Candid

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Its compelling aim promises to empower nonprofits to share vital information about their organizations, one time, on their Candid profile, where it can be accessed and re-used by all to reduce the inefficiency and reporting burdens faced when applying for funding. nonprofits and foundations.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In service of this, in this blog, we’re highlighting five things we’ve heard about our grants data that aren’t quite accurate. Candid staff also scan websites, press releases, social media, and news sources for grantmaking information. These searches tend to focus on narrow, high-profile issues, such as Covid-19 or racial equity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

How much time do you spend thinking about where your donors are coming from ? Leave the game of chance for another time. Press release going out? That’s why we recommend these 3 simple steps to set good foundations: Create an internal UTM guide (we recommend this template on Notion to save you precious time).

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Candid

JUNE 5, 2023

This is only the second time Candid has sought to update this taxonomy, and the first time since the PCS’ release that significant external input was solicited. The post Open for comment: Proposed changes to Candid’s taxonomy appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Candid

AUGUST 10, 2023

New technologies often disappoint initially, but over time, a more grounded reality emerges where we begin to reap tangible benefits. When I was at Google, every few years a new search site would arrive on the scene that appeared to deliver similar or better results. Yes, new applications are sexy and garner press coverage.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2022

With breaking news, it takes time for the full picture to emerge. Candid faces similar challenges in answering questions about the philanthropic response to current events—but with an even more significant time lag. To help the sector understand the emerging funding picture, Candid prioritizes collecting current, “real-time” data.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Use the Arial, Times New Roman, Verdana, or Georgia font. Write Page Titles That Increase Your Search Engine Optimization. Meta tags are still relevant, but fresh content and page titles are increasingly dominating search results. Host Your Blog Inside Your Website. Have a Donate Now Button on Every Page.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Dedicating time and resources to the following areas will create a solid foundation to maximize the impact of your communications activities. . Make time for copy editing. Ensuring you have the time to copy-edit your work—and have at least one additional person look at it, as well—will help to catch both big and small issues.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 9, 2020

At the same time, our industry has shown remarkable resilience in times of greatest need, and this year has been no exception. Each year we write a fundraising trends blog post, just like this one, but unforeseen events and variables in 2020 made writing this year’s post, without a doubt, the most difficult yet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Read our blog post to find out more about how videos can be powerful fundraising tools. Keep in mind that you can always raise or lower the fundraiser goal at any time. Creating a descriptive title can lead more people to click on your fundraiser URL, and it also makes it easier for people to find your fundraiser in a search.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Her Blog has been recognized as one of the "Best 21st Century Leadership Blogs" and also as a "Top 100 Socially-Shared Leadership Blog." Be sure to visit both her website and her blog. Search “Debbie Laskey” for previous appearances. At the time, it felt genuinely impossible. Do you agree with this approach?

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

It states that your UA property will continue to collect and process new data up until the July 1st deadline, but once that time comes, the organization will have only six months to access the data that has been collected. This could take some time) #4 Congrats, you now have your GA4 property!

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

However, donors should take the time to make sure their support goes to legitimate relief organizations. Verify that the nonprofit you’re giving to is legitimate and trustworthy by searching for them on sites like Charity Navigator , GuideStar , or TEOS (tax-exempt organization search). You can donate to their work here.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 16, 2010

I think over the course of lo this last few years, I have blogged or tweeted about this very phenomenon what feels like countless times. Is it free because it’s open source (Drupal, Elgg, Word Press)? Or is it free because it is a start up in search for a business model (Ning)? Nonprofits find services for free.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A donor’s objectives based on their interests, The most pressing needs within social impact areas or geographic locations, Nonprofits working to address those needs, Which of these nonprofits is most effective, Additional variables such as giving models, tax implications, legal considerations etc. “If

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Care2

AUGUST 17, 2011

After months of wandering you’ve made it to the (nonprofit blogging) promised land! You convinced the bigwigs to let you start a blog for your organization, you recruited peers to join you as staff bloggers, you’ve set clear guidelines , and shared some creative blog post ideas for your staff to draw from.

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sgEngage

JUNE 15, 2023

The annual financial audit is a great time to review your statements through a risk lens and search the corners of your financial statements for long-forgotten issues that could contaminate an entire balance sheet. As you develop your procedures, check in regularly with your auditors to make sure that you are on the right track.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Should all nonprofits have a blog? Can having a blog benefit your organization? Below are eight benefits of having a nonprofit blog. Blogs help provide quick, up to the minute news about your organization and cause. Blog posts, on the other hand, can be written in 15-30 minutes. Blogs can help you work faster.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Submitted by Britt Bravo, publisher of Have Fun • Do Good Should all nonprofits have a blog? Can having a blog benefit your organization? Below are eight benefits of having a nonprofit blog. Blogs help provide quick, up to the minute news about your organization and cause. Blogs can help you work faster.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Start by clearing your proxy or firewall cookies and cache and press “Ctrl” and “F5” to refresh your page.” A Blank Blog or Admin Page. After this move your “plugins-temp” to “plugin” and activate them one at a time. Search for “siteurl” under the “option_name” field and hit “Edit Field.”

