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Does your nonprofit mission statement drive donations?

Candid

that serve the homeless population. Candid made it easy for us to search for nonprofits that serve the homeless and have tax statements on file. The Moderating Effect of Mission Statement Polarity on Performance , we used a package in the statistical software R Studio to measure the emotional polarity of the 200 mission statements.

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Why You Should Reevaluate Your Nonprofit’s Mission Statement

Bloomerang

based nonprofits from Candid that serve the homeless population. An Exploratory Analysis of Nonprofit Mission Statements , we ran a different kind of analysis. Once we had that information, we applied a statistical method called exploratory factor analysis to uncover themes that might be present in the data set.

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Using Music and Data to Measure Impact and Wellbeing

Saleforce Nonprofit

We’ve built a flow to gather this data and carry out statistical analysis on the numbers. Qualitative Data Analysis. As an organisation interested in wellbeing, we use a wellbeing scale (SWEMWBS, read about it here ) to understand whether what we do works or not. Numbers Only Tell Half a Story. This is where stuff gets crazy.

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Data drives better digital marketing for nonprofits

3rd Sector Labs

Oh, and (most of the time) people trust numbers, statistics, facts and figures. Which is a more compelling storyline: “Tornado hits town” or “Tornado strikes, 38 families rendered homeless, property damage estimates exceed $12 million”?

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Key facts, figures, and trends among U.S. labor unions

Candid

This is not surprising given that these states also have some of the largest workforces and highest labor union densities, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. To identify unions, we conducted a systematic analysis of the top 50 NTEE codes by number of organizations and total revenue size (which together accounted for 96.6%

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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations. There may be someone in another department who is a data nerd with expert excel or data analysis skills. Ask around.

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

Surveys, interviews, and data analysis can reveal the equivalent of that Rolls-Royce insight – the key emotional triggers, values, and desires of your existing and potential supporters. A charity combating homelessness should feature stories of providing shelter, not just cute mascots.

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