Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 11, 2022

If this sounds like you, maybe it’s time you implement a donor management system, or DMS. I know what you’re thinking – what is a donor management system? A donor management system is like a really big filing cabinet that lives in the cloud and tracks everything about your organization. Host an awesome event.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2020

By Christy Smaglio , Instructional Writer at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Make sure the credit card information you have on file for your monthly supporters is up to date. Donor retention is a crucial aspect of a productive fundraising strategy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

This is an immense victory for fair use as the basis of a balanced intellectual property system, and we, at Benetech, are delighted by it and by its tremendous positive implications for the public interest. You can read more about our position in the Amicus Brief , which we filed jointly with our peer organization, Learning Ally.

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Blue Avocado

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

To apply for tax-exempt status under this section, a private foundation must file Form 1023 — Application for Exemption Under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Alternatively, your organization may be eligible to file Form 1023-EZ , provided it meets certain requirements. Operating on a fiscal tax year?

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The cloud automates the flow of information, streamlines work processes, and centralizes your organization’s files. File storage. Database software. General cloud cloud computing cloud technology constituent relationship management system CRM nonprofit nonprofit technology nonprofits npTech' Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Last month I posted a list of best practices for managing a database and discussed, among other things, protecting data on USB drives and laptops. A recent discussion on the Information Systems Forum has suggested options for protecting USB drives.

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TechImpact

JANUARY 30, 2014

From files, and information to logs of interactions between specific individuals, Salesforce’s robust array of features will keep any nonprofit’s tech team innovating and engaged. Your Salesforce system can be, and should be, setup to execute certain tasks automatically. Workflow rules increase efficiency. No problem.

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Bloomerang

JULY 21, 2021

You must have your founding Board of Directors and officers selected prior to filing your Articles of Formation or Articles of Incorporation with the state. Prepare and file Articles of Incorporation. . The agency fees are $275 for organizations filing Form 1023-EZ and $600 for organizations filing Form 1023.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

A Guest Beneblog by Anita Gohdes, Jeff Klingner, Megan Price and Patrick Ball The recent release of almost 400,000 secret US military files on the war in Iraq through Wikileaks has attracted wide media coverage. They have estimated that the SIGACTS describes 15,000 civilian deaths previously undocumented by IBC (BBC’s report is here ).

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 3, 2012

In our 2012 Global Cloud Survey we found that only 12 percent of respondents, mostly from larger organizations, are using cloud-based client relationship management (CRM) database services like Salesforce for Nonprofits , or Microsoft Dynamics CRM. We asked nonprofit cloud database expert, Tal Frankfurt of Cloud4Good. Very handy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

What we do: Benetech's Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) develops database software, data collection strategies, and statistical techniques to measure human rights atrocities. Data archeology: recover data from ancient files in odd formats. Perform a little bit of GNU/Linux system administration.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Cabral, MA, CFRE will lead you through the why and how of creating your own database standards manual and processes to ensure that you are not leading your organization down the path of “Garbage In=Garbage Out.” We are here to talk about keeping your donor database healthy, wealthy, I should say wealthy and wise. Why do we need it?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 15, 2008

Dokuwiki is different in a number of ways, most primarily in that it is one of the wiki systems that stores things in files, not databases. It’s a great replacement for text or word processing files. I’ve always liked wikis, and I have used MediaWiki a lot in the past, and I do like it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Most organizations seek business benefits from their award management system such as these: Improve decision-making with access to real-time information, expenses, subawards, and obligations, presented in easy-to-understand displays. The collection of financial and non-financial data to support the new reporting and 990 filing requirements.

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NTEN

MAY 21, 2014

Are you playing traffic cop with different versions of donor lists until your file names look like a misunderstood version of the Dewey Decimal system? Not so long ago, sending email attachments with files names like Donor list_V2, Donor list_KK_NM, Donor list_FINAL_REALLY was not at all uncommon.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 6, 2011

I’ve had a web presence of some sort since way back when most personal URLs looked something like: [link] In 2002 or so, I ditched HTML for a series of CMS systems for my personal stuff. It’s a wiki, but everything is stored in files instead of a database. I started out using the CMS I wrote in Perl, called XINA.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In part one of this series we looked at some of the most common errors that occur with sites using the WordPress-based Content Management System (CMS). When this occurs, first log into your “cPanel” and click on “phpMyAdmin” under “Databases.” If this occurs you’ll first need to update the site’s URL in your database.

