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Candid Data for Academics: Go back to school with better data 

Candid

What’s in the data set Candid Data for Academics focuses on information about U.S. We also conducted a (highly unscientific) candy-poll at ARNOVA ’s conference last November. Research about the social sector is growing in the United States and around the world. nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Guide to Facebook Political Ads

Whole Whale

In fact, Facebook instated a strict ban on political advertising after the polls closed in November 2020, in an effort to limit the spread of misinformation — this Facebook political ads ban remained in effect until March 2021, with only a few exceptions for advertising during the Georgia Senate runoff elections in January 2021.

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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In addition, charitable giving is at an all-time high in the United States and nonprofits would be wise to invest in upgrades to their online donation service to ensure that they are meeting the needs of today’s online donors. splcenter.org/stay-informed. In 2013 online giving grew 13.5% aspca.org/blog.

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Geo-Tagged Map Shows Impact of Hurricane Joaquin in Real Time

VisionLink

VisionLink is partnering with local churches and community groups to poll between 2,000-3,000 people throughout North Carolina. The goal is to provide the public, media outlets and participating organizations with locally vetted information about the hurricane’s impact from those living in the storm's path.

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How to Win the Game of Facebook Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

For starters, you don’t get contact information for all your donors, only those who choose to share. For longterm fundraising success, you need to capture donors’ contact information so you can nurture them into becoming loyal, repeat donors. It could take a few months to receive the funds, and you won’t get any donor information.

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The Necessity of Strong Infrastructure in Nonprofits

ASU Lodestar Center

A poll of the general public done by Grey Matter Research and Consulting found that 61 percent of adults surveyed felt that charities should only spend between 10 and 29 cents of every dollar on overhead. An adaptive strategy is made to embrace the fast-paced nature of today’s workforce, both in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors.

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To Strengthen Democracy in America, Think Tech

Tech Soup

First, and most glaring, is the fact that, as late as 2012, the vast majority of foundations concerned with some aspect of democracy in the United States made no grants for technology. As my Civic Hall co-founder and colleague Andrew Rasiej likes to say, "Technology isn't a piece of the pie, it's the pan."

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