Tech-Driven Solutions to Four Nonprofit CEO Challenges
NonProfit PRO
JULY 18, 2022
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Connecting the dots: Fighting for equity through a data partnership
Candid
APRIL 11, 2024
When the Supreme Court gutted race-conscious admissions last summer and the American Alliance for Equal Rights followed with a lawsuit against the Fearless Fund, some in the philanthropic sector feared that demographic data had become a potential liability. They built a public API and released a public data set.
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Consolidating Your Data: 3 Strategies for Nonprofits
Top Nonprofits
JANUARY 24, 2024
Nonprofits, large and small, collect and analyze data from various sources. Donor data, such as contact information and past giving behavior, enhances donor management and allows organizations to appeal to supporters’ unique reasons for giving. In this guide, we’ll discuss strategies nonprofits can employ to achieve this.
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Supporting Brain Trauma Nonprofits In Their Critical Fundraising Efforts
Bloomerang
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
there are 51 Brain Injury Association nonprofits, with 14 displaying seals of transparency. These nonprofits are on the front lines, battling conditions like Alzheimer’s, epilepsy, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and TBIs—the leading causes of disability and death globally. But here’s the thing: brain trama nonprofits can’t do it alone.
Neon CRM vs Affnetz: Nonprofit Management Software
Affnetz
MARCH 8, 2024
Introduction: In nonprofit management, software solutions play a pivotal role in driving efficiency and effectiveness. Nonprofits often find themselves grappling with various tools to manage tasks such as donor relations, fundraising, volunteer management, and more. What is Affnetz? What Products/Services does Affnetz provide?
4 Features to Look for in Museum Management Software
Top Nonprofits
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
This automatic transfer also saves your team time and reduces errors in data entry so you can be confident when basing your decision-making on stored data. Supporter Database Your supporter database should allow you to consolidate and track data on all of the individuals who engage with your museum in various ways.
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Donor Prospect list
Affnetz
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Prospective Donors List-Building Efforts You are 7x more likely to get a gift from someone who has already given, so most of your fundraising efforts should focus on donors that have already given to your Nonprofit. But, past donors move away, get compassion fatigue or simply move on to support other Nonprofits and causes. What to do?
A powerful new tool to combat hunger and homelessness
Candid
JANUARY 26, 2022
But regardless of location, nonprofit organizations and support systems addressing the crisis lack the necessary resources to provide services at a scale that matches need. . NAVi incorporates Candid’s Philanthropy Classification System (PCS) , which provides greater specificity around nonprofits’ focus areas.
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Reports Board Members Want: A CFO’s Perspective
Non Profit Accounting Academy
JANUARY 27, 2022
Mary Diegert is a recently retired CFO with 25 years’ experience in the nonprofit human services sector. Her focus is on sharing with nonprofit finance directors her lessons learned from 25 years of on-the-job training. Consolidated year-to-date (YTD) bottom line with comparison to budget and last month. Balance Sheet.
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What Do Charity Watchdogs Want From Your Nonprofit?
The Charity CFO
JULY 13, 2022
This article will summarize the principal criteria the top 3 charity watchdogs use to evaluate your nonprofit organization. Charity Watchdogs is a term used to describe various organizations attempting to measure the quality of a nonprofit organization. They’ve been providing ratings for nonprofits in some form since the 1920s.
Passion Doesn’t Pay the Rent: Why the Arts Must Embrace Pay Equity
NonProfit Quarterly
JULY 25, 2023
Employers were also asked to share anonymized data about salaries and benefits for their entry- and mid-level staff, which we consolidated into a database. Compensation information for the highest paid employees in nonprofits is easily accessible for free online using GuideStar or ProPublica to access IRS 990 forms.
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Getting the board on board with nonprofit technology changes
EveryAction
APRIL 5, 2023
from our friends at ParsonsTKO Selecting technology for a nonprofit or social good organization can take significant time and effort. While it’s helpful to begin with a level of opinions and experience, there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to nonprofit technology.
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Throwback Thursday: GlassPockets editor’s top five for funders
Candid
OCTOBER 13, 2022
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. Confessions of a DEI Data Junkie. We have seen our share of mistakes made in collecting and sharing data.
Lifting a Powerful Policy Lever for Housing Justice
Stanford Social Innovation Review
JUNE 15, 2023
That means that every housing department across the country will go through the process of collecting and publishing for public consumption the most extensive data on disparities in housing outcomes that we’ve ever had in this country and engage their community residents about it. Let’s not miss the handoff.
Organize Like a Pro: Event Basics
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
MARCH 31, 2024
Consumer data is also helping planners make smarter decisions around budgets, vendor choices and program timing. Planners nowadays turn to intuitive platforms like Asana, Trello and Smartsheet to map consolidated event calendars with color coded milestone markers.
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15 Top Online Fundraising Platforms to Ramp Up Donations
Bloomerang
AUGUST 29, 2023
Online fundraising is increasingly essential for nonprofits, but these types of initiatives come with unique challenges. To effectively ramp up fundraising, your nonprofit needs the right online fundraising platform for your needs. Report on fundraising data. What are online fundraising platforms?
