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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

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We are taught to create an organizational chart or a program activity graphic or a network diagram of organizations needed to address an issue like homelessness or educational equity. For datamaking, visuals like charts, diagrams, or maps are important for more than data collection.

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Infographics & Data Visualization: Not Your Grandmother’s Pie Chart

NTEN

With their unique combination of images and words, infographics are a powerful storytelling tool. It’s a way to take all that data you’ve collected about the great things your organization does, and use it for social good purposes – to illustrate timelines, histories, relationships, the impact of a program, and much more.

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Mastering Next Year’s Budget With Revenue Projections and Donor Attrition Analysis

Neon CRM

Understanding Revenue Projections When a nonprofit is putting together a budget for the coming year, an important step is to perform a revenue projections analysis that can inform the expected amount of income used for operational expenses and deepen mission impact. The first step is creating a budget.

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4 bbcon 2019 Takeaways to Help You Maximize Your Foundation’s Impact in 2020

Connection Cafe

In this post, I’ll highlight four of the key takeaways identified by our attendees as being the most critical to positioning their foundations for greater impact in 2020. bbcon Takeaway #3: Impact measurement must be baked into the culture of your foundation . What is impact, and why does it matter? l everage the results.

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How to Write an Effective Grant Proposal

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Many grant applications will ask similar questions, such as what programs or materials you need funding for and why, how your nonprofit makes an impact in the community, and how you’ll measure success if selected for the award. Organizational chart. Demonstrate Impact With Data and Examples. Most recent Form 990.

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Crafting Impactful Narratives: The Art of Nonprofit Storytelling

CauseVox

Whether you’re striving to make a difference in your community, protect the environment, or provide a lifeline to those in need, your storytelling ability can mean the difference between a thriving and well-funded program and one that falls flat. The Power of Storytelling in Fundraising Humans are meaning-making creatures.

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How to Run a Successful Fundraising Campaign

The Storytelling Non-profit

However, asking more than once and in more than one place impacts organizations abilities to reach their goals or even exceed them in some occasions. Here’s an example of the chart that I created: Tasks Start Date Completion Date Who is Responsible? Is it going to have adverse effects on your results? Those are all legitimate concerns.