Candid

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

On the other hand, these same (often smaller) nonprofits carry a disproportionate burden from funders’ duplicative and disparate application and reporting requirements. Recent data from the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) drives this point home. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Digging in to the problem .

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

Candid’s Issue Lab is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing social sector knowledge. This vast library contains more than 34,000 freely available philanthropic resources authored by organizations in our sector—including reports, case studies, surveys, toolkits, and more. This report looks to fill that gap by examining U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Almost all organizations produce some sort of annual financial reporting, but it’s may not always be public information. Donors and grantors both expect detailed reporting and deep financial transparency from nonprofit organizations. At a university,?a has a different meaning?in nonprofit organization.? At churches,?it?may

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Why are analytics + data so important for marketers? Data and analytics are the key to better understanding your marketing efforts. Tracking campaign performance with data analytics tools allows you to understand and refine your strategies, optimize your efforts, and maximize ad spend.

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Candid

MAY 12, 2021

There’s no universal date for filing 990s; instead, the end of an organization’s fiscal year determines when its 990 is due at the IRS. This gap is notable because IRS 990 filings are a substantial source of data about nonprofits and foundation grantmaking in the U.S. and several issue- and location-specific Foundation Landscapes.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Now that Google Analytics (GA4) has officially replaced Universal Analytics, many mission-driven organizations are not loving the new normal. Let’s address the key issues of concern and find that silver lining in order to move towards impact. Key issues of concern (i.e., As of July, it is officially gone, replaced by GA4.

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2024

One such initiative is Demographics via Candid , a national campaign to address the surge of interest in nonprofit demographic data. The report highlights declines in philanthropic support for historically Black colleges and universities. It was also the most downloaded Candid report in 2023.

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Candid

MARCH 13, 2024

Candid’s Insights team seeks to leverage the data we collect to increase knowledge about the scope, equity, economics, and impact of the social sector. First report: Funding to HBCUs For our first publication, ABFE and Candid decided to focus on a specific aspect of Black leadership—historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 19, 2022

In May 2022, Twilio published the State of Nonprofit Digital Engagement Report on how digital engagement is reshaping the way nonprofit organizations deliver services. In fact, 89% of nonprofits report that digital communications are critical to achieving their organization’s mission.

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Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

A report from the Center for Expanding Leadership & Opportunity (CELO) and The Allstate Foundation explores how Gen Z is expanding the definition of “community service” and seeking to maximize impact—for themselves and the communities they serve. reported for “informal helping.”

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Candid

MARCH 21, 2023

The United Nations also issued an appeal for an additional $1 billion in aid, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development pledged €1.5 of the total dollar value captured in the first 14 days of data collection. Candid will keep sharing news and data on philanthropy’s response to the Turkey and Syria earthquake.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 15, 2015

The original question: My organization is working on a data retention policy and wondering if others have insights to share. I would consider any data valuable when it can be utilized for predictive analytics or to build a case for trends. Is data-storage limits the concern? I’m a bit worried by this.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2022

And now that the 990s are released as open data by the IRS, it’s more important than ever to rethink the role of the 990 as a communication channel instead of just a compliance requirement. All Form 990s had been released as TIFF image files making it both time-consuming and expensive to extract useful data from them.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

When you are working on a tough issue or an innovative solution, sometimes it helps to learn from others who have tackled that problem or are working on a similar idea. From gathering demographic data to understanding your grantees’ experiences, grantmaking organizations have been working through many multifaceted conundrums this year.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 25, 2023

If you want your website to inspire donations but users aren’t looking at your donation page, that’s a huge issue that indicates your website needs to be looked over and adjusted to get more eyes on your donation form (and hopefully more donation form completions). By July 1 st , 2023 Universal Analytics won’t be supported.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Recently I had the opportunity to get introduced to Gerald Nelson , senior climate change researcher and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. When we met, he was therefore especially interested in hearing about Benetech’s perspective on issues related to converting software to open source.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In October 2022, Google announced they would replace their Universal Analytics (UA) with their next-generation measurement solution Google Analytics 4 (GA4) , on July 1st, 2023. One of the more significant issues that went untalked about was the transfer of data—or lack thereof—from UA to the new GA4.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Google won’t be porting any data from the legacy platform to GA4 so, if you wait until the last minute, you won’t have an easy way to compare historical data to the new GA4 data. . Getting setup with a GA4 property that pulls in data has been a smooth process for us and remains as simple as it was with Universal Analytics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

