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5 Ways to Empower Scholarship Reviewers

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Reviewing scholarship applications can be one of the most complicated processes to manage during scholarship season. Reviewers are a critical piece to the award cycle, and scholarship administrators are dependent on them to complete the rest of the scholarship process. Hold a kickoff meeting with reviewers each season.

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Investigating and Improving the Questions You Ask Grantees

sgEngage

Over the years, we noticed that excellence in the sector was evolving, but our questions felt like they were behind the curve. The winning organizations were consistently exhibiting interesting characteristics, but we weren’t asking questions targeted at those characteristics. We needed to change up our questions.

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The Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Keep reading this Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits to learn what makes accounting for nonprofits unique and get tips on choosing the best accounting software for your organization. Embedded workflow proces s that restricts access across the data as well as requires appropriate review. Dimensional reporting.

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Navigating Nonprofit Data Warehouses: A Comprehensive Guide

DNL OmniMedia

In this guide, we’ll explore nonprofit data warehouses, the steps to configure one, and how to harness the power of your data effectively. Identify the key questions you want to answer and the insights you need to gain from your data. It’s essential to understand your needs so they can guide the entire process.

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Nonprofit Strategic Planning: Ultimate Guide + 7 Examples

Bloomerang

Whether you’re crafting an emergency plan to react to unexpected external circumstances or creating your strategy for the next two to five years, this guide will help your nonprofit get the most out of its strategic plan. Ask yourself some of the following questions. Let’s get started. What areas of our work do we need more time for?

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Mastering Major Gifts: The Ultimate Guide to Raise More

Bloomerang

In this guide, we’ll cover the need-to-know information and steps of creating a major gift fundraising strategy, including: What is a major gift? 7 steps to start a major gift program Major gift fundraising tools Let’s start by reviewing the basics of what these key donations are. Why are major gifts so important for nonprofits?

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What Are You Really Asking? A Checklist for Grantmakers

sgEngage

As a grantmaker, questions are your tools. But are you asking the right questions? We will also give you seven questions to ask yourself about your questions, to make sure they are relevant, clear, respectful, and useful. Why Change Up Your Questions? And are you asking them in the right way?