Candid

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As more funders seek to use demographic data to inform their grantmaking decision-making, 125 partners have now joined the Demographics via Candid movement. Here I highlight their best practices for collecting this data from grantees, as well as what this information is helping foundations to achieve.

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Candid

MAY 4, 2023

Since 2014, Candid has been collecting demographic data about the people who work at U.S. To date, over 54,000 organizations have shared some data about how their staff and/or board identify by race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and/or disability status. Demographic data sharing varies by nonprofit subject category.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Explore how the strategic integration of SWOT analysis, audience mapping, SMART communication targets, channel identification, content strategy, execution and evaluation, and high-level communications planning can shape a successful digital transformation. Share any available data or context that can help ChatGPT generate insights.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2022

As the largest source of data on philanthropic and nonprofit organizations, Candid fields many of these questions. . It takes more than two years to collect comprehensive data about U.S. To help the sector understand the emerging funding picture, Candid prioritizes collecting current, “real-time” data. foundations’ giving.

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Candid

MAY 2, 2024

As the largest source of nonprofit demographic data, at Candid we’re often asked whether this push has resulted in actual change. For this article, we use our archival demographic data to examine i whether there has been an increase in racial diversity among nonprofit leaders between 2020 and 2023. The answer is…yes and no.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

No, we prefer to build relationships en masse, using data-driven insights to tell us what our donors really want. I want you to have the confidence (and your leadership team to have the confidence in you) that with data and time, you can make annual giving work for your organization. Segment your data, but don’t OVER-segment.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Many nonprofits struggle to maximize their data usage. In fact, when surveyed, 97% of nonprofit professionals expressed an interest in learning how to use their data more effectively, and only 5% reported using data in every decision they make. So, how do healthcare organizations overcome these data silos?

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M+R

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The annual M+R Benchmarks Study is a wide-ranging exploration of digital fundraising, advocacy, and marketing data. Across channels and platforms, we end up with answers about what is working and what’s not, trends in nonprofit strategies, and insight into supporter behavior. . Your data security and anonymity are VERY IMPORTANT to us.

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Candid

APRIL 24, 2024

PEAK Grantmaking’s “Reimagining Philanthropy” conference in March exploring these themes was a fitting setting for a session Candid organized about advancing systems change via data collaboration at scale. As a grantmaking public charity, United Way of Massachusetts Bay is both a fundraiser and a grantmaker with a place-based focus.

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Collaboration Data Demographics Massachusetts 52

Association Analytics

AUGUST 15, 2022

You may not realize it, but you are sitting on a treasure trove of data in your AMS. And while it’s great for specific uses in day-to-day operations like transactional, process renewals or course payments, it can’t help you answer complex questions (see our previous blog, Your AMS Wasn’t Designed for That ). Data Integration.

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sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2024

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to measuring performance, but every successful fundraising team should have the ability to assess and refine its data. The goal is then to turn those data insights into actionable tasks. Your team can decide which data points and KPIs matter most to your strategy and your mission.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

When you migrate to Salesforce, you become deeply familiar with your organization’s data—the volume, the quality, and the insights it can provide. You carefully analyze and map your legacy data, populating your new system until it’s full of your organization’s history. The Role of a Data Warehouse. Host Locally or in the Cloud.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

It’s been proven time after time that data-driven strategy creates the most successful fundraising results. The challenge can be in knowing which nonprofit data to prioritize, along with how to evaluate it and use it to make improvements. What do we mean by “data?”. What can data help your nonprofit achieve?

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Data Metrics Nonprofit Analysis 69

Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In this second blog in a two-part series, we share key facts and figures about U.S. labor unions based on Candid’s data and discuss trends and opportunities for future research. Financial data. But based on the 14,901 organizations for which we have financial data from 2016 or later, this subset of unions have $43.1

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Example: Through a learner sentiment analysis, one association discovered that one of their courses consistently received low ratings due to challenging content delivery. This data-driven approach ensures that learners receive the best possible educational experience, with high-quality instructors driving engagement and knowledge retention.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Access Group’s Nonprofit Division comes together every year for an annual think tank to uncover what they believe will be key trends to be aware of in the upcoming years. Here are the 5 trends their focus group foresees as being markedly important in the coming years. Utilization of data will be critical. Integration.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

From navigating donor data to finding the most effective ways to communicate, AI for fundraising can be applied to many aspects of your organization to help lift some of the burden of changing the world. These systems follow predefined instructions without the ability to learn from new data. How can charities use AI?

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M+R

DECEMBER 1, 2023

But the real fun starts the morning after, when we have all this new data to dig through. Now let’s take a quick look at the trends and top-line findings from 33 of the nonprofits we work with and see where they’re pointing us as we head into the final thirty days of 2023. Dig we did — with 33 awesome M+R clients. Cyber Tuesday?

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Qgiv

JUNE 16, 2021

Looking for more in-depth analysis of the Giving USA data and how COVID-19 has changed giving? For over 60 years, Giving USA : The Annual Report on Philanthropy in America, has provided comprehensive charitable giving data that are relied on by donors, fundraisers, and nonprofit leaders. Enjoy the data goodness!

