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Rebecca Thomas: Faster, Smarter Nonprofit Financial Analysis, Part I
It’s worth taking the time to learn to “speak” with numbers, writes Rebecca Thomas, noted financial planning and management consultant expert for nonprofits and foundations. Part I of II....
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Beth Kanter: Doing The Math Ourselves
The Social Sector in broad view:those who fund it, drive it, and benefit from it. What are the skills and mindsets that nonprofits need to embrace data for social change? Guest blogger Beth Kanter...
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Welcome to the Markets For Good conversation!
Welcome to the Markets for Good conversation! We hope that this site will serve as the “virtual water cooler” for a sustained, thoughtful conversation about what is needed to improve the social...
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Faster, Smarter Nonprofit Financial Analysis, Part II
In Part I of this two-part look at financial analysis for nonprofits, Rebecca Thomas gave insight into the “why” of financial statement literacy. Continuing here, she uses Financial SCAN as an example...
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Which Data? And Who Will Pay For It?
Performance assessment is an acknowledged necessity for nonprofits to operate effectively and attract capital. Phil Buchanan discusses the role of foundations in helping nonprofits carry out this vital...
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But… Do Donors Want More Data on Nonprofits?
Greg Ulrich, Director, Advisory Services for Hope Consulting, offers a different perspective on people who donate to nonprofits and supports it with research. As individual donors, each one of us...
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In Search of Better Data about Nonprofits’ Programs
What are we really asking for when we require nonprofits to produce data on performance, effectiveness and impact? While the surface logic is clear – we need to know this information – the full context...
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A Listening Tour, A Call To Action
If we focus long enough on a topic and attempt to uncover what is really going on, themes should emerge in the midst of differing perspectives. Melinda Tuan takes the topic of evaluation right up to...
View ArticleGrowing Impact By Investing in Networks
Foundations are increasingly investing time, effort, and money into building networks in order to better achieve their goals and leverage resources. In several instances, smaller foundations have...
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SolarAid’s Impact Calculator: What Impact Will My Donation Make?
We are very excited at SolarAid at the creation of an impact calculator on our website where donors can type in the amount they wish to give and our calculator provides the impact it will have....
View ArticleSix Nonprofits That are Using Data to Change the World
Following our article from Richard Turner at SolarAid, we’ve been taking a look at some other nonprofits and organisations who are doing some amazing things with data. Originally featured on Umbel,...
View ArticleHow Do You Know You’re Making a Difference?
Your organization is working toward change in the world and believes it is making a real difference. But how do you measure such things? What kinds of technology systems can you use to track them?...
View ArticleUsing Data to Drive Donations
Online crowdfunding is becoming an increasingly popular way for nonprofits to reach new donors and enhance fundraising efforts. This exciting format brings with it new opportunities, but also...
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In the Fight for Open Nonprofit Data, Everything Changed in June
In recent years, the federal government has taken strides towards making its public data available in standardized, machine-readable formats. In the future, we will look back at the nation’s first...
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‘What’s Data Got to Do With It?’
At Markets for Good, we believe data can play a powerful role for nonprofits and charities – to make more informed decisions, increase efficiency, measure successes and failures and to create a...
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The Speed of Light – Helping to Spread Some Sunshine
Imagine new supporters donating to your cause every week. People who have been contacted by a friend and inspired to donate who then go on to ask their network of contacts to do the same. Imagine a...
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GlobalGiving’s Big Bet
We all want our donations to have the most impact possible. But how do we choose which nonprofits to support? And how does an organization like GlobalGiving that works with thousands of organizations...
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How Can Nonprofits Become Agile Learners?
I read this wonderful article “Agility Is Today’s Most Critical Leadership Competency” by Julie Winkle Giuliani, author of “Watch Them Grow or Watch Them Go.” Agility is defined in the dictionary...
View ArticleWhy Nonprofits Deserve CRM Innovation
Charitable giving, according to Destination CRM, has exceeded $298 billion in the US alone. In his article ‘Why Nonprofits Deserve CRM Innovation‘, Gabe Cooper calls for software companies to give...
View ArticleExpanding Engagement Through Influencers
A challenge that nonprofits face every day is: How do we reach and inspire new supporters? A powerful way to increase your organization’s reach is to develop an influencer engagement plan. This...
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