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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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The Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

To find the right product for your needs, the best place to begin is with requirements to help you evaluate alternatives. A written list of requirements is the starting point for evaluating accounting software options. You should provide samples of your documentation as appropriate to accompany these requirements.

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How to Get Leadership Buy-in for Streamlining Your Grantee Application

sgEngage

Or you can track the time it takes you to fill out the form, either with sample data or by trying to collect similar data from your own systems. Do you use it to inform your decisions, evaluate your outcomes, or improve your practices? How are you using each piece of data you collect from your grantees?

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AI in Action: Deploying Responsible, Effective, and Trustworthy AI

sgEngage

Then, you provide an algorithm with examples in the form of sample data, and you allow the algorithm to identify the best way to get to that outcome. It will do so based on patterns it finds in your sample data. For example, Payne stresses that due diligence remains essential when evaluating potential donors.

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The Ultimate Nonprofit RFP Guide

Whole Whale

Internal evaluation Create clear guidelines for your project and try to rank the proposals across different attributes. Technical Requirements : Integrations with existing databases, systems, and CRMs. Ability to manage the platform ( content management system ). Hint: It should be mobile- and tablet-friendly.) Hosting needs.

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Finding the Best Consultant for Your Nonprofit: Taking a JEDI Approach

Bloomerang

No matter how urgent the issue, many people and organizations, nonprofits included, still find it challenging and uncomfortable at best and triggering at worst to address systemic and institutional racism and to go so far as to implement JEDI-centered hiring practices as the norm rather than as a box-checking activity. .

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The Busy Fundraisers Guide to Picking a Nonprofit Email Provider

Bloomerang

If not, is it compatible with 3 rd party syncing tools like Zapier that you can use to get both systems to talk to each other and sync actions or data? . Are there sample automation sequences to help you get started? Maybe it is built into the donor database like Bloomerang and already taken care of for you. Customer support .

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