cat herding” may have been a grants manager. Whether your grantmaking organization is managing one funding program or a dozen, the right grants management software can save you time and improve compliance through streamlined processes, intuitive reporting, and built-in due diligence.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Their hopes and struggles and agonies Get us grants and consulting fees. The Red Cross provided a publicly available link to a chart detailing expenditures within Haiti starting in 2010 and running through today ( [link] ). There’s a market for their pain, Votes and glory and money to gain. Let us celebrate the poor.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Grant Research Tip: If a deadline has passed for a funder’s grant opportunity, don’t despair. Wait until after their grant consideration window has passed and then reach out to start an introduction. Their “Healthier Kids For Our Future” grants focus on food insecurity and mental health. Funding Priority: Mental Health.

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Blue Fox

AUGUST 14, 2022

Introducing the Chart of Accounts (COA) Are you ready to nerd out on nonprofit accounting? Introducing the Chart of Accounts (COA) - the foundational accounting tool every nonprofit leader needs to get right for maximum financial insight and awareness. What is a Chart of Accounts? It’s just that important.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 3, 2012

While most nonprofits find funding from a variety of sources, one of the staples of charitable support comes in the form of grants. Consequently, nonprofit professionals should be well versed in crafting and compiling well-written grant proposals. If you referenced any visuals – pictures, charts, tables, graphs, etc. –

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Kindful

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Grant Research Tip: If a deadline has passed for a funder’s grant opportunity, don’t despair. Wait until after their grant consideration window has passed and then reach out to start an introduction. Their “Healthier Kids For Our Future” grants focus on food insecurity and mental health. Funding Priority: Mental Health.

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Candid

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Topping the charts of most-read Candid blogs of 2022: the overhead myth. An open grant report to MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett by Ann Mei Chang of Candid. The post Topping the charts in 2022: The 10 most-read Candid blogs appeared first on Candid Blog.

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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 typically resulted in about 900-1,300 funders represented and 100-150k grants collected in a given year.

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Classy

APRIL 9, 2021

In 2020, nonprofits raised around 20% of their income from grants. Grant funds from foundations, government entities, and corporations help nonprofits diversify their income streams. Below, we’ll cover nine best practices and tips on how to write a winning grant proposal. Leverage Language and Formatting From Past Grants.

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Blue Fox

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

"Getting actionable financial data for grant writing all comes down to the setup of your financial systems." You know that you need to finish this grant request, but you’re stuck. The narrative is coming along, but your roadblock is the financial justification for the grant. And you’re right.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2022

It is simple enough to know where you are soliciting in person, sending a letter, or submitting a grant application. Here’s a chart with state-specific charitable registration details. States define solicitation as the act of asking for donations, regardless of the method of solicitation.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

The dashboards on your grant management system give you a similar snapshot of your grantmaking programs. What Are Dashboards in Your Grant Management System? The dashboards act as the welcome screen in your grant management system. Are you going too fast? Is there enough air in your tires? Is it time for an oil change?

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The NonProfit Times

JANUARY 7, 2025

The chart clearly shows the connection between spiritual engagement and giving. An individual scores five points for each of those, for a total of 25 points. Less frequent engagement in each activity scores fewer points; no engagement scores no points.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2022

In other words, you need to get your money from many different sources, not just one awesome foundation, one government grant, or one generous donor. If you rely solely on a government grant, what happens when the agency changes its eligibility criteria and you no longer qualify? No private foundation grants. Cue the sad music.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Design and implement data visualizations, including everything from simple static charts and maps to custom interactive visualizations on the web. Familiarity with python, R, and JavaScript libraries for charting, mapping, and vis is helpful. Perform a little bit of GNU/Linux system administration.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

One of the most common reasons people analyze Candid’s grant data is to understand year-over-year giving trends in the sector. At Candid, we collect data on millions of grants and other transactions awarded by hundreds of thousands of funders across the globe. foundations in a given year (see chart below). Pledges are excluded.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

For example, about 75% of Candid’s grants data is sourced from Forms 990). The chart above shows the number of 990 filings ii that Candid has for years 2017–2022. To illustrate how recent delays compare to traditional delays, we plotted the number of IRS filings we’ve received each month for a given fiscal year (FY) in the chart below.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In a small, grant-funded organization, you might not have these skills and that’s ok! Your point of contact understands the importance of monitoring patient traffic trends, developing economies of scale, and identifying grants that will shore up revenue streams. This person shouldn’t be the clerical or data entry person.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 16, 2024

A chart of accounts (COA) is the foundation for all financial reporting. 3 Steps to Create a Chart of Accounts When it comes to creating your nonprofit’s COA, there are generally three steps you’ll need to follow: Decide how you’ll categorize financial data. Take an Organized Approach. Audit Your COA Over Time.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Grant-funded nonprofits know compliance isn’t a nice-to-have. You might be able to win back an unhappy donor with a new program or event, but grant funders usually don’t get excited about silent auctions. Adhering to requirements and guidelines is how you establish trust with the granting agency so you can get additional funding.

