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

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One of the most common reasons people analyze Candid’s grant data is to understand year-over-year giving trends in the sector. So, you may be surprised to learn that when we do trends analyses at Candid, we often don’t start with our full data set. These facets are captured in Candid’s Philanthropy Classification System.

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

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When set up right, your nonprofit accounting system will help you manage your nonprofit and streamline processes like budgeting, projecting cash flow, and even hiring. The problem is that if you’re like most, you haven’t paid a lot of attention to your accounting system. Most people who start or lead nonprofits aren’t numbers people.

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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

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How to Avoid: To avoid this mistake, organizations must develop robust systems for tracking and reporting on restricted versus unrestricted funds. Neglecting Month-to-Month Financial Comparisons Month-to-month comparisons are crucial for detecting trends, anomalies, and areas of concern in your financial activities.

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Google Analytics and Benchmarks: HAWK

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Even comparing Total Users from UA to GA4 is not an apples-to-apples comparison since the method Google Analytics uses to track users changed from UA to GA4. TLDR: What’s going on with website data in Benchmarks The transition from UA to GA4 happened mid-year in 2023 (and with it, all of the changes to tracking between the two systems).

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

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2013-2014 – Tweens A decade in, the importance of consistent year-over-year comparisons grew. Today, we refer to it as the “Foundation 1000”, and it is often used to look at historical grantmaking trends. Researchers can use the Foundation 1000 or another cleaned subset of data to create historical trends for these years.

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Level Up Your Marketing with Analytics

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Having this data will help you make business decisions based on trends or actual performance. When you have access to this data in one system and it is your source of truth, you can be more efficient with your marketing messaging. Let’s use email as an example. You might wonder if you are sending too many emails.

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Is Your Nonprofit Half Way to Your 2020 Fundraising Goal$?

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By Christy Smaglio , Instructional Writer at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Once you’ve done a side-by-side comparison of the first half of the year, it’s time to look to the future. 3) Past Trends. What’s Your Projected Income?

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