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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

sgEngage

The Statement of Activities—commonly referred to as an SOA—is one of four essential financial statements for nonprofit organizations. How to Avoid: To avoid this mistake, organizations must develop robust systems for tracking and reporting on restricted versus unrestricted funds. Use financial management software with analytical tools.

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Why Event Vendor Partnerships Matter

Greater Giving

Consider Past Performance Evaluate vendors based on their track record with similar events. Request references and reviews to gauge their reliability and the quality of their services. This allows for a comprehensive comparison. Their alignment enhances the event’s authenticity and resonance with your audience.

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Analytics Dashboards: Which tool is Right For Your Nonprofit? 

Whole Whale

Flexibility : The best dashboards are flexible enough to track the metrics that are most important to your nonprofit. Make sure the dashboard you choose can be customized to track the specific data points you want to track. Price: Starts at $9.99 – Pricing & Product Comparison | Microsoft Power BI. What is it?

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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

Candid

2013-2014 – Tweens A decade in, the importance of consistent year-over-year comparisons grew. Today, we refer to it as the “Foundation 1000”, and it is often used to look at historical grantmaking trends. This typically resulted in about 900-1,300 funders represented and 100-150k grants collected in a given year.

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Philanthropy during COVID-19 in Brazil 

Candid

The social sector in Brazil is locally referred to as the “private social investment” sector and it consists of over 815,000 nonprofit organizations, as well as institutional donors. They are more confident both in civil society organizations and in the power of giving, in comparison with the rest of Brazilian society. .

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Millennials and Direct Mail Campaigns: A Crash Course

Achieve

Emails are also direct marketing, but the sheer number of emails received throughout the day can make them feel less meaningful in comparison to a few personalized letters. . In addition to your supporters’ names, you can also reference their event attendance, previous donations, and other involvement with your organization.

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Donor Management Software: Buyer’s Guide + 16 Top Solutions

Bloomerang

You may have heard this software referred to by a few different names, including donor management software, nonprofit CRM , donor database, donor software, and donor tracking software. Ultimately, each is referring to the same database of information that is used to manage the data organizations collect about their supporters.

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