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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

Candid

2002-2012 – Childhood During the first 10 years, Candid staff primarily focused on collecting grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a sample of the largest U.S. 2013-2014 – Tweens A decade in, the importance of consistent year-over-year comparisons grew. private and community foundations.

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Member Round Up: Game of Thrones and emergency response, diversity data, and an app to help connect youth with summer meals!

NTEN

Idealist Consulting has a new, free Email Service Providers Comparison Report , an in-depth comparison of 13 of the most common platforms. Want to combat childhood hunger? If you''ve got some happenings and news of your own to share, let us know and we''ll feature it in an upcoming Member News Round Up! There''s an app for that!

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Client Success with CHOICES

Connection Cafe

CHOICES - the Center Helping Obesity in Children End Successfully - is a grassroots organization whose mission is to fight against the deadly epidemic of childhood obesity. We see a difference in our fundraising numbers on a weekly basis, in comparison to previous campaigns before Common Ground. Donors have given over $13,000 online.

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How a Fan of Nonprofits Teaches Tech and Fundraising

Tech Soup

Here is my childhood utopian vision: I believe that technology is the greatest component that will help us create, learn, …and experiment towards our collaborative missions. Since being back in Orlando, I've had an interesting time for reflections, observations, and especially comparisons. I am literally a nonprofit fan!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Your childhood hero, Ranger Rick, has been banished from Facebook. In addition, some comparisons of the pros/cons between Facebook and Myspace policies and the larger organizational policy issue related to embracing Web2.0 So a hat tip to Katrin Verclas and Progressive Exchange listserv. social networking sites.

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Reporting for Grantmakers: Charts vs. Lists to Make Sense of Your Data

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While lists are great for helping you identify a specific piece of information, such as a total of grant dollars awarded year to date, it can be difficult to visualize your information or clearly see a comparison of several data sets. Using Charts in Your Grant Reporting.

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Shovel-Ready Online Civic Projects #4: Transparency for Special Education Services

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I am not an expert on other childhood conditions, but I believe the same is true for children with Downs Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, and others. The logic is reasonably clear: a child's best hope is to "rewire" their damaged brain structure while s/he is young and has a high degree of neuroplasticity.