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How to Follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines: Resources for Nonprofit Design

Media Cause

Important Resources for Following WCAG. Now that you’ve gotten familiar with WCAG, I want to share some resources that have helped me comply with these guidelines when making design decisions. This tool by WebAIM checks the contrast between your foreground and background by providing ratios based on hex codes. .

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How to Demonstrate ROI to Your Nonprofit Board Members

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Nonprofit managers can show the board (and others) that the organization has maximized efficiencies by accurately measuring the amount (and types) of resources going to marketing and fundraising activities. How to Best Illustrate ROI. About the Sponsor.

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4 Financial Metrics to Increase Transparency for Your Nonprofit

sgEngage

You want your donors to trust your work, your impact, your stewardship of resources, and your connection to the community, and stand out in a sea of information. Contributions increase when total assets, program ratio, and operating margin increase, which is why it’s important to understand these metrics for your own organization.

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Why You Should Do A Cost-Benefit Analysis Before Throwing Your Next Nonprofit Fundraising Event

Bloomerang

Donor cultivation—involvement, investment, and loyalty—merits a targeted, more resourced approach. When it comes to individual giving, an acceptable cost-benefit ratio can depend on a range of factors: Your organization’s history, age, and size. raised ratio? The ratio of 4 to 1 does not look as good as 5 to 1.

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Why Invest in Nonprofit Human Resource Infrastructure?

ASU Lodestar Center

How will investing in nonprofit Human Resource infrastructure promote stronger leadership, quality staff retention, and sustainable community support? Most of the time nonprofit agencies are looked down upon if their program ratio does not show extremely low overhead costs. -Dan Dan Pallotta. Sources: -Boyd, N.M., &

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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

sgEngage

This statement is crucial for demonstrating how effectively your nonprofit manages its resources. These resources can offer timely insights into changes in accounting standards and how they affect your organization. Financial statements must reflect the true nature of resources available.

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How to effectively communicate impact to nonprofit stakeholders

ASU Lodestar Center

The problem with ratios. They often use financial ratios to measure a nonprofit's impact, but these do not most accurately showcase a program's efficiency. If nonprofit leaders neglect the art and science behind storytelling, they leave prospects to decide donation-worthiness or attempt to discern impact from ratios and ratings.

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