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What’s trending? Top subject searches in Candid nonprofit profiles 

Candid

and whether your profile might benefit from a review and update. These subject areas are derived from Candid’s Philanthropy Classification System. Here we provide a snapshot of what’s been trending. We’re focusing on subject areas because this controlled vocabulary is consistent and can be accurately ranked.

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How can nonprofits strategically implement digital tools to achieve impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

If nonprofit organizations are going to thrive while accomplishing their missions, then transforming their systems and using ever-evolving digital tools is required in today’s world. Emails, still a primary source of communication, can be accessed from anywhere.

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How to Write Fundraising Emails That Get Results

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It was a bleak situation and they were days away from being homeless. We have never been so scared of sliding into homelessness,” Jasmine said. “We If you work with people in a financial crisis, you do not need to provide a backgrounder on systemic poverty. Review your email carefully and trim any unnecessary words.

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Using Inkind Donations To Help You Grow Your Nonprofit

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When you think about an inkind gift, you may think of stuff, such as bottled water and packaged snacks for events or hotel-sized shampoo and conditioner for a shelter serving homeless families. For example, a homeless shelter in my area was given a piece of property in a prestigious community.

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Accounting for Development Gifts

Tech Soup

If we receive a $100 cash contribution and enter it into our development office’s software, it needs to be tagged with the donor’s designation, such as "building fund" or "meals for homeless children." A new fiscal year does not mean a new designation: What if things get a little more complicated?

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Accounting for Development Gifts

Connection Cafe

If we receive a $100 cash contribution and enter it into our development office’s software, it needs to be tagged with the donor’s designation, such as “Building Fund” or “Meals for Homeless Children”. We’ve followed our donor’s wishes and made the world a little better in the process; everything is fine! Absolutely not!

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Community Foundations, Donor Advised Funds, and Cloud-based Technology – An Insider’s Look At This Winning Trifecta

Connection Cafe

I recommended six grants for my 2019 year-end distributions and the entire process required an investment of twenty minutes of my time; and what a wonderful feeling it brought me to know that my local food bank, animal society, homeless shelter, and others will have much-needed, end-of-year support for their missions.