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Whole Whale

MAY 2, 2024

Data hygiene projects This can range from cleaning and completing Salesforce, spreadsheet, CRM or other databases for stakeholders. Make sure to create a dev copy and avoid letting interns edit live databases. Index and put these photos in a system like Google Photos or Flickr for the organization to use in the future.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2013

” Recently, I had an opportunity to meet Tal Frankurt, CEO of Cloud for Good, where he shared some thoughts about how a well-designed SalesForce database could be an excellent tool for managing, measuring, and tracking relationships with donors. They felt like they worked for the system. There awer too many systems.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 11, 2013

A cloud-based constituent relationship management (CRM) system is the modern way to run in-office donor databases. A great example of an IaaS is Amazon Web Services which provides users the ability to store, backup, and access files and information. What are the different types of Cloud Computing? Platform as a Service (PaaS).

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Neon CRM

APRIL 28, 2023

Donor management systems for nonprofits run the gamut from simple Excel spreadsheets to sophisticated tools with automated features and personalization. Almost all nonprofits can benefit from a system that helps them streamline all the stages of the donor journey and improve the user experience. This should be built on six components.

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Candid

JUNE 12, 2023

tax-exempt organizations are requested to file Forms 990 with the IRS annually, sharing information about their organization’s size, location, revenue, grantmaking, etc. Candid uses 990 data as a starting place for our nonprofit profiles and grantmaking databases. Today we have over 800k filings for those years.

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NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2013

The role of IT has historically been, “Here is your computer, and your database, and your file system, and this is how you enter information and save files.” Richard Cooper. Director of Programmes.

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NTEN

MAY 6, 2011

Prior to the project, two of the three nonprofits had paper-based systems – not because they loved what they had, but because they looked at alternatives and found them all out of their price range. The third nonprofit had a system: an old DOS based system, supported and used by one person on the staff.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

The 5 Best Self-Hosted Learning Management Systems in 2024 Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems Learning management systems (LMS) are modernizing learning and upskilling. Self-hosted LMS is hosted in an external environment and has its own servers and database management system.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 4, 2023

That’s why nonprofits outsource to nonprofit mail experts as their donor file grows. Then reimport the list to your system to save those changes for good! Save the file in its original format and in the format your design software requires for mail merge. Save both the source and merged files. Or a donor who prefers J.C.

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 27, 2009

investigated a system wide security audit to improve and enhance our. our database and service will not be interrupted as important messages may. for the security of their files and data. for the security of their files and data. We are currently upgrading our data base and e-mail account center i.e. homepage view.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

The 5 Best Self-Hosted Learning Management Systems in 2024 GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Learning management systems (LMS) are modernizing learning and upskilling. Self-hosted LMS is hosted in an external environment and has its own servers and database management system.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

The 5 Best Self-Hosted Learning Management Systems in 2024 GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Learning management systems (LMS) are modernizing learning and upskilling. Self-hosted LMS is hosted in an external environment and has its own servers and database management system.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 17, 2020

and you think it’s time to upgrade to a new database system after 20 or so years. . Let’s say the system you decide on is well-known for how it managed members, events, and fundraising. Your nonprofit’s staff was used to an old, clunky system that didn’t do much. But there’s one glaring problem ?

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3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 1, 2015

Now, let’s talk about your donor database. It applies to outcome measurements, web traffic, social media data, emails, image files, document versioning, backups, backups of backups, etc. Nobody gets rid of anything in your donor database. Consider a nonprofit with 100,000 names in its donor database. Got rid of dupes?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

I love it because it’s really easy to set up and back up (it’s all files, not in a database,) and it’s has draft autosaves (yay!). I have become a complete devotee of Dokuwiki , which I use locally on my laptop, for my to do lists, notes, etc. Different enough to drive me crazy.

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NTEN

JULY 11, 2011

As non-profit organizations, your sites likely have the added complexity of tying this data to a constituent database. Pay particular attention to dynamic lookup fields, particularly when utilizing a constituent database. To create these accounts, sites frequently make use of registration forms.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 10, 2023

A nonprofit CRM, strictly speaking, is a database that houses information about all your different constituents. They combine fundraising tools, reporting, email capabilities, and third-party integrations to serve as the nervous system for your organization’s mission. But the best nonprofit CRMs offer a lot more than that.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 29, 2007

They have a site, with the URL: [link] which is a link to a windows.exe file, which is a simple, sweet Debian installer. It works pretty well (at this moment, I’m now downloading and installing the base system.) My next step, after installing the basic Debian system, is to switch the install to Ubuntu.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

They are also a powerful tool for grantmakers who want to quickly and easily tailor their grantmaking system to streamline their processes, save time and resources, and scale with their needs. It is a technical handshake that allows one system to request pre-determined data from another system and get a response in a standardized format.

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Candid

JULY 22, 2021

By matching the list she provided with organizations in our database, we were able to analyze her grantees along five dimensions: size, geography, issue (subject area and population served), and transparency. An analysis of organizations and projects funded against Candid’s Philanthropy Classification System validates her statement. .

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