sgEngage

JUNE 17, 2021

If you’re a social responsibility professional like me, sustainability reporting is on your mind. It might be a report issued by another company, a seminar on how to tackle thinking about a key material issue, or a question from a peer asking, “How do I get started?”.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

This post describes actions you can take to implement the findings of Bloomerang’s 2023 Fundraising Planning and Climate Report. General guidance for fundraisers Here is general guidance on actions fundraisers can take based on fundraising trends and best practices drawn from the report.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Today, we’re excited to announce the release of the Community Impact Report 2022. In our fifth annual report, we highlight how our customers are using the resources provided by Salesforce.org and our partners to create and amplify their social impact. For more insights, check out the full Community Impact Report 2022.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 16, 2024

The trends suggest nonprofits would do well to offer a variety of program options to meet this evolving landscape of corporate giving, according to the 2024 State of Corporate Purpose report released recently by social impact software company Benevity in Calgary, Canada. That’s what a team of researchers concluded.

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Candid

MAY 16, 2024

nonprofit sector report, released today, explores. The report aims to increase transparency about diversity in the sector, highlight key findings at the macro level, and offer a snapshot and baseline with which to track efforts related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 2011

[Editor's 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. Databases - Nonprofits can use these tools to track data in real time and report on results.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 14, 2024

What are the key strategic issues that the new chief executive officer will need to address? It is also important to measure the candidate’s core leadership and personality traits as well. There are many qualified organizations in the marketplace to help you measure a candidate’s leadership and personality traits.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2011

You wouldn't measure all the shoes in a classroom to evaluate the kids' reading ability. We're particularly concerned because we think that using a SMS stream to measure a pattern is probably at its best in a disaster situation. The problems will be much worse if SMS streams are used to try to measure public violence.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2022

In order to tie outcomes to mission, leaders must embrace and invest in outcome measurement. One CEO of a local behavioral health and human service organization found value in program evaluation measures in his organization where there was no prior initiative to evaluate programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2012

. ”Don’t measure the world, if you don’t have the time and resources to do so.” ” It is a key theme in our book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Measuring World Hunger Day – a guest post by Geoff Livingston. Twice as likely to take part in events like charity walk.

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Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

A report from the Center for Expanding Leadership & Opportunity (CELO) and The Allstate Foundation explores how Gen Z is expanding the definition of “community service” and seeking to maximize impact—for themselves and the communities they serve. reported for “informal helping.”

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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

But the first test is to set up a way to measure it. We were proud to note that through this intervention, there were no reported outbreaks. For nonprofits, measuring their broader impact can be easier said than done. That’s why we’ve focused this entire issue on nonprofit impact.

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Candid

JUNE 28, 2023

DOCN is leveraging Candid’s grants data reporting program to help funders avoid reporting on their grants in multiple places. Examples of these obstacles include the overwhelming scale of the problem and desires to address the issue only through technical solutions. DOCN has also had to face these barriers to adoption head on.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Almost all organizations produce some sort of annual financial reporting, but it’s may not always be public information. Donors and grantors both expect detailed reporting and deep financial transparency from nonprofit organizations. Raising funds and winning grants is difficult and requires significant staff time and resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

“Is measuring data about proving it or improving it?” Advice for Nonprofits To Get Started with Measurement. “If you’re just starting with measurement, start with an easy win.” ” – @ kanter Build up your measurement muscles, y’all! Transparency and Measurement.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

Without that, the SOA can misrepresent the financial health of the organization and lead to future funding issues. As a CPA working with nonprofits of all sizes, I’ve encountered numerous errors in Board of Directors’ financial reports and Statements of Activities documents.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2024

Outlining these challenges in your project charter will keep your team focused on solutions that can alleviate these issues without getting pulled into new directions. Document the specific goals you plan to accomplish, including any key performance metrics (KPIs) you’ll use to measure success. What is the impact of the problem?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Most nonprofits do not have the resources to hire one of these in-demand professionals nor do you see many funding opportunities to build this type of commitment to measurement and learning from data into a nonprofit’s DNA. ” @ mmorino just finishing up talks in RI/Boston – some great discussions about measurement.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 13, 2024

This blog provides an overview of how to establish your scoring model, establish a team of data champions, and adopt a regular reporting routine so that your association is set up for success. Doing so could cause issues with understanding what’s most important to your members in the current moment. Let’s get started!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hearing Chip Giller from grist.org give a talk at the Packard Foundation about their social media strategy and how they used measurement. The talk was so insightful that I’m sharing what I learned. It means we have to be nimble and responsive.”. Source: grist.org.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the September 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. And though we are making huge strides as a sector to understand the most effective techniques and approaches to using these tools, we still have a lot to learn about one of the most important areas of social media: measurement.

