Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

We’ve done the legwork and compiled the top ways Chat GPT and AI can help your team save resources, perform tasks, and raise more funds. It’s very important to thoroughly review and edit any responses generated by ChatGPT, particularly those that you plan to make public, such as website content.

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Tools Fundraising Analytics Analysis 361

Whole Whale

APRIL 5, 2024

Provides information on the ad buyer and funding entities behind political/issue ads. Competitive Analysis By exploring ads from similar organizations or causes, nonprofits can gain insights into their competitors’ messaging, targeting, and creative strategies. Doesn’t seem to share info about cost or impressions.

Library 104

Library Influence Demographics Nonprofit 104

sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2024

Data analysis tools are helping organizations of all sizes to automate, streamline, and standardize processes so they can measure and optimize performance. Without a clear understanding and representation of your outcomes, it can be hard to secure funding or make improvements to better serve your community.

Measure 88

Measure Help Analysis Metrics 88

EveryAction

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

While many nonprofits present their annual reviews in a static PDF format, there are more hands-on options that you can pursue. For instance, the WNET group’s “Year In Review” series uses viewer interaction to create a dynamic story beyond attractive web design. The American Kidney Fund. Broadway Cares. Wrapping up.

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Report Organization PDF Tanzania 180

Bloomerang

MARCH 26, 2024

Also, be sure to set up more detailed reports for deeper analysis. The way you set up your dashboards and reports will depend on multiple factors, including your data analysis goals and what data you need to inform your analysis. A good place to start is to think about the metrics that are most important to each campaign.

Campaign 83

Campaign Tips Online Fundraising 83

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

Raising funds for your cause takes constant dedication and focus, and nothing helps you gain focus better than setting a game plan. While you’re looking at incoming revenue and comparing it to the prior year, take some time to review your expenses as well. Whatever the case may be, don’t forget to monitor your expenditures.

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Goal Fundraising Pledge ROI 300

Candid

JANUARY 17, 2023

Foundation funding for workers’ rights i. Instead, they rely on the same kinds of funding streams as traditional community-based nonprofits: individual donations, volunteers, and support from institutional philanthropy. Funding to workers’ rights organizations increased since the 2008 financial crisis. million to $35.6

District of Columbia 106

District of Columbia New York New York City California 106

Candid

JUNE 7, 2022

Candid and ABFE have also convened a panel of external advisors with expertise in research, academia, and thought leadership to review and provide insight and feedback on this work. . What do we know about funding support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)? . Philanthropic funding for HBCUs .

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Research Demographics Analysis Leadership 98

Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In this blog post, we'll review the research results, discuss implications, and identify the soul-searching needed to move forward in new alignment with our values. Analysis of grant applications from 130 funders. Requested Grant Funding Related (20 percent). Want to see more? Time Spent Filling Out the Form (<1 percent).

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Grant Analysis Application Contact 111

sgEngage

MARCH 29, 2023

They should be well-versed in financial reports and analysis, but also be able to explain complex financial concepts to board members without a financial background. They should be confident in providing variance analysis and a variety of financial reports to help with risk management and forecasting.

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Classes Team Foundation Create 80

Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2023

Then they add larger funding goals to each activity. Board of Directors Challenge #2 Fundraising Burnout The other challenge I frequently hear board members ask is, “How can we reach sustainable funding streams without getting burned out?” Not exactly. And it leads to challenge number two. So what do many board members do?

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Map Analysis Grant Director 78

Candid

JULY 27, 2022

Who is funding them, and what activities do donors support? To help the sector understand the emerging funding picture, Candid prioritizes collecting current, “real-time” data. We review the flurry of news stories, press releases, and announcements, and we actively search websites to identify and record grantmaking data.

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Data Ukraine Pledge Grant 98

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

While most nonprofits aren’t gathering sticks to build a fire, survival does often depend on the small, unglamourous tasks of research, communication, and reporting to keep your funding streams alive. Risk Management starts before funding. Not so much. Grant management systems are here for the long haul.

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Grant Management Award International 76

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 18, 2017

Many funders, including individual donors, are averse to funding these indirect costs, preferring to support direct program expenses: food for hungry people, medical care for the sick, and childcare for working parents. A study cited by Nobel (2015) showed that individual donors are averse to funding organizations with high overhead rates.

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Fund Tucson Arizona Grant 70

sgEngage

AUGUST 9, 2023

By following these five best practices, you’ll create a more efficient healthcare grantmaking process where you can anticipate evolving community needs and be more agile in your funding. Empower your grantees and reviewers so they know the process and expectations and do your best to meet those deadlines and communication expectations.

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Effective Tips Grant API 68

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

He said that strategic plan is more wishful thinking compared to a business plan that chocked with analysis. That’s why it is important for funders who need a nonprofit business to make a funding decisions, should also interview the organization. David shared some red flags to look for. Did the organization make decisions?

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Review Business Nonprofit Measure 106

Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Depending on the committee’s findings, the report may request funds for a list of proposed activities. . A board report also works to outline potential risks for board members, sometimes creating a full risk assessment for review or opting to put a committee in charge and letting the board vote on proposed actions.

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Director Associations Software Management 127

Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

How rigorous or complex should the analysis of impact data be? Often, nonprofits react to funders’ requirements regarding what to measure, though it can be difficult to obtain funding for impact measurement. How closely should they track those changes? Read more about impact management, and learn more about Mobile Pathways’ story.

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Impact Management Organization Evaluation 120

Candid

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Issue Lab is where Candid collects, preserves, and shares research reports, whitepapers, evaluations, case studies, issue briefs, and more, published and/or funded by social sector organizations. Looking to create a new funding strategy or program area? Anyone can freely search the collection and access full-text documents. .

