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Using Data for Enhanced Nonprofit Performance: Insights and Strategies

Whitepaper, Driving Nonprofit Impact With Data and Technology, synthesizes the findings from a survey Executive Directors of 27 agencies in human services.Survey Insights Data Utilization The survey illuminates a crucial gap, with 73% of agencies underutilizing data in...
by Casebook Editorial Team 7 min read

Resolving Conflicts With Tech: 10 Strategies in Child Support Case Management

As a child support case manager, you play a pivotal role in ensuring children receive the support they need. However, managing child support cases can be complex, with many parties involved and the potential for conflicts. Fortunately, technology offers innovative...
by Casebook Editorial Team 15 min read
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What Is Intensive Case Management?

by Maryellen Hess Cameron 15 min read

How Can Workflows Support Home Visits?

Using Data for Enhanced Nonprofit Performance: Insights and Strategies

Whitepaper, Driving Nonprofit Impact With Data and Technology, synthesizes the findings from a survey Executive Directors of 27 agencies in human services.Survey Insights Data Utilization The survey illuminates a crucial gap, with 73% of agencies underutilizing data in...
by Casebook Editorial Team 7 min read

AI Tools for Human Services Nonprofits

Following are some AI tools for you to consider. There are many others available as well. These solutions will take some of the heavy lift off staff so your organization, and those you serve, can thrive! AI Solutions - Administrative With these tools, you can easily...
by Casebook Editorial Team 13 min read

Buy or Build Your Own Case Management System for Human Services?

You run a social services organization and you're keeping all of your records in a spreadsheet, and now you are wondering if the investment in a case management solution is right for you. You're probably already having trouble getting the reports you need and making...
by Andrew Pelletier 20 min read

Best Practices

The Ultimate Guide to Grant Funding Success

UPDATED for 2024: Discover best practices to securing grant funding with our comprehensive guide. From identifying opportunities to crafting winning proposals, we cover everything you need to succeed.

Download now and start your journey towards grant funding success.

Secure Your Funding Pt. 3 — Emphasis On The Data

So far, we’ve reviewed watchdog sites’ standards, detailing indicators for a nonprofit’s success, and articulating metrics. What do all of these have in common? DATA! Ratings, program development, case-making…all are driven by a drumbeat of qualitative and quantitative data. How the public v...

Reporting Impact and Communicating to Grant Funders

The previous post outlined the primary types of capacity-building projects and reviewed how transformational successful capacity-building implementation have been, for example, nonprofits...

by Sade Dozan4 min read

Capacity-Building Grants | Nonprofit Case Studies

In the previous post, we touched on how capacity-building grants are identified and developed in an effort to better position organizations for growth. Now, we’ll review the power of capacity-building g...

by Sade Dozan4 min read

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What Being a Certified B Corp Means to Us