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Qgiv

JUNE 8, 2021

The Fundraising Effectiveness Project recently released their 2020 Fourth Quarter Report, which examined giving trends for the entire 2020 calendar year. Compared to past years, the 2020 report was as unique as the year itself. Compared to past years, the 2020 report was as unique as the year itself. The Bad News. The Good News.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

When you are working on a tough issue or an innovative solution, sometimes it helps to learn from others who have tackled that problem or are working on a similar idea. Trends in Impact and Outcomes Reporting in Grantmaking Measuring the impact of your grantmaking can be difficult and time-consuming.

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Candid

APRIL 25, 2023

Together, we are reducing the reporting burden on nonprofits and supporting the sector to better track funding disparities discernible in relation to race/ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, and ability status. The report also notes that the underrepresentation is seemingly uncoupled from overall staff representation.

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Candid

MAY 20, 2024

Foundation for Women’s report, Pocket Change: How Women and Girls of Color Do More with Less , as of 2017, the median foundation grant awarded to “organizations by and for women and girls of color” was $15,000. Women of color comprised 20.3% of the United States population in 2021, an increase from 18.4% According to the Ms.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

leadership soapbox here to say that a digital culture uses objective data to measure and evaluate all of its activities. If there is tension between the CEO and the Board, the contentious issues must be addressed before you attempt initiatives that require more candid dialogue. I’ll get on my Association 4.0

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 15, 2024

The UN goals include climate change measures, increased access to quality education and healthcare, gender equality and the eradication of poverty. Their largess tends to focus on societal challenges such as gender equity, diversity and inclusion (GEDI) issues. * of net worth vs. 0.1% for UHNIs).”

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 18, 2024

Dill acknowledged that the association had many of its highest rankings in recent years in that 2021 report. The measure merges sentiments such as “I am very satisfied with my employer” and “I am willing to give extra effort to help this organization succeed,” among others. Last year, we grew our headcount by 11%,” Dill said.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This year’s Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report, published by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) and Candid, tracked roughly $121 billion in aid to date in 2020 across multiple sources—including bilateral and multilateral aid, U.S. federal agencies, donor-advised funds, and giving platforms. Be flexible.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 8, 2022

While data analytics might be communicated as a high priority, the surveyed association professionals report their confidence in the state of their member data remains weak. However, according to a Gartner survey, 42% of data and analytics leaders do not measure or assess their data.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. Now the security issue. The report isn’t about security, it’s a very, very broad comparison of the systems, with security as a very small component. If it had been, we would have done a lot more work on how to measure security.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

“As workplaces around the world face the challenges of an increasingly remote workforce perhaps forever changed by the coronavirus pandemic, it has never been more important to measure and expand wellbeing in organizations,” explain the book authors Jim Clifton and Jim Harter. This translates into big differences in productivity.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 31, 2024

As 2023 has drawn to a close, tax season looms on the horizon, and we nonprofits gear up for a unique opportunity—issuing tax summaries to our donors. The cultivation moment: Turning receipts into relationships Issuing tax summaries is more than just a paperwork drill. They’ll assess penalties if you don’t.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

Part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is facilitating several peer learning groups on social media measurement. The intent is to help grantees improve their social media practice through measurement and learning. What social media measurement pilot can best help move your practice forward?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Candid also encourages nonprofits to report the demographic makeup of their board, leadership, and staff so you can better understand where the organization lands in terms of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). . Candid moves quickly to provide information on emerging issues with its rapid response sites.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2016

" It means investing with purpose to achieve specific, measurable outcomes and impact. In the impact investing model, when we give to a cause, we should see specific and measurable returns in the form of social change. 3 Reasons You're About to Be As Excited About Outcomes Measurement As I Am. How did I get here?

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