sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

While there will always be a baseline of information needed to make sure your grant funds are stewarded well, the best place to start is with trust. It includes multi-year grants so your grantees feel secure in their funding and can take on important projects that might require more than 12 months to launch.

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Philanthropy Impact Trend Grant 77

Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

You may be wondering where to focus your fundraising as we emerge from the fog of 2020 and into, perhaps, a less cloudy future when it comes to nonprofit giving trends. Charitable giving was up in 2020 , and projections for nonprofit giving trends in 2021 and 2022 are even rosier. Nonprofit Giving Trends on the Horizon.

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Trend Strategy Giving Fundraising 137

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As a grants manager, you know how important it is to have a clear and efficient grantee application process. Do you use it to inform your decisions, evaluate your outcomes, or improve your practices? It may also not align with the latest trends and best practices in philanthropy. Does your application align with your vision?

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Application Leadership Grant Philanthropy 94

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

It was seemingly a year and forever ago when we last wrote about nonprofit trends reports. Our latest 4th edition of the Nonprofit Trends Report reflects a set of organizations struggling with this imbalance while navigating a rapidly-changing future. Trends in diversity, equity, and inclusion. and 26% in Australia.

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Trend Report United Kingdom Australia 111

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Others receive grant funding from governmental agencies, private foundations, and community funds. Raising funds and winning grants is difficult and requires significant staff time and resources. Similarly, a grant might have specific conditions like the types of activities it can fund or allowances for overhead expenses.

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Software Guide Award Grant 299

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Four clear job trends in the nonprofit field signify major changes coming next year and it might be worth paying attention to see if a change is in the cards for you. Here are the four top nonprofit job trends we’re seeing as we close out 2021: 1. months, followed by religious, grant-making, civic, and professional nonprofits at 13.4

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Job Trend Nonprofit Search 78

Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

As AI is increasingly used in high-impact ways such as writing and assessing grant proposals, how can we make sure that it is used ethically, minimizing the risk of harm? We continue to refine the data we use for training and evaluating our grants auto-coding system. The harmful impact of these early problems was clear.

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Tools Guidelines Model Grant 52

sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2023

For individuals, Meico also suggests spending some time evaluating your inputs and how they are making you feel. Manage your entire grantmaking workflow, from online grant applications through payments Find out how Blackbaud’s Financial Edge NXT fits your organization.

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Trend Support Nonprofit Video 68

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Press Forward seeks to stop and reverse that trend. The first grants are to be awarded later this year. Nonprofit action In the face of these troubling trends, nonprofit organizations are pivotal in the Press Forward funders views of what’s needed. Will your nonprofit apply? Please share your thoughts below.

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Journal Local News Fund 93

sgEngage

JUNE 9, 2023

As we evolve into a society that increasingly relies on software to manage everything from personal communications to banking needs, the debate over the pros and cons of configurable vs. customized solutions is a part of every software evaluation. What is the Difference Between Customized and Configured Software?

Software 91

Software System Grant Industry 91

Candid

MAY 15, 2024

Reduced reporting requirements and shared metric development with grantee partners: Evaluation should help us understand what’s not working , not just what is, and it should be useful for the grantee partner as well as HF. If a metric isn’t reflective of the impact they want to make, then why collect it?

Philanthropy 52

Philanthropy Proposal Application Metrics 52

.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

You need to constantly evaluate the data and analyze progress. Tear down walls (literally and figuratively)​ Embrace a continuous process​ The Erosion of Confidence Sharon Rice,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy, is our resident trend watcher. No organization can take its constituents for granted.

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Associations Leadership Question Wisconsin 221

Candid

MAY 13, 2024

In a 2022 survey, nearly 70% of respondents cited building measurement, evaluation, and learning capabilities as a critical area in which they would like to invest. In our study How Philanthropic Collaboratives Measure, Evaluate, and Learn , we examined three levels of impact: grantees, systems or fields, and donors.

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Measure Collaboration Effective Impact 59

Candid

JANUARY 24, 2023

In September 2022 (and thanks to support from our Innovation Fund, which you can learn more about in Candid CEO Ann Mei Chang’s open grant report to MacKenzie Scott ), we decided to dive into creating short-form videos for social media to evaluate the potential benefits. You don’t have to follow trends to make good videos.

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Video Social Media Evaluation Audience 140

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Sort through online organizational data (Google analytics, email open rates) to see if there are insights, trends, and patterns that could be used to improve operations. Sort through organizational fundraising data to see if there are insights, trends, or patterns that could help. Help edit or review grant proposals and grant reports.

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Fundraising Mail Law Donation 343

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In other words, your Board should help you see problems before they occur, they should evaluate how well things are working, and they should help you find new and better solutions. Having 100% Board giving is important for getting grants and also lets donors know that the entire Board is fully behind the nonprofit.

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Roles Director Evaluation Government 116

sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle. Knowledge insights, grants and learning, information systems, data discovery, or relational analysis are just some of the terms showing up alongside the more familiar phrases of research and development and data analysis.

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Knowledge Philanthropy Change Work 72

Candid

MARCH 9, 2022

Second are representatives of nonprofits who are turning to grants to help their organization grow capacity. This allows the library to focus more on start-up nonprofits and grant seekers, for whom our resources are best positioned to serve. They typically don’t have formalized knowledge of fundraising but are eager to learn.

