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Have grantmaker salaries kept up with inflation?  

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year-over-year in June 2022—the highest rate in over 40 years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics—we asked foundations how inflation would affect their operations. We should note that annual salary changes may not coincide with or immediately follow changes in inflation rates, given that salary review processes take time.

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Top 10 Spreadsheet Secrets From A Nonprofit Data Nerd

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Data analysis is a process, not a one-time thing. Data nerds know how to clean and recode data, look for patterns, calculate key statistics, and then show off the most important information in graphs and charts. You can follow this syllabus to boost your skills at all stages of the data analysis process.

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New Resource for Nonprofits: The Data Playbook – Practices for Purpose-Driven Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Refinable – adapt to rapidly changing environments. The Playbook offers a clear definition and steps for using basic statistical analysis, even if you are not an expert.

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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There may be someone in another department who is a data nerd with expert excel or data analysis skills. Ask around. Get Free Help with Your Google Analytics: The Analysis Exchange has a goal to “dramatically increase the number of people on Earth doing web analytics the right way.”

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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

Whole Whale

However, throwing a million charts and graphs together or writing a 10,000-word essay on why your nonprofit is the best isn’t going to be so effective (or worth anyone’s time). that allows readers to change years and see how their program market has increased over time. offers a profound analysis of #MeToo.

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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd and How To Find Them!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday, KD Paine and I delivered an NTEN Webinar on measurement based on the ideas in our new book ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World.” ” Well, here is are some ways to find some data nerds to help you with your measurement and analysis: 1. from MIT in rocket science.

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

Don’t change just for novelty’s sake. Surveys, interviews, and data analysis can reveal the equivalent of that Rolls-Royce insight – the key emotional triggers, values, and desires of your existing and potential supporters. Use statistics to vividly demonstrate the scale of the problem being addressed.

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