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How do grantmaker CEO salaries compare with other staff? 

Candid

One of the more helpful ways to explore top executive pay is to examine the ratio of their compensation compared to that of the “median worker” (i.e., For example, in The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism , John Bogle estimated a nationwide ratio to be approximately 280:1 in 2004 (up from 42:1 in 1980). The median ratio was 2.7:1

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10 Donation Page Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A good example of a donation page with proper branding is the World Wildlife Fund’s primary donation page : Accepting PayPal in addition to credit cards is a good idea to accommodate those donors that prefer to give through PayPal, but don’t make all donors use PayPal.

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Making the Web Accessible: Color Choices

Media Cause

In the marketing world, the challenges are usually most pronounced for me with things like color-coded spreadsheets, charts or graphs using vague pastel shades. Depending on the chart or graph you show me, I may or may not know what it’s trying to communicate. One such example tool for this is Accessibe. and ADA.

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How to Tell Your Donors Where Their Money Is Going

NonProfit Hub

For example, if you say you’re trying to raise $100,000 to build schools in Africa, also mention that it will cost each student $100 per year to attend. If you want to go the extra mile, you can create charts and graphs that show how you allocate funds. Break it down. Make it visual. Explain the benefits of overhead.

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Configuring QuickBooks for Use in a Nonprofit: Setting Up the Chart of Accounts

Tech Soup

Some of the main goals of the implementation meeting are to produce a consensus on the definition of: The chart of accounts. This blog will provide some suggestions on building your chart of accounts in a manner that is practical and that will satisfy as many users of the financial statements as possible.

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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

sgEngage

How to Avoid: Organizations should consider adopting the Unified Chart of Accounts for Nonprofits (UCOA). For example, a sudden decrease in donations or a spike in expenses from one month to the next might go unnoticed without careful review. This could prevent timely responses to financial challenges.

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Seven Ways to Improve Engagement With Your Nonprofit Financial Reports

BoardAssist

A dimensional chart of accounts structure creates a separate field in your database for each bit of expense information rather than cramming all the information into one account code field. Dimensions also enable your accounting software to run faster by streamlining the chart of accounts. Highlight key performance indicators.

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