NonProfit PRO

JUNE 1, 2023

A new LGBTQ+ Index and research report released by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI shows philanthropic support for LGBTQ+ organizations accounted for 0.13% of total U.S. charitable giving in 2019, the latest year for which data are available.

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

Meaningful data is a tremendous asset to advocates, policymakers, and mission-driven organizations. Increasingly, organizations of all sizes have access to digital tools that provide data, but data storytelling—making facts relatable and actionable—takes additional effort to transform data into tangible stories.

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Story Data Storytelling Lesson 66

M+R

APRIL 16, 2024

Hey data friends, it’s our favorite time of the year, the birds are singing, the flowers are blooming, you can sip your iced coffee outside and read Benchmarks ! So here’s your action item: If your organization hasn’t already, save any existing UA data before this date for historical tracking! We’ll wait. Ok, back with us?

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Benchmark Analytics Google Comparison 66

Volunteer Hub

APRIL 30, 2021

The Students Association of MacEwan University (SAMU) switched from another volunteer management solution to VolunteerHub in order to leverage VolunteerHub’s reward and recognition, user groups, and kiosk features. Capabilities that were not provided by their previous volunteer management software. VolunteerHub is a Great Investment for SAMU.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

For example, our Bookshare online library for the blind, uses several different social enterprises to do data entry and proofreading work on textbooks. Our first partner in this work was Digital Divide Data, an organization that has an outstanding training program in the area of data entry and outsourcing.

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Laos Digital Data New York City 235

.orgSource

MARCH 4, 2024

All that’s needed is a 360-degree shift in how you view your business universe. Before their book was published in 2005, the authors “studied over 150 strategic moves spanning more than 30 industries over 100 years.” ABMS studied the literature. That idea might seem a little miraculous. But divine intervention is not required.

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Strategy Marketing Detroit Associations 221

The NonProfit Times

APRIL 17, 2024

That’s the conclusion reached by a team of researchers from the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts after completing a study in partnership with RIP Medical Debt, a New York City charity that buys and cancels medical debt. The remaining 80% of accounts had already been farmed out to independent collectors.

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

This vast library contains more than 34,000 freely available philanthropic resources authored by organizations in our sector—including reports, case studies, surveys, toolkits, and more. This case study illustrates the outcomes they achieved by directly engaging community members in their grant funding decision-making process.

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2024

Studies show that nonprofits need flexible dollars to succeed. One such initiative is Demographics via Candid , a national campaign to address the surge of interest in nonprofit demographic data. The report highlights declines in philanthropic support for historically Black colleges and universities.

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Impact Support Demographics Grant 104

Nimble AMS

MAY 17, 2022

A recent Salesforce study identified that 89% of full-time workers were more satisfied with their job because of workplace automation. To attract new employees and retain current staff at your association, it’s wise to invest in data training. Why this disconnect in data literacy? Job quit numbers also rose in March to 4.5

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Technology Literacy Associations Retention 140

Nimble AMS

JANUARY 15, 2024

Trust is at the forefront of how Salesforce engages with their customers, manages data, and builds out their ecosystem. In the latest Community Brands Association Trends Study , building trust is still a top priority for association members. Trusted ecosystem ASSH built a universal Fellowship Application with Salesforce Flows.

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Technology Associations Application System 131

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

The data can be used to help your nonprofit craft a technology and fundraising strategic plan. 2014 Nonprofit Benchmarks Study :: Download. Published by Indiana University. 2014 mGive Text Giving Study :: Download. 2013 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study :: Download. Published by Walden University.

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Social Media Report Media Australia 220

Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

For example, looking at trends in the higher education sector, 23 out of 43 Australian universities have appointed a new vice chancellor in the last two years. So what does this opportunity mean for global university leaders? Business Model Innovation. Learner-Centric Impact. Lifelong Learning to Lifelong Relationships.

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Global Education Trend Student 98

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

From gathering demographic data to understanding your grantees’ experiences, grantmaking organizations have been working through many multifaceted conundrums this year. When you are working on a tough issue or an innovative solution, sometimes it helps to learn from others who have tackled that problem or are working on a similar idea.

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Blackbaud Denver Demographics Case Study 97

sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2022

And now that the 990s are released as open data by the IRS, it’s more important than ever to rethink the role of the 990 as a communication channel instead of just a compliance requirement. All Form 990s had been released as TIFF image files making it both time-consuming and expensive to extract useful data from them.

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Communication Oregon Grant Portland 92

Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

Candid’s Issue Lab provides access to more than 33,000 philanthropic resources, which include reports, studies, surveys, and toolkits that cover a variety of issue areas and are contributed by social sector organizations from around the world. Kellogg Foundation in partnership with the University of New Mexico This report examines how W.K.

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Issue Resource New Mexico Mexico 88

sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid—commonly known as FAFSA®—is the form current and prospective college and career school students must fill out each year to qualify for federal financial aid, whether that be in the form of grants, loans, or work-study funds. The Better FAFSA promises greater transparency, too.

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Student Application Education Grant 91

Nimble AMS

MAY 13, 2022

According to a Community Brands Association Trends Study , 58% of early careerist members identified training opportunities as their biggest priority. Consider partnering with specific universities, so you know exactly what training and certifications are relevant to students and recent graduates. Networking opportunities ?.

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Associations Mentoring Industry Professional 112

Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images Telesilla Kotsi , The Ohio State University and Alfonso J. Pedraza Martinez , University of Notre Dame Most food banks, homeless shelters and other social services nonprofits constantly face hard decisions about how to use their limited funds.

