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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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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. The vague shades are usually indistinguishable to me.

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10 Donation Page Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For example, Children International : Also, provided your program vs. operating expense ratio is good ( 75%/25% ), create a simple pie chart graphic that illuminates your program and operating costs. That said, there is a growing movement against low overhead as the primary indicator of a nonprofit’s effectiveness.

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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). How to Avoid: Narratives should succinctly highlight achievements, financial strategies, and future plans in layman’s terms, while dashboards provide a visual summary of trends, ratios, and key indicators at a glance.

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The Lurker to Contributor Ratio: Tagging Communities Compared To Other Online Communities

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Chart from David White, JISC funded ???SPIRE??? Indeed, I've been looking for some research that confirms that the lurker to participant ratio in online communities (see Nielsen ) holds true for some web2.0 Ha, I found something on page 8 and illustrated by the above chart. technologies.

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How to Tell Your Donors Where Their Money Is Going

NonProfit Hub

If you want to go the extra mile, you can create charts and graphs that show how you allocate funds. Your charity’s overhead ratio is not necessarily an indicator of its success, but rather a way to offer insight about how funds are broken down. Make it visual. You should also remind donors to keep the bigger picture in mind.

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