ardentCause exclusively serves the nonprofit industry. Despite scarce resources, facing big challenges, those who "do good" can accomplish even more with the right technology tools and technology assistance.
ardentCause delivers software solutions and services to both foundations, and the charitable organizations they fund, to help them make the most accurate decisions, efficiently grow, build capacity, and fulfill their missions.
Here are some links to excellent resources of benefit to nonprofits. These will continuously be updated, so check back in the future.
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To meet major challenges faced by nonprofits and their funders, the easy online CauseEffectz solution helps grant-making foundations and nonprofits measure significant program outcomes; continuously communicate results to grantors and donors; and visualize the future. It has been designed with the non-technical user in mind, so CauseEffectz saves time and helps staff become even more productive.
Everyone makes better decisions using CauseEffectz.
Stakeholders see easily-viewed dashboards, complemented by success stories conveyed through pictures. Program reports are continuously updated, and results are measured, monitored and shared. Precious time is saved and resources are conserved. Fundraising becomes much easier.
Saras Chung worked hard to help get the social enterprise fashion project Nest on its feet, and found human capital and agility key to success.
A new National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy report provides criteria for regulators evaluating a bank’s claim that a proposed merger will strengthen philanthropic giving.
When U.S. taxpayers became owners of General Motors in the auto industry bailout, few realized their money would indirectly fund climate change denial efforts.
Why is Denver’s well-endowed Clyfford Still Museum—which recently made $99 million auctioning off four paintings—still charging patrons a $10 fee?
YouTube announces Next Cause, a suite of online video-related features that aims to make it easier for nonprofits to “turn video views into donations, volunteerism and awareness.”
Recently signed by the Los Angeles Angels, Albert Pujols joined Major League Baseball as a poor kid from the Dominican Republic, but now the multi-millionaire gives back through his foundation.
There are many ways to share your images through social media, but photo sharing site Pinterest has brought something new to the table and is becoming a useful tool for nonprofits.
College and university fundraising experienced a rebound from the 2008 recession last year, to the tune of $30.3 billion states a report from the Council for Aid to Education.
The Chicago News Cooperative, a nonprofit journalism venture, will soon suspend operations, citing problems with funding and uncertainty about its tax status.
The IRS’ annual warning of the top 12 tax scams to look out for includes a brief tip on avoiding using charities to “improperly shield income or assets from taxation.”
Since becoming an NBA phenom, New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin has faced repeated racist remarks. Last week, it was Fox. This week, it was ESPN.
Michigan may serve as a case study—albeit an imperfect one—for the nonprofit sector as it explores what impact changes in tax incentives for charitable giving may have on the sector.
Fifteen nonprofits from six countries have been granted the MacArthur Foundation’s 2012 Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, from Berkeley to Uganda.
What happens when a nonprofit club builds a property that belongs to the government and then wants to use that property in its fundraising? A Western Montana ski club just found out.
The recent backlash against Susan G. Komen for the Cure may make corporations more cautious about which nonprofit advocacy organizations they choose to affiliate with, some analysts say.
CauseEffectz gives nonprofits the ability to measure and visualize their achievements, and helps communicate their successes to the world, as easily as taking a picture with a phone. An an example, here is the feed from our internal CauseEffectz deployment - our volunteer stories - automatically updated to this website with every new activity.