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Five myths and misconceptions about Candid’s grant data

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Once Candid collects data from these sources, we clean, code, structure, and enhance the data to make it more accessible and useful. However, these methods are used to enhance other data sources and methods, not completely replace them. In fact, only a small number of grants are web-scraped from other public sources.

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QuickBooks for Nonprofits PRO TIP:  How to Use Classes for Painless Grant Writing

Blue Fox

nerdalert) Using this method, you can allocate a percentage of staff salaries, general overhead, and direct program costs to each program WITHOUT adding a gazillion lines to your Chart of Accounts. As a general rule, class labels and categories should be DIFFERENT from line items in your Chart of Accounts.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The ideas can be captured on a flip chart or participants can write them down on sticky notes and post them on a wall. While recent research suggests that the first method may not be as effective because of “ group think ” and produce fewer ideas, you can combine the best of both approaches. Brainstorming Warm Up Exercise.

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Don’t Let Staff Turnover Affect Your Grantmaking Data Quality

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Here are some best practices for effectively managing staff turnover and onboarding with your grantmaking software, including some methods of reassigning existing records to new staff members, establishing clear security roles, and building a comprehensive policies and procedures guide to keep everyone on the same page.

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4 proven strategies to increase revenue at your association

Nimble AMS

Are you looking for tried and true methods to maximize your association revenue? Use videos, charts, games, slide decks, checklists, and interviews within your training courses to engage members and keep them coming back for more. . Your association already has a set membership structure relevant to your members’ needs.

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3 Steps to Write a Stellar Nonprofit Development Plan

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Keep on reading to find out some fantastic methods to turn your organization’s development plan into the best fundraising asset it can possibly be. . Create a goal chart to guide your team during this process. You can then visualize these goals on a chart in order to understand their relation to one another.

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How to Export Universal Analytics Data

Whole Whale

The next step is to store this in your company’s cloud storage (Microsoft 360 or Google Drive) in a structured manner. When exporting historical information from Universal Analytics, it’s important to establish a consistent file naming structure to ensure that your data is organized and easy to work with.