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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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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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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. You can then share these on your social media accounts, upload them to your website, create factsheets to hand out or whatever else you can think of. Make it visual. You should also remind donors to keep the bigger picture in mind.

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Social Media Analytics: The Basics

NonProfit Hub

Engagement is any interaction with your content, like Twitter favorites, Facebook shares and clicks. Engagement rate is the ratio of total impressions versus total engagements. On Twitter, you can find this chart on the right side of your profile (not your analytics page) when in desktop view.

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Guest Post: Introducing the New GuideStar Nonprofit Profile

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We started this redesign process by asking you and ourselves one question: In 2016, what will matter most when sharing a nonprofit’s story? This means simple financial metrics will no longer be the primary focus when telling a nonprofit’s full story ( goodbye, overhead ratios !) Turning snapshots into stories .

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Visualizing the Tate's Collection: What Open Data Makes Possible

Museum 2.0

The data is in a computer language called.JSON that is commonly used for data sharing and processing. Jim Davenport, an astronomer living in Seattle, charted the height and width of all of the works in the Tate''s collection. Jim''s post suggests some fun but somewhat silly conclusions about the height/width ratio of artworks.

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