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

Candid

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. Be aware that it takes time to see trends. What is the Foundation 1000?

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Raise the Board’s Financial IQ

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Invite your investment team to explain your organization’s allocation and risk strategies and investment reports. Circulate articles and information on best practices and trends in finance. Developing a consistent format that allows for easy comparison across months and years. Online courses. Share information.

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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

An Interview with Matt Roberts-Davies , General Manager of M-Changa – an official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. 3) Kenyan data from the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report is very unique in that 42% of Kenyan donors say the prefer to give cash and 26% prefer to give via mobile payment.

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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

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Invest in professional development for yourself and your accounting team. Training your accounting teams on the importance of granularity in financial reporting and the use of resources like the UCOA can significantly improve your financial management practices. Subscribe to reputable accounting updates and newsletters.

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Increasing efficiency in grant reporting

Candid

These tend to be the easiest to report on, because they can usually be completed by the development team with a pre-prepared overview of what the organization is working on. In comparison, project grants are more complicated to report on. We call this our narrative report. We are also often required to provide financial reports.

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Web Analytics Tools + Data Privacy: The Big Shift to GA4

Media Cause

Rather than relying on it as a singular source of truth for actual numbers, we recommend using GA4 to look along trend lines to make the most of the data you’re able to collect. There are a number of web analytics tools in the market, many of which use machine learning and A.I. technologies to identify patterns and provide insights.

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Vote For Forum One’s #24NTC Sessions

Forum One

We’ll delve into several common concerns—such as the challenges of data comparison, the absence of readily available reports, and the distinction between the free and premium versions—as well as explore the importance of transparency in GA4 to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the data insights provided. Vote for this session!

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