Candid

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Forty years later, we remain an influential intermediary funder that raises funds from institutional grantmakers and individual donors. Here we’ll share our insights into how the practice of listening to the community and funding the supposedly “unfundable” on a small scale can achieve what traditional large-scale philanthropy cannot.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

As a nonprofit, you’re always looking for creative and effective ways to raise funds and awareness for your cause. Printful handles the entire fulfillment process , from printing to shipping, allowing you to focus on what matters most—your mission. The best part?

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Fund Development expert Kristin Raack, CFRE, GPC, demonstrates how going through a thoughtful planning process results in a stronger plan (and a more sustainable organization!). In this on-demand session, she shows you how to conduct an efficient fund development planning process that includes both flexibility and accountability.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Download this fund accounting software guide to understand key core functionality; like GL, budgeting, fund tracking, grant administration, AP, AR, reporting, etc., Use it as an explainer for navigating the features, implementation process, and ways to get the most out of fund accounting software long-term.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 23, 2023

Become a fund development planning expert and maximize your funding processes with these recommended steps and useful resources.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 31, 2025

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum to all executive departments and agencies requiring that Federal agencies identify and review Federal financial assistance programs and temporarily pause funding for these programs. The order was quickly challenged in court and the ultimate impact is not yet clear.

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Candid

JANUARY 28, 2025

Smaller shares of grantmakers providing technology and tools, unrestricted funding The good news is that a significant majority of funders are now committed to streamlining grant applications (67%) and reporting processes (56%). Funding technology for equitable outcomes Why should this matter to grantmakers?

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Many organizations attempt to provide this through a dropdown menu on the donation form, offering donors a list of programs, funds, or departments to choose from. CauseVox Fund Pages offer a better way to connect donors with the causes they care about. Here’s how the key components come together.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Now were introducing AI tools to recommend new funders and funding opportunities personalized to your needs, eliminating work that might have taken hours and surfacing opportunities fundraisers might not have discovered on their own to help fundraisers find what they need even more quickly and efficiently. What do you think?

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Meta announced a new partnership with PayPal Giving Fund over the summer, but there are ramifications for nonprofits that don’t agree to Meta’s new terms and the new payment provider. Here are four changes that your nonprofit should know if it plans to continue using Facebook and Instagram to fundraise for year end.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 3, 2024

As a nonprofit organization, securing funding is essential to fulfilling your mission and driving meaningful change in your community. However, managing grants efficiently and effectively can often be a daunting task, requiring meticulous attention to detail, rigorous compliance measures, and streamlined processes.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 23, 2023

The value of a Fund Development Plan is not only the plan itself, but the intentional process of putting it together. After the several years of uncertainty and change, how can you plan for fundraising success in the future? How do you analyze the strategies you’ve used in the past?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 9, 2025

What specific initiative will the funds raised go to support? Software tools help you with many details, such as monitoring fundraising activity, processing payments, building landing pages, and running online events. Heres how to start planning yours and what you need to launch it. What are you asking supporters to do?

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 19, 2024

Say goodbye to manual document processing and hello to a more efficient and secure way of managing your printing needs. Explore how revolutionizing your print strategy can unlock valuable insights, streamline information capture, enhance security for your business and generate cost savings for your mission. View the eGuide today.

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sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2025

When there is a flurry of activity that affect the entire industry, such as policy changes that disrupt current and potential funding for hundreds of organizations, you need to take the time to understand the risks for your organization and your grantees. Where possible, Kristina suggests helping with security and financial best practices.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 23, 2023

The application process is now open, with awardees expected to be announced early next year. MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving will provide 250 $1 million unrestricted operating gifts to small nonprofits.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Having a fund accounting system can significantly streamline your finance function. Tools like Power Automate and Power BI can extend your fund accounting and transform your nonprofit accounting software into an even more powerful tool. Week 1: Analyze Your Business Processes First, understand your current business processes.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

And payroll and grant reporting are two areas of your financial processes where accuracy is non-negotiable. Maintaining compliance can protect existing funding, as well. But allocating your payroll and time to your grants can be a cumbersome, manual, and time-intensive process.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

Google.org , the tech giant's philanthropic arm, is investing millions of dollars into getting nonprofits up to speed on generative AI , part of a massive funding effort to empower organizations to adopt the tech, including Google 's own AI offerings. SEE ALSO: Character.AI SEE ALSO: Character.AI

