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What Are You Really Asking? A Checklist for Grantmakers

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In this blog post, we will share some insights and best practices from our recent webinar, Change Up Your Questions: Exploring and Shaping What You Ask Grantees and How You Ask Them , where Marshall Ginn of Capital Philanthropy discussed how to evaluate and improve your application questions. If you want numbers, ask for numbers.

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The Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For international organizations, you may face additional complexity such as handling multiple currencies and multiple languages. To find the right product for your needs, the best place to begin is with requirements to help you evaluate alternatives. Support multiple languages. High-Level Requirements. Financial Tool Kit.

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Next Generation Evaluation: Embracing Complexity, Connectivity, and Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last spring at the “ Advancing Social Media Measurement for Foundations ” meeting convened by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, practitioners from social media, measurement, evaluation, programs, communication, and philanthropy worked on a synthesis of these disciplines to address measurement. Technology!

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How to Right-Size Impact Management for Your Organization

Saleforce Nonprofit

Moreover, funders, evaluators, and program managers can have different goals related to programs’ implementations. The results allowed the executive team to launch a video channel, rather than sending text updates, in order to reach the numerous indigenous language speakers whose languages did not have a written form.

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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. Our review discussions became more interesting, and the impact of the entire program was strengthened. When was the last time your application was given a solid review? What if English is not their first language?

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Where Can Nonprofits Find Hidden Treasure In A Request For Proposal?

Bloomerang

These are usually found in the first few pages, so make sure you don’t miss some of this language. These are often aligned with the funder’s strategic priorities and should also align with the criteria for evaluating a successful proposal. Review the criteria for an award.

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12 Ways to Use ChatGPT and Other AI Tools for Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It’s very important to thoroughly review and edit any responses generated by ChatGPT, particularly those that you plan to make public, such as website content. 6) Sharing Impact With just a few details about your organization, ChatGPT can write boilerplate language about your impact, mission, and programs.

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