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Lesson Learning Case Study Phase 59

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Conduct an operational analysis in which you identify all potential risks and prioritize them based on which ones are most likely to occur. Having your board review financial reports. The amount of federal funding your organization receives. Ensuring these guidelines are followed should be part of their risk management plans.

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Management Strategy International Nonprofit 67

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Here are the crucial things technology for nonprofit finance should be able to help us do: LEVERAGE SMART FUND ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE TO IDENTIFY THE MOST EFFECTIVE REVENUE SOURCES. Is the use of the funding restricted by conditions set by the funder? To what extent are we dependent on a small number of large funding sources?

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Digital Gartner Nonprofit Fund 70

CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2023

Review and refine: ChatGPT isn’t going to get it 100% right. Be sure to review (and fact-check) what’s put out and polish as needed. To that end, it’s wise to use it judiciously and to always review generated content. Be specific!

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Language Generation Nonprofit Social Media 93

Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Candid reviewed these organizations and found that 38,049 organizations—or 84% of 501(c)(5)s—are unions. [1]. One such initiative is the Labor Innovations for the 21st Century (LIFT) Fund. Industrial and Labor Relations Review 64, no. ILR Review 70, no. Labor unions fall under the category of 501(c)(5) within the U.S.

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Trend Files Local Review 106

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The Resource Gap in Rural Funding. If your charity or library happens to be located in rural America, it's not your imagination that it is harder to get grant funding in rural locations. The nonprofit Bridgespan Group did a special post-recession report on overcoming the resource gap in rural funding. Just for Libraries.

America 56

America Fund Resource Library 56

Candid

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

As we review the latest data for 2020, though, we’ve realized that we have little chance of ever fully understanding philanthropy’s response to one of the most serious global crises of our lifetimes. . First, it’s important to note that this analysis is based on U.S. We start with a few caveats. The state of the data .

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Grant United States Analysis Data 59

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

A nonprofit organization can benefit from online reputation management by attracting funds to support their causes. . For instance, you should conduct a backlink profile analysis to find negative mentions of your brand and spammy websites that are linking to you. Make Use of Online Reviews. Content Management for Nonprofits.

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Management Nonprofit Review Wikipedia 85

Kindful

JUNE 8, 2021

Because no one wants board members approving budgets that they don’t fully understand or making decisions to expand staff when they aren’t clear if the budget can withstand additional salaries and benefits or voting on fundraising approaches when they don’t understand cost/benefit analysis. Here’s how you can build that board. It’s not sexy.

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Build Literacy Nonprofit Exercise 109

sgEngage

AUGUST 3, 2021

Highlights from the 2021 Industry Review. We are inspired by the work of our partners and the clients we support as we review this year’s 9 th Employee Engagement and Corporate Social Responsibility industry report , covering data collected from January-December 2020. Social Justice campaigns received over $2.8

Disaster 92

Disaster Social North America Companies 92

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 11, 2020

Nonprofit entities will now be required to review the terms of all their contracts to determine whether they need to apply the new revenue recognition standard. An example of this transaction is funding provided by the Department of Health and Human Services for Medicare-related services to the elderly or individuals with a disability.

Government 52

Government Nonprofit Analysis Adopt 52

sgEngage

APRIL 4, 2022

Rather than audits ensuring you pay taxes, they’re used to ensure your organization is using your funding responsibly to advance your mission. . We’ll review the following topics: . This financial transparency is highly valuable for supporters who entrust their funds to your nonprofit. . Ensuring accountability in finances.

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Nonprofit Process Grant Government 64

Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

You may begin with a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis. Generally, strategic planning forms look similar to this: This template outlines all of the essential planning steps that we’ll review in the next section. Then, outline the strategies you’ll use to acquire that funding. Peer-to-peer fundraising.

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Examples Guide Model Nonprofit 117

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Identifying potent ial funding sources that align with your nonprofit's or library's mission is a constant challenge. Through data, analysis, and training, the Foundation Center helps organizations and individuals research, identify, and connect with potential funding sources. About the Foundation Center.

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Foundation Fund Library Classroom 40

DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Instead of manually consolidating data from across sources, you can instead have it all stored and standardized in one place to streamline analysis and interpretation. This transparency and accountability can help secure funding and support for ongoing projects and future endeavors. To do so, follow these core steps: Review your needs.

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Data Guide Proposal Nonprofit 52

Classy

JUNE 2, 2021

Through our analysis of nonprofit trends, we found seven key steps that successful nonprofits leverage to raise funds for their missions. . Reviewing their activity wall of donations to personally thank donors. Reviewing new donations that have the potential to become recurring gifts.

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Action Difference Fundraising Nonprofit 106

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

As a matter of fact, the funding for Benetech to start Bookshare and our Martus human rights software project came from a successful spinoff of our first social enterprise, the Arkenstone reading machines, which we sold to a for-profit for roughly $5 million. We used it to review our planning as we wrapped up this move.

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Analysis Project Open Source Analytics 174

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Unless you want an entire troop of gorillas fighting you every step of the way, thoroughly involve your team in every part of the process analysis and decision-making. Even if you think you're covered because "we already did this last year", review those needs and update your listing of them. Identify A Process (work on one at a time).

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Process Technology Raise Fund 92

DNL OmniMedia

JUNE 28, 2023

Your nonprofit uses a variety of online communication channels, platforms, and tools to streamline your operations and raise funds. Now that you have multiple data collection and analysis tools in place, it’s time to use that data to improve your outreach through segmentation. Segment your email lists.

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Platform Donor Online Social Media 52