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4 Tips For Maintaining Your Nonprofit’s Databases

TechImpact

Database are extremely useful in simplifying business operations, communication, and workflow for both the for-profit sector and nonprofit sector. Nonprofits and charities use databases to manage donor, volunteer, and B2B profiles and aggregate data. But of course, a good database can go down-hill if it is not properly maintained.

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6 Qualities A Nonprofit Database Management System Should Have

TechImpact

Nonprofits use databases to handle volunteers, donors, staff, and more. For smaller nonprofits, a database may be nothing more than an Excel file. Medium to large nonprofits might have an IT staff and a simple database, designed by the in-house development team. Who manages the database? Authorization.

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Save the Day: Knowing Which WordPress Files to Always Back Up

Byte Technology

Imagine having all your client’s personal information stolen and manipulated? The Core WordPress Files. The core refers to any and all files that essentially run your website, from the root folder to “wp-includes” to the “wp-admin” folder. Configuration Files. htaccess” file. Your WordPress Database.

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The 5 Rules of Successful Annual Appeal Fundraising Letters

The Fundraising Authority

It usually gets sent to every donor in your donor file (or at least, every donor that has been active over the past several years) and normally gets sent out around the same time each year (the time of year differs by nonprofit, but once you pick a time of year, you normally stick with it). Tell them why you need them to get involved.

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The 990s are here. Why that’s a big deal and what happens now

Candid

tax-exempt organizations are requested to file Forms 990 with the IRS annually, sharing information about their organization’s size, location, revenue, grantmaking, etc. Candid uses 990 data as a starting place for our nonprofit profiles and grantmaking databases. Today we have over 800k filings for those years.

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Navigating the Form 990 to find funding

Candid

All tax-exempt organizations, including foundations, must file some version of Form 990 with the IRS each year to comply with federal regulations. Because of that, they’re chock full of vital information about a nonprofits’ and foundations’ finances and operations. . Form 990-PF includes information on: . Contact information.

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Five myths and misconceptions about Candid’s grant data

Candid

At Candid, our mission is to get you the information you need to do good. This also means clearing up mis information when we come across it. tax exempt nonprofit organizations must file various Forms 990 with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) each year. Other public information. based foundations.

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