Candid

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Council on Foundations’ 2023 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Report Key Findings (for which Candid provided data analysis) offer a broad picture: Median full-time staff salaries for select roles rose 5.49% between 2022 and 2023, i as reported by a non-representative panel of 514 grantmaking organizations.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Charts and graphs are useful, but when you have any kind of location data — whether it's postal codes, state abbreviations, country names, or your own custom geocoding — you've got to see your data on a map. So demand the same informative view from your data. Use maps to show geocoded data.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

These are strategies that allow associations to see a real-time picture of their members’ needs.” Understand Your Customers Using data to develop a deep and empathetic perspective on members/customers is at the heart of digital transformation. Incremental innovation is smart. View customers as individuals.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Like an emergency fund for your organization, an operating reserve allows you time to make data-driven decisions instead of having to react immediately. Knowing that information will help you identify the amount you need to keep in reserve. Once you have this information, it’s time to meet with your leadership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

First I had to “ Stop Fearing the Spreadsheet ” and then started to interview nonprofit data nerds about their Excel secrets. Top 10 Secrets of Excel Data Nerds. My Nonprofit Needs a Data Nerd and How to Find Them! That’s why I’m sharing the tips, tricks, and insider advice to transform you into a data nerd.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

From Chart Organizers to Dashboards, you’ll leave with practical ways you can automate and simplify your fund accounting. They need information that helps them make data-driven decisions. Total Web Solution : We know everyone wants more information on the move to the Total Web Solution.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Online event registration not only processes ticket payments for you, additionally it automatically captures guest information for your attendee database. One central database to keep your data organized and secure. Store all your item donations, guest information, table assignments and more in one place. Ditch them!

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sgEngage

MARCH 10, 2023

So, when it comes to communicating your impact story, many foundations need to rely on the data in their form 990 to tell their story. It all starts with knowing the information you have and identifying the story you want to tell. But you still need to collect some information in order to make an educated funding decision.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 16, 2018

From your board members requesting the latest donor stats to your digital director asking for email conversion rates, tracking your data can be hard. Here are some key tools your nonprofit should have to meet your reporting needs: Customizable reports that allow you to get roll up data and detailed data. Sounds horrible, right?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

Like an emergency fund for your organization, an operating reserve allows you time to make data-driven decisions instead of having to react immediately. Knowing that information will help you identify the amount you need to keep in reserve. Once you have this information, it’s time to meet with your leadership.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

A good strategic plan ensures you have charted the necessary pathways to meet (and hopefully exceed) your organization’s goals. Generally, putting this model into practice looks something like this: You and your team members go out on a retreat to unify your understanding of the organization’s big-picture goals.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2022

At its most basic, a good budgeting workflow is a balance of the people who can make informed decisions, technology to manage the data, and documented processes for redundancy. Data and Technology : Understand the information you have available and where to find it. What Does a Nonprofit Budgeting Process Include?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

Like an emergency fund for your organization, an operating reserve allows you time to make data-driven decisions instead of having to react immediately. Knowing that information will help you identify the amount you need to keep in reserve. Once you have this information, it’s time to meet with your leadership.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

They defined data visualization as the representation of information in the form of a chart, diagram, or picture. This method makes complex concepts easier for your stakeholders to understand and makes it easier to have more informed discussions on the next steps your organization should take.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

By Kurt Voelker, CTO, Forum One Data is the new black. Data is so much more than a stack of numbers or a server filled with client outputs. One effective way to transform your data from an afterthought into a powerful communications product is through visualizations that help tell your story. And for good reason.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In our data culture , we suggest your nonprofit takes the time to put one together as a means of showing your organization’s transparency — and bragging about your success in the past year. It can be tough to find the right balance between information and overload. We also love the evolving design for each year’s report.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Without that information, you won’t know what you need to adjust, scrap, or continue doing. Without this information, you’re flying blind. Start with benchmark data. Track your own data. Once you know the benchmarks, you can compare your data to them and evaluate how successful your efforts are. Above that average?