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This means distinctly separating net assets with donor restrictions, such as grant funding, from those without donor restrictions to better understand the liquidity of your resources. If you are using fund accounting software built for nonprofits, these reports will be native in your system.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 17, 2024

To combat these challenges, we recommend optimizing your online donation process from beginning to end, starting with your donation page and finishing with your donor stewardship process. Well show you how to do that through the following tips: Customize your donation process to your organizations needs. Enable recurring giving.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Here are some strategies to ensure your infrastructure and processes are resilient. Embrace Cloud-Based Processes Cloud-based digital processes enable your staff to access necessary systems from anywhere. Take the Long View Disaster recovery is a long-term process.

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Ars Technica

APRIL 14, 2025

Robert Taylor was the director of the Advanced Research Projects Agencys Information Processing Techniques Office. ARPA was funding multiple research projects across the United States, but users of these different systems had no way to share their resources with each other. The year was 1966.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2022

The process to complete the transaction took several phone calls, paperwork, and more than a week to complete. “It Tap into a new source of funding. Stock represents an untapped source of funding that has either been inaccessible or under-utilized by nonprofits. We made a laborious process fast, safe, and free for donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Instead of generating a profit that can be disbursed to shareholders or reinvested in the business, nonprofits funnel their revenue into things like research funding, program expenses, outreach, and work that directly impacts their mission. Others receive grant funding from governmental agencies, private foundations, and community funds.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 31, 2025

As a funder, you probably wish you could fund them all. To avoid wading through funding applications that dont meet your program criteriaand wasting the time of those nonprofits submitting those applicationsyou should include an eligibility quiz before the formal application. What is an Eligibility Quiz for a Funding Application?

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NVIDIA AI Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Designing new biology has traditionally been a laborious, unpredictable and artisanal process, said Brian Hie, assistant professor of chemical engineering at Stanford University, the Dieter Schwarz Foundation Stanford Data Science Faculty Fellow and an Arc Institute innovation investigator.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 24, 2025

As part of the proposal development process, development and program staff collaborate to define clear objectives as well as anticipated outputs and outcomes. This process ideally involves balancing two things: a desire to maximize impact; and the realities of staffing, budget, and circumstantial constraints.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Venmo has introduced charity profiles, a new feature that will enable PayPal-confirmed charities to raise funds and receive donations directly within the Venmo app. Charity profiles offer charities seamless setup, low fees, and an easy charity verification process.

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sgEngage

MARCH 25, 2025

Understanding the differences between these two processes can help you make informed decisions and improve transparency, compliance, and trust within and outside your nonprofit organization. The review process also involves fewer personnel hours than an audit. What is a Financial Review?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 9, 2025

Every nonprofit organization should have one, but the amount and process for developing those reserves will vary for each organization. Factors such as cash flow cycles, revenue volatility, and spending flexibility make calculating operating reserves a personalized process for your nonprofit.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

In the wake of last weeks news regarding the Office of Management and Budget memorandum instructing federal agencies to temporarily pause all activities related to obligations or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, many of us are trying to understand the potential impact of a freeze on federal funding on the nonprofit sector.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 22, 2024

FreeWill has acquired GrantAssistant, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven platform designed to provide nonprofits and international development organizations with a proposal workflow toolkit that streamlines the grant application process. It is a Series B funding round with the latest infusion of $30 million in March 2022.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

As a nonprofit finance leader, you are constantly aware of the many different pulls on your funding availability. This is where your fund accounting system can help you get the granularity you need from your budgeting process to make data-driven decisions. One program could use more headcount to serve more people.

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In this guide, we’ll take a deep dive into the nonprofit website design process. There are a few essential elements needed for your nonprofit website to effectively communicate your mission, process donations, motivate visitors, and more. What should a nonprofit website include? Design your website’s theme and basic pages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

The Stock Gifting Donation Process. With Donate Stock, donors can donate stock in just a few clicks; here’s how it works: Step #1: Review the Donation Process Overview. The donor reviews the steps in the donation process and what happens once the gift is initiated. Appreciated stock represents $100 billion in potential funding.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 11, 2025

A very manual hiring process To be clear, I didnt review 597 resums. What job seekers should know Lets be realthis process isnt sustainable, let alone scalable. But for a high-impact, high-trust role at a pre-seed VC fund like mine, it makes a world of difference. It wasnt the most efficient process. Another lesson?

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