Casebook PBC is proud to be a Certified B Corp. Being a Certified B Corp means that Casebook PBC doesn’t just profess to want to make a positive impact on the world, but that our company is actually creating and prioritizing real, beneficial change. To us, the B Lab’s certification is a signifier th...
Casebook PBC is proud to be a Certified B Corp. Being a Certified B Corp means that Casebook PBC doesn’t just profess to want to make a positive impact on the world, but that our company is actually creating and prioritizing real, beneficial change. To us, the B Lab’s certification is a signifier that our company is genuinely committed to helping others and being a responsible, sustainable, and ethical corporate citizen that is considerate of employees, local communities, and customers. Casebook PBC believes that the world’s most challenging problems are best addressed through a combination of knowledge, innovation, and commitment, a belief that is embodied in our public benefit purpose and that we feel is also reflected by our B Corp certification. Our mission is to deliver the best possible technology products to frontline workers providing critical assistance to people in need, empowering community well-being through the delivery of adaptive, person-centric, research-based, and practice-driven software. In addition to this specific public benefit purpose, Casebook PBC also aspires to be a considerate and responsive employer that provides our employees with exceptional benefits and policies, including numerous opportunities to give back to their communities and others in need. By operating in an ethical and considerate manner, we ensure that both our employees and our customers are supported in their goals. The B Corp certification is one of many means by which we hold ourselves accountable to these ambitious principles. Our corporate values are another instrument for holding our company and our employees accountable to our mission. They include the concepts of Impact, Customer Commitment, Teamwork, Innovation, and Accountability. These values were selected by our employees as the concepts that they felt best reflected the company’s mission and identity, and that they believed would help keep our team focused on creating meaningful public benefits. We believe that integrating these core values into our daily work lives help keep our team committed to our daunting but essential undertaking, while still operating with respect for others and ensuring that our work is responsive to the actual needs of vulnerable populations and organizations engaged in critical efforts to help at-risk individuals. At Casebook PBC, we build software to make people’s lives better. We also believe in achieving this goal in a responsible manner that doesn’t ignore the well-being of the company’s own employees and the communities in which we live. This commitment makes us better equipped to promote improved outcomes for disadvantaged children and youth through advocating for better technology, data, analysis, and decision-making in human services, and the B Corp certification helps us (and others) assess how we are prioritizing that mission. The B Lab helps us be a better version of Casebook PBC. Casebook PBC is proud to be a Certified B Corp. Being a Certified B Corp means that Casebook PBC doesn’t just profess to want to make a positive impact on the world, but that our company is actually creating and prioritizing real, beneficial change. To us, the B Lab’s certification is a signifier that our company is genuinely committed to helping others and being a responsible, sustainable, and ethical corporate citizen that is considerate of employees, local communities, and customers. Casebook PBC believes that the world’s most challenging problems are best addressed through a combination of knowledge, innovation, and commitment, a belief that is embodied in our public benefit purpose and that we feel is also reflected by our B Corp certification. Our mission is to deliver the best possible technology products to frontline workers providing critical assistance to people in need, empowering community well-being through the delivery of adaptive, person-centric, research-based, and practice-driven software. In addition to this specific public benefit purpose, Casebook PBC also aspires to be a considerate and responsive employer that provides our employees with exceptional benefits and policies, including numerous opportunities to give back to their communities and others in need. By operating in an ethical and considerate manner, we ensure that both our employees and our customers are supported in their goals. The B Corp certification is one of many means by which we hold ourselves accountable to these ambitious principles. Our corporate values are another instrument for holding our company and our employees accountable to our mission. They include the concepts of Impact, Customer Commitment, Teamwork, Innovation, and Accountability. These values were selected by our employees as the concepts that they felt best reflected the company’s mission and identity, and that they believed would help keep our team focused on creating meaningful public benefits. We believe that integrating these core values into our daily work lives help keep our team committed to our daunting but essential undertaking, while still operating with respect for others and ensuring that our work is responsive to the actual needs of vulnerable populations and organizations engaged in critical efforts to help at-risk individuals. At Casebook PBC, we build software to make people’s lives better. We also believe in achieving this goal in a responsible manner that doesn’t ignore the well-being of the company’s own employees and the communities in which we live. This commitment makes us better equipped to promote improved outcomes for disadvantaged children and youth through advocating for better technology, data, analysis, and decision-making in human services, and the B Corp certification helps us (and others) assess how we are prioritizing that mission. The B Lab helps us be a better version of Casebook PBC. Casebook PBC is proud to be a Certified B Corp. Being a Certified B Corp means that Casebook PBC doesn’t just profess to want to make a positive impact on the world, but that our company is actually creating and prioritizing real, beneficial change. To us, the B Lab’s certification is a signifier that our company is genuinely committed to helping others and being a responsible, sustainable, and ethical corporate citizen that is considerate of employees, local communities, and customers. Casebook PBC believes that the world’s most challenging problems are best addressed through a combination of knowledge, innovation, and commitment, a belief that is embodied in our public benefit purpose and that we feel is also reflected by our B Corp certification. Our mission is to deliver the best possible technology products to frontline workers providing critical assistance to people in need, empowering community well-being through the delivery of adaptive, person-centric, research-based, and practice-driven software. In addition to this specific public benefit purpose, Casebook PBC also aspires to be a considerate and responsive employer that provides our employees with exceptional benefits and policies, including numerous opportunities to give back to their communities and others in need. By operating in an ethical and considerate manner, we ensure that both our employees and our customers are supported in their goals. The B Corp certification is one of many means by which we hold ourselves accountable to these ambitious principles. Our corporate values are another instrument for holding our company and our employees accountable to our mission. They include the concepts of Impact, Customer Commitment, Teamwork, Innovation, and Accountability. These values were selected by our employees as the concepts that they felt best reflected the company’s mission and identity, and that they believed would help keep our team focused on creating meaningful public benefits. We believe that integrating these core values into our daily work lives help keep our team committed to our daunting but essential undertaking, while still operating with respect for others and ensuring that our work is responsive to the actual needs of vulnerable populations and organizations engaged in critical efforts to help at-risk individuals. At Casebook PBC, we build software to make people’s lives better. We also believe in achieving this goal in a responsible manner that doesn’t ignore the well-being of the company’s own employees and the communities in which we live. This commitment makes us better equipped to promote improved outcomes for disadvantaged children and youth through advocating for better technology, data, analysis, and decision-making in human services, and the B Corp certification helps us (and others) assess how we are prioritizing that mission. The B Lab helps us be a better version of Casebook PBC. Casebook PBC is proud to be a Certified B Corp. Being a Certified B Corp means that Casebook PBC doesn’t just profess to want to make a positive impact on the world, but that our company is actually creating and prioritizing real, beneficial change. To us, the B Lab’s certification is a signifier that our company is genuinely committed to helping others and being a responsible, sustainable, and ethical corporate citizen that is considerate of employees, local communities, and customers. Casebook PBC believes that the world’s most challenging problems are best addressed through a combination of knowledge, innovation, and commitment, a belief that is embodied in our public benefit purpose and that we feel is also reflected by our B Corp certification. Our mission is to deliver the best possible technology products to frontline workers providing critical assistance to people in need, empowering community well-being through the delivery of adaptive, person-centric, research-based, and practice-driven software. In addition to this specific public benefit purpose, Casebook PBC also aspires to be a considerate and responsive employer that provides our employees with exceptional benefits and policies, including numerous opportunities to give back to their communities and others in need. By operating in an ethical and considerate manner, we ensure that both our employees and our customers are supported in their goals. The B Corp certification is one of many means by which we hold ourselves accountable to these ambitious principles. Our corporate values are another instrument for holding our company and our employees accountable to our mission. They include the concepts of Impact, Customer Commitment, Teamwork, Innovation, and Accountability. These values were selected by our employees as the concepts that they felt best reflected the company’s mission and identity, and that they believed would help keep our team focused on creating meaningful public benefits. We believe that integrating these core values into our daily work lives help keep our team committed to our daunting but essential undertaking, while still operating with respect for others and ensuring that our work is responsive to the actual needs of vulnerable populations and organizations engaged in critical efforts to help at-risk individuals. At Casebook PBC, we build software to make people’s lives better. We also believe in achieving this goal in a responsible manner that doesn’t ignore the well-being of the company’s own employees and the communities in which we live. This commitment makes us better equipped to promote improved outcomes for disadvantaged children and youth through advocating for better technology, data, analysis, and decision-making in human services, and the B Corp certification helps us (and others) assess how we are prioritizing that mission. The B Lab helps us be a better version of Casebook PBC. Casebook PBC is proud to be a Certified B Corp. Being a Certified B Corp means that Casebook PBC doesn’t just profess to want to make a positive impact on the world, but that our company is actually creating and prioritizing real, beneficial change. To us, the B Lab’s certification is a signifier that our company is genuinely committed to helping others and being a responsible, sustainable, and ethical corporate citizen that is considerate of employees, local communities, and customers. Casebook PBC believes that the world’s most challenging problems are best addressed through a combination of knowledge, innovation, and commitment, a belief that is embodied in our public benefit purpose and that we feel is also reflected by our B Corp certification. Our mission is to deliver the best possible technology products to frontline workers providing critical assistance to people in need, empowering community well-being through the delivery of adaptive, person-centric, research-based, and practice-driven software. In addition to this specific public benefit purpose, Casebook PBC also aspires to be a considerate and responsive employer that provides our employees with exceptional benefits and policies, including numerous opportunities to give back to their communities and others in need. By operating in an ethical and considerate manner, we ensure that both our employees and our customers are supported in their goals. The B Corp certification is one of many means by which we hold ourselves accountable to these ambitious principles. Our corporate values are another instrument for holding our company and our employees accountable to our mission. They include the concepts of Impact, Customer Commitment, Teamwork, Innovation, and Accountability. These values were selected by our employees as the concepts that they felt best reflected the company’s mission and identity, and that they believed would help keep our team focused on creating meaningful public benefits. We believe that integrating these core values into our daily work lives help keep our team committed to our daunting but essential undertaking, while still operating with respect for others and ensuring that our work is responsive to the actual needs of vulnerable populations and organizations engaged in critical efforts to help at-risk individuals. At Casebook PBC, we build software to make people’s lives better. We also believe in achieving this goal in a responsible manner that doesn’t ignore the well-being of the company’s own employees and the communities in which we live. This commitment makes us better equipped to promote improved outcomes for disadvantaged children and youth through advocating for better technology, data, analysis, and decision-making in human services, and the B Corp