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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

The collective knowledge of our Leadership Council makes the Classy Awards a distinction unlike any other. Author of Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World , which received The Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s Best Book Award for 2020. Kimberly Mitchell. National University. Anna Rathmann.

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A crash course on trends analysis using Candid’s Foundation 1000 data set 

Candid

At Candid, we collect data on millions of grants and other transactions awarded by hundreds of thousands of funders across the globe. In comparison, our Foundation 1000 data set is limited to grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a set of 1,000 of the largest U.S. foundations in a given year (see chart below).

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5 Ways Fund Accounting Simplifies Financial Reporting for Community Health Centers

sgEngage

A fund accounting system with a segmented chart of accounts enables you to build systemic controls into each specific grant to ensure any booked financial activity is compliant with available budgets and contract restrictions. With the details for each grant at your fingertips, everyone on the team knows what is needed and when.

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7 Ways Your Nonprofit Can Build a Strong Financial Foundation in 2024

sgEngage

From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. Here are seven ways your team can make sure your nonprofit has a strong financial foundation this year. Is your chart of accounts unmanageable?

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How to find your first prospective donors: Tips for new nonprofits 

Candid

One major obstacle is that foundations are reluctant to award grants to emerging organizations. Simultaneously, make sure your nonprofit has in place a clearly stated mission, vision, and values , as well as sound infrastructure: a qualified team, internal governance and management systems, technology, and partners.

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The voice and vision of the volunteer

ASU Lodestar Center

CEOs in the nonprofit sector are often considered visionaries who chart the voyage of the organization. When will nonprofits actually welcome volunteers as people who can also be a part of charting the voyage? Not being able to fully deliver these services can be attributed to the constraints on budget, staff and lack of resources.

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“Seeding by ceding”: What we know about the latest group of organizations funded by MacKenzie Scott

Candid

Editor’s note: Scott awarded a grant to Candid.) . i Although Scott discloses who receives donations, she does not say how much is awarded to each organization, so we do not yet have information about grant size distribution in this round of giving. Therefore, each chart contains information about how many grantees are represented.