Care2

MARCH 31, 2013

As nonprofit organizations, it's our job to provide the best constituent experiences, especially when it comes to grassroots organizing. Any decent CRM system will help you get a good snapshot of your constituents interests and history of actions with your organization. Do they prefer Direct Mail or email communications?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2016

We've covered bar charts, line charts, scatter plots, and maps in Beyond the Pie Chart. We finish the series by explaining the only time a pie chart actually is the right choice. When to Use a Pie Chart. As we state in our white paper, Which Chart or Graph is Right for You? Pro Tips for Pie Charts.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Charts and graphs are useful, but when you have any kind of location data — whether it's postal codes, state abbreviations, country names, or your own custom geocoding — you've got to see your data on a map. Part 4 in our Beyond the Pie Chart series covers mapping. So demand the same informative view from your data.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 6, 2022

Even though nonprofit organizations aren’t required by law to publish annual reports, most nonprofit leaders recognize the value annual reports can provide. It’s also helpful to include pie charts, bar graphs, or other visuals that help readers see the big picture and understand financial trends. How do we Handle the Donor Lists?

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Candid

JULY 22, 2021

Her third round of grants in less than a year, Scott wrote that grant recipients were “286 high-impact organizations in categories and communities that have been historically underfunded and overlooked.” Organizations that received a grant from Scott varied in size, but the majority have annual revenues in the $1 million to $5 million range.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2011

What is your organization aiming to accomplish? What are your organization’s capabilities for doing this? How will your organization know if you are making progress? What are your strategies for making this happen? What have and haven’t you accomplished so far?

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sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2024

Since she signed the Giving Pledge in 2019 and began her momentous campaign of organization-changing donations, MacKenzie Scott has given away more than $17.3 Restricted vs Unrestricted Funds Nonprofit organizations receive funding that typically falls into two buckets: restricted and unrestricted. What Are Restricted Funds?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

You need data collection and data structure skills, not just a data entry person—someone who knows how your organization operates and the best ways for information to be delivered. In a small, grant-funded organization, you might not have these skills and that’s ok!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

is the founder of Data Viz for Nonprofits , a design consultancy that delivers high-quality visualizations that help organizations to quickly grasp their data, improve their work, and show their impact. Simple infographics employ just a few visual elements (pictures or charts), words, and numbers. Amelia Kohm, Ph.D. , Are simple.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

As a Database Administrator, my world revolves around helping users make sense of the information they receive, from voice-of-the-customer anecdotes and impressions to polished Key Performance Indicator (KPI) graphs, charts, and dashboards. How often has your organization struggled with answering, “How are we doing?” That’s okay!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

Over the past decade, organizations like Sierra Club , Greenpeace , and 350.org By deepening their commitments to sustainability, organizations across sectors have the opportunity to enact more sustainable business practices and set an example for peer organizations. Resources for Your Organization to Champion Sustainability.

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Candid

MAY 4, 2023

To date, over 54,000 organizations have shared some data about how their staff and/or board identify by race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and/or disability status. i We anticipate a steady increase in organizations sharing demographic information as a result of our recently launched Demographics via Candid campaign.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

If your organization receives at least some of its funding from grants, you need a fund accounting system with subfund accounting capabilities built to handle nonprofit accounting standards. The Importance of Compliance for Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofits show integrity through transparency.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

tax-exempt organizations file annually, are a major source of data about nonprofits and foundation grantmaking in the United States. For one, busy and understaffed organizations are requesting filing extensions—the IRS expects roughly 762K tax-exempt extensions for fiscal year 2022. ii This chart includes 990s, 990-EZs, and 990-PFs.

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Cloud 4 Good

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Across industries, organizations have been investing heavily to integrate analytics throughout every aspect of their company to capture a portion of the $9.5 Tableau is known for taking data from almost every system your organization is using and turning it into actionable insights – including Raiser’s Edge NXT. trillion to $15.4

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Part 3 in our Beyond the Pie Chart series digs into the wonderful world of scatter plots. These tips from Tableau's Visual Analysis Best Practices and Which Chart or Graph is Right for You? As we can see from the chart (specifically when we add a trend line), there is a clear negative correlation between sales price and quantity.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Council on Foundations’ 2023 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Report Key Findings (for which Candid provided data analysis) offer a broad picture: Median full-time staff salaries for select roles rose 5.49% between 2022 and 2023, i as reported by a non-representative panel of 514 grantmaking organizations.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

This is the second blog in my series on configuring Intuit's QuickBooks for use in a nonprofit organization. Some of the main goals of the implementation meeting are to produce a consensus on the definition of: The chart of accounts. Funding sources (who funds your organization and what are their reporting requirements?).