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Report Trend Giving Indiana 59

Candid

MAY 9, 2023

The new report, based on both quantitative and qualitative research, is the most comprehensive analysis of institutional philanthropy to HBCUs. At Candid, we love digging into social sector data , and we invite you to explore the many insights in this groundbreaking research. I just don’t think the trend will stay within two years.”

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Philanthropy Comparison Student Grant 131

M+R

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The annual M+R Benchmarks Study is a wide-ranging exploration of digital fundraising, advocacy, and marketing data. Across channels and platforms, we end up with answers about what is working and what’s not, trends in nonprofit strategies, and insight into supporter behavior. . Your data security and anonymity are VERY IMPORTANT to us.

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Byte Technology

MARCH 16, 2016

It’s been long known to for-profit retailers and marketers across nearly all sectors of our economy that utilizing the power of “big data” is a sure-fire way to optimize business plans and increase profits. What exactly is big data?

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Nimble AMS

MAY 10, 2022

When you develop quality content, you become a spokesperson for your association members, engaging them through relevant research, opinion articles, case studies, and industry analysis. According to the Community Brands Association Trends Study, members in their mid and late career identified industry information as their top priority.

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Candid

JANUARY 17, 2023

Read this blog to learn more about how these nonprofits are addressing the issues facing workers today by filling gaps left by traditional labor unions , and find out what Candid’s data says about philanthropic support for this growing movement. appeared first on Candid Blog. The rise of “alt-labor” nonprofit organizations.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Predictive analysis, chatbots , and automation have the power to increase fundraising capacity. Begin by defining AI for non-technical team members, explaining that it can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as learning from data, making predictions, or recognizing patterns. Conduct staff training.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 9, 2023

Aggregating all of your data can help streamline your tasks and encourage analysis across multiple sources. Then map out your technology and data ecosystem so you know what you use and how it connects. Once you have that outlined, see where you can connect your systems through APIs to pull data in and across platforms.

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M+R

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The annual M+R Benchmarks Study is a tasty fusion of digital fundraising, advocacy, and marketing data. Across channels and platforms, we end up with answers about what is working and what’s not, trends in nonprofit strategies, and insight into supporter behavior. Your data security and anonymity are VERY IMPORTANT to us.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In case you aren’t familiar with a member engagement score, here’s a quick overview: it’s an analysis to assess member and customer behavior over a certain period of time (we recommend 3 years). Start by looking at your data from a wide lens. It is important to understand the journey and how people move through it over time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2016

Nonprofit data nerds will love this new resource from Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center called “ Foundation Maps for Media Funding ,” a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically funded media projects worldwide since 2009. Click to See Visualization.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 15, 2022

Understand your target audience : Social media is full of data that can help you better understand who your target audience is and what they care about. Track trends relevant to your cause and industry area. Knowing a rising trend can help your comms team create content responses that will increase attention for your organization.

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M+R

OCTOBER 31, 2023

We rely on data and survey responses from a wide range of nonprofits, and we hope you’re game to join us for this coming year. The rules are simple: We’ll provide detailed instructions outlining the data you’ll need to pull. Our data analytics team will combine (anonymously!) This sounds like a lot of work (and it is!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Join me at Markets for Good on December 6 at 1 pm EST for a FREE roundtable discussion about the new Data Playbook. . It has been almost exactly four years since I published Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World , with co-author, Katie Paine. The four key questions are: What data to collect?

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

private and community foundations to learn more about giving trends. Here are four things we learned about GOS grantmaking trends among funders right now. In our data analysis, we included all reported GOS figures, regardless of the additional comments. Every year, Candid surveys large U.S.

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fusionSpan

MARCH 30, 2022

Businesses deal with a lot of data, and analyzing it in its raw form is frequently difficult. Tableau is the most extensively used data visualization application. So, in this blog, we’ll highlight the 10 most important features of Tableau that help businesses in visualizing better. Supports numerous data sources.

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Candid

MARCH 13, 2024

Candid’s Insights team seeks to leverage the data we collect to increase knowledge about the scope, equity, economics, and impact of the social sector. This was the first comprehensive analysis of private philanthropy to HBCUs. With nearly 20 years of data about U.S. Stay tuned for our report coming out later this year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

RT @ kanter what every #datanerd needs in their wardrobe – I Love Data T-shirt bit.ly/QlhMt4. The September, 2012 Issue of the NTEN Change Journal is pure crack for nonprofit #datanerds (folks who would definitely wear a t-shirt emblazoned with “I Love Data!” Mission Measurement (@MissionMeasure) September 5, 2012.

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Candid

MAY 1, 2024

In addition, our user experience team conducts extensive research—surveys, interviews, usability tests, and data analysis on specific areas where we know there is a need. So, we conducted interviews to understand the most important use cases for fiscal sponsorship data and about the process of fiscal sponsorship.

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