Candid

MARCH 5, 2024

Simultaneously, make sure your nonprofit has in place a clearly stated mission, vision, and values , as well as sound infrastructure: a qualified team, internal governance and management systems, technology, and partners. After all, they join your board because they share a passion for the mission.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Does a nonprofit’s mission statement influence its fundraising efforts? An effective nonprofit mission statement draws supporters and donors to an organization. It gets them excited about helping to achieve that mission. It gets them excited about helping to achieve that mission. How Sad is Your Mission Statement?

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NonProfit Leadership Center

MAY 1, 2023

Here’s how to harness the 2023 insights to help move your nonprofit’s fundraising, marketing and mission forward. Then, create (or update) an integrated content calendar that aligns your audience insights, relevant moments each month and your organization’s mission.

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Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

A lack of standardized demographic data not only hinders our collective work to create a more equitable sector; it also requires nonprofits to take time away from their mission-driven work to respond to disparate requests by funders for this information.

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Candid

MAY 10, 2023

To spread the word about a new initiative or build awareness around your mission-driven work, effective communication with your audiences is key. Next, define your goals by considering how you’ll track, measure, and evaluate its performance. Step 5: Launch, measure, and optimize It is time to launch your communications campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Bidding on high CPC keywords that aren’t that important to your nonprofit’s mission could eat up your $10 thousand monthly budget. Other Performance Metrics to Review Now that you understand the most important metrics to measure success, there are a few reports you can review with those metrics in mind to make any necessary changes.

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Candid

APRIL 29, 2024

The duty of loyalty requires board members to prioritize the organization’s mission over individual interests. Alternatively, when boards take a more collaborative approach to these duties, working together with staff, they can help advance the organization’s mission and vision.

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iMarketSmart

APRIL 12, 2022

If you looked up suggestions for which major gifts metrics and KPIs your organization should be measuring, most of what you’d find would seem fairly reasonable. The typical metrics measure activities quantitatively, such as number of calls, number of visits, number of solicitations, number of gifts, and so on. Staying constant?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

What does “mission accomplished” look like, exactly? How are you measuring your success? The good news is there is an invisible string connecting all the positive experiences above, so measuring your event’s success , reach , and therefore, growth can be a domino effect. Focus on Experience. A part of something bigger?

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Selfish Giving

JANUARY 19, 2022

Highlight best practices and new forms of constituent and mission engagement. Share new impact measurement trends and how nonprofits and corporations can work together to accomplish their impact goals. As your corporate partnership program grows, so does the demand for accountability and mission alignment. Cool Jobs in Cause 1.

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Candid

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Candid’s mission to get you the information you need to do good hinges on both the information and getting it to you. To better deliver on our mission, and help you more easily find articles on foundation transparency, we have consolidated our funders’ content from Transparency Talk, the former GlassPockets blog, into Candid’s Blog.

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Candid

JANUARY 4, 2023

By better understanding the demographic profile of those organizations that are—and are not—receiving funding, we can more closely track if they are representative of the communities they serve and whether they are getting the support they need to deliver on their missions. Introducing Demographics via Candid.

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Candid

APRIL 6, 2023

In this blog, we’ll explore how to build and optimize your peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns in order to achieve success. Transparent impacts: To build trust and establish credibility with prospective donors, highlight the measurable outcomes of your programs and your commitment to transparency.

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Affnetz

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Building relationships, valuing community voices, and prioritizing the mission above monetary targets. In 2015, Vu Le, the writer of the ‘NonprofitAF’ blog, published an article that expressed what the nonprofit world had been experiencing for decades. This builds trust and shows your commitment to your mission.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Like climbing a mountain, it helps to have a path to follow to reach its summit, or in this case, a map of sorts to guide you to your desired destination—a compelling proposal that unlocks funding to advance your mission-driven work. The post How to write a winning grant proposal appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

They create emotional and engaging videos suitable for social media sharing that showcase their mission to provide clean drinking water to people in need. Emotional storytelling is key : Nonprofits are often focused on creating change in the world, and emotional storytelling can help connect viewers to that mission.

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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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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

So we were looking at what are evergreen content pieces, what is our top blog post, what’s our top help resource, what is our top YouTube video? ” – Kate Emery Meyers “What we decided to do with a lot of this content was just look broadly at what people liked to already see from Candid.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 22, 2020

What is your nonprofit’s mission? What will you do to support this mission? How will your efforts to support your cause be measured? Unlike for-profits that can measure their success by evaluating their sales, nonprofits can only measure their success by estimating how many milestones they’ve achieved.