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Fundraiser Troubleshooting: 3 Hurdles + How Software Helps
Fundraising Coach
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Bloomerang’s peer-to-peer fundraising guide describes this method as “a fundraising strategy where individuals organize personal campaigns to raise money on behalf of a nonprofit organization.” Here are a few simple digital fundraising methods you can pair with your theme or idea of choice: Peer-to-peer.
Protecting Nonprofits That Protect Us During Crises—and Beyond
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
The nonprofit sector, along with community-based mutual aid networks , stepped up to meet immediate needs. If we want nonprofits to support us in the next crisis, they must have sufficient resources. And to know what nonprofits need to do their jobs effectively, we must ask them directly. It wasn’t for-profit companies.
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17 Top Volunteer Management Software Options for Nonprofits
Bloomerang
APRIL 11, 2023
Volunteers are integral to nonprofit organizations’ day-to-day operations. Without these dedicated supporters, many nonprofits would struggle to reach their annual goals. Volunteer management software is a tool that nonprofits can use to better organize their volunteers by handling everything from scheduling to ongoing communication.
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Donor Management Software: Buyer’s Guide + 16 Top Solutions
Bloomerang
APRIL 12, 2022
When my sister first started working with a nonprofit museum, she had a lot to learn about the fundraising process for the organization. By keeping careful documentation of all of this personal data, the museum was able to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars from its major donors each year. Data segmentation.
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How to Develop a Successful Nonprofit Fundraising Strategy
Bloomerang
MAY 31, 2022
You likely understand the general benefits of planning, but why is creating a fundraising plan so important for your nonprofit? Although every nonprofit is unique, there are several factors that every fundraising strategy should include to be successful. Also, review your fundraising metrics and data from previous campaigns.
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5 Simple Strategies to Organize Your Nonprofit’s Donor Data
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
NOVEMBER 20, 2018
Jay Love Collecting data is an important part of your job as a nonprofit communicator. Jay Love of Bloomerang joins us today to give you ideas on organizing all of your data. However, all of that depends on having organized, informative data to guide you. Your nonprofit should: Know what metrics you should be tracking.
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Which Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software is Best for Your Nonprofit?
Nonprofit Tech for Good
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
The constant grind to find new funds is the challenge of every nonprofit. Kindful places a heavy focus on data, giving the user access to donors’ giving history, wealth details, and rating for likelihood to give. Nonprofits can easily track in-depth information regarding the number of meetings, relationships ties, and giving history.
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Why Choose Affnetz Over Bloomerang?
Affnetz
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Nonprofits often find themselves juggling multiple software tools to manage their development efforts, board management, donor relationships, peer-to-peer fundraising , and volunteer management. In this blog, we’ll explore the essentials of nonprofit software management and compare Affnetz with Bloomerang. What is Affnetz?
A Beginner’s Guide to Winning More Grants for Your Nonprofit
NonProfit Hub
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Did you also know that 49% of nonprofit employees expect cost cuts this year and 54% of nonprofit leaders have implemented changes to organizational goals and activities? . Now more than ever, it’s vital for nonprofits to diversify their funding sources. Why grants are important to nonprofits. Let’s dig in!
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A Beginner’s Guide to Winning More Grants for Your Nonprofit
NonProfit Hub
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Did you also know that 49% of nonprofit employees expect cost cuts this year and 54% of nonprofit leaders have implemented changes to organizational goals and activities? . Now more than ever, it’s vital for nonprofits to diversify their funding sources. Why grants are important to nonprofits. Let’s dig in!
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Nonprofit Advocacy: 4 Strategies You Should Consider
Get Fully Funded
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Nonprofit advocacy campaigns give your supporters a new way to get involved while furthering your mission through grassroots action. Plus, your nonprofit can attract new supporters interested in advocacy to your cause, growing your supporter network of donors and volunteers. Stay up to date with current advocacy trends. Direct mail.
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Why Email Marketing Software is Holding Nonprofits Back from Great ROI
NonProfit Hub
AUGUST 26, 2015
Tammy Sproule is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub. Earlier this month, The Nonprofit Times (NPT) published the results of its online engagement survey. Despite the benefits of an OES like Salsa, most nonprofits (56 percent of those surveyed) rely solely on traditional email blast systems (Constant Contact, MailChimp, etc.)
The Power Of A Best-In-Class Donor Management System For Faith-Based Organizations
Bloomerang
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Enter an all-in-one nonprofit donor relationship management system (DMS), like Bloomerang. Let’s explore the common problems faced by faith-based organizations like yours, and how you can better serve your mission by consolidating all of your needs under a single DMS. What about ChMS software?
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[GUEST POST] How Small Shops Can Overcome the Challenges of Fundraising Software
Fundraising Coach
APRIL 6, 2016
Too many nonprofits think that choosing a fundraising software provider is the end of a journey. Using software is essential, but the use you'll get from it is only as good as your data and the training your provide your team. These four steps, while deceptively simple, will significantly help you in your nonprofit fundraising.
