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Migrating recurring donors to a new system

Robert Weiner

Credit card image from Ed Ivanushkin. If, for instance, you’re moving from a processor that has a recurring billing system to one that doesn’t and you have a separate app that handles sustainer processing then you’ll have several pieces of data that need to migrate. Evaluate this at least annually.

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Philanthropic collaboratives are finding ways to more effectively measure impact

Candid

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

Candid

Ease of access means that with more people using these systems, the potential impact of unethical use grows. In the very early days of AI at Candid, our grants auto-coding system, which predicts Philanthropy Classification System (PCS) codes from the text, exhibited signs of social biases. What can bias look like in the data?

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If Racial Equity is Our North Star, How Can We Navigate Racial Bias in AI/LLMs?

John Kenyon

The Bias Issue AI systems like LLMs are trained on vast datasets of text, primarily from the internet. Photo Illustration: Steven Veach; photos, Jupiter Images Responsible Steps So how can we responsibly navigate racial bias in AI/LLMs while using these powerful but flawed tools? However, they also offer intriguing potential benefits.

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5 Steps to Prepare for a Successful Nonprofit Website Redesign

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A comprehensive web content inventory lists pages, images, documents, and applications on a spreadsheet. For example, if your IT department requires that you use a specific type of content management system, and if the redesigned website will need to integrate with another system such as a CRM or an email marketing platform.

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12 Ways to Use ChatGPT and Other AI Tools for Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Predictive analytics is one of the most powerful machine learning systems and artificial intelligence tools available to the nonprofit sector. 5) Image and Video Analysis AI solutions can be harnessed by nonprofit organizations to analyze images and videos, allowing you to identify patterns and trends that could impact your work.

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Colleges & Universities Choose Salesforce to Accelerate Advancement ROI

Saleforce Nonprofit

Purdue University evaluated five vendors before the COVID-19 pandemic, and ultimately chose Salesforce because of platform scalability, flexibility, and its strong partnership with UC Innovation. To achieve that goal, however, they knew they had to evaluate their disparate fundraising and communication systems.