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A crash course on trends analysis using Candid’s Foundation 1000 data set 

Candid

In comparison, our Foundation 1000 data set is limited to grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a set of 1,000 of the largest U.S. Why we use the Foundation 1000 sets for trends analysis As illustrated in the chart above, the Foundation 1000s’ grantmaking is much more stable over time compared to the broader grant data set.

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Alt-labor: What are workers’ rights nonprofits?  

Candid

As the New Year promises to bring many changes to the social sector and beyond, one thing remains unchanged and top of mind for many: the economic climate in the U.S. In comparison, organizations in the District of Columbia and Wisconsin, which secured the second and third most funding, only received $75 million and $35 million respectively.

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

Candid

Holding questions about power and privilege in mind, is it still justifiable that such waste is required of nonprofits? Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders. You can find Robinson's scripts used in this analysis here. Skip to the video to watch a short conversation between Chantal Forster, Candid's C. and Catherine T.

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Top Lessons from GivingTuesday 2023

Neon CRM

Instead of repeating those numbers, we’ll focus on the practical “in the weeds” analysis that can support you in making data-driven decisions that go well beyond this time of year. With those statistics in mind, let’s take a look at what this reveals about donors. Who Is Giving? That spike in online payments at 3:00 a.m.

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3 Steps to Finding the Right Technology Vendor for Your Nonprofit

Everyaction

Quantify values to help compare When possible, assign number values to desires and compatibility to aid in comparison. Spreadsheets are great for this, because the ability to sort and filter data also makes visual analysis easier. For any given feature, whether or not a vendor meets your needs may not be a simple yes or no answer.

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Twitanalytics?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You can search by keyword and also see who else has favorited a particular tweet in order to identify like-minded contacts. Twist analyzes and presents trend comparisons and volume between keywords and tags. TwitLinks aggregates the latest links from the worlds top tech twitter users.

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If your organization tweets it, will they donate?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'd like to see an analysis of retweeting, number of new donors, an overlay of the blogging campaign with the hash tag trending, how much off twitter promotions generated direct traffic to donations page and vice a versa. Twist analyzes and presents trend comparisons and volume between keywords and tags.