NEWS & RESOURCES TO SUPPORT YOU
Using Data to Understand Community Challenges
We hosted a virtual data jam session to understand needs and challenges in four key topic areas: youth/education, food, health, and housing.
Texas Justice Initiative: When Qualitative Meets Quantitative
After founding the Texas Justice Initiative in 2017, Eva Ruth found that storytelling matters, yet it needed data, to put it into context.
Foundation Communities: Making Sense of Data
Someone very wise once said, “Data is like garbage…you better know what you’re going to do with it before you collect it.”
PelotonU: Using Data to Drive Student Success
While data-informed decision making has been at the core of PelotonU since its inception, they've continued to evolve their practices with time.
Data Tools Roundup for Your Nonprofit
Let’s face it: data and evaluation can be a burden. Without proper planning and structure, it can quickly become overwhelming.
Reduce Your Data Anxiety by Sharing the Load
Data can be particularly overwhelming, but it's a vital part of our nonprofit work today. Check out these ideas to help lighten your data load.
3 Simple Tips for Sharing Your Data
Translating pages of statistics into key points can be daunting, but if your audience isn't getting anything out of your graphs, then what’s the point?
Top 3 Things to Track on Your Financial Dashboard
If you want to make your financial reports come alive, especially for people who don’t enjoy numbers, a dashboard should do the trick.
Defying Logic
Giving away our money seems to defy logical thinking. But as humans, we make most of our personal financial decisions with our emotions, not with our logic.
Solving Problems vs. Addressing Needs
At MCapCon, White House Director David Wilkinson said it’s time to shift from addressing needs to solving problems.
Nonprofits Share What Matters and What’s Measured
What are nonprofits measuring, and what are themes in output data? Nonprofits share progress and results at GuideStar Platinum.
Brand Stories, Data and Impact
Combine outcomes data and storytelling to transform your measurement into compelling and meaningful brand stories.
Surprising Truth about Funders and Data
Most nonprofits are measuring outcomes, but their thoughts on working with funders and data gives us reason to pause.