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4 Effective Social Media Strategies for Crowdfunding
Get Fully Funded
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Is your online presence allowing your nonprofit to successfully reach its target audience? Getting online and optimizing your digital marketing strategy has become necessary for nonprofits of all sizes. Crowdfunding is a fundraising strategy in which a nonprofit raises many small donations from a variety of people.
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The Nonprofit’s Guide To Choosing A Modern Giving Platform
Bloomerang
JANUARY 29, 2024
The power of a unified modern giving platform In today’s rapidly changing world, nonprofit organizations face unique challenges in connecting with their communities and fulfilling their missions. But what if there was a solution designed specifically for nonprofits to streamline their operations and enhance their impact?
Donor Management Software for Small Nonprofits | Affnetz
Affnetz
APRIL 15, 2024
Donor Management Software for Small Nonprofits | Affnetz / By Bala Guntipalli Introduction: Donor management is the cornerstone of success for any nonprofit organization, and for small nonprofits, efficient management of donor relationships can make all the difference in achieving their missions.
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Donorperfect vs Affnetz in 2024
Affnetz
MARCH 2, 2024
Introduction In the dynamic world of nonprofit management, where every dollar and every minute counts, the need for efficient and comprehensive software solutions has never been more crucial. In evaluating the landscape of nonprofit software solutions, the comparison between DonorPerfect vs Affnetz in 2024 is pivotal.
Salesforce CRM Alternative for Nonprofits – Affnetz
Affnetz
MARCH 14, 2024
Introduction: In today’s fast-paced world, nonprofits are constantly seeking innovative solutions to streamline their operations and amplify their impact. Looking for a Salesforce CRM alternative tailored to nonprofits? Fundraising: Salesforce for Nonprofits claims to grow income with data intelligence and insights.
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Fundraising Apps: 25+ Tools To Help Your Org Raise More
Bloomerang
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Fundraising apps are helpful tools that drive your nonprofit’s fundraising campaigns by empowering you to pull in more donations, and there are hundreds to choose from. Know What You’re Looking For: 2 Types of Fundraising Apps There are two types of fundraising apps you should be aware of: nonprofit-facing, and donor-facing.
Why Email Marketing Software is Holding Nonprofits Back from Great ROI
NonProfit Hub
AUGUST 26, 2015
Tammy Sproule is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub. Earlier this month, The Nonprofit Times (NPT) published the results of its online engagement survey. Despite the benefits of an OES like Salsa, most nonprofits (56 percent of those surveyed) rely solely on traditional email blast systems (Constant Contact, MailChimp, etc.)
Transform Your Nonprofit Annual Report Into A Powerful Fundraising Tool
Bloomerang
MARCH 4, 2024
In the nonprofit sector, the annual report is often viewed as a necessary document to fulfill financial reporting obligations. Showcasing impact with data Visualizing success The power of an annual report often lies in its ability to convey complex information in an accessible and engaging manner.
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How do water shutoffs impact low-income communities?
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 13, 2022
The US Water Alliance —a national nonprofit that aligns various stakeholders to solve this current water crisis—is tackling this issue head on. Guided by the alliance, the teams gathered data that would inform policy changes for water utilities. That data revealed several insights. Insights on Water Shutoffs and Access.
Keep Your Eye on These 5 Website Data Metrics + Tips
Fundraising Coach
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
An online presence is the backbone of nonprofit operations. Most nonprofits already have a dedicated website with donation pages, blog content, contact forms, testimonials, and other information about their cause. Data analytics should be an essential addition to your online marketing strategy. Top Website Data Metrics to Track.
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Trends in Philanthropy: 4 Ways Nonprofits are Changing
NonProfit Hub
JUNE 26, 2020
Nonprofits are not exempt from the unprecedented impact of this global pandemic. Because of these radical shifts, we’re also seeing different trends emerging in the nonprofit world than previously anticipated for the year 2020. . Keeping up with new trends is vital for the health and wellbeing of nonprofit organizations everywhere.
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Case Study: Financial Clarity with Modern Nonprofit Accounting Software
The Charity CFO
APRIL 25, 2024
For nonprofit organizations, accounting comes with a lot of complexity. In this case study, we’ll explore real stories of nonprofits who have transformed their organizations by using technology to streamline their financial infrastructure. What is the actual goal in a nonprofit accounting setup? Let’s meet these organizations.
Data Privacy Strategies for Modern Nonprofits
The Charity CFO
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
For over 20 years, nonprofits struggled to take data privacy seriously. This week on A Modern Nonprofit Podcast we discuss today’s biggest cybersecurity threat and how nonprofits can use technology without putting themselves at risk. Today’s biggest data privacy threat and why it causes such havoc for businesses (5:43).
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The Power of “No Meeting” Days at Work: How to Do It and Why
Nonprofit Fixer
JUNE 14, 2023
To many of us in the nonprofit sector, it sounds like a dream. Why No Meeting Days Are a No Brainer As a nonprofit executive director, it sometimes felt like my entire job was happening in meetings. I also wrote additional pieces with follow-up evidence that the four-day workweek is based on data. Meetings do have their place.
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