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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd

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In fact, some participants in the group mentioned using MBA students from local universities to assist with data collection. There may be someone in another department who is a data nerd with expert excel or data analysis skills. Ask around. Or ask around for consultants that your colleagues have used.

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What happened to the FUN in Fundraising?

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in journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and a M.P.A. in nonprofit management and policy analysis from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. Like this article? She earned a B.A. Get another!

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

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” Well, here is are some ways to find some data nerds to help you with your measurement and analysis: 1. Get Free Help with Your Google Analytics: The Analysis Exchange has a goal to “dramatically increase the number of people on Earth doing web analytics the right way.”

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Research Friday: So. What About These Numbers?

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While driving to work recently I heard an NPR report about philanthropic giving in the US; but it was not the numbers I had just read in Giving USA 2012 published by the Giving USA Foundation and compiled by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. Like this article? 2] Giving USA Foundation, Giving USA 2011, Vol.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: "Is Religious Giving.

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These data are provided by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University (hereafter referred to simply as "the Center") in Giving USA. But, as with all assumptions … this, too, would benefit from more research. ^ [1] Rooney, "Behind the Myths: The Truth about Religious Giving," Philanthropy Matters, Indiana University, Vol.

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Research Friday: Financial literacy: understanding money for today’s activities and tomorrow’s security

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This study "underscores the need for many nonprofit organizations to assess their financial monitoring mechanisms in light of the environment of analysis and accountability." 19, Issue 2 – 2011. ^ [2] Ibid. ^ [3] The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, Financial Literacy and Knowledge in the Nonprofit Sector.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?

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Back in the early 1990s, I had a day job studying nonprofit spending and reporting as part of something called the Nonprofit Overhead Cost Study , a joint project between the Urban Institute and Indiana University. Right now, Charity Navigator is in the midst of beta testing CN2.0 , which is the first step beyond simple ratio analysis.

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