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Candid

MARCH 19, 2024

A nonprofit can earn a Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum Seal for its nonprofit profile on Candid’s GuideStar by sharing information about its mission, programs, financials, leadership, and/or goals and metrics. But first: What is a Seal of Transparency? Having a Bronze Seal makes it easy for funders to find this basic information.

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Candid

APRIL 25, 2023

Their mission is simple: EGA promotes just, effective philanthropy for people and the planet. As part of their mission, members are on a journey to “walk the talk” and fulfill the tenets of its Racial Equity Point of View (POV). It also allows them to measure their progress toward their 30% equitable funding goal.

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MNA Association

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In this two part blog post, we’ll walk you through everything you need to know about nonprofit data and how you can use it effectively.   They forget to send out impact surveys, measure program efficacy and fail to keep track of other major KPIs.  Well-mined data offers the necessary credibility to your mission, story, and brand.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

AUGUST 20, 2023

Andrea Hill of Momentum Nonprofit Partners Explains Three Federal Bills that are important to nonprofits Advocacy is often the difference maker when it comes to whether a nonprofit is able to advance its mission. Volunteers are an extension of the staff and a very integral part of the mission delivery process. This legislation matters.

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iMarketSmart

JUNE 17, 2022

They were going to do some mission work for a couple of years in another country and they figured it was more important for this organization to have that property than for them to have the proceeds from selling it. After all, you’re just One Visit Away from growing your mission and your impact. . LIKE THIS BLOG POST?

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Candid

JANUARY 30, 2023

Your nonprofit’s brand is an important tool for communicating your mission to supporters and earning their trust. We’ll go over important factors to consider when you rebrand your nonprofit throughout this blog. The post What to expect when you’re expecting to rebrand your nonprofit appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As we wrote in The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in an Age of AI , when used responsibly , AI can help nonprofit staff reduce the countless hours they spend doing labor-intensive and often energy-draining tasks—so they can focus instead on mission-critical work. Researchers have measured the time savings created by generative AI.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 1, 2024

Utilizing AI to measure analytics and algorithms is like having a crystal ball, allowing us to forecast what might happen in the future based on historical and current data. Minimizing the time and effort spent on promoting your organization allows you to focus on serving your beneficiaries and fulfilling your mission.

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iMarketSmart

OCTOBER 28, 2022

A far better approach is to think of the process as facilitating donor journeys with the goal of finding the part of your mission promise in which each donor sees the greatest potential for their highest philanthropic purpose to be lived out. If we want to measure progress on these remarkable journeys, PPIs and the best KPIs.

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Candid

MARCH 27, 2024

The subject areas in Candid’s nonprofit profiles are typically based on the organization’s stated mission and programmatic descriptions from the IRS Business Master File; nonprofits that claim their profiles can update their subject area(s) themselves as part of the requirements for earning a Bronze Seal of Transparency.

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Nonprofit Megaphone

MARCH 25, 2023

Nonprofit organizations rely heavily on marketing to spread the word about their mission, and one of the most cost-effective options in the nonprofit marketing toolbox is content marketing. The key to creating compelling content is understanding what audiences are looking for and how best to educate them on your mission.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

For this point, you can use the missions of the organization to set goals. If you expect some organizations to share your mission and help you achieve your goals, get in touch with them on LinkedIn. . Each post should have a particular goal, and you should measure the result. Also, you can use a SMART methodology.

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iMarketSmart

MAY 20, 2021

Measure what matters. If you measure things that don’t help you do your job better, stop now. There’s plenty to measure that does make a difference, and you’ll find whole sections about measurements in his book. Donors want to know how you spend their money to accomplish your shared mission.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JUNE 15, 2023

The mission or purpose of my company makes me feel my job is important. Why Communications Staff Need the Ability to Say No More from our blog The post Stress at Work Remains High [New Report] appeared first on Nonprofit Marketing Guide. But this is not a great trend.) What do you mean by engaged at work? I have a best friend at work.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Align with Your Mission : Ensure that the fundraising idea aligns with your organization’s mission and values. Clear goals help in measuring the success of your fundraiser. Clear objectives guide your planning and help measure success. Different groups might be interested in different types of events or causes.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

Rather than focusing on data and reporting and other traditional measurements of “success,” funders and grantee partners should set mutual expectations and form a shared long-term vision of what success really looks like. Include reparations in our missions and visions.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Picture the impact of your mission resonating with people worldwide, all thanks to effectively translating your message across another language and culture. This integration ensures every translated text serves a specific purpose in advancing your mission. Check grammar, syntax, and punctuation to eliminate errors or inconsistencies.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

Attribution is what allows you to measure the success of your acquisition strategies (and get great insights for optimisation). Measure the success of your upgrade asks – do donors who come from your species extinction petition go on to be regular donors at a higher rate? Examples: facebook, google, instagram, blog, website, qr-code.

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