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A crash course on trends analysis using Candid’s Foundation 1000 data set 

Candid

Instead, we rely on a data set called the Foundation 1000. What is the Foundation 1000? In comparison, our Foundation 1000 data set is limited to grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a set of 1,000 of the largest U.S. private and community foundations. i Even though the Foundation 1000 makes up only about 1% of U.S.

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New and Improved Data Visualization Tool: Maps for Media Funding

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nonprofit data nerds will love this new resource from Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center called “ Foundation Maps for Media Funding ,” a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically funded media projects worldwide since 2009. Click to See Visualization.

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Configuring QuickBooks for Use in a Nonprofit: Setting Up the Chart of Accounts

Tech Soup

Some of the main goals of the implementation meeting are to produce a consensus on the definition of: The chart of accounts. This blog will provide some suggestions on building your chart of accounts in a manner that is practical and that will satisfy as many users of the financial statements as possible.

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How Do We Balance Measuring Outcomes with Measuring to Learn and Improve? (#SM_RE)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

These are the practice indicators for measurement – for three different areas – analysis, tools, and sense-making. This chart comes from Chapter 5 of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit where we discuss how to measure outcomes from social media versus activities. Click to See Larger Version.

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My Inner Voice Can't Stop Comparing

ASU Lodestar Center

The United States and Turkey are completely different when it comes to the nonprofit sector. Naturally I cannot explain all the differences and similarities in the nonprofit sectors of the two countries in this post, but I wanted to share a few insights and observations that caught my attention.

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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd and How To Find Them!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Leap of Reason offers toolkits for boards, nonprofits, and foundations on “do it yourself” outcomes based measurement. Or if you are good self-learner and just need to learn a few techniques for creating charts in excel, here’s some terrific video tutorials. .” I hear this too often from nonprofits.

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Planning Your Nonprofit’s Capital Campaign: 4 Do's & Don'ts

Achieve

Your campaign’s objectives create a foundation that sustains the campaign’s energy, shows others what it’s all about, and motivates donors to give. You lay out a series of gifts of different sizes that will get you to your goal. She became a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) in 2004 and received the ACFRE in 2013.