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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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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. Who decides what is measured?

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Advancing Equity in Philanthropy with Resolve and Resilience: A Call to Action

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The existential need for philanthropy indicates that structures exist that fail to meet basic human needs. Even though laws and structures are often driven from the top down, it is a combination of top-down leadership and grassroots movements that create sustainable change.

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Choosing a Marketing Automation Application for Your Nonprofit: 5 Steps to Success

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Ask about limited access seats – some applications have lower pricing for limited-access users. Find trusted resources online that give you the ins and outs of each tool’s pricing structure. 4) Evaluate your team’s capabilities As often as not, nonprofits overbuy when it comes to their marketing application.

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5 Steps to Prepare for a Successful Nonprofit Website Redesign

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You’ll also be well-prepared to have in-depth discussions with prospective vendors and can make better decisions about which of them will be the right one to help you execute your organization’s web redesign project. This information will help you understand what people think and how they feel about your website.

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Philanthropic collaboratives are finding ways to more effectively measure impact

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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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Connecting the dots: Fighting for equity through a data partnership 

Candid

So when I learned about Candid’s Demographics via Candid —an initiative that allows nonprofit organizations to share demographic information on their Candid nonprofit profile , where funders, donors, and researchers could easily access it—I was both intrigued and skeptical.

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Accelevents Is Officially a SOC 2 Type 1 Certified Compliant Organization

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We are very excited about this huge accomplishment. We wanted to fill you in on what SOC 2 is all about and what it means for those who work with Accelevents! . During the Type 1 audit, businesses are evaluated on their hiring and data management systems, and the SOC 2 auditors determine if their design meets the trust principles.