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

With a dedicated email deliverability expert on staff, EveryAction releases the nonprofit industry's primary data on Nonprofit Email Deliverability each year. #4. Custom reports offer a real-time picture of your supporters across all channels. Dig deeper by segmenting data by universe, timeframe, or source.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Data is the new black. Data is so much more than a stack of numbers or a server filled with client outputs. One effective way to transform your data from an afterthought into a powerful communications product is through visualizations that help tell your story. Users need a grounding point to understand your data.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Picture this: you’ve read our post on running a capital campaign , you’re wildly psyched, and you’re ready to get started! Check out this great donation tier chart example from the Capital Campaign Toolkit. The purpose of this chart is to help you see how many gifts at each level you will need to hit your goal. Don’t despair.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Data is the new black. Data is so much more than a stack of numbers or a server filled with client outputs. One effective way to transform your data from an afterthought into a powerful communications product is through visualizations that help tell your story. Users need a grounding point to understand your data.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 31, 2018

FALL Build Beautiful Charts & Graphs with Data Visualization on EveryAction Whether it's for a board meeting or a conference, nonprofit professionals often spend hours of time trying to figure out ways to present their data. You can picture your data like never before within EveryAction.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

A data entry clerk may have just changed the location from which the data was entered and the workflow to receive it. What you could be finding is that the organizational chart stayed largely the same, but now, not everyone fits where they were before. Step 2: Person by person, redefine their role. Some changed just a little.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2015

Smart Lookup: A new tool uses Bing search to show relevant contextual information from the web in Word. Task pane: A new pane simplifies common tasks like formatting chart images and building formulas. Recommended charts: Get help choosing the best chart for your data. New Features in Excel.

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BoardAssist

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Reading and understanding these reports can be difficult for many board members, but there is so much important information there that great board members must learn to understand them so they can be real agents of change on the boards they join. The more information you capture, the more you need dimensions.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Along with its original crisis mapping work, now called Ushahidi Tracker , Ushahidi has developed new mapping and data management tools. TechSoup has made some of Ushahidi's new data management tools available to nonprofits, including Ushahidi Surveyor and Ushahidi Responder. It puts one type of data on a map.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

This post is about how we incorporate Google Analytics data into our Design Process. Once we get access to a client’s Google Analytics data, we first establish a timeframe for reporting. Ideally, we’d evaluate the previous year of data to observe patterns in different giving cycles. Research Questions. Research Questions.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

When data is stuck on servers, web publishing is slow and centralized. When your stakeholders can't chew on, discuss, and disseminate your data and messages, transparency can't happen. More and more of our data is in the cloud, or accessible via APIs. You need to do that with your own data. You can do it, too!

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The top 5 drivers to ensure your organization has the financial information to be responsive. Aggregate data into digestible graphs to communicate mission impact. Unit of service should include demographic data – first tier, second tier and third tier service recipients, as well as, the cost and benefit of services.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

But if you need to keep tabs on more complex data—like tracking stock gifts from donors, matching volunteers with volunteer opportunities based on interests and availability, and the case notes, histories and outcomes of the mental health services provided to clients—you’re not likely to find a single system to fill all your needs.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Data from the American Printing House for the Blind’s annual registry of legally blind students shows that in 2012 only 8.8% Another major challenge involves the graphic content in ebooks, such as pictures, charts, and diagrams, formulas and special symbols. And today, braille is not being taught to most blind children.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 6, 2012

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. With your help, we’ve amassed a wealth of current information on demand for services, trends in government support, board participation, and financial health. What are the big picture conversations about? The chart below highlights that upward trend. As part of a.

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sgEngage

MARCH 28, 2023

For the most effective meetings with productive discussions, you need to present your financial information to your board in a way that they understand, and quickly. And should an opportunity or issue arise where the fund might be used, the board knows the full picture. Understand the story the data is telling and remove the noise.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2023

Otherwise, people may not understand the scope of the campaign, and they may make a smaller donation than they would if they saw the big picture and knew that you already had a substantial amount of support. Do the feasibility study and do it right so you go into your campaign with the information you need.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

bbcon Takeaway #1: Small investments in data quality will yield big returns. Morale suffers – poor data quality leads to a downward spiral: staff members lose confidence in the integrity of the data, who then take less care in the data they enter, and may even revert back to basic spreadsheets and other archaic data management methods.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 29, 2022

Printing and mailing thank-you letters with tax deductible information. TIP: Greater Giving clients can automatically generate an online catalog from entered packages, and transfer them to the Online Bidding feature without any additional data entry. Getting sponsor guest names and contact information and entering them in the database.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Whether you have a blog, website, or even multiple, you can use Google Analytics to really drill down into the data and understand how people are visiting and using your site. Then, for each group, create a chart with 4 columns and identify: Their goal: why do they engage with you. Google Analytics – [link].

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