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Insights to help you manage, measure, and share your social impact story

3 days ago

Can Non-traditional Leadership Models Help You Drive Impact?

Your organization’s mission is to solve some of society’s most complex and long-lasting challenges. You do this in the face of ongoing...

Sep 13

Three Key Ingredients for a Thriving Nonprofit

In order to continue providing essential services for high-need populations now in and in the future, you must manage your nonprofit in a...

Sep 7

Three Strategies for Overcoming the Challenges Caused by Nonprofit Workforce Shortages

In April 2023, the National Council of Nonprofits conducted a nationwide survey to determine the health of the nonprofit workforce. Their...

Aug 31

5 Ways Your Nonprofit Board Can Dramatically Increase Organization Impact

The communities we live in are interconnected. Many social-good organizations strive every day to address the barriers that keep...

Aug 24

How to Improve Outcomes with Modern Nonprofit Case Management Software

Nonprofit organizations play a crucial role in addressing societal challenges, as well as improving the lives of vulnerable individuals...

Aug 17

How to Create Positive Outcomes Through Transformative Systems Change

As a social-good leader, you strive each and every day to tackle social needs and create meaningful impact in the lives of the most...

Aug 9

How Measuring Impact Drives Long-Term Success for Supportive Housing Providers

Whether you call it whole-person care, person-centered care, or person-centered service coordination, the most successful outcomes for...

Aug 3

A Success Hack for Leaders Committed to Achieving Equitable Outcomes

As a visionary leader, you show up every day to achieve real and lasting social change. You know that to realize your organization’s...

Jul 26

How a Growth Mindset and the Right Tools Drives Equitable Outcomes

As a society, we’ve learned that building communities where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive must be done with intention. As a...

Jul 20

The Critical Link Between Strategic Thinking and Nonprofit Success

According to the National Council of Nonprofit “A strategic planning process identifies strategies that will best enable a nonprofit to...

Jul 12

Why Outcomes-Oriented Philanthropy is the Future of Social-Good Funding

In the social-good sector, funders and direct service providers share something in common. Both seek to drive long-term social change and...

Jul 6

How to Raise More Money with Mission-Focused Fundraising

A nonprofit with extensive financial and human resources, but limited social impact, is anything but successful. Unlike your peers...

Jun 27

How to Make the Most of Your Strategic Plan With Successful Implementation

The first step to achieving a dream is planning. This is just as true in the social-good sector as in any other industry or circumstance....

Jun 21

4 Ways To Give Your Impact a Storytelling Boost

By Carly Euler, Marketing Manager at MemoryFox Nonprofits are doing incredible boots-on-the-ground work every single day. Raising...

Jun 21

Planning Strategically for 2024? What You Need to Know About Funding for Technology

Is it time to create your budget for 2024? A well-planned budget drives long-term sustainability by focusing on the primary goals and...

Jun 14

How Does Your Nonprofit’s Brand Drive Social Impact?

Most people associate brands with for-profit businesses. Companies from shoe manufacturers to restaurants to entertainment providers...

Jun 7

Mid-year Social Impact Assessment Check-up: Are you hitting your goals?

Many social-good organizations start off the new year with strategic plans to increase their impact. Now that it is almost halfway...

May 31

How to Increase Your Long-term Impact Through Social Innovation

Many of the social challenges your community faces everyday are longstanding, complex, or even systemic. Obstacles such as poverty,...

May 25

Create Healthier Communities Through Collaboration

In a blog post earlier this year, we discussed how helping individuals, families, and communities achieve equitable outcomes starts with...

May 17

What Is the “Democratization of Data” and Why Does It Matter for Your Nonprofit?

As the leader in a social-good organization, you are in charge of “directing the nonprofit to achieve its mission and determining the...

May 10

How to Scale Your Nonprofit by Increasing Public Trust

Trust is an essential ingredient for the success of any social-good organization. You cannot develop impactful collaborations between...

May 3

Fueling Innovation Through Transformational Leadership

Social-good leaders across the country face many of the same challenges. It might feel like there is never enough time, money, or staff...

Apr 27

How to Find Meaning in Data (Without Being a Data Analyst)

Numbers tell us amazing things, if we know how to listen. Many of our everyday actions are data-driven. When you drive your car, you know...

Apr 19

How to Create Sustainable Collaboratives for Long-Term Impact

The social-good sectors in the United States and Canada are significant contributors to the economy and to the health and well-being of...

Apr 12

Building a Resilient Collaborative to Address Challenges Now, and in the Future

Social-good collaboratives are a powerful force for driving long-term social change. When organizations work together, individuals and...

