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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund. A perhaps more ambitious metric, and certainly one more difficult to measure, will be the impact of local journalism grants on democracy and civic life itself in the United States. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed.

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Actions Speak Louder than DEI Corporate Pledges

Media Cause

Remember how many corporations and nonprofits hopped on that bandwagon, pledging to do better with racial equality? Well, some really nice person on the internet compiled the list of Fortune 100 Companies, the concrete actions they wanted to take, and what, if anything, has come from their pledges here. . Remember black out Tuesday?

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Is Your Nonprofit Half Way to Your 2020 Fundraising Goal$?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Creating measurable goals with actionable items is vital to a fundraising strategy, and just as important is checking in to see how you’re doing. Let’s check out what to consider when measuring your results. As BoardSource points out, even measuring your ROI is more than just money in vs. money out. 1) Pledges.

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Demystifying the Major Nonprofit Accounting Methods

Pamela Grow

Even if you’ve promised to pay someone outside your organization for a service at a later date, or you know that funding from a donor or grantmaker is on the way to your nonprofit, you won’t officially recognize those transactions in your records until they’re completed. Should My Nonprofit Use Cash Accounting or Accrual Accounting?

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Measuring Social Media Outcomes Is Easier than Measuring Hurricane Strength

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While my family and their home dodged a bullet, like millions in NYC, other locations had catastrophic flooding and there was a loss of lives. We learned that it predicting the path of hurricanes is a more precise science than the measuring their destructive force. What are the key results of this campaign ? What does success look like?

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Which Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software is Best for Your Nonprofit?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Individual pledge commitments or reports on pledged revenue by date, campaign, or program can be tracked easily. Finally, Bloomerang utilizes the Ahern Audit which measures usage of “you” versus “I” as well as reading level to ensure optimum engagement with your content. 3) Little Green Light :: littlegreenlight.com.

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Secure Your Supporters’ Trust: Mastering Privacy-Compliant Fundraising

The Modern Nonprofit

The compliance is not just a legal necessity but also a trust-building measure with their donors and supporters. From bot prevention using Google’s reCAPTCHA technology to secure credit card processing compliant with Level 1 PCI standards, Flipcause has incorporated a range of security measures to ensure optimal transaction security.

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