certification helps us (and others) assess how we are prioritizing that mission. The B Lab helps us be a better version of Casebook PBC. Casebook PBC is proud to be a Certified B Corp. Being a Certified B Corp means that Casebook PBC doesn’t just profess to want to make a positive impact on the world, but that our company is actually creating and prioritizing real, beneficial change. To us, the B Lab’s certification is a signifier that our company is genuinely committed to helping others and being a responsible, sustainable, and ethical corporate citizen that is considerate of employees, local communities, and customers. Casebook PBC believes that the world’s most challenging problems are best addressed through a combination of knowledge, innovation, and commitment, a belief that is embodied in our public benefit purpose and that we feel is also reflected by our B Corp certification. Our mission is to deliver the best possible technology products to frontline workers providing critical assistance to people in need, empowering community well-being through the delivery of adaptive, person-centric, research-based, and practice-driven software. In addition to this specific public benefit purpose, Casebook PBC also aspires to be a considerate and responsive employer that provides our employees with exceptional benefits and policies, including numerous opportunities to give back to their communities and others in need. By operating in an ethical and considerate manner, we ensure that both our employees and our customers are supported in their goals. The B Corp certification is one of many means by which we hold ourselves accountable to these ambitious principles. Our corporate values are another instrument for holding our company and our employees accountable to our mission. They include the concepts of Impact, Customer Commitment, Teamwork, Innovation, and Accountability. These values were selected by our employees as the concepts that they felt best reflected the company’s mission and identity, and that they believed would help keep our team focused on creating meaningful public benefits. We believe that integrating these core values into our daily work lives help keep our team committed to our daunting but essential undertaking, while still operating with respect for others and ensuring that our work is responsive to the actual needs of vulnerable populations and organizations engaged in critical efforts to help at-risk individuals. At Casebook PBC, we build software to make people’s lives better. We also believe in achieving this goal in a responsible manner that doesn’t ignore the well-being of the company’s own employees and the communities in which we live. This commitment makes us better equipped to promote improved outcomes for disadvantaged children and youth through advocating for better technology, data, analysis, and decision-making in human services, and the B Corp certification helps us (and others) assess how we are prioritizing that mission. The B Lab helps us be a better version of Casebook PBC. Casebook PBC is proud to be a Certified B Corp. Being a Certified B Corp means that Casebook PBC doesn’t just profess to want to make a positive impact on the world, but that our company is actually creating and prioritizing real, beneficial change. To us, the B Lab’s certification is a signifier that our company is genuinely committed to helping others and being a responsible, sustainable, and ethical corporate citizen that is considerate of employees, local communities, and customers. Casebook PBC believes that the world’s most challenging problems are best addressed through a combination of knowledge, innovation, and commitment, a belief that is embodied in our public benefit purpose and that we feel is also reflected by our B Corp certification. Our mission is to deliver the best possible technology products to frontline workers providing critical assistance to people in need, empowering community well-being through the delivery of adaptive, person-centric, research-based, and practice-driven software. In addition to this specific public benefit purpose, Casebook PBC also aspires to be a considerate and responsive employer that provides our employees with exceptional benefits and policies, including numerous opportunities to give back to their communities and others in need. By operating in an ethical and considerate manner, we ensure that both our employees and our customers are supported in their goals. The B Corp certification is one of many means by which we hold ourselves accountable to these ambitious principles. Our corporate values are another instrument for holding our company and our employees accountable to our mission. They include the concepts of Impact, Customer Commitment, Teamwork, Innovation, and Accountability. These values were selected by our employees as the concepts that they felt best reflected the company’s mission and identity, and that they believed would help keep our team focused on creating meaningful public benefits. We believe that integrating these core values into our daily work lives help keep our team committed to our daunting but essential undertaking, while still operating with respect for others and ensuring that our work is responsive to the actual needs of vulnerable populations and organizations engaged in critical efforts to help at-risk individuals. At Casebook PBC, we build software to make people’s lives better. We also believe in achieving this goal in a responsible manner that doesn’t ignore the well-being of the company’s own employees and the communities in which we live. This commitment makes us better equipped to promote improved outcomes for disadvantaged children and youth through advocating for better technology, data, analysis, and decision-making in human services, and the B Corp certification helps us (and others) assess how we are prioritizing that mission. The B Lab helps us be a better version of Casebook PBC. Casebook PBC is proud to be a Certified B Corp. Being a Certified B Corp means that Casebook PBC doesn’t just profess to want to make a positive impact on the world, but that our company is actually creating and prioritizing real, beneficial change. To us, the B Lab’s certification is a signifier that our company is genuinely committed to helping others and being a responsible, sustainable, and ethical corporate citizen that is considerate of employees, local communities, and customers. Casebook PBC believes that the world’s most challenging problems are best addressed through a combination of knowledge, innovation, and commitment, a belief that is embodied in our public benefit purpose and that we feel is also reflected by our B Corp certification. Our mission is to deliver the best possible technology products to frontline workers providing critical assistance to people in need, empowering community well-being through the delivery of adaptive, person-centric, research-based, and practice-driven software. In addition to this specific public benefit purpose, Casebook PBC also aspires to be a considerate and responsive employer that provides our employees with exceptional benefits and policies, including numerous opportunities to give back to their communities and others in need. By operating in an ethical and considerate manner, we ensure that both our employees and our customers are supported in their goals. The B Corp certification is one of many means by which we hold ourselves accountable to these ambitious principles. Our corporate values are another instrument for holding our company and our employees accountable to our mission. They include the concepts of Impact, Customer Commitment, Teamwork, Innovation, and Accountability. These values were selected by our employees as the concepts that they felt best reflected the company’s mission and identity, and that they believed would help keep our team focused on creating meaningful public benefits. We believe that integrating these core values into our daily work lives help keep our team committed to our daunting but essential undertaking, while still operating with respect for others and ensuring that our work is responsive to the actual needs of vulnerable populations and organizations engaged in critical efforts to help at-risk individuals. At Casebook PBC, we build software to make people’s lives better. We also believe in achieving this goal in a responsible manner that doesn’t ignore the well-being of the company’s own employees and the communities in which we live. This commitment makes us better equipped to promote improved outcomes for disadvantaged children and youth through advocating for better technology, data, analysis, and decision-making in human services, and the B Corp certification helps us (and others) assess how we are prioritizing that mission. The B Lab helps us be a better version of Casebook PBC. Casebook PBC is proud to be a Certified B Corp. Being a Certified B Corp means that Casebook PBC doesn’t just profess to want to make a positive impact on the world, but that our company is actually creating and prioritizing real, beneficial change. To us, the B Lab’s certification is a signifier that our company is genuinely committed to helping others and being a responsible, sustainable, and ethical corporate citizen that is considerate of employees, local communities, and customers. Casebook PBC believes that the world’s most challenging problems are best addressed through a combination of knowledge, innovation, and commitment, a belief that is embodied in our public benefit purpose and that we feel is also reflected by our B Corp certification. Our mission is to deliver the best possible technology products to frontline workers providing critical assistance to people in need, empowering community well-being through the delivery of adaptive, person-centric, research-based, and practice-driven software. In addition to this specific public benefit purpose, Casebook PBC also aspires to be a considerate and responsive employer that provides our employees with exceptional benefits and policies, including numerous opportunities to give back to their communities and others in need. By operating in an ethical and considerate manner, we ensure that both our employees and our customers are supported in their goals. The B Corp certification is one of many means by which we hold ourselves accountable to these ambitious principles. Our corporate values are another instrument for holding our company and our employees accountable to our mission. They include the concepts of Impact, Customer Commitment, Teamwork, Innovation, and Accountability. These values were selected by our employees as the concepts that they felt best reflected the company’s mission and identity, and that they believed would help keep our team focused on creating meaningful public benefits. We believe that integrating these core values into our daily work lives help keep our team committed to our daunting but essential undertaking, while still operating with respect for others and ensuring that our work is responsive to the actual needs of vulnerable populations and organizations engaged in critical efforts to help at-risk individuals. At Casebook PBC, we build software to make people’s lives better. We also believe in achieving this goal in a responsible manner that doesn’t ignore the well-being of the company’s own employees and the communities in which we live. This commitment makes us better equipped to promote improved outcomes for disadvantaged children and youth through advocating for better technology, data, analysis, and decision-making in human services, and the B Corp certification helps us (and others) assess how we are prioritizing that mission. The B Lab helps us be a better version of Casebook PBC. Casebook PBC is proud to be a Certified B Corp. Being a Certified B Corp means that Casebook PBC doesn’t just profess to want to make a positive impact on the world, but that our company is actually creating and prioritizing real, beneficial change. To us, the B Lab’s certification is a signifier that our company is genuinely committed to helping others and being a responsible, sustainable, and ethical corporate citizen that is considerate of employees, local communities, and customers. Casebook PBC believes that the world’s most challenging problems are best addressed through a combination of knowledge, innovation, and commitment, a belief that is embodied in our public benefit purpose and that we feel is also reflected by our B Corp certification. Our mission is to deliver the best possible technology products to frontline workers providing critical assistance to people in need, empowering community well-being through the delivery of adaptive, person-centric, research-based, and practice-driven software. In addition to this specific public benefit purpose, Casebook PBC also aspires to be a considerate and responsive employer that provides our employees with exceptional benefits and policies, including numerous opportunities to give back to their communities and others in need. By operating in an ethical and considerate manner, we ensure that both our employees and our customers are supported in their goals. The B Corp certification is one of many means by which we hold ourselves accountable to these ambitious principles. Our corporate values are another instrument for holding our company and our employees accountable to our mission. They include the concepts of Impact, Customer Commitment, Teamwork, Innovation, and Accountability. These values were selected by our employees as the concepts that they felt best reflected the company’s mission and identity, and that they believed would help keep our team focused on creating meaningful public benefits. We believe that integrating these core values into our daily work lives help keep our team committed to our daunting but essential undertaking, while still operating with respect for others and ensuring that our work is responsive to the actual needs of vulnerable populations and organizations engaged in critical efforts to help at-risk individuals. At Casebook PBC, we build software to make people’s lives better. We also believe in achieving this goal in a responsible manner that doesn’t ignore the well-being of the company’s own employees and the communities in which we live. This commitment makes us better equipped to promote improved outcomes for disadvantaged children and youth through advocating for better technology, data, analysis, and decision-making in human services, and the B Corp certification helps us (and others) assess how we are prioritizing that mission. The B Lab helps us be a better version of Casebook PBC.
by Joshua Cruz 9 min read

