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Nonprofit profiles: advancing equity through data

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On the other hand, these same (often smaller) nonprofits carry a disproportionate burden from funders’ duplicative and disparate application and reporting requirements. TAG found that 39% of grant applications they reviewed are duplicative across funders. Nonprofit profiles . But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Nonprofit Volunteer Management: Three Tips to Increase and Maintain Engagement

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And the current estimated national value of each volunteer hour is $29.95 (Independent Sector). The best way to do this is to require volunteers to fill out an application. Volunteer applications may vary depending on the nonprofit. Volunteer applications can also uncover valuable skills, interests, and certifications.

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Visibility and relationships: Effective fundraising for small nonprofits

Candid

Grassroots organizations provide vital services to local communities, yet they struggle to compete for grants against large national nonprofits that can leverage robust development teams, considerable fundraising experience, and established relationships with grantmakers. Funders look to Candid profiles to guide their giving decisions.

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The Better FAFSA: What Colleges Need to Know Right Now

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The Free Application for Federal Student Aid—commonly known as FAFSA®—is the form current and prospective college and career school students must fill out each year to qualify for federal financial aid, whether that be in the form of grants, loans, or work-study funds. What is the Better FAFSA? What makes the Better FAFSA better?

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[DATA] 14 Must-Know Stats About How Nonprofits Use Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

18%: Executive staff do not want to provide the necessary information required for the Facebook Giving Tools application. 13) Of those nonprofits that use Instagram Charitable Giving Tools, respondents said the following tools raised the most money: 57%: “Donate” button featured on their Instagram Profile. Why the Open Data Project?

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Reimagining grantmaking with data collaboration at scale 

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As Gagarin outlined, Demographics via Candid is a sector-wide initiative to make the process of collecting and sharing demographic data about nonprofit leaders, boards, and staff beneficial rather than burdensome, while contributing to the development of a national data standard.

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Developing a Product Mindset for Impact

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Examples of recent products we’ve collaborated on include: March of Dimes App for Caregivers As part of expanding the March of Dimes digital ecosystem, Compass by March of Dimes is a mobile application that provides supportive and valuable resources for post-partum and NICU families.

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