The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

But how do you encourage your community – from beneficiaries to benefactors – to share their stories? For instance, donor testimonials can be particularly effective in fundraising materials, while client stories may be more impactful in community outreach. I am where I am today because of their unwavering support.”

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Bonterra

APRIL 11, 2024

Bonterra’s Jumpstart Program Helping grantmakers build nonprofit capacity Interested in helping jumpstart the capacity of your nonprofit community? Request a demo Go beyond the check Empower your grantees to sustain grant funds, diversify revenue, and build a broader base of community support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in a meeting organized by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation called “ Advancing Social Media Measurement for Foundations.” Despite the difficulty of working measurement in a generic way, the output from sessions was quite valuable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

How do you measure your network to learn how to improve outcomes? I’ll be participating in the session, as part of the context setting by giving an overview of themes in my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-author with measurement guru KD Paine. Ventura County Community Foundation - March, 2013.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I had a lot of fun yesterday giving a webinar for the Nonprofit Webinar series ; it was a whole hour discussing community engagement! Well, from the planning and analysis side, that is. DIY Community Engagement Metrics. Community Mapping. >> Step 1: Identify all the groups within your community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2017

Capacity building includes both money (grants), consultants/technical assistance, peer learning/communities of practice, and collaboration. But, like anything else, to improve results, you need to measure it. My colleague, Teresa Crawford, Executive Director.

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Bonterra

APRIL 10, 2024

Case Management Tools Measure impact A unified solution to help you collect actionable program data, develop comprehensive reports, and share how you’re impacting your community. Advanced features enable you to compare program impact, conduct in-depth analysis, and automate report delivery to stakeholders.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

In the annual letters from Bill and Melinda Gates which was released today, measurement takes center stage. But in the past year I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition. Instead, it brought in independent experts to understand why the measurements were so different.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 28, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Top 5 Reasons Why Nonprofits Fail We all know the incredible impact nonprofits have – they’re the heart and hope of communities, tackling social issues with nothing but pure determination. But hey, it’s not all rainbows and sunshine. Let’s get into it!

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

private and community foundations. as measured by total giving. And we would narrow the focus to 1,000 of the largest private and community foundations. Analysis tip : We still create these annual data sets. In this blog, we also share some insider tips on how to analyze this complex data set to gain accurate insights.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Last year, the murder of George Floyd sparked a national reckoning with systemic racism and an outpouring of support for communities of color as companies made commitments to Black Lives Matter. 95% of Black Americans agree that companies should promote racial equity in the workplace , but 83% said companies have more work to do.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 9, 2023

The health needs of your community could change in an instant. Widespread layoffs could keep community members from being able to afford quality care. Measure your outcomes and tell your story. Aggregating all of your data can help streamline your tasks and encourage analysis across multiple sources.

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Candid

MAY 9, 2023

The new report, based on both quantitative and qualitative research, is the most comprehensive analysis of institutional philanthropy to HBCUs. Because of this, general operating support is seen as a measure of funder trust in grantee organizations. Smith University, with whom The Duke Endowment had a longstanding relationship.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

. Last week public relations and measurement professionals met in Lisbon for a Summit hosted by AMEC (The International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communications). 2: Measuring the Effect on Outcomes is Preferred to Measuring Outputs : Measure your results, not just numbers.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

At a recent webinar hosted by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, Jennifer Chheang of The California Endowment (TCE) and Allie VanHeast of the Kalamazoo Community Foundation (KCF) shared how they are using Demographics via Candid in practice to better understand alignment with institutional goals and measure their progress.

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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

Is it possible that your community has doubts about the organization’s credibility? ENA brings objectivity to the process by using the net promoter score as a tool to measure success. It is still possible to create that community, but on a smaller scale. Stay tuned for Sharon’s analysis of the dialogue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Chip Giller from grist.org give a talk at the Packard Foundation about their social media strategy and how they used measurement. The talk was so insightful that I’m sharing what I learned. Once we’ve hooked them, we engage with our community until they own the idea and run with it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

We’ve been chatting about how to measure the impact of the crowd and she offered to write this guest post on the topic. Measuring Your Crowdsourcing Efforts by Aliza Sherman. In order to know how to measure crowdsourcing results, you first need to understand what kind of crowdsourcing you’re implementing. Measuring Work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

