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Responsive Philanthropy: How to Address Community Needs in Time of Crisis

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The team consolidated databases of both organizations and migrated the data to Blackbaud’s Financial Edge NXT and Raiser’s Edge NXT. Throughout a two-year project with Blackbaud, the Parkinson’s Foundation made gradual improvements to increase the engagement and experience of the organization’s 2.6 Find the Tools to Maintain Momentum.

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Recession-Proofing Is Just the Beginning: Building a Savvy Strategy for the Future

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In the recent report from the Blackbaud Institute, Philanthropy Through Recession: How Savvy Organizations Weather Uncertain Times , the data shows that the sector has remained relatively strong throughout. Internally, there is no better time to take a critical look at your organizational structure.

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Responsive Philanthropy: How to Address Community Needs in Time of Crisis

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The team consolidated databases of both organizations and migrated the data to Blackbaud’s Financial Edge NXT and Raiser’s Edge NXT. Throughout a two-year project with Blackbaud, the Parkinson’s Foundation made gradual improvements to increase the engagement and experience of the organization’s 2.6 million constituents.

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Fundraiser Burnout? Try Automation to Boost Both Efficiency and Employee Morale

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Operate More Efficiently Gartner projects that 70% of organizations will implement structured automation by 2025. Being bogged down with busy work creates an obstacle to collaboration, making it harder to brainstorm the next big idea for a fundraising event, a campaign, or a partnership. Many nonprofits are way ahead of the game.

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Don’t Get Lost in Translation: What Finance Needs from the Development System

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As a user of Raiser’s Edge and now Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT for more than 20 years, that system’s vernacular makes a lot of sense to me when discussing what information Finance needs and how they need it. In Blackbaud CRM, this same information can be recorded by leveraging Designations.

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Creating Financial Transparency with Your IRS 990 Series (and Maintaining Tax Compliance)

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Based on the size and structure of your organization, you will be required to files one of the following 990 returns: Reinforcing Your Mission with Financial Transparency: Annual 990 returns don’t have to be a stressful annual chore.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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All too frequently, the grantmaker alone is determining, leading, and benefiting from MEL processes with no input or collaboration from the people, organizations or community impacted. The practice of participatory evaluation aims to disrupt power dynamics, and to generate knowledge as a result of collaboration.