Apr 4

The Beginner’s Guide to Collective Impact

Over the past three years, there has been a dramatic increase in need for collaboration in our communities in order to give everyone an...

Mar 29

Building a Framework for Success: How Data-Driven Strategic Planning Increases Impact

Creating and then following a data-driven strategic plan is the surest way to increase the impact, sustainability, and growth of your...

Mar 23

How to Increase Nonprofit Impact by Putting Participants at the Center

No matter your nonprofit’s specific mission, it has helping people at its core. You aren’t providing services, designing programs, and...

Mar 15

How to Create a Culture of Continuous Improvement

Social good leaders face the dual challenges of positioning their organizations for growth in the face of uncertain times, while also...

Mar 8

What Is Capacity Building, Why Is It Needed, and How Does It Help Nonprofits?

Running a nonprofit can be very rewarding as you watch individuals and communities overcome challenges through the assistance provided by...

Mar 2

4 Tips for Reducing Nonprofit Staff Turnover

Organizations across the country face high employee turnover, but the social-good sector struggles more than most.

Feb 21

How to Build a High-Performing Nonprofit Culture

By Sheri Chaney Jones, CEO & Founder, SureImpact Many nonprofit organizations today are facing staff and resource shortages, while...

Feb 16

5 Tips for Finding the Right Cloud Software for Your Nonprofit Organization

You’ve heard the arguments for creating a data-driven culture and understand that new technology can help your nonprofit thrive. But...

Feb 8

Eight Questions You Should Ask to Increase Engagement with Funders

In uncertain economies, competition increases for charitable dollars from both institutional and individual donors. Funders desire to...

Feb 1

Nonprofit Metrics: How to Use KPIs to Measure Impact

To concretely measure your nonprofit’s impact, you’ll need to leverage nonprofit metrics, also known as nonprofit KPIs. Get a full introduct

Jan 30

Huckleberry House Selects SureImpact to Increase Overall Stability for At-risk Youth

COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 30, 2023—SureImpact, Inc., an Ohio-based software company, announced today that it was chosen by Huckleberry...

Jan 26

Achieving Equitable Outcomes Starts With Intentional Efforts and Reliable Data

Mitigating inequities in your community requires you and your team to have an intentional focus and the right tools.

Jan 18

Social-Good Sector Data in 2023: What to Collect and Why

Whether you are attending conferences, reading industry articles, or simply discussing ideas with other non-profit organizations, the...

Jan 12

Vulnerability & Measurement: The Key Ingredients to Significant Impact

Vulnerability is the key to greater impact. Leading with vulnerability requires emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and humility.

Jan 4

How to Ensure Your Nonprofit Thrives in Uncertain Economies

In the face of economic uncertainty, how do you decide what to prioritize and what to cut when your nonprofit has to tighten its belt?

Dec 13, 2022

5 Tips for Winning Your Next Grant Application

Here are five best practices for writing a grant application that give funders and donors the confidence in your organization.

Dec 12, 2022

6 Great Reasons to Invest in Volunteer Data Management

What does it mean to invest in data management? Data management involves collecting, organizing, protecting, and storing data in one...

Dec 2, 2022

Demystifying Data: Top Insights from SureImpact’s Educational Panel with NXUnite

Data are one of your nonprofit’s most valuable resources. Learning how to leverage mission impact data for your organization’s benefit is...

Nov 28, 2022

The Secret to Sustainable Funding and Increased Impact

Whether it is #GivingTuesday or your annual appeal, data-informed impact stories drive increased funding.

Oct 4, 2022

The Music Settlement Selects SureImpact to Measure the Impact of Music Experiences

The Music Settlement Selects SureImpact to Measure the Impact of Music Experiences of All Ages and Abilities

Sep 12, 2022

Nonprofit Marketing: The Evergreen Power of Accurate Data

Accurate data has the power to solicit more donations, garner new supporters, and sustain the long-term success of an organization.

Aug 4, 2022

Impact Story Toolkit: A Guide to Nonprofit Storytelling

As humans, we tell stories for a range of reasons: to inform, to convince, to create empathy, and to communicate experience. Nonprofits,...

Jul 19, 2022

Move to PROSPER Selects SureImpact to Improve Economic Mobility for Single Moms

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 20, 2022—SureImpact, Inc., announced today that it has been chosen by Move to PROSPER to measure and share their impact

Jun 22, 2022

Philanthropy’s New Model: Takeaways from the Siemer Institute

5 Lessons from a new model of philanthropy based on collective social impact, coordinated strategy, and real-time shared measurement.

Jun 16, 2022

What Is Impact? A Primer on Nonprofit Impact Measurement

In the larger world of impact assessment and program evaluation, impact measurement is an often overlooked but critical step. According...