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The bbcon 2023 agenda is full of great sessions for finance professionals serving nonprofits, schools, foundations, healthcare, and cultural organizations, from creating better systems to extending what you currently do with Blackbaud’s fund accounting software, Financial Edge NXT.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2013

One of the basic tenets of my first book with Alison Fine, “ The Networked Nonprofit ,” was that everyone in the organization participates in social media from the executive director on down – not just the “social media person.” Social media response chart loosely based on the AirForce Blog Response Framework.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Email fundraising has become increasingly difficult, but many of the organizations in our sample of 24 nonprofits saw strong results this December. Even with this total holding steady, these organizations still sent a median of 15 appeals. It may seem dispiriting when you craft the perfect email and only.05%

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

According to a 2020 Edelman study , 89% of decision-makers surveyed believe that thought leadership improves their perceptions of an organization — yet only 17% of them rate the quality of the information they read as very good or excellent. They will be representing your organization. Look outward.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

foundations in a given year (see chart below). Why we use the Foundation 1000 sets for trends analysis As illustrated in the chart above, the Foundation 1000s’ grantmaking is much more stable over time compared to the broader grant data set. private and community foundations. private and community foundations. Pledges are excluded.

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Whole Whale

MAY 2, 2024

Social media posts and account maintenance We’ve noted that organizations should guard their voice online. For fun, have them also prepare a 30 minute presentation for the organization. Index and put these photos in a system like Google Photos or Flickr for the organization to use in the future.

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Blue Fox

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

#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. Imagine the possibilities.

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Candid

MARCH 5, 2024

Fundraising can be an ongoing challenge for any nonprofit organization, but for newly established ones, it can be a daunting hurdle. An organization that’s just starting out has to compete for funding with nearly two million other U.S. One major obstacle is that foundations are reluctant to award grants to emerging organizations.

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Candid

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The resulting data set can be considered a convenience sample, capturing the latest demographic data that’s been shared by each participating organization. For example, the charts below (also included in the manual) illustrate how complete the data is across different staffing levels and demographic questions.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 19, 2010

This is the second blog in my series on configuring Intuit's QuickBooks for use in a nonprofit organization. Some of the main goals of the implementation meeting are to produce a consensus on the definition of: The chart of accounts. Funding sources (who funds your organization and what are their reporting requirements?).

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Donor Search

AUGUST 25, 2017

The more prepared your organization is, the more likely you’ll be able to extend the right asks to reach likely donors and achieve your fundraising goals. The success of your fundraising campaign relies on whether or not your nonprofit has put in the time to develop a comprehensive, data-driven fundraising strategy. The secret to an…

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Blue Fox

JUNE 15, 2020

We also put together an easy-to-read #foxtastic chart of the major updates below. If your organization could use some guidance, give us a call at (321) 233-3311 or email hello@yourbluefox.com. The Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act eases restrictions on how nonprofits and small businesses can spend their PPP funds.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 1, 2023

You won’t get this time back when the economy is booming and sales are off the charts. Doing More With Less It may sound counterintuitive, but there’s no better time to set up systems and processes than in a down economy. Plus, your future self/team will thank you.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Nonprofit strategic planning can help your organization meet challenges effectively and take advantage of new opportunities. Organizations that do have a strategic plan continually express the advantages that this type of preparation gives them. Generally, this model follows these steps: Define your organization’s mission and goals.

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2024

You also love a nice chart. Hootsuite’s 2024 Trends for Nonprofits on Social Media report found that 34% of audiences dislike it when a nonprofit promotes the organization too much. More than half (53%) think organizations should be more relatable on social media.

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Qgiv

JUNE 14, 2021

That’s why you have to develop a fundraising strategy for your nonprofit that consists of a variety of different approaches, reflects elements like campaign strategies and budget planning , and helps your organization meet its goals. What are you aiming to change within your organization during your next fundraising campaign?

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sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

In recent years, relationships between nonprofit organizations and their auditors have seen positive change. Audit teams would then be caught off guard, unaware of either newly implemented accounting systems, new chart of accounts, or changes in processes and management roles.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

It’s a way to take all that data you’ve collected about the great things your organization does, and use it for social good purposes – to illustrate timelines, histories, relationships, the impact of a program, and much more. With their unique combination of images and words, infographics are a powerful storytelling tool.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Create an Operating Reserve Fund (or Review Your Policy) An operating reserve is a crucial part of creating a strong financial foundation for your organization. Like an emergency fund for your organization, an operating reserve allows you time to make data-driven decisions instead of having to react immediately.

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