Nonprofits use CRMs to manage their donor relationships, to segment supporters by interest areas, streamline donor communication, automate fundraising, and report on outcomes to the board, donors, and community. Does the platform provide powerful tools for data analysis, insight and built-in reporting for nonprofit metrics?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

How rigorous or complex should the analysis of impact data be? Often, nonprofits react to funders’ requirements regarding what to measure, though it can be difficult to obtain funding for impact measurement. Here’s how we think about impact management at Salesforce: Impact management combines elements of: Impact measurement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

Jeremiah Owyang has shared his initial analysis of Pepsi's Contest, summarizing the opportunity, risks, strengths, weaknesses, metrics, and impact. Measuring Success Measuring of this investment should be dependent on a few KPIs. . Overall impact towards helping communities. Did it impact the brand of Pepsi?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

This month’s theme was measurement – here’s a summary of the month’s learnings: Measurement Approaches. Many nonprofits often address measurement at the end of a project or program or fiscal year, but by putting it first it enables organizations to build a thoughtful strategy. Measurement Challenges.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. How many people hear that word and think it is just as generic as the word community? To that end, siloed brands are replaced by unifying goals that rally more than select individuals but entire communities. The full keynote and presentation are below.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Earlier this month, Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released the eighth edition of our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report. We’ve included their recommendations below, along with examples from the 2019 analysis of donors who use these tactics. . In it, we examined?available?2019?data

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders. Data Handling, Overview, Measurement, Evaluation and Reporting (4 percent). Collaborative Partnerships and Community Support (5 percent). You can find Robinson's scripts used in this analysis here. Miscellaneous (3 percent). Alternative Supports (<1 percent).

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CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

As a result, you’ve probably found yourself needing to write informative and engaging emails to connect with your community with limited time and manpower. Firstly, it has the capacity to write emails that are specifically designed to engage your community, incorporating best practices picked up from its deep learning.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 24, 2020

More recently, health payers and hospitals have joined their ranks in an effort to improve the health of their members, patients, and community members. Historically, the lion’s share of hospitals’ reported community benefit dollars has related to providing patient care services for free or at a reduced charge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. We started off with an affinity clustering of the strengths, challenges, and opportunities for improving their organization’s practice of measuring impact and communicating about it.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In 2018 analysis by Ben Gose , a reported 57% of nonprofits doubted their ability to continue meeting demand, motiving many nonprofit leaders to consider collaboration with other nonprofits and across sector lines in order to increase organizational capacity. Measure and share impact. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Recommendations.

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Qgiv

JULY 27, 2021

She knows what strategies work on social media, what strategies fail, and how nonprofits can use social channels to make a big impact on their community. Repeating that message consistently is the way you build a community; people know what to expect and they know it’s for them. You have to do those four tasks on each platform!

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

The online platform provides metrics on over 40 measures of health and drivers of health for over 750 cities across the U.S. City-level leaders, decision-makers, and community advocates actively using data to improve health and wellbeing in specific communities are among the primary audiences. Understand your capacity.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Researchers have measured the time savings created by generative AI. A recent Harvard Business School study compared two groups of consultants—one using AI tools and the other not—performing the same workplace tasks such as writing, analysis, and strategy.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

In a recent analysis , we looked at the characteristics of the December cohort, which totaled $4.2 Further analysis of organizational size can be found in our earlier report.) In particular, we found $881 million directed to Black communities, $60 million to Latinx communities, and $46 million to Native American communities.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Before you begin any project involving data analysis, start by clearly outlining your goal so you know which metrics to analyze. Under this framework, your nonprofit would create goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. Understand donors’ giving behaviors. Monitor data and adjust your appeals.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The opportunity for our sector to be more resilient and to thrive lies in our ability to embrace giving in all its forms—meeting and inspiring a community of givers on their terms. Our goal is an expanded horizon of generosity based on a rethinking of how we measure giving. What GivingTuesday Teaches Us About Year-Round Giving.

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2022

For decades, “infrastructure” referred to the physical and tangible needs of a business or a community. Grantmakers need to recognize the importance of funding both the projects and the technology required to support, measure, and grow those projects. The buildings we work in. The roads we drive on.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Climate finance partnership to fund community-led forest conservation. A partnership aimed at addressing the climate financing gap for Indigenous communities has been launched with the goal of mobilizing $20 billion a year by 2030. A weekly update with the latest news from PND. November 11, 2021. Read more.

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