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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Before you follow any account, ensure that your profile is complete with (1) a well-designed profile photo and header image; (2) a bio that expresses clearly your organization’s mission; and (3) a link to your website. Ideally, your website and blog content display a large default image when shared on Twitter (and all social media).

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Investing in capacity building: The vital role of general operating support for BIPOC-led nonprofits

Candid

Like 20% of the Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium ’s (Southern Black Girls) grantee partners, the group had not received foundation funding before. While project grants offer specific funding for programmatic initiatives, by definition, they often exclude critical operational expenses such as staff salaries and other overhead costs.

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Doing good with AI tools: Navigating ethical considerations for the social sector 

Candid

Misclassifying sensitive population groups results in an incorrect understanding of the work being done in the sector, who is being served, and where grant dollars are still needed. At Candid, AI for grant coding can potentially harm population groups if miscoded. The harmful impact of these early problems was clear.

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Beyond efficiency: A human-first AI adoption strategy

Candid

A recent Harvard Business School study compared two groups of consultants—one using AI tools and the other not—performing the same workplace tasks such as writing, analysis, and strategy. The group that used AI tools on average completed 12% more tasks, 25% faster, with 40% higher quality.

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What actually happened: Apple Mail Privacy Protection

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Reminder, email opens are tracked by tiny image pixels embedded in email content. When a user downloads that image, it registers as an “email open.”). Well, first of all, the definition changed. MPP only pre-loads images (including that open tracking pixel!) So what happened to open rates? That part is still true.

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3 Reasons Why Pinterest Is Still Relevant for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

While lifestyle and fashion pins are certainly popular on the site, there are a wide variety of reasons why people across all age groups love Pinterest. If your audience and supporters include women (especially those in their mid-thirties to mid-forties) you definitely want to explore a presence on Pinterest. Pinterest is aspirational.

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The 990: From Compliance to Communication 

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All Form 990s had been released as TIFF image files making it both time-consuming and expensive to extract useful data from them. Universal Participation : Everyone must be able to use and re-use the data without restrictions against any persons or groups. WHO: Which group or groups are meant to benefit from the grant?