Increasing Productivity With Casebook

Casebook’s software allows human service providers and other agencies the opportunity to take the documentation that you have and organize it onto our platform so that it may be available at all times. Many software solution platforms also offer this type of ability but the difference is that Casebo...
Casebook’s software allows human service providers and other agencies the opportunity to take the documentation that you have and organize it onto our platform so that it may be available at all times. Many software solution platforms also offer this type of ability but the difference is that Casebook allows for much more flexibility in how that data is perceived internally and externally. You can easily create fields that are specific to your funder and staff needs. This is important because things are always changing. These “things” include: Funder Requirements New Staff Members New Documentation For Individual Services Specific Identification Factors For Clients That Need Services You want to be able to adapt with these changes as quickly as possible and have data that express those changes over time. This way, you can identify historical patterns which can ultimately help make better decisions in the future. We are constantly seeing our partners creating new fields for the different scenarios that occur within their organizations. It's evident that being able to be as distinct as possible with every case that they take, pushes them closer to achieving their mission at a larger scale. The Power of Historical Data Data over time is the most effective way to make a positive impact on the community that you are serving. After onboarding with Casebook, organizations begin to see how they can immediately use our platform to their advantage. They are always impressed with being able to tailor their data to fit the specific functionalities within their organization. They can then use that data to make progressive changes for their staff and clients. A great example is trying out new resources and documenting the results. Now when a client comes in with similar behaviors they can recommend that resource to them and back up that recommendation with statistics that are saved within the database. Another example is using the casebook platform to train new employees. Being able to look through old documentation or resources that the previous worker left behind can save a lot of time in getting acclimated into the organization's standard operating procedures. Casebook’s software allows human service providers and other agencies the opportunity to take the documentation that you have and organize it onto our platform so that it may be available at all times. Many software solution platforms also offer this type of ability but the difference is that Casebook allows for much more flexibility in how that data is perceived internally and externally. You can easily create fields that are specific to your funder and staff needs. This is important because things are always changing. These “things” include: Funder Requirements New Staff Members New Documentation For Individual Services Specific Identification Factors For Clients That Need Services You want to be able to adapt with these changes as quickly as possible and have data that express those changes over time. This way, you can identify historical patterns which can ultimately help make better decisions in the future. We are constantly seeing our partners creating new fields for the different scenarios that occur within their organizations. It's evident that being able to be as distinct as possible with every case that they take, pushes them closer to achieving their mission at a larger scale. The Power of Historical Data Data over time is the most effective way to make a positive impact on the community that you are serving. After onboarding with Casebook, organizations begin to see how they can immediately use our platform to their advantage. They are always impressed with being able to tailor their data to fit the specific functionalities within their organization. They can then use that data to make progressive changes for their staff and clients. A great example is trying out new resources and documenting the results. Now when a client comes in with similar behaviors they can recommend that resource to them and back up that recommendation with statistics that are saved within the database. Another example is using the casebook platform to train new employees. Being able to look through old documentation or resources that the previous worker left behind can save a lot of time in getting acclimated into the organization's standard operating procedures. Casebook’s software allows human service providers and other agencies the opportunity to take the documentation that you have and organize it onto our platform so that it may be available at all times. Many software solution platforms also offer this type of ability but the difference is that Casebook allows for much more flexibility in how that data is perceived internally and externally. You can easily create fields that are specific to your funder and staff needs. This is important because things are always changing. These “things” include: Funder Requirements New Staff Members New Documentation For Individual Services Specific Identification Factors For Clients That Need Services You want to be able to adapt with these changes as quickly as possible and have data that express those changes over time. This way, you can identify historical patterns which can ultimately help make better decisions in the future. We are constantly seeing our partners creating new fields for the different scenarios that occur within their organizations. It's evident that being able to be as distinct as possible with every case that they take, pushes them closer to achieving their mission at a larger scale. The Power of Historical Data Data over time is the most effective way to make a positive impact on the community that you are serving. After onboarding with Casebook, organizations begin to see how they can immediately use our platform to their advantage. They are always impressed with being able to tailor their data to fit the specific functionalities within their organization. They can then use that data to make progressive changes for their staff and clients. A great example is trying out new resources and documenting the results. Now when a client comes in with similar behaviors they can recommend that resource to them and back up that recommendation with statistics that are saved within the database. Another example is using the casebook platform to train new employees. Being able to look through old documentation or resources that the previous worker left behind can save a lot of time in getting acclimated into the organization's standard operating procedures. Casebook’s software allows human service providers and other agencies the opportunity to take the documentation that you have and organize it onto our platform so that it may be available at all times. Many software solution platforms also offer this type of ability but the difference is that Casebook allows for much more flexibility in how that data is perceived internally and externally. You can easily create fields that are specific to your funder and staff needs. This is important because things are always changing. These “things” include: Funder Requirements New Staff Members New Documentation For Individual Services Specific Identification Factors For Clients That Need Services You want to be able to adapt with these changes as quickly as possible and have data that express those changes over time. This way, you can identify historical patterns which can ultimately help make better decisions in the future. We are constantly seeing our partners creating new fields for the different scenarios that occur within their organizations. It's evident that being able to be as distinct as possible with every case that they take, pushes them closer to achieving their mission at a larger scale. The Power of Historical Data Data over time is the most effective way to make a positive impact on the community that you are serving. After onboarding with Casebook, organizations begin to see how they can immediately use our platform to their advantage. They are always impressed with being able to tailor their data to fit the specific functionalities within their organization. They can then use that data to make progressive changes for their staff and clients. A great example is trying out new resources and documenting the results. Now when a client comes in with similar behaviors they can recommend that resource to them and back up that recommendation with statistics that are saved within the database. Another example is using the casebook platform to train new employees. Being able to look through old documentation or resources that the previous worker left behind can save a lot of time in getting acclimated into the organization's standard operating procedures. Casebook’s software allows human service providers and other agencies the opportunity to take the documentation that you have and organize it onto our platform so that it may be available at all times. Many software solution platforms also offer this type of ability but the difference is that Casebook allows for much more flexibility in how that data is perceived internally and externally. You can easily create fields that are specific to your funder and staff needs. This is important because things are always changing. These “things” include: Funder Requirements New Staff Members New Documentation For Individual Services Specific Identification Factors For Clients That Need Services You want to be able to adapt with these changes as quickly as possible and have data that express those changes over time. This way, you can identify historical patterns which can ultimately help make better decisions in the future. We are constantly seeing our partners creating new fields for the different scenarios that occur within their organizations. It's evident that being able to be as distinct as possible with every case that they take, pushes them closer to achieving their mission at a larger scale. The Power of Historical Data Data over time is the most effective way to make a positive impact on the community that you are serving. After onboarding with Casebook, organizations begin to see how they can immediately use our platform to their advantage. They are always impressed with being able to tailor their data to fit the specific functionalities within their organization. They can then use that data to make progressive changes for their staff and clients. A great example is trying out new resources and documenting the results. Now when a client comes in with similar behaviors they can recommend that resource to them and back up that recommendation with statistics that are saved within the database. Another example is using the casebook platform to train new employees. Being able to look through old documentation or resources that the previous worker left behind can save a lot of time in getting acclimated into the organization's standard operating procedures. Casebook’s software allows human service providers and other agencies the opportunity to take the documentation that you have and organize it onto our platform so that it may be available at all times. Many software solution platforms also offer this type of ability but the difference is that Casebook allows for much more flexibility in how that data is perceived internally and externally. You can easily create fields that are specific to your funder and staff needs. This is important because things are always changing. These “things” include: Funder Requirements New Staff Members New Documentation For Individual Services Specific Identification Factors For Clients That Need Services You want to be able to adapt with these changes as quickly as possible and have data that express those changes over time. This way, you can identify historical patterns which can ultimately help make better decisions in the future. We are constantly seeing our partners creating new fields for the different scenarios that occur within their organizations. It's evident that being able to be as distinct as possible with every case that they take, pushes them closer to achieving their mission at a larger scale. The Power of Historical Data Data over time is the most effective way to make a positive impact on the community that you are serving. After onboarding with Casebook, organizations begin to see how they can immediately use our platform to their advantage. They are always impressed with being able to tailor their data to fit the specific functionalities within their organization. They can then use that data to make progressive changes for their staff and clients. A great example is trying out new resources and documenting the results. Now when a client comes in with similar behaviors they can recommend that resource to them and back up that recommendation with statistics that are saved within the database. Another example is using the casebook platform to train new employees. Being able to look through old documentation or resources that the previous worker left behind can save a lot of time in getting acclimated into the organization's standard operating procedures. Casebook’s software allows human service providers and other agencies the opportunity to take the documentation that you have and organize it onto our platform so that it may be available at all times. Many software solution platforms also offer this type of ability but the difference is that Casebook allows for much more flexibility in how that data is perceived internally and externally. You can easily create fields that are specific to your funder and staff needs. This is important because things are always changing. These “things” include: Funder Requirements New Staff Members New Documentation For Individual Services Specific Identification Factors For Clients That Need Services You want to be able to adapt with these changes as quickly as possible and have data that express those changes over time. This way, you can identify historical patterns which can ultimately help make better decisions in the future. We are constantly seeing our partners creating new fields for the different scenarios that occur within their organizations. It's evident that being able to be as distinct as possible with every case that they take, pushes them closer to achieving their mission at a larger scale. The Power of Historical Data Data over time is the most effective way to make a positive impact on the community that you are serving. After onboarding with Casebook, organizations begin to see how they can immediately use our platform to their advantage. They are always impressed with being able to tailor their data to fit the specific functionalities within their organization. They can then use that data to make progressive changes for their staff and clients. A great example is trying out new resources and documenting the results. Now when a client comes in with similar behaviors they can recommend that resource to them and back up that recommendation with statistics that are saved within the database. Another example is using the casebook platform to train new employees. Being able to look through old documentation or resources that the previous worker left behind can save a lot of time in getting acclimated into the organization's standard operating procedures. Casebook’s software allows human service providers and other agencies the opportunity to take the documentation that you have and organize it onto our platform so that it may be available at all times. Many software solution platforms also offer this type of ability but the difference is that Casebook allows for much more flexibility in how that data is perceived internally and externally. You can easily create fields that are specific to your funder and staff needs. This is important because things are always changing. These “things” include: Funder Requirements New Staff Members New Documentation For Individual Services Specific Identification Factors For Clients That Need Services You want to be able to adapt with these changes as quickly as possible and have data that express those changes over time. This way, you can identify historical patterns which can ultimately help make better decisions in the future. We are constantly seeing our partners creating new fields for the different scenarios that occur within their organizations. It's evident that being able to be as distinct as possible with every case that they take, pushes them closer to achieving their mission at a larger scale. The Power of Historical Data Data over time is the most effective way to make a positive impact on the community that you are serving. After onboarding with Casebook, organizations begin to see how they can immediately use our platform to their advantage. They are always impressed with being able to tailor their data to fit the specific functionalities within their organization. They can then use that data to make progressive changes for their staff and clients. A great example is trying out new resources and documenting the results. Now when a client comes in with similar behaviors they can recommend that resource to them and back up that recommendation with statistics that are saved within the database. Another example is using the casebook platform to train new employees. Being able to look through old documentation or resources that the previous worker left behind can save a lot of time in getting acclimated into the organization's standard operating procedures. Casebook’s software allows human service providers and other agencies the opportunity to take the documentation that you have and organize it onto our platform so that it may be available at all times. Many software solution platforms also offer this type of ability but the difference is that Casebook allows for much more flexibility in how that data is perceived internally and externally. You can easily create fields that are specific to your funder and staff needs. This is important because things are always changing. These “things” include: Funder Requirements New Staff Members New Documentation For Individual Services Specific Identification Factors For Clients That Need Services You want to be able to adapt with these changes as quickly as possible and have data that express those changes over time. This way, you can identify historical patterns which can ultimately help make better decisions in the future. We are constantly seeing our partners creating new fields for the different scenarios that occur within their organizations. It's evident that being able to be as distinct as possible with every case that they take, pushes them closer to achieving their mission at a larger scale. The Power of Historical Data Data over time is the most effective way to make a positive impact on the community that you are serving. After onboarding with Casebook, organizations begin to see how they can immediately use our platform to their advantage. They are always impressed with being able to tailor their data to fit the specific functionalities within their organization. They can then use that data to make progressive changes for their staff and clients. A great example is trying out new resources and documenting the results. Now when a client comes in with similar behaviors they can recommend that resource to them and back up that recommendation with statistics that are saved within the database. Another example is using the casebook platform to train new employees. Being able to look through old documentation or resources that the previous worker left behind can save a lot of time in getting acclimated into the organization's standard operating procedures. Casebook’s software allows human service providers and other agencies the opportunity to take the documentation that you have and organize it onto our platform so that it may be available at all times. Many software solution platforms also offer this type of ability but the difference is that Casebook allows for much more flexibility in how that data is perceived internally and externally. You can easily create fields that are specific to your funder and staff needs. This is important because things are always changing. These “things” include: Funder Requirements New Staff Members New Documentation For Individual Services Specific Identification Factors For Clients That Need Services You want to be able to adapt with these changes as quickly as possible and have data that express those changes over time. This way, you can identify historical patterns which can ultimately help make better decisions in the future. We are constantly seeing our partners creating new fields for the different scenarios that occur within their organizations. It's evident that being able to be as distinct as possible with every case that they take, pushes them closer to achieving their mission at a larger scale. The Power of Historical Data Data over time is the most effective way to make a positive impact on the community that you are serving. After onboarding with Casebook, organizations begin to see how they can immediately use our platform to their advantage. They are always impressed with being able to tailor their data to fit the specific functionalities within their organization. They can then use that data to make progressive changes for their staff and clients. A great example is trying out new resources and documenting the results. Now when a client comes in with similar behaviors they can recommend that resource to them and back up that recommendation with statistics that are saved within the database. Another example is using the casebook platform to train new employees. Being able to look through old documentation or resources that the previous worker left behind can save a lot of time in getting acclimated into the organization's standard operating procedures.
by Ryan Williams 7 min read

