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Back to Basics: How to Set Up Your Nonprofit Chart of Accounts

Blue Fox

Introducing the Chart of Accounts (COA) Are you ready to nerd out on nonprofit accounting? Introducing the Chart of Accounts (COA) - the foundational accounting tool every nonprofit leader needs to get right for maximum financial insight and awareness. What is a Chart of Accounts? It’s just that important.

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Nonprofit Strategic Planning: Ultimate Guide + 7 Examples

Bloomerang

A good strategic plan ensures you have charted the necessary pathways to meet (and hopefully exceed) your organization’s goals. Here’s an example of what this would look like: Let’s say your organization is an animal shelter. For example, let’s say your nonprofit has a good track record with grant writing. Let’s get started.

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How Do I Say It With Charts?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: Juice Lab Chart Chooser. Last month, Stephanie Evergreen wrote an awesome guest post called “ Six Steps to Great Charts ” with lots of practical tips for using the Excel chart feature to visualize your social media measurement data. The six steps: Step 1: Which Chart is Best? Step 6: Annotate.

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Beyond the Pie Chart: Maps

Tech Soup

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. Part 4 in our Beyond the Pie Chart series covers mapping. Examples: Insurance claims by state.

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The Only Time You Should Use a Pie Chart for Your Nonprofit's Data

Tech Soup

We've covered bar charts, line charts, scatter plots, and maps in Beyond the Pie Chart. We finish the series by explaining the only time a pie chart actually is the right choice. When to Use a Pie Chart. As we state in our white paper, Which Chart or Graph is Right for You? Pro Tips for Pie Charts.

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The Ultimate Grassroots Flow Chart

Care2

For example, what action alerts or donation appeals do they respond to? Check out this great chart that Ben Murane of judaismwithoutborders. If you find yourself struggling to explain this to a newbie organizer or even the president of your organization this chart will come in handy.

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3 Infographic Tips for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Simple infographics employ just a few visual elements (pictures or charts), words, and numbers. The example below uses just two eye-catching visuals to tell a simple yet startling story about global carbon emissions. In my experience, the most effective infographics have the following three characteristics: 1. Are simple.

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