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The data/crisis catch-22: How the pandemic created a social sector data gap  

Candid

Unfortunately, social sector data has also been impacted. Staff working long hours responding to multiple crises have little time and energy for data collection and dissemination. This creates a data/crisis catch-22: While it’s important to have recent data when managing a crisis, it’s also harder to get.

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Happy New Year? It depends what nonprofit “year” you’re talking about.  

Candid

For example, did you know there are at least five different types of “years” when it comes to nonprofit data? Calendar year Let’s start with the easy one. The calendar year is the one you’re used to thinking about, the one your Outlook and Google calendars use. February 1,592 0.31 March 6,409 1.27 April 4,150 0.82

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What it takes to be more data driven

Candid

As our social sector continues to become more data-driven, relevant, and responsive, we need better information on which we can all rely. To achieve this, the Center’s team put together an outline of messaging that would complement their programming, fitting pieces into their monthly member newsletters and social media calendar.

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Export Your Universal Analytics Data Before It’s Too Late

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On July 1, 2024, Google will permanently remove access to all Universal Analytics data. Organizations need to act before that deadline if they want to preserve their historical data. With the GA4 rollout, standard UA properties ceased collecting new data on July 1, 2023. Can I migrate data or reports from UA to GA4?

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The 990s are here. Why that’s a big deal and what happens now

Candid

tax-exempt organizations are requested to file Forms 990 with the IRS annually, sharing information about their organization’s size, location, revenue, grantmaking, etc. Candid uses 990 data as a starting place for our nonprofit profiles and grantmaking databases. 2 years after the end of a given calendar year.

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End-of-Year Wrap-Up: Three Things to Take Into Your 2024 Email Campaigns

M+R

The good news is, we don’t have a weekend 12/31 deadline for the next few years — but it still might be worth rethinking the December calendar. 05% of your file clicks through, but we’re still seeing these types of personal appeals prove to be extremely impactful. Don’t shy away from non-end of year focused fundraising in December.

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Unlocking the Power of APIs: The SKY is the Limit!

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Back to that summer of 2020, I had a calendar script running that populated student and teacher Google calendars with their class schedules. The process required creating several Advanced Lists in Blackbaud SIS/LMS that detailed course lists and student enrollment and exporting them as a.csv file and importing them into my script.

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