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Philanthropic collaboratives are finding ways to more effectively measure impact

Candid

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. Like other types of grantmakers, collaboratives seek to measure effectiveness and learn from feedback. Tracking feedback across the portfolio to improve grantee support.

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Using Ad Libraries to Understand Nonprofit Competition

Whole Whale

By identifying potential partners, ensuring compliance, and measuring impact, nonprofits can maximize the effectiveness of their digital advertising efforts. Provides information on the ad buyer and funding entities behind political/issue ads. Allows filtering ads by country/region and categories like politics, social issues, etc.

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LGBTQ+ advocacy strategies to generate advocates year-round

EveryAction

While there’s often increased attention on issues affecting the community during Pride month, meaningful and lasting change happens when advocacy happens year-round. Key types of advocacy Issue awareness Before organizations can create advocates for their cause, they need to make people aware of the issues they’re trying to solve.

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Data to support the relentless pursuit of racial equity 

Candid

This was a considerable commitment, but many in the sector saw a need to measure the impact and effectiveness of such funding—specifically, whether the funds were going to nonprofits led by communities of color or to more traditional, white-led institutions. The best way to answer these questions is to measure and analyze consistent data.

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Measuring Impact: Feature Article from the Latest Issue of NTEN:Change

Amy Sample Ward

[Note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the December 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine.

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Recruiting nonprofit volunteers for legislative campaign success

EveryAction

Do we have the volunteer power we need in those districts to influence our targets? This should be an intentional transition—a sudden or unexplained messaging switch-up could confuse your supporters, so make sure to clearly explain any pivots.) This is the time to answer questions like: What states will we be targeting?

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MacArthur Offers $100 Million For One Good Program

The NonProfit Times

Lever for Change influences its networks to find and fund solutions to the world’s challenges, including issues like racial inequity, gender inequality, lack of economic opportunity, and climate change. Through “ Built for Zero ,” Community Solutions supports 105 communities working to make homelessness rare and brief.

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