We spent a fair amount of time framing and reframing the problem and ended up with a question that focused on data collection. One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Working with trusted community partners with deep history and expertise on grantmaking for racial equity, we responded this month by updating our special issue site on funding for racial equity. We focused on two main goals in making this expanded data and information on Candid’s racial equity page freely available.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This year’s Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report, published by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) and Candid, tracked roughly $121 billion in aid to date in 2020 across multiple sources—including bilateral and multilateral aid, U.S. Share your data with Candid.”. Syrian refugee crisis. Be flexible. Fund recovery.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 13, 2021

With a robust feature set, Apsona provides a wealth of productivity features for nonprofit organizations ranging from cross object filtering and multi-step reporting to extensive data management and mail merge tools. During this time, Apsona had other clients reach out to them as well for the same issue.

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Candid

APRIL 25, 2024

Major foundations leading the charge In 2023, a coalition of partners led by the MacArthur and Knight Foundations launched a five-year, $500 million initiative to enhance local news reporting and bolster democracy and trust in American institutions. million to 44 POC-led and -serving organizations.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

Because Scott is not using a foundation, she is not required to release grant-specific data. Luckily, many of the recipient nonprofits have shared further data. For MacKenzie Scott’s grantmaking, we’ve also supplemented our data by manually searching social media and organizational websites. These grants represent about $2.4

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sgEngage

MAY 16, 2023

ESG, or environmental, social, and governance, has become an expected reporting framework for companies that highlights how they are managing risks and opportunities within those three pillars. Nearly 600 institutions in 20 countries participate in the reporting, and are assigned Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum ratings.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 22, 2024

It puts members at the center of your universe, where they belong. That data turns what was once a narrow path into a two-way street. When we view data through the lens of empathy it becomes a powerful magnet for retention and growth. How do you put emotion into data? Customer experience turns the tables.

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BoardAssist

OCTOBER 18, 2018

How can they get the rest of the team to focus and understand the critical financial reports their nonprofit is generating? We turned to CFO Paul Konigstein for help with the important issue of engaging with financials this week – thanks for the very practical and terrific advice, as always, Paul!

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 6, 2021

Let’s dive into the difference between these two roles: BA: This role is responsible for identifying functional requirements, maintaining technical documentation, building reports, and training and supporting end-users of multiple systems, including Salesforce. . SA: Typically, SAs are the owner(s) of the declarative solutions built in?your

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. This week we learn about the Resilient Africa Network (RAN), which is helping African students use open data for disaster relief.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 10, 2022

Our nonprofit Trailblazers know better than anyone how to rise to the occasion of the world’s most pressing issues and how important relationships and reliance on community can be. Last year at the first-ever virtual Nonprofit Summit, over 16,500 trailblazers gathered virtually from across 136 countries for the inaugural convening.

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sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

The ongoing conversation about student debt and the value of a college credential exacerbates the issue for higher education institutions. do not feel their education was worth the cost, colleges and universities have to work harder and smarter to recruit, enroll, and retain students. Leverage student and alum relationships.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 1, 2023

Leverage Your Resources If you have helpful resources like research reports or educational materials, your website can act as the megaphone to share them far and wide. Expand Your Universe Not everyone’s on Facebook. A website eradicates this issue as it’s universally accessible.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

I quickly became responsible for identifying potential funding opportunities, grant-writing, stewardship efforts, and reporting to funders. We have been able to invest in community outreach to marginalized groups in order to see a more representative reflection of Utah’s population in our data sample.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2019

About two in five nonprofits (42 percent) report researching AI but less than a third (28 percent) said that AI is either deployed, in the implementation phase, or experimental. What Your Nonprofit Needs To Know About Machine Learning from Global Giving’s Data Scientist Nick Hamlin. Do you have access to usable data?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Yesterday, KD Paine and I delivered an NTEN Webinar on measurement based on the ideas in our new book ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World.” ” Well, here is are some ways to find some data nerds to help you with your measurement and analysis: 1. The skills are out there.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

By Kurt Voelker, CTO, Forum One Data is the new black. Data is so much more than a stack of numbers or a server filled with client outputs. It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files. Here are 6 ways to tell your stories with data that you can apply to your own web and communications work: 1.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2021

Yes, the issues are complex. Researching grants, writing proposals, and reporting on expenditures are very different from the work of major gift officers. But I also wrote newsletters and annual reports, edited donor publications, produced promotional videos, hosted constituent events, and handled media relations.

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