sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

Consequently, budgeting and budget documentation tend to take a back seat to the daily requirements of the organization’s mission. When later finally rolls around, department managers, not known for being Excel power users, overlook, replace, or fail to use the built-in formulas in the document designed to help them.

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Candid

JULY 13, 2023

While Candid is working to reduce that burden broadly, here is one specific way we are trying to help: by providing sample grant proposal documents. There are four major documents that you may need to create if your nonprofit is looking for funding. To see this in practice, review our proposal budget sample documents.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Essentially, this is a folder of Word documents each containing answers to common grant application questions, like organization mission and activities, the greatest challenges our nonprofit faces, how we measure and evaluate program impact, how we recognize funders, etc. Spend time researching your options.

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Grant Application New Hampshire Library 97

NonProfit Hub

MARCH 25, 2025

What’s clear is that a nonprofit’s resilience requires regular evaluation of its technology stack, the cost of letting antiquated systems linger is too great in the midst of a turbulent macro and micro environment. But how should a nonprofit approach evaluating their technology? It has email, too. First the people.

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Technology Nonprofit Evaluation Donor 54

Robert Weiner

JANUARY 2, 2012

Some quick indicators that it isn't real: I get updates through the installed Adobe Updater, not as email messages. I also looked at the domain registration for instant-acrobat-upgrade.com and it's registered to someone in Oslo (actually, Oslo,Oslo,AF 0951) with a Yahoo email address. So I'm assuming this is malware.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Adjourning: The team completes its deliverables and evaluates the project. It is a good idea to document anything that may have previously been assumed or implied so everyone can refer back to the working norms. The appropriate personnel close the project by documenting the work and saving final copies for posterity.

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Grant Group Develop Proposal 59

Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 13, 2012

So I thought it might be fun if I documented a Flow I recently built. I created a ScreenSteps document to show them step-by-step how to enter a new contact/household and distributed the PDF via email. Fill in their name, email address and mobile phone (household address and phone are on the household record).

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Nonprofit Contact Volunteer Create 232

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 27, 2022

When you’re halfway through the year, it’s a good time to conduct a midyear fundraising evaluation. A midyear evaluation will show you how you are doing and highlight areas where you need to improve. And you’ll know exactly how much you need to raise during that season if you take the time to do a midyear evaluation now.

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Evaluation Fundraising Donor Grant 72

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Mention the donor in emails directly about the event they sponsored. Mention the donor in emails year-round relating to the program they supported. Mention the donor in a dedicated email blast or several. This can be 4 emails a year dedicated to sponsors who give the org $10K or more. Recognition/Appreciation.

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Donor Social Media Sponsor Benefit 335

.orgSource

JUNE 12, 2023

Automations like scheduled social promotions, email campaigns, and critical calendar reminders are digital conveniences that free space for more important assignments. A technology assessment is a performance evaluation of your IT systems. Any of the following objectives and concerns might trigger an evaluation.

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Technology Evaluation Associations System 170

The AI Alignment Forum

MARCH 17, 2025

Published on March 17, 2025 7:11 PM GMT Note: this is a research note based on observations from evaluating Claude Sonnet 3.7. Were sharing the results of these work-in-progress investigations as we think they are timely and will be informative for other evaluators and decision-makers. Claude Sonnet 3.7 We find that Sonnet 3.7

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2020

Note Taker: Takes action notes/takeaways and emails them to everyone right after meeting. If someone is supposed to share their screen and is having a technical problem, make sure people have copies of the document and at minimum, you as the facilitator, so you can share your own screen. My best tips and tools are in this post.

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Facilitation Virtual Effective Technique 167

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This inevitably leads to operational bottlenecks, especially when there are unnecessary back-and-forth emails and calls. This document should be reviewed annually, and at any other times when boundary lines start to blur. The result? Resentment and a feeling of subjugation can ensue, causing leaders to disengage or burn out.

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Nonprofit Director Government Leadership 104

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Funding projects instead of just a specific product ensures that organizations or teams can fail quickly and softly while working towards something better, can invest in research and evaluation, and engage the community not just market to them. Recognize the role of technology across all our work.

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Support Philanthropy Adopt Community 199

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Here I had thought this man with deep pockets of other people’s money was evaluating me and my pitch. And it’s just not functionally possible to do that by evaluating every single one. Immediately I would send them a fresh email for each new intro. He told me, “By the time they get here, they’re already picked over.”.

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Conference Fundraising Evaluation Doc 153

Blue Avocado

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Although some AVOs have permanent locations (such as in the back room of a historical home or at the library for a Friends of the Library), many do not — and meetings and documents move from home to home as officers change. The IRS says it’s okay to send this information by email.

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Volunteer Organization Files Proposal 84

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

But, it was without much of the real documentation needed to help others – whether in our organization or not – navigate similar areas. We didn’t even really have the language to use to create documentation, or, at least we didn’t think we did. Now, we evaluated tools based on who was using them, and how.

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Nptech Slides Community Strategy 213

Bloomerang

JULY 21, 2021

At this time, you should also establish business contact information including location (can be a residential home) and email address. Establish initial governing documents and policies. . You’ll need to create Bylaws and Conflict of Interest documents and policies because both are needed for your IRS application. .

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Organization Nonprofit Files Grant 131

Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Because this section of your nonprofit business plan is a summary of the facts contained throughout the whole document, it is often written last. This section provides detailed descriptions and documentation of how you meet needs in your community. Evaluation Plan. Products, Programs, and Services.

