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How to Minimize Risk Throughout Your Grant Cycle

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In addition to building relationships with the organizations you support, there is some documentation you should ask for, especially for new applicants. Depending on how your application is set up, you can add an open-ended question or discuss it during a follow-up conversation. These internal controls provide consistency and security.

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Safeguarding Good: Cybersecurity for Nonprofits 101

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Because nonprofits run off of donations, many organizations also have limited access to IT support. Spoofing occurs when someone with malicious intent disguises their identity to gain unauthorized access to systems or data. Denial-of-service attacks. This can be in the form of an email—similar to phishing. Fix vulnerable points.

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Five myths and misconceptions about Candid’s grant data

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In service of this, in this blog, we’re highlighting five things we’ve heard about our grants data that aren’t quite accurate. tax exempt nonprofit organizations must file various Forms 990 with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) each year. When applicable, this information is included in Candid’s data sets.

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Benetech’s New Image Description Tool Improves Accessibility of Graphical Content for Students with Print Disabilities

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Benetech has long been a pioneer in providing innovative services to people with print disabilities. This week, Benetech’s DIAGRAM Center has announced the release of an open source web application for creating and editing crowdsourced image descriptions in books used by students with print disabilities.

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

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Candid has long worked with academic researchers to create custom data sets to answer specific research questions, a service we continue to offer. paper filings, Candid Seal of Transparency status, and the Philanthropy Classification System). Applications are now open!

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5 Nonprofit Tech Solutions For Improving Internal Communication

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However, not all nonprofits have an organizational email service with their domain. Other common limitations include a lack of resources to maintain an on-site mail server, not enough funds to add an email service, or unreliable email service. Another common communication tool that poses maintenance and sometimes service issues.

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Best Practices for Securing Data in Humanitarian Crisis Situations

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The first step is to clearly understand why the system, application, or data collection ought to exist in the first place. This ensures an active session isn’t easily misused to access data. Review Sessions: When users access Salesforce, their “sessions” can be seen along with details of their locations, username, access type, etc.

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