Features & Benefits: Helping the Helpers with Casebook Technology

After about a decade of working in public safety, I would get frustrated when our radio and software vendors would claim to be “saving lives.” These technologies were instrumental in the process of saving lives, but the radios and software weren’t risking their life and limb to pull someone from a b...
After about a decade of working in public safety, I would get frustrated when our radio and software vendors would claim to be “saving lives.” These technologies were instrumental in the process of saving lives, but the radios and software weren’t risking their life and limb to pull someone from a burning building. So when I joined the Casebook team a phrase that others used around the office to describe what we do - “Helping the Helpers” resonated with me at the time. Years later, it’s still the core focus of what we do. Our experienced team is putting tools into the hands of the true heroes, and we make every decision based on what will make our amazing customers – the helpers -- more successful in their mission. Here are a few of the ways Casebook helps human services workers do their best each day. Focus on Relationships and the Person Just like the old saying “it takes a village to raise a child,” it often takes the support and involvement of a case worker, family member, or other informal support to succeed in nearly any program. Casebook is built around the concept of a person, rather than a case, so that all activity is connected to one person record and can give one or more assigned case workers insight into their journey through your organization or the human services system (depending on configuration). In addition to providing the highest level of insight, Casebook is built to maintain data integrity so that your “client database” won’t be filled with incorrect or duplicative records. Improve Outcomes with Better Insights Speaking of getting insights into the hands of the people that need them, Casebook includes a powerful reporting engine that can be used to quickly access the information needed to improve your programs, services offered, and virtually any other information contained in Casebook. Casebook is configurable, and when you add additional dynamic fields to capture data that’s unique to your organization, you can report on those fields. Organizations that collect data through Casebook’s form service and application portal can include data from those forms in dashboards and reports, too. Manage Forms, Documents, Photos, and Appointments Before computers and typewriters, there were forms. After computers and typewriters, there were forms. They just won’t go away. Casebook makes forms easier by allowing you to “DIY” form creation and changes (during implementation we work together on it). You don’t have to explain it to a vendor or wait on someone else – if you have admin permissions you can make the change and roll out a new version of the form. If you already have a lot of paper files or you need to retain photos or handwritten notes, we include the ability to store an unlimited amount of attachments in the Casebook Cloud, powered by AWS S3. There are some minimal costs to pay for the space, but they’re a tiny fraction of the costs of those big floor to ceiling file cabinets! Casebook users can store virtually any document, image, audio, or video file and can also collect those types of files via email, the Casebook form portal, or tools like JotForm that connect with Casebook through Zapier. Casebook can also sync with your company calendar system so you can send invites out to clients from within Casebook and more. Send a Form As mentioned above, users can send a form to collect data. When it’s time to send a client a form, the user adds a task and attaches the form template. When the save the task, the client is sent a secure login link and the user can complete the form as time permits – in one sitting or multiple sittings. Since so much is done by form and the pandemic has restricted in-person meetings, these types of tools have proven very useful. And since reporting can be done from data submitted in these forms, you can implement a remote process that works. Help to Standardize the Process Workers want to do the right thing, but with growing caseloads it’s not surprising many feel overwhelmed. These feelings are compounded when so many people need help but time and resources are limited. Casebook can help through workflows, tasks, in-app notifications and emails that alert the right person at the right time. In an organization that offers a variety of programs, workflows can be created for each of the programs. Once someone has been enrolled in the program, they can be enrolled in a workflow that will assign a collection of tasks broken down into steps. These help guide a worker much like a checklist a pilot would use before takeoff. While that pilot may have taken off 5000 times before, the checklist assures the correct process is being followed, every time. After about a decade of working in public safety, I would get frustrated when our radio and software vendors would claim to be “saving lives.” These technologies were instrumental in the process of saving lives, but the radios and software weren’t risking their life and limb to pull someone from a burning building. So when I joined the Casebook team a phrase that others used around the office to describe what we do - “Helping the Helpers” resonated with me at the time. Years later, it’s still the core focus of what we do. Our experienced team is putting tools into the hands of the true heroes, and we make every decision based on what will make our amazing customers – the helpers -- more successful in their mission. Here are a few of the ways Casebook helps human services workers do their best each day. Focus on Relationships and the Person Just like the old saying “it takes a village to raise a child,” it often takes the support and involvement of a case worker, family member, or other informal support to succeed in nearly any program. Casebook is built around the concept of a person, rather than a case, so that all activity is connected to one person record and can give one or more assigned case workers insight into their journey through your organization or the human services system (depending on configuration). In addition to providing the highest level of insight, Casebook is built to maintain data integrity so that your “client database” won’t be filled with incorrect or duplicative records. Improve Outcomes with Better Insights Speaking of getting insights into the hands of the people that need them, Casebook includes a powerful reporting engine that can be used to quickly access the information needed to improve your programs, services offered, and virtually any other information contained in Casebook. Casebook is configurable, and when you add additional dynamic fields to capture data that’s unique to your organization, you can report on those fields. Organizations that collect data through Casebook’s form service and application portal can include data from those forms in dashboards and reports, too. Manage Forms, Documents, Photos, and Appointments Before computers and typewriters, there were forms. After computers and typewriters, there were forms. They just won’t go away. Casebook makes forms easier by allowing you to “DIY” form creation and changes (during implementation we work together on it). You don’t have to explain it to a vendor or wait on someone else – if you have admin permissions you can make the change and roll out a new version of the form. If you already have a lot of paper files or you need to retain photos or handwritten notes, we include the ability to store an unlimited amount of attachments in the Casebook Cloud, powered by AWS S3. There are some minimal costs to pay for the space, but they’re a tiny fraction of the costs of those big floor to ceiling file cabinets! Casebook users can store virtually any document, image, audio, or video file and can also collect those types of files via email, the Casebook form portal, or tools like JotForm that connect with Casebook through Zapier. Casebook can also sync with your company calendar system so you can send invites out to clients from within Casebook and more. Send a Form As mentioned above, users can send a form to collect data. When it’s time to send a client a form, the user adds a task and attaches the form template. When the save the task, the client is sent a secure login link and the user can complete the form as time permits – in one sitting or multiple sittings. Since so much is done by form and the pandemic has restricted in-person meetings, these types of tools have proven very useful. And since reporting can be done from data submitted in these forms, you can implement a remote process that works. Help to Standardize the Process Workers want to do the right thing, but with growing caseloads it’s not surprising many feel overwhelmed. These feelings are compounded when so many people need help but time and resources are limited. Casebook can help through workflows, tasks, in-app notifications and emails that alert the right person at the right time. In an organization that offers a variety of programs, workflows can be created for each of the programs. Once someone has been enrolled in the program, they can be enrolled in a workflow that will assign a collection of tasks broken down into steps. These help guide a worker much like a checklist a pilot would use before takeoff. While that pilot may have taken off 5000 times before, the checklist assures the correct process is being followed, every time. After about a decade of working in public safety, I would get frustrated when our radio and software vendors would claim to be “saving lives.” These technologies were instrumental in the process of saving lives, but the radios and software weren’t risking their life and limb to pull someone from a burning building. So when I joined the Casebook team a phrase that others used around the office to describe what we do - “Helping the Helpers” resonated with me at the time. Years later, it’s still the core focus of what we do. Our experienced team is putting tools into the hands of the true heroes, and we make every decision based on what will make our amazing customers – the helpers -- more successful in their mission. Here are a few of the ways Casebook helps human services workers do their best each day. Focus on Relationships and the Person Just like the old saying “it takes a village to raise a child,” it often takes the support and involvement of a case worker, family member, or other informal support to succeed in nearly any program. Casebook is built around the concept of a person, rather than a case, so that all activity is connected to one person record and can give one or more assigned case workers insight into their journey through your organization or the human services system (depending on configuration). In addition to providing the highest level of insight, Casebook is built to maintain data integrity so that your “client database” won’t be filled with incorrect or duplicative records. Improve Outcomes with Better Insights Speaking of getting insights into the hands of the people that need them, Casebook includes a powerful reporting engine that can be used to quickly access the information needed to improve your programs, services offered, and virtually any other information contained in Casebook. Casebook is configurable, and when you add additional dynamic fields to capture data that’s unique to your organization, you can report on those fields. Organizations that collect data through Casebook’s form service and application portal can include data from those forms in dashboards and reports, too. Manage Forms, Documents, Photos, and Appointments Before computers and typewriters, there were forms. After computers and typewriters, there were forms. They just won’t go away. Casebook makes forms easier by allowing you to “DIY” form creation and changes (during implementation we work together on it). You don’t have to explain it to a vendor or wait on someone else – if you have admin permissions you can make the change and roll out a new version of the form. If you already have a lot of paper files or you need to retain photos or handwritten notes, we include the ability to store an unlimited amount of attachments in the Casebook Cloud, powered by AWS S3. There are some minimal costs to pay for the space, but they’re a tiny fraction of the costs of those big floor to ceiling file cabinets! Casebook users can store virtually any document, image, audio, or video file and can also collect those types of files via email, the Casebook form portal, or tools like JotForm that connect with Casebook through Zapier. Casebook can also sync with your company calendar system so you can send invites out to clients from within Casebook and more. Send a Form As mentioned above, users can send a form to collect data. When it’s time to send a client a form, the user adds a task and attaches the form template. When the save the task, the client is sent a secure login link and the user can complete the form as time permits – in one sitting or multiple sittings. Since so much is done by form and the pandemic has restricted in-person meetings, these types of tools have proven very useful. And since reporting can be done from data submitted in these forms, you can implement a remote process that works. Help to Standardize the Process Workers want to do the right thing, but with growing caseloads it’s not surprising many feel overwhelmed. These feelings are compounded when so many people need help but time and resources are limited. Casebook can help through workflows, tasks, in-app notifications and emails that alert the right person at the right time. In an organization that offers a variety of programs, workflows can be created for each of the programs. Once someone has been enrolled in the program, they can be enrolled in a workflow that will assign a collection of tasks broken down into steps. These help guide a worker much like a checklist a pilot would use before takeoff. While that pilot may have taken off 5000 times before, the checklist assures the correct process is being followed, every time. After about a decade of working in public safety, I would get frustrated when our radio and software vendors would claim to be “saving lives.” These technologies were instrumental in the process of saving lives, but the radios and software weren’t risking their life and limb to pull someone from a burning building. So when I joined the Casebook team a phrase that others used around the office to describe what we do - “Helping the Helpers” resonated with me at the time. Years later, it’s still the core focus of what we do. Our experienced team is putting tools into the hands of the true heroes, and we make every decision based on what will make our amazing customers – the helpers -- more successful in their mission. Here are a few of the ways Casebook helps human services workers do their best each day. Focus on Relationships and the Person Just like the old saying “it takes a village to raise a child,” it often takes the support and involvement of a case worker, family member, or other informal support to succeed in nearly any program. Casebook is built around the concept of a person, rather than a case, so that all activity is connected to one person record and can give one or more assigned case workers insight into their journey through your organization or the human services system (depending on configuration). In addition to providing the highest level of insight, Casebook is built to maintain data integrity so that your “client database” won’t be filled with incorrect or duplicative records. Improve Outcomes with Better Insights Speaking of getting insights into the hands of the people that need them, Casebook includes a powerful reporting engine that can be used to quickly access the information needed to improve your programs, services offered, and virtually any other information contained in Casebook. Casebook is configurable, and when you add additional dynamic fields to capture data that’s unique to your organization, you can report on those fields. Organizations that collect data through Casebook’s form service and application portal can include data from those forms in dashboards and reports, too. Manage Forms, Documents, Photos, and Appointments Before computers and typewriters, there were forms. After computers and typewriters, there were forms. They just won’t go away. Casebook makes forms easier by allowing you to “DIY” form creation and changes (during implementation we work together on it). You don’t have to explain it to a vendor or wait on someone else – if you have admin permissions you can make the change and roll out a new version of the form. If you already have a lot of paper files or you need to retain photos or handwritten notes, we include the ability to store an unlimited amount of attachments in the Casebook Cloud, powered by AWS S3. There are some minimal costs to pay for the space, but they’re a tiny fraction of the costs of those big floor to ceiling file cabinets! Casebook users can store virtually any document, image, audio, or video file and can also collect those types of files via email, the Casebook form portal, or tools like JotForm that connect with Casebook through Zapier. Casebook can also sync with your company calendar system so you can send invites out to clients from within Casebook and more. Send a Form As mentioned above, users can send a form to collect data. When it’s time to send a client a form, the user adds a task and attaches the form template. When the save the task, the client is sent a secure login link and the user can complete the form as time permits – in one sitting or multiple sittings. Since so much is done by form and the pandemic has restricted in-person meetings, these types of tools have proven very useful. And since reporting can be done from data submitted in these forms, you can implement a remote process that works. Help to Standardize the Process Workers want to do the right thing, but with growing caseloads it’s not surprising many feel overwhelmed. These feelings are compounded when so many people need help but time and resources are limited. Casebook can help through workflows, tasks, in-app notifications and emails that alert the right person at the right time. In an organization that offers a variety of programs, workflows can be created for each of the programs. Once someone has been enrolled in the program, they can be enrolled in a workflow that will assign a collection of tasks broken down into steps. These help guide a worker much like a checklist a pilot would use before takeoff. While that pilot may have taken off 5000 times before, the checklist assures the correct process is being followed, every time. After about a decade of working in public safety, I would get frustrated when our radio and software vendors would claim to be “saving lives.” These technologies were instrumental in the process of saving lives, but the radios and software weren’t risking their life and limb to pull someone from a burning building. So when I joined the Casebook team a phrase that others used around the office to describe what we do - “Helping the Helpers” resonated with me at the time. Years later, it’s still the core focus of what we do. Our experienced team is putting tools into the hands of the true heroes, and we make every decision based on what will make our amazing customers – the helpers -- more successful in their mission. Here are a few of the ways Casebook helps human services workers do their best each day. Focus on Relationships and the Person Just like the old saying “it takes a village to raise a child,” it often takes the support and involvement of a case worker, family member, or other informal support to succeed in nearly any program. Casebook is built around the concept of a person, rather than a case, so that all activity is connected to one person record and can give one or more assigned case workers insight into their journey through your organization or the human services system (depending on configuration). In addition to providing the highest level of insight, Casebook is built to maintain data integrity so that your “client database” won’t be filled with incorrect or duplicative records. Improve Outcomes with Better Insights Speaking of getting insights into the hands of the people that need them, Casebook includes a powerful reporting engine that can be used to quickly access the information needed to improve your programs, services offered, and virtually any other information contained in Casebook. Casebook is configurable, and when you add additional dynamic fields to capture data that’s unique to your organization, you can report on those fields. Organizations that collect data through Casebook’s form service and application portal can include data from those forms in dashboards and reports, too. Manage Forms, Documents, Photos, and Appointments Before computers and typewriters, there were forms. After computers and typewriters, there were forms. They just won’t go away. Casebook makes forms easier by allowing you to “DIY” form creation and changes (during implementation we work together on it). You don’t have to explain it to a vendor or wait on someone else – if you have admin permissions you can make the change and roll out a new version of the form. If you already have a lot of paper files or you need to retain photos or handwritten notes, we include the ability to store an unlimited amount of attachments in the Casebook Cloud, powered by AWS S3. There are some minimal costs to pay for the space, but they’re a tiny fraction of the costs of those big floor to ceiling file cabinets! Casebook users can store virtually any document, image, audio, or video file and can also collect those types of files via email, the Casebook form portal, or tools like JotForm that connect with Casebook through Zapier. Casebook can also sync with your company calendar system so you can send invites out to clients from within Casebook and more. Send a Form As mentioned above, users can send a form to collect data. When it’s time to send a client a form, the user adds a task and attaches the form template. When the save the task, the client is sent a secure login link and the user can complete the form as time permits – in one sitting or multiple sittings. Since so much is done by form and the pandemic has restricted in-person meetings, these types of tools have proven very useful. And since reporting can be done from data submitted in these forms, you can implement a remote process that works. Help to Standardize the Process Workers want to do the right thing, but with growing caseloads it’s not surprising many feel overwhelmed. These feelings are compounded when so many people need help but time and resources are limited. Casebook can help through workflows, tasks, in-app notifications and emails that alert the right person at the right time. In an organization that offers a variety of programs, workflows can be created for each of the programs. Once someone has been enrolled in the program, they can be enrolled in a workflow that will assign a collection of tasks broken down into steps. These help guide a worker much like a