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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

Candid

In other words, the amount of money donated to the Ivy Leagues suggests a ballpark figure for how much funding is available to higher education in general. Even by this comparison, HBCUs were underfunded: The average HBCU received about two-thirds of what philanthropy paid out to similarly situated institutions.

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A crash course on trends analysis using Candid’s Foundation 1000 data set 

Candid

In comparison, our Foundation 1000 data set is limited to grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a set of 1,000 of the largest U.S. funders, the donations from these 1,000 large foundations account for about 50-60% of the grants dollars Candid collects from U.S. private and community foundations.

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How to Set Up Your Nonprofit Accounting System RIGHT So it Helps You Grow

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The sole purpose of a Donor Management system is to track donors, track your communication with donors, and track donation information. Accounting on the other hand, tracks how those donation dollars are allocated and spent. And everyone who has donated a red marble says they want that marble to be used for spay/neuter surgeries.

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Nonprofit Marketing: How Technologies Will Change the Future

Nonprofits Source

This ensures donation requests remain within reason of each donor’s capacity to give while steadily increasing their value. Time donation requests. When nonprofits make a donation request can be equally as important as how much they ask for. Measure affinity in real-time. Summarize content.

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Securely Manage Your Accounting Files with QuickBooks Online Plus

Tech Soup

TechSoup is proud to announce QuickBooks Online Plus , a new offering from our donation partner Intuit. See this comparison for more information. QuickBooks Online is the cloud-based version of Intuit's popular accounting and financial management software. For more information, see what the Plus edition includes.

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

Candid

Organization’s Donation Website. Even a quick scan of the form fields above will reveal that much of this information is available from any public repository of 990 forms filed annually by US nonprofits. Contact Person Contact Information. Intern Roles (if any). Key Contacts Contact Information. Key Program Staff Resumes/CVs.

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My Perfect Smartphone: Not An iPhone

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She was very helpful and walked me through comparisons of the phones I was considering and the different plans from providers. I queried my friends on Facebook and Twitter and to my surprise, I learned that many of my nonprofit techie friends are Android fans! Original Photo by Joi Ito. Our online petition has over 5,000 signatures.

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