ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2012

and the Rockefeller Foundation, titled: " A New Tool for Scaling Impact: How Social Impact Bonds Can Mobilize Private Capital to Advance Social Good." One such model is the Social Impact Bond (SIB). The fund raised the equivalent of 8 million dollars from foundations to fund a comprehensive prisoner re-entry program.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

Putting this off may impact, and potentially prevent, your organization from implementing its mission and providing critical services. According to a study by The Russell Sage Foundation and The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, the GFC reduced total giving by 7 percent in 2008 and by another 6.2 This decline is not anecdotal.

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JUNE 8, 2022

Truman Scholarship Foundation. Truman Foundation supports the graduate education of outstanding young men and women committed to public service leadership. The Foundation was created in 1975, and since then it has supported nearly 3,000 Truman Scholars who are making a difference across the globe. The Harry S.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Date :October 24-25, 2012. Description : This all-day workshop starts with the real foundation of social media engagement: community and content. Measuring the ROI of these new tools can be tricky for many organizations, especially those not yet measuring the ROI of their other technology tools and investments.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

While generational cutoffs aren’t set in stone, Gen Z includes individuals born between 1997 and 2012. Gen Zers are impact-oriented and they care about solving social problems. Pay attention to readability – The Flesch reading ease score measures how easy to read your text is. Who is Generation Z? Leverage Peer-to-Peer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Here’s a small list of articles and blog posts that help frame this topic, including how the term “Data-Informed” was using in my recent book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Alliance Magazine, September 2012. ” Lucy Bernholz, “ Data-first Philanthropy.”

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

Other evaluation forms include: process evaluation, which requires that specific program activities and procedures be reviewed in order to help explain why a program worked or did not work; and program monitoring, which uses in-process measures to track whether a program is being executed as designed. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

I am doing a session called “ Learning in Public ” with Kathy Reich, Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, TCC Group. Collaborative Problem-Solving sessions focus on how grantmaker can best partner with other funders, grantees, corporations and government agencies to solve problems and grow impact. Kimberly St.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

While driving to work recently I heard an NPR report about philanthropic giving in the US; but it was not the numbers I had just read in Giving USA 2012 published by the Giving USA Foundation and compiled by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. As part of a. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Source of Data.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 18, 2017

As reported by Knowlton (2016), “…only 7 percent of nonprofits report that foundations always cover the full cost of projects they fund.”. Heron Foundation, put it, ‘In the long run, you can’t have strong programs in weak organizations.’” Nonprofit Research Collaborative (2012). As Sharon King, president of the F.B.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

There have been a lot of conversations about what funders can do to support nonprofits to scale impact. But I think what has really driven this is the continued impact of the prolonged economic instability. There have been a number of efforts at doing new things like PRIs, MRIs, Impact Investing, and launching new initiatives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2013

But isn’t there at least some degree of conventional wisdom about how to design a co-creative convening that can tap collective intelligence and achieve lasting impact? In 2012, leaders at the Rockefeller Foundation posed that question to our team at Monitor Institute, kicking off a year and a half of research and analysis.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Foundation Center's new Foundation Funding for U.S. This new free online data visualization and mapping tool demonstrates the value of applying technology to philanthropy, in this case, creating a place to find out how and where foundations are supporting U.S. According to the new Foundation Funding for U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2012

Zero Divide published a report called “Funding Mobile Strategies for Social Impact: The Future is Now”. Consumers will see that their voices make a difference when programs are adjusted and measures of success redefined in response to feedback. that explores how mobile is bridging the digital divide and opportunity for nonprofits.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. However, I don’t want to understate the challenges we face.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 10, 2012

He explains that the monetary economy is what we measure. A dilemma is how to bring it to the fore and measure it for its overwhelming value. Registration for the 2012 Nonprofit Conference on Sustainability Strategies ends Sunday, October 14 th ! The 2012 Conference — "Unleashing Human Potential for the Next 100 Years".