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Research Ohio Fundraising Long Beach 52

Candid

APRIL 25, 2024

A 2021 study by the foundation found local outlets struggling to secure new revenue streams. McClatchy Foundation, established by the McClatchy newspaper chain’s publisher, wove several journalism initiatives, including the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative , into its grantmaking strategy.

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Local News Foundation Fund 52

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 26, 2013

This is part two of Carolyn Owen''s series on gathering and using data for grant proposals. Data is a vital part of your grant application. Data can illustrate the scope of the problem, the need for your program, and why it will be successful. Remember the data should be: Recent, within the past 2 years if possible.

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Data Childhood Impact Proposal 73

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 20, 2016

The data can be used to help your nonprofit craft a technology and fundraising strategic plan. 2016 Nonprofit Benchmarks Study :: Download. 2016 Donor Engagement Study :: Download. 2015 Text Donation Study :: Download. 2014 Cone Communications Digital Activism Study :: Download. Published by M+R and NTEN.

Social Media 159

Social Media Report Media Asia 159

sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

do not feel their education was worth the cost, colleges and universities have to work harder and smarter to recruit, enroll, and retain students. While studies show that workers with bachelor’s degrees have higher lifetime earnings and lower poverty rates than those without, technology has changed the workforce.

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Education Student Award University 84

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It’s worth noting that a recent study by Philanthropy Daily found that 49% of lapsed donors who hadn’t made a gift in at least two years believe themselves to be current donors. In one Harvard Study , 10-15 years longer.) 1 Source: Center for Philanthropy, Indiana University and Bloomerang.co Do donors realize they’ve lapsed?

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Donor Rhode Island Gift Tennessee 85

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 3, 2015

The data can be used to help your nonprofit craft a technology and fundraising strategic plan. 2015 Nonprofit Benchmarks Study :: Download. 2015 Donor Engagement Study :: Download. 2014 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study :: Download. Published by Georgetown University. Published by Indiana University.

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Social Media Report Media Fundraising 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2013

” I had opportunity to write up a case study about how VolunteerMatch’s calculates social return on investment as a prelude for a facilitated session at Media Impact Funders , so it was a delight to hear more examples from Robert about VolunteerMatch’s measurement culture. How do we turn data into Insights?

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Measure Data Facilitation Teen 98

sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

Here are some sessions you don’t want to miss: Education Luminary Super Session Data and Diversity: Building a Culture of Belonging in Education How can technology and data advance a culture of belonging in education? Case Study: Let’s Talk Tuition Management! How do diverse voices and experiences strengthen a community?

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Professional Blackbaud Denver Student 75

Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 28, 2021

There are three components of adequate planning: having a plan, creating schemas, and mapping data. This means that your first step should be creating outlines of your goals and the data you have to best understand it. Inputting data into Salesforce takes time, but in the long run, it will be worth it!

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Tips Consultant Platform Training 127

Candid

JUNE 7, 2022

Building Movement Project studied over 4,000 nonprofit employees and found no difference in qualifications, leadership aspirations, or skillsets between white people and people of color. What do we know about funding support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)? . This is not a pipeline problem.

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Research Demographics Analysis Leadership 82

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Data Strategist, Grist. Clayton Aldern leads data journalism at Grist. He holds a master’s in neuroscience and a master’s in public policy from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes scholar. in Environmental Science with a minor in Latin American Studies and her M.S. Clayton Aldern. Amit Patel.

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Impact California Conservancy Bolivia 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Think about AI and bots, and the algorithms that fuel them as tools that can swim through large pools of data pools of data, text, photos, and even videos. Machine learning algorithms now have the ability to learn on their own using banks of data. We are tracking reports, articles, and new items about AI and Social Good.

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San Francisco Social Library Music 93

Whole Whale

JANUARY 26, 2022

Whole Whale has over a decade of experience as a nonprofit-focused digital marketing agency and has developed a robust digital training program through WholeWhale.com/university. What’s also nice is that by understanding the data, you’ll be able to make the case for ROI of continued digital work (assuming it is working :).

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Americorp Training Train Digital 98

Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

Terri has over 30 years of success in higher education, politics, international affairs, and nonprofits, including roles as Provost at Menlo College, Vice Provost at University of Texas at Austin, and positions on numerous boards. for a fireside chat on his journey, data as a means of improvement, and a call for action to bridge the divide.

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Collaboration Effective Australia Global 122

Volunteer Hub

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

According to a recent study, performed by Nottingham Trent University and Sheffield Hallam University, 38% of organizations have seen or are expecting an increase in their services since the beginning of the pandemic. For organizations that have not focused on reengagement, now is the time.

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Volunteer Tips Virtual Registration 71

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Big data is still one of those concepts that baffle me. How big does the data have to be? At SOCAP13 , a social enterprise conference in San Francisco, I attended two back-to-back conferences on big data with some nonprofit representation. Data and Philanthropy. Data for Health. Where does it come from?

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Philanthropy Data San Francisco Missouri 55

Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

Under this inclusive definition, 70% of respondents said they participated in service on a monthly basis—more than twice the 23% to 28% in studies with narrower definitions and the 33.8% reported for “informal helping.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2019

What Your Nonprofit Needs To Know About Machine Learning from Global Giving’s Data Scientist Nick Hamlin. The questions include: Do you have a mission-related question to ask and have answered by your data? Do you have access to usable data? Is it worth it? The author, Sema K.

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