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Becoming a Data-Driven Association

Nucleus

Excerpted from “Why Is It So Hard to Become a Data-Driven Company?” ” by Randy Bean – published February 5th, 2021 According to Harvard Business Review, thriving as a mainstream organization today means being data driven. Reexamine ways that you think about data as a business asset for your organizations.

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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

Candid

Candid’s grants data set currently includes comprehensive information about over 30 million grants and other philanthropic transactions, such as pledges, in-kind gifts, program-related investments, etc. This data powers tools like Candid’s Foundation Directory , allowing users to see who’s giving what, where, and to whom.

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6 Generations of Giving: Who Gives the Most and How They Prefer to Give

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In the short-term, older donors are going to give the most money, but younger generations are more likely to give their time, in volunteer hours, serve on an organization’s board of directors, and have connections to corporate giving opportunities. organizations** 11.8% organizations** 23.6% organizations** 25.9%

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Synapses Ablaze at GEO 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Synapses Ablaze at GEO 2012 – guest post by Victoria Dunning. People choose what data to accept or reject based on the story they have in their heads. New data either reinforces that story or that data is dismissed; rarely does data actually change one’s view of the world. GEO’s 2012 National [.]

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Community foundations: Donor-advised fund grants outpaced contributions in 2022 

Candid

The data—looking at fiscal year 2022—showed that, although community foundation assets and fundraising revenues were both down from the previous year, grantmaking was up, demonstrating the resilience of community foundation giving. Despite this drop in new contributions, grantmaking from DAFs increased by 33% to $9.4

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Some Findings from the 2012 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report

NTEN

NTEN member and nonprofit communications expert Kivi Leroux Miller just released the 2012 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report , based on a survey of over 1200 participants at the end of 2011. Here are some of findings that stood out: 78% of respondents planned to email their typical supporters at least monthly in 2012.

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Attention Nonprofit #datanerds: Data-Informed Fundraising!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

RT @ kanter what every #datanerd needs in their wardrobe – I Love Data T-shirt bit.ly/QlhMt4. Mission Measurement (@MissionMeasure) September 5, 2012. The September, 2012 Issue of the NTEN Change Journal is pure crack for nonprofit #datanerds (folks who would definitely wear a t-shirt emblazoned with “I Love Data!”