checklist a pilot would use before takeoff. While that pilot may have taken off 5000 times before, the checklist assures the correct process is being followed, every time. After about a decade of working in public safety, I would get frustrated when our radio and software vendors would claim to be “saving lives.” These technologies were instrumental in the process of saving lives, but the radios and software weren’t risking their life and limb to pull someone from a burning building. So when I joined the Casebook team a phrase that others used around the office to describe what we do - “Helping the Helpers” resonated with me at the time. Years later, it’s still the core focus of what we do. Our experienced team is putting tools into the hands of the true heroes, and we make every decision based on what will make our amazing customers – the helpers -- more successful in their mission. Here are a few of the ways Casebook helps human services workers do their best each day. Focus on Relationships and the Person Just like the old saying “it takes a village to raise a child,” it often takes the support and involvement of a case worker, family member, or other informal support to succeed in nearly any program. Casebook is built around the concept of a person, rather than a case, so that all activity is connected to one person record and can give one or more assigned case workers insight into their journey through your organization or the human services system (depending on configuration). In addition to providing the highest level of insight, Casebook is built to maintain data integrity so that your “client database” won’t be filled with incorrect or duplicative records. Improve Outcomes with Better Insights Speaking of getting insights into the hands of the people that need them, Casebook includes a powerful reporting engine that can be used to quickly access the information needed to improve your programs, services offered, and virtually any other information contained in Casebook. Casebook is configurable, and when you add additional dynamic fields to capture data that’s unique to your organization, you can report on those fields. Organizations that collect data through Casebook’s form service and application portal can include data from those forms in dashboards and reports, too. Manage Forms, Documents, Photos, and Appointments Before computers and typewriters, there were forms. After computers and typewriters, there were forms. They just won’t go away. Casebook makes forms easier by allowing you to “DIY” form creation and changes (during implementation we work together on it). You don’t have to explain it to a vendor or wait on someone else – if you have admin permissions you can make the change and roll out a new version of the form. If you already have a lot of paper files or you need to retain photos or handwritten notes, we include the ability to store an unlimited amount of attachments in the Casebook Cloud, powered by AWS S3. There are some minimal costs to pay for the space, but they’re a tiny fraction of the costs of those big floor to ceiling file cabinets! Casebook users can store virtually any document, image, audio, or video file and can also collect those types of files via email, the Casebook form portal, or tools like JotForm that connect with Casebook through Zapier. Casebook can also sync with your company calendar system so you can send invites out to clients from within Casebook and more. Send a Form As mentioned above, users can send a form to collect data. When it’s time to send a client a form, the user adds a task and attaches the form template. When the save the task, the client is sent a secure login link and the user can complete the form as time permits – in one sitting or multiple sittings. Since so much is done by form and the pandemic has restricted in-person meetings, these types of tools have proven very useful. And since reporting can be done from data submitted in these forms, you can implement a remote process that works. Help to Standardize the Process Workers want to do the right thing, but with growing caseloads it’s not surprising many feel overwhelmed. These feelings are compounded when so many people need help but time and resources are limited. Casebook can help through workflows, tasks, in-app notifications and emails that alert the right person at the right time. In an organization that offers a variety of programs, workflows can be created for each of the programs. Once someone has been enrolled in the program, they can be enrolled in a workflow that will assign a collection of tasks broken down into steps. These help guide a worker much like a checklist a pilot would use before takeoff. While that pilot may have taken off 5000 times before, the checklist assures the correct process is being followed, every time. After about a decade of working in public safety, I would get frustrated when our radio and software vendors would claim to be “saving lives.” These technologies were instrumental in the process of saving lives, but the radios and software weren’t risking their life and limb to pull someone from a burning building. So when I joined the Casebook team a phrase that others used around the office to describe what we do - “Helping the Helpers” resonated with me at the time. Years later, it’s still the core focus of what we do. Our experienced team is putting tools into the hands of the true heroes, and we make every decision based on what will make our amazing customers – the helpers -- more successful in their mission. Here are a few of the ways Casebook helps human services workers do their best each day. Focus on Relationships and the Person Just like the old saying “it takes a village to raise a child,” it often takes the support and involvement of a case worker, family member, or other informal support to succeed in nearly any program. Casebook is built around the concept of a person, rather than a case, so that all activity is connected to one person record and can give one or more assigned case workers insight into their journey through your organization or the human services system (depending on configuration). In addition to providing the highest level of insight, Casebook is built to maintain data integrity so that your “client database” won’t be filled with incorrect or duplicative records. Improve Outcomes with Better Insights Speaking of getting insights into the hands of the people that need them, Casebook includes a powerful reporting engine that can be used to quickly access the information needed to improve your programs, services offered, and virtually any other information contained in Casebook. Casebook is configurable, and when you add additional dynamic fields to capture data that’s unique to your organization, you can report on those fields. Organizations that collect data through Casebook’s form service and application portal can include data from those forms in dashboards and reports, too. Manage Forms, Documents, Photos, and Appointments Before computers and typewriters, there were forms. After computers and typewriters, there were forms. They just won’t go away. Casebook makes forms easier by allowing you to “DIY” form creation and changes (during implementation we work together on it). You don’t have to explain it to a vendor or wait on someone else – if you have admin permissions you can make the change and roll out a new version of the form. If you already have a lot of paper files or you need to retain photos or handwritten notes, we include the ability to store an unlimited amount of attachments in the Casebook Cloud, powered by AWS S3. There are some minimal costs to pay for the space, but they’re a tiny fraction of the costs of those big floor to ceiling file cabinets! Casebook users can store virtually any document, image, audio, or video file and can also collect those types of files via email, the Casebook form portal, or tools like JotForm that connect with Casebook through Zapier. Casebook can also sync with your company calendar system so you can send invites out to clients from within Casebook and more. Send a Form As mentioned above, users can send a form to collect data. When it’s time to send a client a form, the user adds a task and attaches the form template. When the save the task, the client is sent a secure login link and the user can complete the form as time permits – in one sitting or multiple sittings. Since so much is done by form and the pandemic has restricted in-person meetings, these types of tools have proven very useful. And since reporting can be done from data submitted in these forms, you can implement a remote process that works. Help to Standardize the Process Workers want to do the right thing, but with growing caseloads it’s not surprising many feel overwhelmed. These feelings are compounded when so many people need help but time and resources are limited. Casebook can help through workflows, tasks, in-app notifications and emails that alert the right person at the right time. In an organization that offers a variety of programs, workflows can be created for each of the programs. Once someone has been enrolled in the program, they can be enrolled in a workflow that will assign a collection of tasks broken down into steps. These help guide a worker much like a checklist a pilot would use before takeoff. While that pilot may have taken off 5000 times before, the checklist assures the correct process is being followed, every time. After about a decade of working in public safety, I would get frustrated when our radio and software vendors would claim to be “saving lives.” These technologies were instrumental in the process of saving lives, but the radios and software weren’t risking their life and limb to pull someone from a burning building. So when I joined the Casebook team a phrase that others used around the office to describe what we do - “Helping the Helpers” resonated with me at the time. Years later, it’s still the core focus of what we do. Our experienced team is putting tools into the hands of the true heroes, and we make every decision based on what will make our amazing customers – the helpers -- more successful in their mission. Here are a few of the ways Casebook helps human services workers do their best each day. Focus on Relationships and the Person Just like the old saying “it takes a village to raise a child,” it often takes the support and involvement of a case worker, family member, or other informal support to succeed in nearly any program. Casebook is built around the concept of a person, rather than a case, so that all activity is connected to one person record and can give one or more assigned case workers insight into their journey through your organization or the human services system (depending on configuration). In addition to providing the highest level of insight, Casebook is built to maintain data integrity so that your “client database” won’t be filled with incorrect or duplicative records. Improve Outcomes with Better Insights Speaking of getting insights into the hands of the people that need them, Casebook includes a powerful reporting engine that can be used to quickly access the information needed to improve your programs, services offered, and virtually any other information contained in Casebook. Casebook is configurable, and when you add additional dynamic fields to capture data that’s unique to your organization, you can report on those fields. Organizations that collect data through Casebook’s form service and application portal can include data from those forms in dashboards and reports, too. Manage Forms, Documents, Photos, and Appointments Before computers and typewriters, there were forms. After computers and typewriters, there were forms. They just won’t go away. Casebook makes forms easier by allowing you to “DIY” form creation and changes (during implementation we work together on it). You don’t have to explain it to a vendor or wait on someone else – if you have admin permissions you can make the change and roll out a new version of the form. If you already have a lot of paper files or you need to retain photos or handwritten notes, we include the ability to store an unlimited amount of attachments in the Casebook Cloud, powered by AWS S3. There are some minimal costs to pay for the space, but they’re a tiny fraction of the costs of those big floor to ceiling file cabinets! Casebook users can store virtually any document, image, audio, or video file and can also collect those types of files via email, the Casebook form portal, or tools like JotForm that connect with Casebook through Zapier. Casebook can also sync with your company calendar system so you can send invites out to clients from within Casebook and more. Send a Form As mentioned above, users can send a form to collect data. When it’s time to send a client a form, the user adds a task and attaches the form template. When the save the task, the client is sent a secure login link and the user can complete the form as time permits – in one sitting or multiple sittings. Since so much is done by form and the pandemic has restricted in-person meetings, these types of tools have proven very useful. And since reporting can be done from data submitted in these forms, you can implement a remote process that works. Help to Standardize the Process Workers want to do the right thing, but with growing caseloads it’s not surprising many feel overwhelmed. These feelings are compounded when so many people need help but time and resources are limited. Casebook can help through workflows, tasks, in-app notifications and emails that alert the right person at the right time. In an organization that offers a variety of programs, workflows can be created for each of the programs. Once someone has been enrolled in the program, they can be enrolled in a workflow that will assign a collection of tasks broken down into steps. These help guide a worker much like a checklist a pilot would use before takeoff. While that pilot may have taken off 5000 times before, the checklist assures the correct process is being followed, every time. After about a decade of working in public safety, I would get frustrated when our radio and software vendors would claim to be “saving lives.” These technologies were instrumental in the process of saving lives, but the radios and software weren’t risking their life and limb to pull someone from a burning building. So when I joined the Casebook team a phrase that others used around the office to describe what we do - “Helping the Helpers” resonated with me at the time. Years later, it’s still the core focus of what we do. Our experienced team is putting tools into the hands of the true heroes, and we make every decision based on what will make our amazing customers – the helpers -- more successful in their mission. Here are a few of the ways Casebook helps human services workers do their best each day. Focus on Relationships and the Person Just like the old saying “it takes a village to raise a child,” it often takes the support and involvement of a case worker, family member, or other informal support to succeed in nearly any program. Casebook is built around the concept of a person, rather than a case, so that all activity is connected to one person record and can give one or more assigned case workers insight into their journey through your organization or the human services system (depending on configuration). In addition to providing the highest level of insight, Casebook is built to maintain data integrity so that your “client database” won’t be filled with incorrect or duplicative records. Improve Outcomes with Better Insights Speaking of getting insights into the hands of the people that need them, Casebook includes a powerful reporting engine that can be used to quickly access the information needed to improve your programs, services offered, and virtually any other information contained in Casebook. Casebook is configurable, and when you add additional dynamic fields to capture data that’s unique to your organization, you can report on those fields. Organizations that collect data through Casebook’s form service and application portal can include data from those forms in dashboards and reports, too. Manage Forms, Documents, Photos, and Appointments Before computers and typewriters, there were forms. After computers and typewriters, there were forms. They just won’t go away. Casebook makes forms easier by allowing you to “DIY” form creation and changes (during implementation we work together on it). You don’t have to explain it to a vendor or wait on someone else – if you have admin permissions you can make the change and roll out a new version of the form. If you already have a lot of paper files or you need to retain photos or handwritten notes, we include the ability to store an unlimited amount of attachments in the Casebook Cloud, powered by AWS S3. There are some minimal costs to pay for the space, but they’re a tiny fraction of the costs of those big floor to ceiling file cabinets! Casebook users can store virtually any document, image, audio, or video file and can also collect those types of files via email, the Casebook form portal, or tools like JotForm that connect with Casebook through Zapier. Casebook can also sync with your company calendar system so you can send invites out to clients from within Casebook and more. Send a Form As mentioned above, users can send a form to collect data. When it’s time to send a client a form, the user adds a task and attaches the form template. When the save the task, the client is sent a secure login link and the user can complete the form as time permits – in one sitting or multiple sittings. Since so much is done by form and the pandemic has restricted in-person meetings, these types of tools have proven very useful. And since reporting can be done from data submitted in these forms, you can implement a remote process that works. Help to Standardize the Process Workers want to do the right thing, but with growing caseloads it’s not surprising many feel overwhelmed. These feelings are compounded when so many people need help but time and resources are limited. Casebook can help through workflows, tasks, in-app notifications and emails that alert the right person at the right time. In an organization that offers a variety of programs, workflows can be created for each of the programs. Once someone has been enrolled in the program, they can be enrolled in a workflow that will assign a collection of tasks broken down into steps. These help guide a worker much like a checklist a pilot would use before takeoff. While that pilot may have taken off 5000 times before, the checklist assures the correct process is being followed, every time. After about a decade of working in public safety, I would get frustrated when our radio and software vendors would claim to be “saving lives.” These technologies were instrumental in the process of saving lives, but the radios and software weren’t risking their life and limb to pull someone from a burning building. So when I joined the Casebook team a phrase that others used around the office to describe what we do - “Helping the Helpers” resonated with me at the time. Years later, it’s still the core focus of what we do. Our experienced team is putting tools into the hands of the true heroes, and we make every decision based on what will make our amazing customers – the helpers -- more successful in their mission. Here are a few of the ways Casebook helps human services workers do their best each day. Focus on Relationships and the Person Just like the old saying “it takes a village to raise a child,” it often takes the support and involvement of a case worker, family member, or other informal support to succeed in nearly any program. Casebook is built around the concept of a person, rather than a case, so that all activity is connected to one person record and can give one or more assigned case workers insight into their journey through your organization or the human services system (depending on configuration). In addition to providing the highest level of insight, Casebook is built to maintain data integrity so that your “client database” won’t be filled with incorrect or duplicative records. Improve Outcomes with Better Insights Speaking of getting insights into the hands of the people that need them, Casebook includes a powerful reporting engine that can be used to quickly access the information needed to improve your programs, services offered, and virtually any other information contained in Casebook. Casebook is configurable, and when you add additional dynamic fields to capture data that’s unique to your organization, you can report on those fields. Organizations that collect data through Casebook’s form service and application portal can include data from those forms in dashboards and reports, too. Manage Forms, Documents, Photos, and Appointments Before computers and typewriters, there were forms. After computers and typewriters, there were forms. They just won’t go away. Casebook makes forms easier by allowing you to “DIY” form creation and changes (during implementation we work together on it). You don’t have to explain it to a vendor or wait on someone else – if you have admin permissions you can make the change and roll out a new version of the form. If you already have a lot of paper files or you need to retain photos or handwritten notes, we include the ability to store an unlimited amount of attachments in the Casebook Cloud, powered by AWS S3. There are some minimal costs to pay for the space, but they’re a tiny fraction of the costs of those big floor to ceiling file cabinets! Casebook users can store virtually any document, image, audio, or video file and can also collect those types of files via email, the Casebook form portal, or tools like JotForm that connect with Casebook through Zapier. Casebook can also sync with your company calendar system so you can send invites out to clients from within Casebook and more. Send a Form As mentioned above, users can send a form to collect data. When it’s time to send a client a form, the user adds a task and attaches the form template. When the save the task, the client is sent a secure login link and the user can complete the form as time permits – in one sitting or multiple sittings. Since so much is done by form and the pandemic has restricted in-person meetings, these types of tools have proven very useful. And since reporting can be done from data submitted in these forms, you can implement a remote process that works. Help to Standardize the Process Workers want to do the right thing, but with growing caseloads it’s not surprising many feel overwhelmed. These feelings are compounded when so many people need help but time and resources are limited. Casebook can help through workflows, tasks, in-app notifications and emails that alert the right person at the right time. In an organization that offers a variety of programs, workflows can be created for each of the programs. Once someone has been enrolled in the program, they can be enrolled in a workflow that will assign a collection of tasks broken down into steps. These help guide a worker much like a checklist a pilot would use before takeoff. While that pilot may have taken off 5000 times before, the checklist assures the correct process is being followed, every time.
by Brian Johnson 16 min read

