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Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Accounting Software

NonProfit PRO

Evaluating accounting software? This guide has you covered. Download this buyer’s guide for important core functionality and features to look for to manage finances effectively, how to navigate the process, frequently asked questions, and ways to ensure your team gets the most out of the software long-term.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

But is this the right question? Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. On its face, evaluation seems like a neutral activity, designed to help us understand what’s happened, and to change course where needed.

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The Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Keep reading this Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits to learn what makes accounting for nonprofits unique and get tips on choosing the best accounting software for your organization. To find the right product for your needs, the best place to begin is with requirements to help you evaluate alternatives.

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Investigating and Improving the Questions You Ask Grantees

sgEngage

I led a group of fellow volunteers who evaluated applications from diverse organizations. Over the years, we noticed that excellence in the sector was evolving, but our questions felt like they were behind the curve. The sector itself continued to change, but it was a challenge to effectively adapt questions to match those changes.

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Use These 11 Metrics To Evaluate Your End-Of-Year Fundraising Campaign

Bloomerang

After you’re done celebrating your wins, it’s time to evaluate the success of your end-of-year fundraising campaign. . Why you should evaluate your end-of-year fundraising campaign . question, you should look at how this campaign compared to the previous year’s campaign. Who should be involved in the evaluation process?

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5 Questions to Ask Your Fund Accounting Vendor

sgEngage

But you do have good critical thinking skills, and by getting answers to a few specific questions from your current or potential fund accounting vendor, you can better understand if their system will help your organization grow—or hold you back. Bonus question: what percentage of the organizations you work with are tax-exempt?

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Strengthening program evaluation in your nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

This call spurred the increasing demand for program evaluation. In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.