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

In this article from our 2020 annual report , Laia Griñó shares how people across Candid collaborated to create the website in record time. We linked to new Candid Blog posts offering updated funding analyses, historical perspective, and predictive models about how the crisis would affect nonprofits.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Once we hit November and we’ve gotten through Halloween, Daylight Savings Time, and the first frost, it’s officially the holiday season – and for nonprofits, that means it’s also time for year-end giving campaigns. The reason is twofold: first, it makes sense to align with the holiday season, a time of generosity and giving back.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

I'm giving a talk about blogging at the meeting of the Marin Branch of the California Writers Club tomorrow at the Book Passage in Corte Madera. Forgive me if you've seen a lot of these links before, and please feel free to add more examples of blogs about writing, or by writers who publish in print, as well as online, in the comments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2014

If this is your first time with crowdfunding, you can ask yourself: How much do I need to make an impact? After you think through these questions, create a well defined goal that follows the SMART framework : specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely. What is the average amount that we have raised in a campaign or event?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2018

The Google Ad Grants program gives nonprofits up to $10,000 per month in free in-kind AdWords across the search network through the Google for Nonprofits platform. Now, compare that with Google’s competitors and you’ll be hard-pressed to find something that stands out as analogous. Minimum keyword quality score of 2.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 6, 2022

A press release can be the perfect attention-getter for your organization. Not sure how to write a nonprofit press release? Read on to learn about the anatomy of a press release plus helpful tips for completing each section. What is a nonprofit press release? How to write a nonprofit press release. Release time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2010

Channels include Latest News, Pets, Wildlife, Animal Rescue, Factory Farming, Animal Fighting, Fur-Free, Horses, Protect Seals, Wildlife Abuse, International, Investigations, Press Room. Search 60,000 open volunteer opportunities to find the perfect one for you. Access videos, blog updates, twitter posts and more.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

These tasks are often important, yet they get kicked down the road because you don’t know how to do them and either don’t have time or don’t want to learn how to do them. See how it goes then add more time for them as you’re comfortable. Keep in mind that you are not committing to a full-time hire. Start small.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites. There were also many sites so a searcher would have to go through several and sort through the many different search protocols and syntax. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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NetWits

JULY 31, 2008

is about using blogs, discussion boards, and all the latest social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, etc. Last month, Comcast received a lot of press when they began monitoring and responding to anyone who tweeted about Comcast on Twitter.com. You have probably heard lots about Web 2.0, Customer Service 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2015

Starting April 21, dubbed “Mobilegeddon” , Google changed the search results and will show mobile friendly sites in search results (while using your mobile phone). You can test your web site here and find out if you passed the test and if you flunked it, there is some advice on what and how to fix it.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 10, 2007

I am often asked for advice from nonprofits that want to start a blog. Read blogs. I can’t tell you how many amazing, visionary nonprofit leaders I talk to who when I ask them if they read blogs say, “I read email.” The best person to write an organization's blog is the person who is the most excited to write it.

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See3

MAY 21, 2007

For those of you who are blogging, one key is longevity. I recently passed my one-year blogging anniversary. As I look at many interesting blogs I realize that it’s never too late to start. Thanks for your comments about Guy’s keynoting and the link to his blog! Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

She also got quoted on an influential blog. I immediately forwarded it to Nancy Schwartz, because she had blogged about Komen’s Kentucky Fried Chicken partnership and I knew she’d want to follow up. And it worked! Kivi got a call from a newspaper in Dallas writing about the nonprofit marketing angle.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 3, 2013

The company has received quite a bit of press surrounding its rejection of a $3 billion acquisition offer from Facebook and regarding the rivalries among its founders. Snapchat then searches your address book to find the Snapchat usernames of your friends. Snapchat has undoubtedly been one of this year's most intriguing apps.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Last March I was on a blogging panel for an event put on by the Alliance of Technology and Women. To prepare for the panel, I wrote up 10 Ways Nonprofit Can Use Blogs. You can read Steve's blog at the Eye of Bakersfield. Blogs fall under the category of "social media" because they are, well, social. So here it goes.10

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NTEN

MAY 11, 2011

In our case, Google's chart animation allowed us to clearly communicate the increase over time in autism diagnoses, as compared to other special education diagnoses. In the autism post , click on the bar graph tab, then press play to see how Google makes it easy to animate data.

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