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Measuring Social Media Outcomes Is Easier than Measuring Hurricane Strength

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I grew up in a small town by the New Jersey shore in a house a block from the Atlantic Ocean that my elderly parents still live in today. With Hurricane threatening a direct hit and potential devastating damage, emergency officials called for a mandatory evacuation — something that hasn’t happened in many years.

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

Earlier this month, Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released the eighth edition of our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report. Cargill Foundation awarded several multi-year disaster grants in 2019. Report your data to Candid and ensure that grant descriptions are clear and explicit.

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8 Top Corporate Giving Trends to Watch in 2024 + Examples

Nonprofits Source

That’s why more companies are turning to year-round strategies like corporate volunteer grants, matching gifts, fundraising matches, and corporate volunteering. Plenty of companies also offer volunteer grants to drive impact even further! Companies Are Matching Employee Donations At Higher Ratios.

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Exploring Disaster Philanthropy: Part 2

Connection Cafe

In the aftermath of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina , about 22% of total funding went to the American Red Cross (ARC). About 50% of funding at this point for Hurricane Harvey has gone to ARC. Ten years later foundations have learned a lot about measuring outcomes, and technology has evolved to help in that effort.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

His work examines the challenges of performance measurement, accountability, and governance facing organizations with a social purpose . Author of Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World , which received The Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s Best Book Award for 2020. Professor of Management.

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The Maui wildfires: A record in disaster philanthropy, an opportunity to ‘get it right’ 

Candid

Part of my work at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) involves monitoring philanthropic giving in response to disasters through our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy: Data to Drive Decisions (SODP) report. That distinction previously belonged to the Greater Houston Community Foundation, after Hurricane Harvey.)

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#GMN2016 Annual Conference| Observations from Day 3

Connection Cafe

As I mentioned in my previous two blog posts about the GMN 2016 annual conference , we asked conference attendees to respond to the following question: Where are you on your journey to measuring outcomes and impact? Dr. Ruesga began by acknowledging the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Developing: 48%. Strategic/Integrated: 11%.