Candid

MAY 15, 2024

At the Honnold Foundation, we had been working in partnership with grassroots organizations for some time before we learned that there was a term for the kind of grantmaking we do: trust-based philanthropy (TBP). We realize that some of the most impactful work is being done by organizations HF might not know about.

Philanthropy 52

Philanthropy Proposal Application Metrics 52

Charity Village

AUGUST 11, 2023

Janssen Global invites healthcare-related nonprofit organizations to submit requests for charitable donations, sponsorships, or support for community initiatives. Healthcare-related nonprofits include those that benefit patients and/or have a meaningful impact on local communities and the healthcare ecosystem in Canada.

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Donation Canada Evaluation Measure 60

sgEngage

JUNE 9, 2023

Table of Contents Grant Lifecycle Who Handles Grant Management for Grantmaking Organizations? Pre-Award Stage Generating Grant Guidelines Developing grant guidelines requires creating a comprehensive outline of the grant’s objectives, eligibility requirements, application procedure, and evaluation metrics.

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Grant Management Award Evaluation 52

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2021

Every social sector organization can and should be doing impact management ! There are three main components to integrating impact management practices in your organization: continuous evidence building, participant-centered program management, and integrated financial management.

Integration 69

Integration Impact Practice Management 69

sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

I led a group of fellow volunteers who evaluated applications from diverse organizations. The winning organizations were consistently exhibiting interesting characteristics, but we weren’t asking questions targeted at those characteristics. When was the last time your application was given a solid review?

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Question Application Reflection Philanthropy 83

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Of course nonprofits’ ability to accurately evaluate their impact is married to their funding. Grantee evaluation is a perennial hot topic in the foundation world, nonprofit evaluation is a lucrative industry in universities, and there is a whole high tech industry emerging to rate charities online led by Charity Navigator.

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Evaluation Service Measure Database 64

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Keep reading this Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits to learn what makes accounting for nonprofits unique and get tips on choosing the best accounting software for your organization. Churches and faith-based organizations also fall under the category of nonprofits. How are Nonprofit’s Financial Goals Different?

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Software Guide Award Grant 300

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. Develop standardized compliance reports to ensure your organization is always prepared to meet private funder, county, state, or federal requests.

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Tools Management Los Angeles Demonstration 52

Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 4, 2024

foundationConnect enabled us to work better together — from funders and applicants to program staff and grantees, stronger connections were built within our organization. The good news is your organization has options to consider for replacing foundationConnect with another grantmaking solution.

Nonprofit 52

Nonprofit Application Integration Grant 52

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The importance of cybersecurity for nonprofits can’t be overstated, and your organization is not immune to the constantly evolving cyber threats that come with sharing information through the internet. Because nonprofits run off of donations, many organizations also have limited access to IT support. That’s phishing!

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Nonprofit Software Practice Offline 111

NTEN

JUNE 9, 2023

Keeping a nonprofit organization’s website secure is critical. Cyber-attacks can cause significant damage to an organization. Despite these, organizations in the nonprofit sector tend not to be at the forefront of devoting significant effort or resources to cybersecurity. Conduct regular security audits. Limit user access.

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Websites Strategy Plugin Nonprofit 68

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. This person will take the helm on laying out tasks in a sequence, informing other staff of their roles and assignments, and providing assistance to people as they complete their parts of the evaluation.

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Measure Issue Impact Method 143

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

You see, your nonprofit’s Board is ultimately responsible for your organization, interfacing between your organization and the community. In other words, your Board should help you see problems before they occur, they should evaluate how well things are working, and they should help you find new and better solutions.

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Roles Director Evaluation Government 116

sgEngage

MARCH 31, 2023

But above that, the evidence is irrefutable: a more diverse and inclusive organization is a better-performing organization. Organizations working toward social impact know this better than most industries. But for grantmaking organizations, the DEI effort is two-fold. How are you recruiting staff and volunteers?

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Practice Trend Grant Gartner 71

NTEN

JANUARY 25, 2022

This evaluation process involves all three equity committees, including board, community, and staff. Our evaluation and review of 2021 have helped us identify some key successes while providing us with some priorities for 2022. Staff, board, and volunteers. 2021 review highlights. 2022 focus. 2021 review highlights. 2022 focus.

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Community NTC Sponsor NTEN 88

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Here’s the good news: with preparation and a pulse on the right data and information, it is possible to get a handle on the task and get a big picture of your organization’s needs. Below is a list of processes and procedures you can take to prepare yourself and your organization to start your website build or redesign on a solid footing.

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Websites Analytics Project Proposal 304

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

A flexible and scalable nonprofit CRM is at the center of an organization to enable the highest return on their cause initiatives. There is no shortage of CRM’s in the market that sell to nonprofit organizations. Does integrate with existing applications your staff uses everyday like Microsoft Office365 ?

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Metrics Nonprofit Profile Platform 261

Whole Whale

MARCH 24, 2021

Finding the right foundation to write a grant for is confusing, especially if the organization has no prior relationships to build on. Some foundations have open RFIs (Request for Information), open LOIs (Letter of Inquiry), RFPs (Request for Proposal) and others have open calls for applications around a campaign.