Using Casebook to Optimize Multi-Service Organizations

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the great resignation, businesses across many industries have experienced an uptick in employee turnover. This trend has been especially prominent in the nonprofit sector, where limited budgets and resources often make it difficult for organizations to r...
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the great resignation, businesses across many industries have experienced an uptick in employee turnover. This trend has been especially prominent in the nonprofit sector, where limited budgets and resources often make it difficult for organizations to retain their top talent. When you work for a multi-service community center, you’re dealing with a thousand moving parts. From managing a gym to running a preschool or even a shelter, your organization does it all. You need case management software and a reporting system that can capture the breadth and depth of the services you offer. You should have that information at your fingertips without sorting through unwieldy spreadsheets or databases. Casebook’s cb Reporting with dynamic fields can help. cb Reporting streamlines the process with prebuilt reports covering the most important data points that you and your funders want to know. Organizations can simply enter the information during each reporting period and save it, without scrambling to find the information funders want right before a report is due. And if the pre-built reports don’t work for you, you can easily configure your own reports based on your funder’s requirements, adding and deleting fields as necessary. Next Level Reporting Features These features are applicable in multiple situations for organizations like yours. Take fundraising. Every agency has a different set of funders, and those funders all have different kinds of data they want tracked. Do different funders have different names for the same data point? With the dynamic fields feature, you can even change the name of a particular data point with just a couple of clicks, with no data lost from the name change. Since you’re a multi-service agency, the funders for your after school youth programs might be different from those of your food pantry. cb Reporting is configurable from the start, so you can quickly and easily create customized templates for monthly or quarterly reports for each funder. Dynamic fields help your organization keep up with changing reporting and naming requirements without wasting hours of staff time or sacrificing data clarity. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the great resignation, businesses across many industries have experienced an uptick in employee turnover. This trend has been especially prominent in the nonprofit sector, where limited budgets and resources often make it difficult for organizations to retain their top talent. When you work for a multi-service community center, you’re dealing with a thousand moving parts. From managing a gym to running a preschool or even a shelter, your organization does it all. You need case management software and a reporting system that can capture the breadth and depth of the services you offer. You should have that information at your fingertips without sorting through unwieldy spreadsheets or databases. Casebook’s cb Reporting with dynamic fields can help. cb Reporting streamlines the process with prebuilt reports covering the most important data points that you and your funders want to know. Organizations can simply enter the information during each reporting period and save it, without scrambling to find the information funders want right before a report is due. And if the pre-built reports don’t work for you, you can easily configure your own reports based on your funder’s requirements, adding and deleting fields as necessary. Next Level Reporting Features These features are applicable in multiple situations for organizations like yours. Take fundraising. Every agency has a different set of funders, and those funders all have different kinds of data they want tracked. Do different funders have different names for the same data point? With the dynamic fields feature, you can even change the name of a particular data point with just a couple of clicks, with no data lost from the name change. Since you’re a multi-service agency, the funders for your after school youth programs might be different from those of your food pantry. cb Reporting is configurable from the start, so you can quickly and easily create customized templates for monthly or quarterly reports for each funder. Dynamic fields help your organization keep up with changing reporting and naming requirements without wasting hours of staff time or sacrificing data clarity. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the great resignation, businesses across many industries have experienced an uptick in employee turnover. This trend has been especially prominent in the nonprofit sector, where limited budgets and resources often make it difficult for organizations to retain their top talent. When you work for a multi-service community center, you’re dealing with a thousand moving parts. From managing a gym to running a preschool or even a shelter, your organization does it all. You need case management software and a reporting system that can capture the breadth and depth of the services you offer. You should have that information at your fingertips without sorting through unwieldy spreadsheets or databases. Casebook’s cb Reporting with dynamic fields can help. cb Reporting streamlines the process with prebuilt reports covering the most important data points that you and your funders want to know. Organizations can simply enter the information during each reporting period and save it, without scrambling to find the information funders want right before a report is due. And if the pre-built reports don’t work for you, you can easily configure your own reports based on your funder’s requirements, adding and deleting fields as necessary. Next Level Reporting Features These features are applicable in multiple situations for organizations like yours. Take fundraising. Every agency has a different set of funders, and those funders all have different kinds of data they want tracked. Do different funders have different names for the same data point? With the dynamic fields feature, you can even change the name of a particular data point with just a couple of clicks, with no data lost from the name change. Since you’re a multi-service agency, the funders for your after school youth programs might be different from those of your food pantry. cb Reporting is configurable from the start, so you can quickly and easily create customized templates for monthly or quarterly reports for each funder. Dynamic fields help your organization keep up with changing reporting and naming requirements without wasting hours of staff time or sacrificing data clarity. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the great resignation, businesses across many industries have experienced an uptick in employee turnover. This trend has been especially prominent in the nonprofit sector, where limited budgets and resources often make it difficult for organizations to retain their top talent. When you work for a multi-service community center, you’re dealing with a thousand moving parts. From managing a gym to running a preschool or even a shelter, your organization does it all. You need case management software and a reporting system that can capture the breadth and depth of the services you offer. You should have that information at your fingertips without sorting through unwieldy spreadsheets or databases. Casebook’s cb Reporting with dynamic fields can help. cb Reporting streamlines the process with prebuilt reports covering the most important data points that you and your funders want to know. Organizations can simply enter the information during each reporting period and save it, without scrambling to find the information funders want right before a report is due. And if the pre-built reports don’t work for you, you can easily configure your own reports based on your funder’s requirements, adding and deleting fields as necessary. Next Level Reporting Features These features are applicable in multiple situations for organizations like yours. Take fundraising. Every agency has a different set of funders, and those funders all have different kinds of data they want tracked. Do different funders have different names for the same data point? With the dynamic fields feature, you can even change the name of a particular data point with just a couple of clicks, with no data lost from the name change. Since you’re a multi-service agency, the funders for your after school youth programs might be different from those of your food pantry. cb Reporting is configurable from the start, so you can quickly and easily create customized templates for monthly or quarterly reports for each funder. Dynamic fields help your organization keep up with changing reporting and naming requirements without wasting hours of staff time or sacrificing data clarity. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the great resignation, businesses across many industries have experienced an uptick in employee turnover. This trend has been especially prominent in the nonprofit sector, where limited budgets and resources often make it difficult for organizations to retain their top talent. When you work for a multi-service community center, you’re dealing with a thousand moving parts. From managing a gym to running a preschool or even a shelter, your organization does it all. You need case management software and a reporting system that can capture the breadth and depth of the services you offer. You should have that information at your fingertips without sorting through unwieldy spreadsheets or databases. Casebook’s cb Reporting with dynamic fields can help. cb Reporting streamlines the process with prebuilt reports covering the most important data points that you and your funders want to know. Organizations can simply enter the information during each reporting period and save it, without scrambling to find the information funders want right before a report is due. And if the pre-built reports don’t work for you, you can easily configure your own reports based on your funder’s requirements, adding and deleting fields as necessary. Next Level Reporting Features These features are applicable in multiple situations for organizations like yours. Take fundraising. Every agency has a different set of funders, and those funders all have different kinds of data they want tracked. Do different funders have different names for the same data point? With the dynamic fields feature, you can even change the name of a particular data point with just a couple of clicks, with no data lost from the name change. Since you’re a multi-service agency, the funders for your after school youth programs might be different from those of your food pantry. cb Reporting is configurable from the start, so you can quickly and easily create customized templates for monthly or quarterly reports for each funder. Dynamic fields help your organization keep up with changing reporting and naming requirements without wasting hours of staff time or sacrificing data clarity. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the great resignation, businesses across many industries have experienced an uptick in employee turnover. This trend has been especially prominent in the nonprofit sector, where limited budgets and resources often make it difficult for organizations to retain their top talent. When you work for a multi-service community center, you’re dealing with a thousand moving parts. From managing a gym to running a preschool or even a shelter, your organization does it all. You need case management software and a reporting system that can capture the breadth and depth of the services you offer. You should have that information at your fingertips without sorting through unwieldy spreadsheets or databases. Casebook’s cb Reporting with dynamic fields can help. cb Reporting streamlines the process with prebuilt reports covering the most important data points that you and your funders want to know. Organizations can simply enter the information during each reporting period and save it, without scrambling to find the information funders want right before a report is due. And if the pre-built reports don’t work for you, you can easily configure your own reports based on your funder’s requirements, adding and deleting fields as necessary. Next Level Reporting Features These features are applicable in multiple situations for organizations like yours. Take fundraising. Every agency has a different set of funders, and those funders all have different kinds of data they want tracked. Do different funders have different names for the same data point? With the dynamic fields feature, you can even change the name of a particular data point with just a couple of clicks, with no data lost from the name change. Since you’re a multi-service agency, the funders for your after school youth programs might be different from those of your food pantry. cb Reporting is configurable from the start, so you can quickly and easily create customized templates for monthly or quarterly reports for each funder. Dynamic fields help your organization keep up with changing reporting and naming requirements without wasting hours of staff time or sacrificing data clarity. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the great resignation, businesses across many industries have experienced an uptick in employee turnover. This trend has been especially prominent in the nonprofit sector, where limited budgets and resources often make it difficult for organizations to retain their top talent. When you work for a multi-service community center, you’re dealing with a thousand moving parts. From managing a gym to running a preschool or even a shelter, your organization does it all. You need case management software and a reporting system that can capture the breadth and depth of the services you offer. You should have that information at your fingertips without sorting through unwieldy spreadsheets or databases. Casebook’s cb Reporting with dynamic fields can help. cb Reporting streamlines the process with prebuilt reports covering the most important data points that you and your funders want to know. Organizations can simply enter the information during each reporting period and save it, without scrambling to find the information funders want right before a report is due. And if the pre-built reports don’t work for you, you can easily configure your own reports based on your funder’s requirements, adding and deleting fields as necessary. Next Level Reporting Features These features are applicable in multiple situations for organizations like yours. Take fundraising. Every agency has a different set of funders, and those funders all have different kinds of data they want tracked. Do different funders have different names for the same data point? With the dynamic fields feature, you can even change the name of a particular data point with just a couple of clicks, with no data lost from the name change. Since you’re a multi-service agency, the funders for your after school youth programs might be different from those of your food pantry. cb Reporting is configurable from the start, so you can quickly and easily create customized templates for monthly or quarterly reports for each funder. Dynamic fields help your organization keep up with changing reporting and naming requirements without wasting hours of staff time or sacrificing data clarity. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the great resignation, businesses across many industries have experienced an uptick in employee turnover. This trend has been especially prominent in the nonprofit sector, where limited budgets and resources often make it difficult for organizations to retain their top talent. When you work for a multi-service community center, you’re dealing with a thousand moving parts. From managing a gym to running a preschool or even a shelter, your organization does it all. You need case management software and a reporting system that can capture the breadth and depth of the services you offer. You should have that information at your fingertips without sorting through unwieldy spreadsheets or databases. Casebook’s cb Reporting with dynamic fields can help. cb Reporting streamlines the process with prebuilt reports covering the most important data points that you and your funders want to know. Organizations can simply enter the information during each reporting period and save it, without scrambling to find the information funders want right before a report is due. And if the pre-built reports don’t work for you, you can easily configure your own reports based on your funder’s requirements, adding and deleting fields as necessary. Next Level Reporting Features These features are applicable in multiple situations for organizations like yours. Take fundraising. Every agency has a different set of funders, and those funders all have different kinds of data they want tracked. Do different funders have different names for the same data point? With the dynamic fields feature, you can even change the name of a particular data point with just a couple of clicks, with no data lost from the name change. Since you’re a multi-service agency, the funders for your after school youth programs might be different from those of your food pantry. cb Reporting is configurable from the start, so you can quickly and easily create customized templates for monthly or quarterly reports for each funder. Dynamic fields help your organization keep up with changing reporting and naming requirements without wasting hours of staff time or sacrificing data clarity. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the great resignation, businesses across many industries have experienced an uptick in employee turnover. This trend has been especially prominent in the nonprofit sector, where limited budgets and resources often make it difficult for organizations to retain their top talent. When you work for a multi-service community center, you’re dealing with a thousand moving parts. From managing a gym to running a preschool or even a shelter, your organization does it all. You need case management software and a reporting system that can capture the breadth and depth of the services you offer. You should have that information at your fingertips without sorting through unwieldy spreadsheets or databases. Casebook’s cb Reporting with dynamic fields can help. cb Reporting streamlines the process with prebuilt reports covering the most important data points that you and your funders want to know. Organizations can simply enter the information during each reporting period and save it, without scrambling to find the information funders want right before a report is due. And if the pre-built reports don’t work for you, you can easily configure your own reports based on your funder’s requirements, adding and deleting fields as necessary. Next Level Reporting Features These features are applicable in multiple situations for organizations like yours. Take fundraising. Every agency has a different set of funders, and those funders all have different kinds of data they want tracked. Do different funders have different names for the same data point? With the dynamic fields feature, you can even change the name of a particular data point with just a couple of clicks, with no data lost from the name change. Since you’re a multi-service agency, the funders for your after school youth programs might be different from those of your food pantry. cb Reporting is configurable from the start, so you can quickly and easily create customized templates for monthly or quarterly reports for each funder. Dynamic fields help your organization keep up with changing reporting and naming requirements without wasting hours of staff time or sacrificing data clarity. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the great resignation, businesses across many industries have experienced an uptick in employee turnover. This trend has been especially prominent in the nonprofit sector, where limited budgets and resources often make it difficult for organizations to retain their top talent. When you work for a multi-service community center, you’re dealing with a thousand moving parts. From managing a gym to running a preschool or even a shelter, your organization does it all. You need case management software and a reporting system that can capture the breadth and depth of the services you offer. You should have that information at your fingertips without sorting through unwieldy spreadsheets or databases. Casebook’s cb Reporting with dynamic fields can help. cb Reporting streamlines the process with prebuilt reports covering the most important data points that you and your funders want to know. Organizations can simply enter the information during each reporting period and save it, without scrambling to find the information funders want right before a report is due. And if the pre-built reports don’t work for you, you can easily configure your own reports based on your funder’s requirements, adding and deleting fields as necessary. Next Level Reporting Features These features are applicable in multiple situations for organizations like yours. Take fundraising. Every agency has a different set of funders, and those funders all have different kinds of data they want tracked. Do different funders have different names for the same data point? With the dynamic fields feature, you can even change the name of a particular data point with just a couple of clicks, with no data lost from the name change. Since you’re a multi-service agency, the funders for your after school youth programs might be different from those of your food pantry. cb Reporting is configurable from the start, so you can quickly and easily create customized templates for monthly or quarterly reports for each funder. Dynamic fields help your organization keep up with changing reporting and naming requirements without wasting hours of staff time or sacrificing data clarity.
by Ilana Novick 7 min read

