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

Candid

At Candid, it means thinking about how we can get more data into the hands of academic researchers for the betterment of the social sector. Candid has long worked with academic researchers to create custom data sets to answer specific research questions, a service we continue to offer. nonprofits. nonprofits.

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Tales of faux donors scamming charities

Robert Weiner

These tales were provided by Barbara Esteve at Cedar Crest College, Roylene Gallas at the Little City Foundation, Don Martin at St. Paul's School, Lori Redfearn at the California State University Chancellor’s Office, Stephen M. Rodriguez at Boston University, and Kristi Worden at Augustana College. They researched online.

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77 Quotes from VolunteerHub Clients

Volunteer Hub

Our volunteer program production is equivalent to 24 full-time employees…the value add is huge,” said Mary Cooper, Office Service Coordinator, St. Louis Area Foodbank. This method wasn’t an effective use of our time,” said Mary Cooper, Office Service Coordinator, St. Louis Area Foodbank. Louis Area Foodbank.

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Paying Volunteers A Stipend: Does It Work?

ASU Lodestar Center

Welcome to Research Friday ! highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. Most researchers agree that low-income earners volunteer less (Wilson, 2012) and Pho (2008) extended this finding to include medium-wage earners. The researchers (McBride, et. Carlton Yoshioka, Ph.D. of Academic Programs.

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Here’s Your Chance – A Message to All New Graduates in Philanthropy

Achieve

I had the honor of giving The Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University 2016 commencement speech. One was going to work as a systems analyst for Anheuser Busch; one friend was going into a leadership program with SBC Global (now AT&T); and another was going into a manager training program at Enterprise – all prominent St.

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Four Easy Ways to Land Corporate Donations

Connection Cafe

Research the Company’s History. Research a company’s background, key achievements, future plans, goals and recent history. Habitat for Humanity St. Research for the original article was performed by Wes Eichenwald. Corporations have a tendency to donate to organizations whose missions align with their own. A study by the.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

All of this real-world experience is grounded in rigorous research and is taught by successful marketers who face your same challenges. Annual Conference for Development Researchers. Annual Conference for Development Researchers. Research / #DoGoodData2016 / @DA4SG. CSPRC / St. Louis, MO / Price TBA.

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