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Grant Foundation Tips Proposal 52

sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2023

No matter the scale of your organization, an effective data governance framework is necessary to communicate your impact clearly to grantmakers and donors alike. You will want to account for infrastructure, physical and cloud storage, applications, encryption, and authentication procedures. Security should be the tie that binds them!

Government 78

Government Data Adopt Change Management 78

Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

One such data story is this: Though long suspected, we finally have the data to confirm that 39 percent of our grant applications are duplicative across funders. Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders. Data Handling, Overview, Measurement, Evaluation and Reporting (4 percent). Applicant Contact Information.

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Grant Analysis Application Contact 111

sgEngage

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Nonprofits needed more streamlined applications and processes to get resources out the door and trust from grantmakers that they could do more and better work with fewer limitations. I have felt the frustration of completing horribly constructed online grant applications and experienced the exhilaration of being awarded significant funds.

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Grant Foundation Philanthropy Application 81

Forum One

OCTOBER 17, 2023

They directly contribute to the organization’s programmatic mission, making a significant difference in the lives of those they serve. City Health Dashboard NYU’s Langone Health’s Department of Population Health developed the City Health Dashboard to share and compare data on 37 measures of public health across more than 500 U.S.

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Product Develop Impact Case Study 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

While my family and their home dodged a bullet, like millions in NYC, other locations had catastrophic flooding and there was a loss of lives. We learned that it predicting the path of hurricanes is a more precise science than the measuring their destructive force. What are the key results of this campaign ?

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Hurricane Measure Social Media Pledge 97

Forum One

JULY 13, 2021

Apple’s latest privacy updates will affect data sources commonly used by mission-driven organizations. Let’s explore how your organization can adapt to the changes. The IDFA allows applications to uniquely identify your device without revealing personal information, such as your name or email address.

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Impact Organization Track Analytics 46

Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2017

Ensuring that your foundation makes impactful grants to the right nonprofit partners starts with a thorough proposal evaluation. A proposal should include more than just the organization’s mission statement and program description. Measurement Plan: Has an appropriate plan been laid out to monitor and measure the program outcomes ?

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Proposal Evaluation Grant Measure 30

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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Measure Aggregator Platform Consultant 104

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

From smaller, newer nonprofits to larger charitable organizations, measuring performance is a universally shared need, especially in the realm of fundraising. But for organizations that offer direct services to constituents, such as social services nonprofits, there’s another layer of complexity— impact measurement.

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Statistics Stats Program Management 52

Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

This is no surprise as recruiting talented staff involves making your organization stand out in a competitive market and maintaining clear expectations, which is an area of improvement for many hiring organizations. Hard skills are measurable technical skills or certifications such as CRM management proficiency.

Strategy 52

Strategy Interview Skills Retention 52

Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

This is no surprise as recruiting talented staff involves making your organization stand out in a competitive market and maintaining clear expectations, which is an area of improvement for many hiring organizations. Hard skills are measurable technical skills or certifications such as CRM management proficiency.

Strategy 52

Strategy Interview Skills Retention 52

NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. This person will take the helm on laying out tasks in a sequence, informing other staff of their roles and assignments, and providing assistance to people as they complete their parts of the evaluation.

Measure 81

Measure Issue Impact Method 81

Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Evaluate your volunteer program. Identify the organizations in your community (if any) that are already working to solve this issue. Your goals should be SMART: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound. A lofty, ambiguous goal will not serve your organization in the long term. Train volunteers.

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Volunteer Program Roles Training 89

Gyrus

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Baseball and your Learning Organization. This practice and the particular application has changed the way small market teams compete in the major leagues and thus has made this recent postseason a possibility for my preferred team. Measuring Learning. So you may be asking yourself where is the linkage to learning programs?

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Learning Organization Statistics Cleveland 61

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Letting grantees lead: What we’re learning from the BUILD evaluation. Center for Effective Philanthropy: Grantee and Applicant Perception Reports. Why Impact-Per-Dollar is a terrible, harmful way to measure nonprofit effectiveness. The Power of Dialogue about Nonprofit Data and Evaluation. Evaluating a Culture.

Philanthropy 98

Philanthropy Open Participatory Evaluation 98

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 28, 2021

These organizations are structured to grant the power of governance to the board of directors and power of Executive Director management. Start-up organizations often adopt a “working board” model due to limited funds or the desire to generate community buy-in with a 100% volunteer-led mission. Hire a Qualified Executive Director.

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Director Management Government Model 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The book is a great read, packed with insights as well as high level frameworks and practical applications. This book should be on the holiday reading list for any nonprofit leaders and their boards (and their donors) who want their organizations to thrive and magnify impact. It starts with the organization’s mission or the air.

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Leadership Impact Review Chapter 92

Volunteer Hub

MARCH 21, 2023

If you want to make a significant impact, volunteer engagement and management strategy should be at the top of your list, especially if volunteers play a vital role in helping your organization achieve its mission. Watch a short video to see how VolunteerHub works. We offer True CRM integration to seamlessly make a connection.

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Volunteer Management Software Database 82

fusionSpan

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Ever since, Salesforce has been testing, launching and expanding those AI capabilities, giving organizations using the platform more and more insight and efficiency, so they can make the most of every opportunity and deliver the best customer, donor or membership experience. Ready to supercharge your Salesforce with AI?

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Language Generation Analysis Data 59