Achieve

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

The Millennial Alumni Study revealed findings from almost a year’s worth of surveying Millennial alumni (born 1980-2000) from four-year institutions across the U.S. For schools, alumni departments and university foundations, this research is nothing short of eye opening. We know that Millennials like to give.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

revealed findings from almost a year’s worth of surveying Millennial alumni (born 1980-2000) from four-year institutions across the U.S. For schools, alumni departments and university foundations, this research is nothing short of eye opening. To learn more about this ongoing study, purchase the Report.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

In July 2020, Candid published a blog post examining the many surveys inquiring about social sector organizations’ needs in light of COVID-19. In the year since the outbreak, we have continued to track surveys from around the globe. This blog presents several common insights generated through these surveys.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

I had recently joined Madison House Autism Foundation as the Director of the Autism After 21 Utah Project (AA21 Utah). I quickly became responsible for identifying potential funding opportunities, grant-writing, stewardship efforts, and reporting to funders. and Gail Miller Family Foundation , and others.

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Candid

OCTOBER 1, 2021

September 30, 2021 The Schuler Education Foundation has awarded a first round of challenge grants totaling $170 million to five colleges in support of financial aid for low-income and/or undocumented students. Based on a survey of 1,626 U.S. Based on a survey of 1,626 U.S. MacArthur Foundation announces 2021 fellows.

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Candid

JULY 20, 2022

Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released a new report, Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining giving in 2021 , in May 2022 that details COVID-19-related philanthropic funding in 2021. Family foundations, having stronger connections with the organizations they support, remained loyal to their existing grantees.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

On the other hand, these same (often smaller) nonprofits carry a disproportionate burden from funders’ duplicative and disparate application and reporting requirements. Candid was created to provide universal access to the most comprehensive information available on the social sector. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be familiar with the organization’s case for support, annual reports, theory of change, and other collateral materials. Can you survey nonrenewing donors to see why they didn’t renew? Help edit or review grant proposals and grant reports. Build a relationship with the staff and board of your local community foundation.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

Educational institutions, particularly colleges and universities, have long employed Institutional Researchers (IRs) to collect, analyze, and report on data that informs decision-making and planning for the school. Survey members of your organization to ask about their data input, management, and output.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

posted by Whitney Herr-Buchholz, Fall 2019 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management Director of Operations & Advancement | University of Arizona School of Dance. Kellogg Foundation , PM is no longer about proving something works, but about generating information to better understand how and why programs work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2019

State of AI in Advancement Survey : According to the Nonprofit Times article on the survey , AI Uses Among Nonprofits is still in the very early stages. About two in five nonprofits (42 percent) report researching AI but less than a third (28 percent) said that AI is either deployed, in the implementation phase, or experimental.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

From smaller, newer nonprofits to larger charitable organizations, measuring performance is a universally shared need, especially in the realm of fundraising. Funders may also explicitly ask for impact assessment data as part of their grant application and reporting processes. Diversity Metrics.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2021

Giving USA 2021 , produced by Giving USA Foundation and Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy , reports total giving grew 5.1% Here are a few 2021 key findings from the report to help us retain and upgrade nonprofit donors: . Giving by foundations jumped 17% (15.6% Foundations grew 2% (0.8%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

I discovered this report last night via a google alert, but was too tired to blog it. Today, in an email, Allison Fine is asking for our reactions to a new report she authored and published by The Overbrook Foundation yesterday called "Web 2.0 Assessment of The Overbrook Foundation's Human Rights Grantees."

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The 2018 State of the Sector Survey from the Nonprofit Finance Fund found that 86% of nonprofits saw increasing demands for services and 57% would not be able to meet those demands. Nonprofits should consider the right person or foundation to approach. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Change the language. Be transparent.

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DipJar

AUGUST 6, 2021

When you focus on optimizing your volunteer program from the ground up, you can give it the foundation it needs to be successful. . These tips can apply to any type of organization looking to manage volunteers, whether you’re working with a business, nonprofit, school or university, or other community organization. Let’s dive in!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 2, 2021

A recent survey of Arizona’s nonprofits conducted by the Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits found that, as a result of fundraising and program cancellations due to the pandemic, Arizona nonprofits have lost an estimated $53 million in revenue.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Your nonprofit’s mission is the foundation of everything you do. You might still see yourself as a local animal shelter, but if 80% of your programmatic impact reports focus on one cohort of service (in this case, dogs from Tijuana), some of your donors may not feel the same connection to your mission.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 18, 2017

As reported by Knowlton (2016), “…only 7 percent of nonprofits report that foundations always cover the full cost of projects they fund.”. Heron Foundation, put it, ‘In the long run, you can’t have strong programs in weak organizations.’” Special report: engaging board members in fundraising. Retrieved from [link].

