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Highlights from Candid’s most popular philanthropic resources in 2023?

Candid

Here we highlight some of the most popular publications from 2023.  Instead, it encourages foundations to start fresh by reassessing how they best live up to their responsibility and promises made to invest private resources for the public good. Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Implementation Guidebook , by The W.K.

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What Are You Doing with Your Donor Data?

Greater Giving

Your donor data may include phone numbers, emails, birthdays, donation history, and even meal preferences. Giving history: Better understand donors’ giving patterns and preferences by tracking donation amounts, frequency, dates, and specific campaigns they’ve supported. Donors’ giving history can be an incredibly helpful data point.

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

Candid

Alternative Supports (<1 percent). Organization’s Founding Date/History. Even a quick scan of the form fields above will reveal that much of this information is available from any public repository of 990 forms filed annually by US nonprofits. Corporate Delegation and Oversight, Organizational Structure (5 percent).

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Two years later: how our fundraising strategy changed overnight 

Candid

We were overwhelmed by these questions combined with the work it took to maintain a herd of horses, with no events or public programs. . We had no time to plan, so we got creative and looked for alternative revenue sources. Would the government help us? How would our donors respond? Getting creative to find crucial funds .

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Putting the AI in Education: Stepping Toward Generative Artificial Intelligences 

sgEngage

Imagine being able to ask your AI to review all your saved topics and suggest alternatives and improvements based on related assessments and grades. But a series of breakthroughs—including several over just the last decade—have catapulted AI to the forefront of our public consciousness.

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Mastering Major Gifts: The Ultimate Guide to Raise More

Bloomerang

Identification factors Generally, donors with a history of giving, high engagement with your organization , and a high generosity score (capacity for donating) will be the best major gift candidates. Look at each supporter’s giving history and identify trends. Use your CRM to: Track supporter interactions and giving history.

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An Open letter to Crowdfunding Companies from the California Association of Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

These Principles are meant to act as a guide for emerging legislation and as a call to the crowdfunding platforms to act in a fair, public-spirited way. Crowdfunding – broad, public, online fundraising campaigns – has emerged as an important vehicle for both donors and nonprofits. Background. Principles for Responsible Crowdfunding.