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Library Grant Local Roles 98

Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

This case study illustrates the outcomes they achieved by directly engaging community members in their grant funding decision-making process. This evaluation looks at one such program, Supporting Education and Employment Development (SEED).

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Resource Mississippi Participatory New York 119

Candid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Since then, Candid has been evaluating the way we identify this type of giving, both going forward and looking back over the last decade. We began tracking grants and pledges based on press releases and public announcements to tell a real-time story. . Updating our definition of racial equity to a changing world .

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Fund Pledge Grant Map 105

Candid

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

They want to find you (on behalf of Bob), and there isn’t usually a grant application process you can use to get in front of them. Here are a few creative ideas for how to do so: Many DAF managers (including the ones listed above) use Candid profiles to evaluate nonprofits in order to recommend their individual donors fund them.

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Fund Donor Grant Search 116

Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

They have to do all this while regularly drafting and submitting grant requests from funders who have different and changing priorities. Moreover, funders, evaluators, and program managers can have different goals related to programs’ implementations. How rigorous or complex should the analysis of impact data be?

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Impact Management Organization Evaluation 120

Candid

MAY 1, 2024

They learn from fundraisers about the complex process of finding a foundation to fund their project, and from program officers and grant managers about vetting a grant applicant. The more people use it, the more data we’ll have to evaluate which features are being used the most and which are under-utilized.

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Build Tools Problem Test 64

Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 4, 2024

The Salesforce nonprofit grantmaking solution, foundationConnect, was created over 15 years ago on the belief that we could support better collaboration among stakeholders in the grants management process. Define, measure, and evaluate your organization’s outcome strategies all in one place.

Nonprofit 52

Nonprofit Application Integration Grant 52

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 7, 2019

In graduate school, they called me the queen of grants due to my ability to track down grants and help other people with their applications. The biggest lesson I learned is that there are a lot of grants out there, which means you can nearly always find a grant that is a fit for your project if you know where to look.

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Grant Articulate Application Awareness 21

Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Access to Research and Data Access to research reports, market trends, and extensive research libraries is another perk that your organization should seriously consider making available for members. Grants and Scholarships Many organizations offer educational grants, research grants, and scholarships for members or their dependents.

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Benefit Associations Nonprofit Grant 52

Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Based on Candid data processed as of October 2023, approximately 78,133 grants valued at $16.8 My many years of experience collecting and analyzing data as an evaluator naturally lead me to ask: What has been the measurable impact of this important shift? billion have been awarded to advance racial equity since 2020.

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Data Support Demographics Evaluation 59

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

utilize data to build cutting-edge grant requests. identify current trends that can assist you in your 2016 and 2017 planning. If you aren't using real-world benchmarks in your grant applications, your organization will have a more difficult time positioning itself among other similar organizations.

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Grant Data Develop Strategy 36

sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

By working together, funders can discover gaps and unmet needs, coordinate grants and other support, and maximize the unique resources and relationships that each brings to the table. . Sometimes foundations that are not collaboration members provide their grant information to paint a more complete picture of private giving.

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Collaboration Foundation Local Philanthropy 96

Candid

MARCH 26, 2024

Data is critical in evaluating programs, demonstrating the need for new services, and helping nonprofits build an airtight case for support. We strive to build data-based evidence into each grant application, and we expect it to continue to help secure funding.

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Resource Data Community Aggregator 59

CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Whether you’re creating a new plan or adapting an existing one to address new trends and unprecedented events – a common occurrence in recent years – it’s important to remember that fundraising plans are dynamic. Evaluate your progress and determine whether you are on track to meet your targets.

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Develop Fundraising Pledge Track 77

CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

It’s a time to focus on evaluating what fundraising approaches from 2020 worked and be honest about what didn’t pan out as planned. Study Past Fundraising Trends. You want to evaluate this information to help you determine what the return on investment is for running these activities. Fundraising Goals.

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Calendar Template Guide Fundraising 98

sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

The Funder’s Role in Risk Funders—by which I mean donors, foundations, impact investors, and government agencies that grant financial support—disincentivize risk in a few ways. Organizations play funders’ perfection game by writing grant proposals and making promises to funders as if they can predict the future.

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Problem Skills Proposal Grant 80

Candid

MAY 4, 2023

It also seeks to provide a common baseline of the diversity of the field, as well as ensure that demographic data is available to those who can make use of it to evaluate their programs and assess progress around equity. Here, we see a clear trend: Over 90% of nonprofits shared some demographic data about their leader.

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Demographics Share Data Taxonomy 98

sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

Multi-year, unrestricted funding gives grantees the flexibility to assess and determine where grant dollars are most needed, and allows for innovation, emergent action, and sustainability. What you do and how you show up as a grant maker matters. So, how can funders assist here?

Philanthropy 77

Philanthropy Literacy Gift Grant 77

ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations. 1 Even those who are eager to conduct evaluations often lack the funding and knowledge to evaluate their programs appropriately.

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Research Culture Evaluation Arizona 82

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

According to the Center for Evaluation Innovation’s “Lab for Learning” initiative , “make thinking visible” to cultivate a learning culture. At the same time, remain aware that data will fluctuate before trends and causal relationships can truly emerge over time. Actively evaluate PM processes and metrics.

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Measure Create Arizona Participatory 52