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10 Things to Look for When Evaluating a Grant Proposal

sgEngage

A 10-page application doesn’t make sense—for the applicant or the reviewer—but you need enough information to know if you are making a good decision. Ensuring that your foundation makes impactful grants to the right nonprofit partners starts with a thorough proposal evaluation. Organization Background and Experience. Measurement Plan.

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How to Conduct an Honest Mid-Year Fundraising Evaluation

Get Fully Funded

When you’re halfway through the year, it’s a good time to conduct a midyear fundraising evaluation. A midyear evaluation will show you how you are doing and highlight areas where you need to improve. And you’ll know exactly how much you need to raise during that season if you take the time to do a midyear evaluation now.

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The Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Nonprofits have assets but instead of owners having equity in the balance sheet, net assets are tracked for a nonprofit. At a nonprofit, a donation must be tracked throughout the accounting process, and if the funds are restricted, supporting documentation is required to prove that the funds were only used for the stated purpose.

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The Power of Learning Analytics: Maximizing the Impact of Your Education Programs

Association Analytics

You can do this by implementing mid-course check-ins or post-course evaluations. Analyzing Instructor Performance Be sure to track completion rates, course ratings, and learner engagement for each of your different instructors so you can easily identify trends and discrepancies.

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How to Streamline Your Grant Management Process with Technology

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Having a predictable and consistent grant cycle will ensure your team members are able to evaluate each request efficiently and effectively. Statuses will help you know which task needs to be performed next for the request under review. Will several teams review the requests? Do you have outside reviewers leaving feedback?

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Navigating the nonprofit RFP process

EveryAction

By understanding what goes into an RFP and including the right details, organizations can keep (or get) their RFP process on the right track. Your evaluation criteria and selection timeline Your RFP also needs to cover the process you’ll use to review proposals and select a vendor. What is a nonprofit RFP?

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Next Generation Evaluation: Embracing Complexity, Connectivity, and Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last spring at the “ Advancing Social Media Measurement for Foundations ” meeting convened by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, practitioners from social media, measurement, evaluation, programs, communication, and philanthropy worked on a synthesis of these disciplines to address measurement. Technology!