Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

People are open sourcing their metrics, and building taxonomy. To get the market from niche to mainstream people are working on taxonomy, metrics and peer and trend ratings. The taxonomy of social and environmental terms enables the aggregation of data from different providers and multiple data collection systems. “ .

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

It’s a new international charity classification system that will pave the way for better grantmaking, especially online and international philanthropy. Back in 2012, in order to better meet the needs of the global philanthropic sector, the Foundation Center began an extensive review of their Philanthropy Classification System.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2016

As a corporate funder turned consultant, I've spent the last decade helping funders make the shift from philanthropy to social, or impact, investing. You no longer have to rely on — and get headaches from — spreadsheets of data with pivot tables galore. What Is Impact Investing? I had to become a part of this!

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2015

Jessica Holliday, NTEN’s Operations Director, learned a lot at the Do Good Data Conference in Chicago last week and chose to share some highlights with us. Be Generous with Data—Water for People Ned Breslin from Water for People preached to the choir of the importance of using data to drive successful programs.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2016

CAF America launched the IGS last year around the shared belief that international philanthropy can, and should be, a powerful force in our effort to address the world’s most pressing issues. This was a very timely panel as we have all felt the momentum build behind philanthropy for the SDGs. The Key to Cross-Sector Partnerships.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 21, 2016

Heather Grady, Vice President of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, introduced the SDG Philanthropy Platform to the room. The SDG Philanthropy Platform informs and catalyzes collaboration through building awareness and connections between those working in the philanthropic space. The Power of Using Data in the Media.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 26, 2016

As a corporate funder turned consultant, I’ve spent the last decade helping funders make the shift from philanthropy to social, or impact investing. You no longer have to rely on – and get headaches from – spreadsheets of data with pivot tables galore. What is impact investing? Impact investing means more than simply “doing good.”

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Candid

AUGUST 3, 2021

These categories build off of the extensive taxonomy Candid has developed over years—based on data from over 17 million grants—which we have jointly adapted to capture work related to human rights. The limitations of data related to racial or ethnic groups are even greater than in other areas. Even in the U.S.,

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Since 2008, private philanthropy in the U.S. billion in grants specifically for “community college education,” according to Candid data. Under Candid’s taxonomy , we track funds supporting “community college education,” which encompasses funding both to community colleges and to their foundations. has awarded over $3.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

It has a lot of features , but most importantly it grabs hashtags or keywords from Twitter (and Facebook) and dumps into a google doc spreadsheet with other data points. It’s free but you can purchase additional data for reasonable amounts (for example you can get Klout Scores ). How did that relate to the learning objectives?

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