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Business Nonprofit Summary Homeless 124

Gyrus

JULY 25, 2024

Extends this customization to policies and documentation, offering them in employees’ preferred languages to guarantee access to the most up-to-date compliance information. It also supports uploading diverse learning materials like documents, videos, and eLearning courses.

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Train Training Measure Data 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Fortunately, we had a team of social media volunteers at a central location (our “command center”) at the Mall of America which made it easy to coordinate our response via email, blog, Facebook and Twitter. Our Shared Google Documents. We used a shared Google Drive document to co-create and share tweets, Facebook posts, hashtags, bit.ly

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Social Media Media Social Fundraising 121

The Verge

JANUARY 15, 2022

Probably the easiest way to share a file is to just attach a document to an email, or to a Slack or other instant message. If you rely too much on your email or messaging system, your poorly archived files could become available to prying hackers with phishing lures. But either way invites trouble on several fronts.

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Files Share Service Work 93

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 7, 2024

They may reach out to you for additional information or documentation to verify your organization and your affiliation with it. They may reach out to you for additional information or documentation to verify your organization and your affiliation with it. Typically, the review process takes around 3 business days.

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Grant Google Guide Nonprofit 292

sgEngage

MAY 23, 2024

Review the Funding Opportunity Announcement Carefully When you start the application process, review the announcement carefully for programmatic requirements such as evaluation, organizational structure, planning, and outreach. If you are leveraging outside partners, is there a vested interest in continuing this program as a collective?

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Grant Award Program Application 118

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

If youre sending your individual donation receipts via email, include the recipients name in the subject line. Generating donation tax receipts for corporate sponsors also makes it easy for your team to succinctly document sponsor contributions and evaluate which sponsorships are most valuable for your organization.

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Gift Donation Difference Issue 52

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Sound advice on how to evaluate which tech projects need to be done the exact same way that a for-profit would and which ones can be done creatively, with a deep dive into what “creatively” means. Strategy: increase consitutuent awareness of our accompliments by distributing a monthly email newsletter. Example: Supporting Criteria.

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Newsletter NTEN Wiki Strategy 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Begin by creating a list of the online communications and fundraising systems that need to be reviewed and then create a document that lists the systems and bullet points the plus and minuses of each system. Your budget should be an Excel document that visualizes monthly and annual totals. Pick one day a month and enter your metrics.

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Social Media Media Fundraising Social 100

The Verge

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

And, according to the documents, he wasn’t the only one interested in a deal. Spencer raised that Microsoft was interested in discussing strategic opportunities between Activision Blizzard and Microsoft and asked whether it would be possible to have a call with Mr. Nadella the following day,” the document reads.

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Conversation Files Relationship Director 98

Judi Sohn

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

We use campaigns for so many purposes: Email, advocacy, events, straight fundraising. Org-wide email address in workflow rules: Love this. That email appears to be from me, which I rather it didn’t. Likewise, when a case is closed the email asking the contact to fill out a feedback survey is “from&# me.

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Chart Contact Org Campaign 113

sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

This can cause problems when tasks fall through the cracks or emails go to inboxes that no longer exist. This document will help new team members absorb your unique grantmaking process and keep everyone on the same page. Evaluate the tasks the new user will perform regularly before handing over keys to the system.

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Data Blackbaud Policy Database 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Note Taker: Takes action notes/takeaways and emails them to everyone right after meeting. If someone is supposed to share their screen and is having a technical problem, make sure people have copies of the document and at minimum, you as the facilitator, so you can share your own screen. 4-Always Do A Virtual Icebreaker or Check-In.

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Facilitation Virtual Effective Practice 112

Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

In recent years, the international humanitarian community has responded with a number of data protection guidance documents, such as those from USAID , ICRC , OCHA , and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Read more about Threat Detection Overview in this help document Note: This requires Event Monitoring. Learn more.

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Practice Data Afghanistan Environment 119

sgEngage

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Having a predictable and consistent grant cycle will ensure your team members are able to evaluate each request efficiently and effectively. Decision Making Now that requests have been submitted, it’s time for your team to evaluate and make a decision. This could be by phone, letter, or email.

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Grant Process Management Technology 115

The NonProfit Times

MAY 22, 2024

Plaintiffs no longer make this argument in their Response in Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Exclude Curtin’s Report and Testimony.” * “Curtin’s method is unreliable and unhelpful to this Court in light of Curtin’s failure to provide an error rate for this Court to evaluate. … billion putative plaintiffs.”

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Blackbaud Classes Action Data 104

Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

We live in a world of smart phones, emails, text messages, Zoom, and LinkedIn. The nonprofit world swims in an ocean of written documents. Typos and grammatical errors were common in grants and corporate documents, and the copy written in brochures and on the website was dry and lifeless. Handwriting feels foreign to most of us.

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Tips Nonprofit Skills Donor 115

Allegiance Group

JANUARY 8, 2025

The touchpoints could include an impact report, an email update, or a video. Does every email start with Dear Friend instead of their name? Evaluating Opportunities At this point, you might find yourself either buzzing with excitement or completely overwhelmed with all the opportunities your team has identified.

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Map Donor Experiment Team 52

Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Before you can evaluate your options, you first need to establish your organization’s needs and top features to look out for in a solution. Evaluation: Evaluating your programming and surveying your volunteers for feedback Volunteer management software allows you to manage each of these steps in a centralized platform.

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Volunteer Software Management Nonprofit 104