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Candid

JULY 22, 2021

Her third round of grants in less than a year, Scott wrote that grant recipients were “286 high-impact organizations in categories and communities that have been historically underfunded and overlooked.” Editor’s note: Scott awarded a grant to Candid.) . Our analysis of Scott’s 2020 grants is available here.) .

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Tableau

DECEMBER 11, 2021

James and Oliver will be live on the December Chart Chat. As a data professional, working at Tableau, it's easy sometimes to take data for granted. I interviewed Tim for an episode of If Data Could Talk , and he joined my co-hosts for a geeky dive into his favorite charts on Chart Chat. Living in Data. Note: in the U.S.,

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

While this solution works temporarily, spreadsheets arent equipped to handle complex recordkeeping needs that will likely become more prevalent as your organization grows, such as payables, receivables, and grant management. Track grant progress, either within the software or through an integration with a dedicated grant management system.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Many platforms you already use for your grantmaking processes have modern APIs built in, such as your grant management solution that surfaces due diligence data from third-party sources within your GMS. You can use APIs to create dashboards, reports, and charts that show your grantmaking performance, impact, and trends.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 7, 2024

Consider these audience sectors when writing your report: Donors Volunteers Community leaders Future board members Supporters (in-kind) Elected officials Potential partners, grant funding entities Allow three to four months to prepare your report : Create and outline Gather an organize content Engage your management team Design Review/Proof Print Distribute (..)

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2010

Thanks to a generous grant from the Lavelle Foundation, Bookshare has been able to work with Worth Trust, a nonprofit with offices in Chennai, India. They now work with higher level books with charts, graphs and equations and can turn around books for us in 24 hours if necessary. I now feel even I can help people living in America!!”

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 4, 2022

Earlier this year, the cohort released their three principles for engaging communities, and now we’re excited to announce the launch of the Grant Content Kit, which will enable these organizations to more quickly apply for funding. CA: We created a tool called Grants Content Kit.

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sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2024

Restricted funds are donations or grants that can only be used for the purposes specified by the funder. Many grants, especially federal and state grants, are restricted. So, the organizations behind the grants use the reporting requirements to make sure the funds go towards addressing those impact areas.

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sgEngage

MAY 3, 2024

Approval workflows that automatically enforce compliance Grants are the backbone of many community health centers. A fund accounting system with a segmented chart of accounts enables you to build systemic controls into each specific grant to ensure any booked financial activity is compliant with available budgets and contract restrictions.

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Candid

JUNE 12, 2024

private and community foundations to share information about their grant payments and grantmaking practices. Giving in 2023 by survey respondents remained about the same Among 496 respondents, cumulative grant dollars increased from $25.8 more grant dollars in 2023, and the median corporate foundation gave 1% more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2016

You can search and visualize media funding by the following: Show Grants By : Explore data for funders (blue) or recipients (orange). More Filters and Advanced Search: Tailor your search by funder type, grant amount, population served, keyword and more. List: View and sort foundation, recipients and grants data in table form.

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Tableau

DECEMBER 11, 2021

James and Oliver will be live on the December Chart Chat. As a data professional, working at Tableau, it's easy sometimes to take data for granted. I interviewed Tim for an episode of If Data Could Talk , and he joined my co-hosts for a geeky dive into his favorite charts on Chart Chat. Living in Data. Note: in the U.S.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

HathiTrust, a unanimous three-judge panel concluded that digitizing books in order to enhance research and provide access to individuals with print disabilities is lawful on the grounds of fair use —that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work ( Section 107 of the U.S.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 26, 2022

Consider the digital cybersecurity course to make sure the organization is inoculated from the most common (and damaging hacks) Start at the top of the marketing funnel (steal this chart). Steal this chart and use it to frame where your digital work/investments are going.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

But without the right systems in place, administrative tasks like pulling grant reporting can be time-intensive and error-prone. From fundraising initiatives to grant awards, your food bank likely juggles a mix of restricted and unrestricted dollars. Reduce risk with a single source of truth for all your grant funding.

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Tableau

JANUARY 5, 2022

Grant Eisenmenger , InterWorks. How to Create a Variation Chart. How to Build a Rank Chart in Tableau? Charting Project Flow via Multiple Data Densifications. Bar in Bar Chart and Reference Line (Part 2). My Top Five Tableau Prep Solutions. Beth Kairys , InterWorks. Row-Level Security Basics in Tableau.

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