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 26, 2012

Getting people to respond to surveys is a hard nut to crack. Surveys, specifically online, get lost in the deluge of work and personal email, texts, Facebook updates, RSS feeds etc. Well, here's a survey you should take as a nonprofit professional and a few good (and simple) reasons why you should participate.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

According to the Urban Institute’s latest report on the nonprofit sector, fully one third of U.S. According to a free new report by Idealware , they’d actually like to know themselves. Until foundations build in adequate social research budgets in to their grantmaking I wouldn’t expect much movement in this area.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. While driving to work recently I heard an NPR report about philanthropic giving in the US; but it was not the numbers I had just read in Giving USA 2012 published by the Giving USA Foundation and compiled by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The concept was genius — providing an app and free cell phone to the individuals in exchange for filling out the surveys. Completing the survey would get them more cell phone time. The concept included enlisting a telco partner who would provide the phones and data cards. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd!

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Kellogg Foundation , was designed around the fusion of three outstanding nonprofit academic centers. Executive Director. ASU Lodestar Center.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. Some other foundations provide resources for nonprofits to develop their evaluation knowledge, such as the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook. Program evaluation in nonprofits survey. The Evaluation of Reporting Results. As part of a.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

In other words, we continue to promulgate a “garbage in, garbage out” system and meaningful reporting on results remains a distant goal. This letter can be used with foundation and individual funders to say: we need more overhead to build the infrastructure to measure our outcomes. Overcoming the Overhead Dilemma.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 14, 2012

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar or practitioner to highlight current nonprofit research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day practice. Thankfully, a recent survey conducted by BoardSource in 2012 shows signs of increased governance among nonprofits 2.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2014

According to Baez, there have been some small surveys conducted, but those mostly focused on youth populations. According to Baez, the CTA created their own survey based on information from their HMIS database and their own research in the Santa Clara community. What CTA Uncovered. "What will it take for them to switch?"

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 11, 2013

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. The report, titled Respecting Legacy, Revolutionizing Philanthropy, delves into all kinds of interesting questions about these donors. 1 The report was based on 310 survey responses and 30 in-depth interviews with people identified as next gen donors.

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NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2013

There''s a lot of talk about Millennials these days and here''s a report to add to the chatter, or better, possibly help shed some light on this generation. The 2013 Millennial Impact Report was recently released by Achieve, which seeks to help nonprofits better understand and engage with this group. Get the full report here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

A simple audience survey to learn: How is your target audience using their mobile phones? Certainly, these and other questions would be a good start for a survey. What we witnessed over a year ago with SMS donations to the Haiti disaster is not going to be the norm for nonprofits. Maybe that first step is research.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 28, 2017

Under pressure from multiple stakeholders, nonprofits tend to prioritize accountability to donors, foundations and governments over accountability to clients and the populations served by the organization (Ebrahim, 2003). Natalia graduated in May 2017 with a Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management from Arizona State University.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Here are a few tried-and-true go-to items that will give your auction a solid foundation and appeal to all types of supporters. Search for passes to the most popular theme parks like: Cedar Point Disney World Disneyland Universal Studios Six Flags You can offer one-day, multi-day, or season passes, depending on availability.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Kachuriak and the NextAfter team conducted a survey among 500 nonprofit executives, consultants, managers, and practitioners. Survey data revealed that 61% of hiring managers primarily rely on resumes for their hiring decisions. At the same time, 40% of all organizations reported problems with retention.

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sgEngage

JUNE 28, 2023

As a follow-up to the Women in Philanthropy Institute’s 2023 Symposium, hosted by the Indiana University Lilly Foundation School of Philanthropy, we gathered four dynamic grantmakers to discuss how they are doing the work to amplify female voices, especially women, girls, and femmes of color, in philanthropy. “But

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Texas A&M University. As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. We surveyed 121 community foundation executives from across the United States. Brown, Ph.D. Get another!

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NTEN

AUGUST 6, 2012

Flickr: JenWaller If you think it's too hot outside to be crunching numbers or analyzing information, pour yourself a fresh glass of lemonade because this week's Member Round Up revolves around data – from a free tool for visualizing data to a hot-off-the press report about the state of hiring in the nonprofit sector. and James L.

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