Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Nonprofits have assets but instead of owners having equity in the balance sheet, net assets are tracked for a nonprofit. Donors, grantors, and foundations look to these watchdogs to help them make informed choices about their donations and ensure they’re supporting an organization that is fiscally responsible. At churches,?it?may

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Update Assigned Tasks One major pitfall to avoid during periods of staff turnover at your grantmaking organization is leaving ongoing activities or requests assigned to people who no longer work there. Action items not assigned to an active team member can lead to phone calls, meetings, and other crucial tasks not being completed.

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.orgSource

MARCH 11, 2024

Although you’re probably not recruiting a team for an extreme experience, it can be helpful to begin thinking about team building from Bell’s perspective. “A There are role-playing exercises, and the final activity is a cultural fit session. It’s helpful to outline cultural norms and values in the job description.

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.orgSource

JULY 25, 2023

AI, your new marketing assistant, is happy to help. If AI could only help me with one thing, search engine optimization or SEO, would be at the top of my list. AI tools can automate many of the SEO activities that were once outside the realm of more casual users. A SWOT analysis is a task AI could help you launch.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

I like the fact that the source documents are always provided.) Develop an interactive onboarding chatbot to help new members navigate the offerings. Here’s the wrinkle, except numbers 3, 5, and 10, ChatGPT can’t do any of these things without your help. You’ve probably had a conversation with the bot twins, ChatGPT and Bard.

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 11, 2021

There are several new, exciting tools for Salesforce Administrators in the Salesforce Summer ’21 Release , such as Learning Paths and the Active Licenses tab. Release Notes Available in Salesforce Help. Moving forward, all Salesforce release notes are available on Salesforce Help. Easily Track Active Licenses.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The form 990 series is designed to provide the IRS—and the public—information about your organization’s programs and activities as well as your revenue, expenses, and assets. And if used appropriately, it can help you build trust with your community and your donors. This includes years when you don’t have any activity.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 20, 2023

When you’re just getting started, it’s critical that one of your first steps is to create your nonprofit’s first budget to help you manage both your organization and your finances as it grows. Your budget will help you make sure the bills get paid, especially as you take on additional expenses.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Product-focused websites actively deliver on the organization’s mission: the functionality to match volunteers to workdays for a service-oriented nonprofit, for example, may live on the organization’s website, but like a product, it’s delivering on a specific focus that target populations can use directly.

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Bloomerang

MAY 19, 2023

This checklist will help to recognize whether your organization should apply for grants now or focus on organizational growth to prepare for grant-seeking in the future. The checklist below can help you assess your organization’s readiness to both apply for grants and manage grant-funded initiatives. Do you have a strong track record?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It can be helpful to think of these tools not as separate elements but as complementary forces in your mission to engage, nurture, and expand your community of supporters. These tools help keep track of all the people who support the organization, like donors and volunteers. CRM systems are integral to this effort.

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Community Organization Fundraising Integration 84

Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

There are many moving parts involved in the volunteer management process, and volunteer management software brings these activities under one roof. A volunteer management system, or volunteer management software, is a platform with features designed to help organizations administer volunteer programs, events, and initiatives.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Essentially, this term refers to the process of pulling your documented financial data and communicating it to stakeholders. Knowing where your nonprofit currently stands financially can help you prepare for future growth, set overarching goals, and chart a course for upcoming multi-year initiatives. Strategic planning.

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M+R

DECEMBER 9, 2022

We hope you like acronyms, because Google is making some big changes — and that means nonprofits will need to understand some important technical details in order to effectively reach, track, and mobilize supporters. We’ll do our best to make this as clear as possible, but some technical background is going to be helpful here.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2024

Budgeting Your nonprofit’s annual budget is a key financial planning document that guides your organization’s spending and fundraising efforts. Make sure the document can easily be updated as your nonprofit grows—you may eventually need more involved procedures for handling different types of funding. Statement of functional expenses.

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sgEngage

MAY 15, 2024

Change management can be a long and uncomfortable process, but the introspection and analysis help you find ways to improve and more closely align with your mission. We wanted to ensure active involvement and communication with all stakeholders involved in the grant process.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 6, 2021

This strategy gives them the peace of mind that they can access the help they need efficiently while also ensuring that IT staff are not responsible for everything from triaging enhancement requests to fixing declarative and technical bugs. What documentation and resources can you provide your team so they can be successful?

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sgEngage

JUNE 9, 2023

Grant management is the comprehensive process of overseeing all activities related to grants: from identifying recipients, to awarding funds, to reporting on outcomes all while maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements. In order to ensure compliance, these documents are often reviewed by legal professionals before signature.

