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Collecting data during a humanitarian crisis

Candid

When a crisis occurs—whether it’s the war in Ukraine or the COVID-19 pandemic—people seek up-to-date information. They want to understand, for example, how the crisis is evolving or how many people are affected. In the social sector, the questions that often emerge are: Which organizations are addressing the crisis?

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The data/crisis catch-22: How the pandemic created a social sector data gap  

Candid

For example, about 75% of Candid’s grants data is sourced from Forms 990). This data gives a glimpse into who’s funding what, where, right now, especially when it comes to large donors and headline-making giving. Visit our COVID-19 , racial equity, and Ukraine philanthropic funding pages). Case in point: 990 data. foundations.

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6 Tips for a Compelling Cryptocurrency Donation Page

Whole Whale

Now, in 2022 it is clear crypto philanthropy is having its global watershed moment as over $80M has been donated via crypto to aid Ukraine in Q1 of 2022. The rapidly growing crypto phenomenon is emerging not just as an opportunity for growth in the for-profit sector, but as a fundraising tool for nonprofits.

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Should My Nonprofit Use AI? Ultimate AI FAQ for Nonprofits

Whole Whale

It exists in the algorithms that govern your Facebook timeline, explains why YouTube always recommends the perfect video, or more recently, powers the Large Language Models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s Chat-GPT , Google’s Bard , or Bing’s AI Chatbot , and others that have made headlines. AI is becoming the ultimate nonprofit personal assistant.

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Leaders in Nonprofit Technology: Daniel Ben-Horin

Tech Soup

I know that may sound very ‘soft’ as political analysis goes, and I also know that no amount of niceness "fixes" Syria or Ukraine or human trafficking or global warming. A good example of the problem of propagation is the IKO-Toilet. And I do see that movement building. Ashoka is concerned. PACT is concerned.