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16 Million 2-1-1 Calls in 2009

VisionLink

From our colleagues at the United Way of America, an update on 2009 Call Volume: 2-1-1 call centers across the country have completed their annual survey of call traffic. In 2009, these calls totaled more than 16 million calls across America. This is an increase of 13% in call volume over 2008. With approximately 1.5

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Key takeaways from Candid’s 2021 Nonprofit Compensation Report

Candid

As the IRS observed in a 2009 study on nonprofit hospital compensation , “For some, there may be a disconnect between what, as members of the public, they might consider reasonable, and what is permitted under the tax law.” 1] Executive compensation refers to all 14 job categories tracked in the report.

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Using smart tech to reimagine nonprofit work

Candid

As a result, nonprofit employees have quit their jobs at record levels since the start of the pandemic. In our new book, The Smart Nonprofit , we use the umbrella term “smart tech” to refer to technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its subsets and cousins, such as machine learning, and natural language processes.

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Charitable Giving in a down economy: Performance strategies for any market

Qgiv

Economists say we are not in a recession – recessions don’t add more than half a million jobs in a month like in July 2 , after all – but the threat looms large. Support for food banks flowed in 2020 following the start of the pandemic due to so many workers losing their jobs and needing assistance for basic needs. References.

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Interview: John Brennan of OpenAction

Amy Sample Ward

In June 2009, John decided to sell nearly everything he owned and set out for New York City (via San Diego). I remember leaving for Vegas and making a promise to Joe that I would submit a mashup to the 2009 Change the Web Challenge. I’ve spent the past few years working with the semantic web, referred to as “web 3.0″,

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Help Your Helpers! Top Tips for Managing Volunteers

Qgiv

Simple volunteer jobs may include having someone help answer the phone or employing day-of event helpers to assist with handing out t-shirts or waters to 5k participants. This is something that’s great to reference in these difficult conversations when needed. Remember the partnership conversation?

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Nonprofit? Really, is that the best name we can come up with?

ASU Lodestar Center

In my last blog post , I suggested that the idea of "sector" has taken hold, which means that we need a way to refer to all the organizations that fall inside such a sector. The word nonprofit is in the Lodestar Center's full name, it's in my job title, and it's in the name of my professional association. tax-exempts.

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