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NTEN

AUGUST 6, 2012

Matt encourages nonprofits to embrace this cultural shift, remarking that, "Influence, measured by digital and social media data, will be a new currency for the 21st century". Matt is the Founder and CEO of iGiveMore , a nonprofit that works to make online giving impacts visible through social media channels. and James L.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Barbara Kibbe is the Chief Operating Officer for the Salesforce.com Foundation , where she leads the Foudation’s initiatives to scale and evolve to meet growing demand. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2016

As I mentioned in my previous two blog posts about the GMN 2016 annual conference , we asked conference attendees to respond to the following question: Where are you on your journey to measuring outcomes and impact? There is a great need for foundations to be more vocal about the responsibilities of citizens. Developing: 48%.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 24, 2012

So, clearly, education-focused nonprofits are pursuing and being awarded private funding from both foundations and corporate giving programs, and may be starting to secure more private funds then institutions. Collective Impact in Education Reform. What is going on here?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2016

Governments, foundations, and charities learned a good deal from working to implement the previous UN goals. In 2012, UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon launched the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) to mobilize global scientific and technological expertise. The UN Foundation View on Technology.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 26, 2012

You want to see where your organization stacks up in terms of goals for 2012. If you answered YES to any of the questions above, you should take the The 2012 Nonprofit Fundraising Survey conducted by the Nonprofit Research Collaborative (NRC). You want to know how other organizations fundraising programs performed in 2011.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 12, 2013

Each time a participant uses online tools to send an email, post a link to their Facebook page or update their fundraising page, your organization has an opportunity to connect with them about their efforts, your mission and the impact they are making. Offer Helpful Guides.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2016

We dove deep into data from the 2012 presidential race to provide fundraising insight you can use during the 2016 election year, including: The charitable giving habits of 400,000 political donors. How they were changed by the 2012 election cycle. The Point of Impact . Surprising demographics to target for outreach in 2016.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

It has been described as the ladder of engagement, and has been used to famous effect by the Obama campaign in 2012. The idea is to get people to take simple actions that will hopefully lead them to bigger, more impactful actions. By holding people’s attention, you now have a foundation to build upon. Social Engagement.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2015

Some say it’s the wrong measure of a nonprofit organization’s success; others say it is the gold standard for measuring worthiness for support. There has been little consensus about the impact of focusing on overhead as a means of evaluating nonprofit organizations, either among nonprofit leadership or researchers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Note from Beth: Last week during the Google Hangout hosted by the Packard Foundation , someone asked me “What’s Next?” ” Tomorrow, the Lean Start Up is sponsoring a free web cast called, “ Lean Impact: Implementing Lean Startup in Mission-driven Organizations.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2013

Last Friday, Media Impact Funders brought together technologists, journalists, philanthropists and innovators for a day-long conversation on the future of media and tech innovation. Later in the morning, Laura Efurd of ZeroDivide, myself, and Greg Baldwin hosted an hour discussion on measuring impact with participants.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2012

The 2012 Digital Storytelling Challenge was a great success, with more than 250 total submissions from social benefit organizations in 24 countries! Best Single Photo Entry: American India Foundation. Best of San Francisco, Best "How to Make an Impact" Video: WellDone. First Place Video. View their full slideshow.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Throughout this, one thing has remained constant: our commitment to partnering with mission-driven organizations to create solutions and work that amplify their impact. While making an impact always comes first, each of these awards is a great honor for these fantastic organizations and our Forum One team.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

In 2012, 58% of the Millennial population said they used the mobile Internet, and this number is only increasing. With these numbers growing every year, it is important that your foundation enables its website to fit on any device, from a desktop, tablet, to a smartphone. eMarkerter predicts that more than 50% of the 76.4

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Throughout this, one thing has remained constant: our commitment to partnering with clients to create solutions and work that amplifies their impact. This long-standing client and Forum One team won two awards this year and is a great example of the impact that can be made when great teams come together to collaborate!

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

since 2012, and only continues to grow in reach and influence. Facebook : Facebook events can be created from pages but don’t have the same impact of landing on your supporters work calendars. Fox Foundation did this very well in 2013. Fox Foundation created from supporter letters. Check your reputation.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 11, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from an interview in the September 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , NTEN's quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders. Q: Tell us more about what you work on at The Knight Foundation. that Knight Foundation helped to develop is that it seems to really tell a story.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 16, 2012

Invisible Children (Shot from 26th to 1st in under 2 weeks after release of the Kony 2012 video). Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Data is collected for each nonprofit from all six measured criteria (i.e., Craig implements strategy, measures impact, and develops teams. National Public Radio. Livestrong.

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2013

[Editorial note: the following article first appeared in the December 2012 issue of NTEN:Change , a free quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders.] If these organizations shared data, they could improve services and have a much clearer understanding of their impact. By most measures, we did. When is a meal more than a meal?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2013

The nonprofit World Wide Web Foundation. According to the World Wide Web Foundation’s Tim Berners-Lee : “The reason for the Alliance is simple – the majority of the world’s people are still not online, usually because they can’t afford to be. trillion in 2012 and will nearly double to $8.9

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