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Make Positive Change With Verified Legislator Data

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Access the most accurate elected official contact information to power your fundraising, petition, and awareness campaigns. Cicero data includes present, previous, and incoming elected official district, address, phone and even social media information!

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Information: The Better Half of IT

sgEngage

We sometimes forget that IT stands for Information Technology. But information is the fuel that drives any technology machine: it is what our devices collect, store, synthesize, and distribute. And every advocate for social good has much to gain by paying attention to the Information half of IT. Why pay attention to data?

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Candid’s free Demographics API enables funders to make informed, impactful giving decisions

NonProfit PRO

Candid released its free Demographics API to help organizations easily standardize and integrate their demographic data collection. This initiative allows nonprofits to share demographic information one time on their Candid profile, where funders, researchers, donors, and other stakeholders can easily access it.

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Top Ten Data Challenges (And Solutions) for Associations

Association Analytics

But when it comes to a troubling relationship with your data, can you turn to those same people? If you’re struggling to find someone to share your data woes with, we’re here to help you decipher the signs and get you back on track. Older models tended to be AMS-centric, leading to siloed data, static reports, and that trapped feeling.

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Study the Data, But Eat the Cake—Put the Human Factor Forward

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Confirmation bias is the tendency to place the greatest value on information that supports your pre-existing beliefs. Anchoring bias makes people rely too heavily on the first bit of information they receive. But when the stakes are high, data is the knife that cuts through preconceptions to uncover the objective truth.

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Let Data Drive Your Decisions

Bloomerang

Fortunately, data can help you make good decisions during uncertain times. Why data should drive your decisions Many key industries, including retailers, manufacturers, and healthcare organizations, use data to inform decisions. To be successful despite uncertainty, you must let data drive your decisions.

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Connecting the dots: Fighting for equity through a data partnership 

Candid

When the Supreme Court gutted race-conscious admissions last summer and the American Alliance for Equal Rights followed with a lawsuit against the Fearless Fund, some in the philanthropic sector feared that demographic data had become a potential liability. They built a public API and released a public data set.

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