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Media Cause

MAY 8, 2023

Advertising can be an effective way to help grow your nonprofit’ s digital footprint, complement your current organic marketing efforts, and be an essential, part of your integrated marketing strategy. Here are our top advertising tips to help your nonprofit supercharge your paid media strategy: 1.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

These reports help funders understand the impact of their grants and create accountability for grantees. But at the end of the day, they essentially want to know the same basic information: nonprofits’ activities, accomplishments, organizational updates, and challenges during the grant period. Make general operating support grants.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 8, 2024

While these changes may feel overwhelming, there are easy things you can do with your current staff and set of resources that will help position your association to thrive in 2024. You should be able to observe data points that help to fill in gaps such as years in the profession, years as a member, and member types.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 9, 2023

That’s why association management software is so helpful. It acts as a centralized hub for all those activities that keep constituents involved. Good association management software will help you customize these messages, forms, and other assets with your organization’s own logos and brand elements.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

Now, as we get started fundraising in 2021, it’s never been more important to have a fundraising plan that designed to help you make up for lost funds and meet your goals in today’s context. Even the word “planning document” might make you stressed. Most of all your fundraising plan helps you prioritize.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

They are living documents, serving as a “north star” to guide your organization to success. Are you on track to meet your goals? There is still plenty of time left in the year -including important events like Giving Tuesday and end-of-year campaigns – to reset and get back on track. Get Back On Track (Or Stay on Track!)

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Achieve

JULY 21, 2022

Form 990 is a document that should sound very familiar to many nonprofit professionals, as it’s a tax return form that charitable organizations need to file on an annual basis. Form 990 gives you a publicly-available document to hold yourself accountable and remain financially transparent to these entities. Before we break down.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This Nonprofit Trailblazer is using new digital platforms to transform and upscale its service delivery, from supported living services to learning opportunities, activities, professional training, and employment. Now, with data readily accessible, staff are seizing the opportunity to track the nonprofit’s various service functions.

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Candid

JUNE 9, 2022

Don’t worry, we’re here to help you get started. . Next, take a look at our Proposal Budget sample documents (a free Candid Learning account is needed to view them) to see how other nonprofits have formatted their budgets and what was included. . The good news is that budgets aren’t as complicated as most people fear.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

When it comes to donor data, there’s a lot to keep track of. Plus, understanding motivations, interests, and passions can help you connect with them on a deeper level. A nonprofit CRM helps you keep all this information organized and easily accessible. This type of stewardship helps boost donor retention.

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Candid

APRIL 24, 2024

Each organization represented an active participant in our growing community of nearly 150 Demographics via Candid partners who have joined us to create more efficient, equitable, and effective grantmaking processes. Candid helps us to be transparent and accountable to our community,” Dickenson said.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 1, 2022

To help you better review submissions so that you are set up for success, here are 10 items you should look for as you evaluate your grant applications. Due diligence best practices include reviewing the organization’s 990 and audited financial statements, among other documentation. Organization Background and Experience.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Like climbing a mountain, it helps to have a path to follow to reach its summit, or in this case, a map of sorts to guide you to your desired destination—a compelling proposal that unlocks funding to advance your mission-driven work. With this roadmap to guide your efforts, you’re ready to begin writing a successful grant proposal.

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Qgiv

MAY 3, 2023

Fundraising calendars help set your nonprofit up for success for the entire year. Planning ahead ensures you’ll stay organized and keeps you on track with your goals. Create practical goals for your organization to complete within the year and track the success of each campaign you roll out with your fundraising calendar.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Statuses will help you know which task needs to be performed next for the request under review. This provides a detailed paper trail of request information to help teams make their decisions and collaborate. Track your communications via activity records. Teams can even build statuses that are specific to grant types.

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The Nerdy NonProfit

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Here is a process to help you do so: Define what the learner needs to change. Consider which learning activities would lead to the desired change. An activity where learners must demonstrate understanding of the steps followed by feedback about their choices can help change a practice. We could go on.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Those are the two main questions that an annual fundraising plan must answer to help you become more successful. This blog post explores how to create an annual fundraising plan and even provides a helpful annual fundraising plan template to help putting together your fundraising plan easier. Ready to download the template?

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Bloomerang

MAY 19, 2021

Some email providers, like the one I use, Active Campaign , offer customers the chance to book free 30 minute 1:1 coaching session with an expert. . Using segments helps you hyper-personalize your communications to your audience. . Can you easily add tags to contacts to document their acquisition source or engagement data?

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 7, 2021

To help your nonprofit organize future advocacy campaigns, this article will explore four strategies advocacy leaders should consider: Market your advocacy campaign on multiple platforms. Use your CRM to track relationships with supporters. Track your engagement rates on each marketing platform you leverage. Social media.

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