Casebook's Impact on Foster Care Services

Working in adoption and foster care means holding peoples’ lives in your hands, their dreams and hopes for finding and starting a new family. It’s sensitive information, and you want to know that data is accurate, safe, and confidential. Your funders want to ensure the data is showing positive outco...
Working in adoption and foster care means holding peoples’ lives in your hands, their dreams and hopes for finding and starting a new family. It’s sensitive information, and you want to know that data is accurate, safe, and confidential. Your funders want to ensure the data is showing positive outcomes and impacts that merit their resources. For organizations and their funders alike, cb Reporting is the solution to all your data needs. Simplify Your Data Management Casebook’s original products were created with foster care and adoption agencies in mind, and so was cb Reporting. cb Reporting puts all your data in one easy to access place. The software platform that handles your case management system, intake, and tracking is also your one stop shop for data analysis and reporting. The system works collaboratively with Casebook’s foundational intake and tracking software, so you can organize all of the data on your placements, children, families, homes and all services seamlessly for internal use and for funders. The data from other Casebook modules is automatically imported to cb Reporting. There’s no need to switch between programs, re-input data or go through a frustrating import from one software to another. Easily Create Reports for Funders When you’re dealing with a new funder, they’re going to want information on the people your organization serves, the services you provide, and the outcomes your clients have. cb Reporting reduces barriers to quality reporting practices, while easily adapting to different organization’s needs. For example, prebuilt reports allow you to quickly create funder updates for the most frequently asked for outcomes and information, so whether it’s regular grant reporting time or a one off request, you’ll easily be able to pull up what they need. Whatever the data point is, from the number of children you’re trying to place, the number of families available for foster versus adoption or the rate of permanent placements or all of the above, cb Reporting allows you to track, analyze, and even present it all, in a clear, easy to understand format. If your funders require greater specificity, cb Reporting gives you the ability to customize report templates for monthly or quarterly reporting and to edit those reports as requirements change, saving hours of time and providing accurate information for grant applications and updates. If a new funder has a different name for a particular data point, for example, foster families versus resource families, cb Reporting’s dynamic fields feature easily lets you change the name, without a cumbersome system update or call to tech support. Working in adoption and foster care means holding peoples’ lives in your hands, their dreams and hopes for finding and starting a new family. It’s sensitive information, and you want to know that data is accurate, safe, and confidential. Your funders want to ensure the data is showing positive outcomes and impacts that merit their resources. For organizations and their funders alike, cb Reporting is the solution to all your data needs. Simplify Your Data Management Casebook’s original products were created with foster care and adoption agencies in mind, and so was cb Reporting. cb Reporting puts all your data in one easy to access place. The software platform that handles your case management system, intake, and tracking is also your one stop shop for data analysis and reporting. The system works collaboratively with Casebook’s foundational intake and tracking software, so you can organize all of the data on your placements, children, families, homes and all services seamlessly for internal use and for funders. The data from other Casebook modules is automatically imported to cb Reporting. There’s no need to switch between programs, re-input data or go through a frustrating import from one software to another. Easily Create Reports for Funders When you’re dealing with a new funder, they’re going to want information on the people your organization serves, the services you provide, and the outcomes your clients have. cb Reporting reduces barriers to quality reporting practices, while easily adapting to different organization’s needs. For example, prebuilt reports allow you to quickly create funder updates for the most frequently asked for outcomes and information, so whether it’s regular grant reporting time or a one off request, you’ll easily be able to pull up what they need. Whatever the data point is, from the number of children you’re trying to place, the number of families available for foster versus adoption or the rate of permanent placements or all of the above, cb Reporting allows you to track, analyze, and even present it all, in a clear, easy to understand format. If your funders require greater specificity, cb Reporting gives you the ability to customize report templates for monthly or quarterly reporting and to edit those reports as requirements change, saving hours of time and providing accurate information for grant applications and updates. If a new funder has a different name for a particular data point, for example, foster families versus resource families, cb Reporting’s dynamic fields feature easily lets you change the name, without a cumbersome system update or call to tech support. Working in adoption and foster care means holding peoples’ lives in your hands, their dreams and hopes for finding and starting a new family. It’s sensitive information, and you want to know that data is accurate, safe, and confidential. Your funders want to ensure the data is showing positive outcomes and impacts that merit their resources. For organizations and their funders alike, cb Reporting is the solution to all your data needs. Simplify Your Data Management Casebook’s original products were created with foster care and adoption agencies in mind, and so was cb Reporting. cb Reporting puts all your data in one easy to access place. The software platform that handles your case management system, intake, and tracking is also your one stop shop for data analysis and reporting. The system works collaboratively with Casebook’s foundational intake and tracking software, so you can organize all of the data on your placements, children, families, homes and all services seamlessly for internal use and for funders. The data from other Casebook modules is automatically imported to cb Reporting. There’s no need to switch between programs, re-input data or go through a frustrating import from one software to another. Easily Create Reports for Funders When you’re dealing with a new funder, they’re going to want information on the people your organization serves, the services you provide, and the outcomes your clients have. cb Reporting reduces barriers to quality reporting practices, while easily adapting to different organization’s needs. For example, prebuilt reports allow you to quickly create funder updates for the most frequently asked for outcomes and information, so whether it’s regular grant reporting time or a one off request, you’ll easily be able to pull up what they need. Whatever the data point is, from the number of children you’re trying to place, the number of families available for foster versus adoption or the rate of permanent placements or all of the above, cb Reporting allows you to track, analyze, and even present it all, in a clear, easy to understand format. If your funders require greater specificity, cb Reporting gives you the ability to customize report templates for monthly or quarterly reporting and to edit those reports as requirements change, saving hours of time and providing accurate information for grant applications and updates. If a new funder has a different name for a particular data point, for example, foster families versus resource families, cb Reporting’s dynamic fields feature easily lets you change the name, without a cumbersome system update or call to tech support. Working in adoption and foster care means holding peoples’ lives in your hands, their dreams and hopes for finding and starting a new family. It’s sensitive information, and you want to know that data is accurate, safe, and confidential. Your funders want to ensure the data is showing positive outcomes and impacts that merit their resources. For organizations and their funders alike, cb Reporting is the solution to all your data needs. Simplify Your Data Management Casebook’s original products were created with foster care and adoption agencies in mind, and so was cb Reporting. cb Reporting puts all your data in one easy to access place. The software platform that handles your case management system, intake, and tracking is also your one stop shop for data analysis and reporting. The system works collaboratively with Casebook’s foundational intake and tracking software, so you can organize all of the data on your placements, children, families, homes and all services seamlessly for internal use and for funders. The data from other Casebook modules is automatically imported to cb Reporting. There’s no need to switch between programs, re-input data or go through a frustrating import from one software to another. Easily Create Reports for Funders When you’re dealing with a new funder, they’re going to want information on the people your organization serves, the services you provide, and the outcomes your clients have. cb Reporting reduces barriers to quality reporting practices, while easily adapting to different organization’s needs. For example, prebuilt reports allow you to quickly create funder updates for the most frequently asked for outcomes and information, so whether it’s regular grant reporting time or a one off request, you’ll easily be able to pull up what they need. Whatever the data point is, from the number of children you’re trying to place, the number of families available for foster versus adoption or the rate of permanent placements or all of the above, cb Reporting allows you to track, analyze, and even present it all, in a clear, easy to understand format. If your funders require greater specificity, cb Reporting gives you the ability to customize report templates for monthly or quarterly reporting and to edit those reports as requirements change, saving hours of time and providing accurate information for grant applications and updates. If a new funder has a different name for a particular data point, for example, foster families versus resource families, cb Reporting’s dynamic fields feature easily lets you change the name, without a cumbersome system update or call to tech support. Working in adoption and foster care means holding peoples’ lives in your hands, their dreams and hopes for finding and starting a new family. It’s sensitive information, and you want to know that data is accurate, safe, and confidential. Your funders want to ensure the data is showing positive outcomes and impacts that merit their resources. For organizations and their funders alike, cb Reporting is the solution to all your data needs. Simplify Your Data Management Casebook’s original products were created with foster care and adoption agencies in mind, and so was cb Reporting. cb Reporting puts all your data in one easy to access place. The software platform that handles your case management system, intake, and tracking is also your one stop shop for data analysis and reporting. The system works collaboratively with Casebook’s foundational intake and tracking software, so you can organize all of the data on your placements, children, families, homes and all services seamlessly for internal use and for funders. The data from other Casebook modules is automatically imported to cb Reporting. There’s no need to switch between programs, re-input data or go through a frustrating import from one software to another. Easily Create Reports for Funders When you’re dealing with a new funder, they’re going to want information on the people your organization serves, the services you provide, and the outcomes your clients have. cb Reporting reduces barriers to quality reporting practices, while easily adapting to different organization’s needs. For example, prebuilt reports allow you to quickly create funder updates for the most frequently asked for outcomes and information, so whether it’s regular grant reporting time or a one off request, you’ll easily be able to pull up what they need. Whatever the data point is, from the number of children you’re trying to place, the number of families available for foster versus adoption or the rate of permanent placements or all of the above, cb Reporting allows you to track, analyze, and even present it all, in a clear, easy to understand format. If your funders require greater specificity, cb Reporting gives you the ability to customize report templates for monthly or quarterly reporting and to edit those reports as requirements change, saving hours of time and providing accurate information for grant applications and updates. If a new funder has a different name for a particular data point, for example, foster families versus resource families, cb Reporting’s dynamic fields feature easily lets you change the name, without a cumbersome system update or call to tech support. Working in adoption and foster care means holding peoples’ lives in your hands, their dreams and hopes for finding and starting a new family. It’s sensitive information, and you want to know that data is accurate, safe, and confidential. Your funders want to ensure the data is showing positive outcomes and impacts that merit their resources. For organizations and their funders alike, cb Reporting is the solution to all your data needs. Simplify Your Data Management Casebook’s original products were created with foster care and adoption agencies in mind, and so was cb Reporting. cb Reporting puts all your data in one easy to access place. The software platform that handles your case management system, intake, and tracking is also your one stop shop for data analysis and reporting. The system works collaboratively with Casebook’s foundational intake and tracking software, so you can organize all of the data on your placements, children, families, homes and all services seamlessly for internal use and for funders. The data from other Casebook modules is automatically imported to cb Reporting. There’s no need to switch between programs, re-input data or go through a frustrating import from one software to another. Easily Create Reports for Funders When you’re dealing with a new funder, they’re going to want information on the people your organization serves, the services you provide, and the outcomes your clients have. cb Reporting reduces barriers to quality reporting practices, while easily adapting to different organization’s needs. For example, prebuilt reports allow you to quickly create funder updates for the most frequently asked for outcomes and information, so whether it’s regular grant reporting time or a one off request, you’ll easily be able to pull up what they need. Whatever the data point is, from the number of children you’re trying to place, the number of families available for foster versus adoption or the rate of permanent placements or all of the above, cb Reporting allows you to track, analyze, and even present it all, in a clear, easy to understand format. If your funders require greater specificity, cb Reporting gives you the ability to customize report templates for monthly or quarterly reporting and to edit those reports as requirements change, saving hours of time and providing accurate information for grant applications and updates. If a new funder has a different name for a particular data point, for example, foster families versus resource families, cb Reporting’s dynamic fields feature easily lets you change the name, without a cumbersome system update or call to tech support. Working in adoption and foster care means holding peoples’ lives in your hands, their dreams and hopes for finding and starting a new family. It’s sensitive information, and you want to know that data is accurate, safe, and confidential. Your funders want to ensure the data is showing positive outcomes and impacts that merit their resources. For organizations and their funders alike, cb Reporting is the solution to all your data needs. Simplify Your Data Management Casebook’s original products were created with foster care and adoption agencies in mind, and so was cb Reporting. cb Reporting puts all your data in one easy to access place. The software platform that handles your case management system, intake, and tracking is also your one stop shop for data analysis and reporting. The system works collaboratively with Casebook’s foundational intake and tracking software, so you can organize all of the data on your placements, children, families, homes and all services seamlessly for internal use and for funders. The data from other Casebook modules is automatically imported to cb Reporting. There’s no need to switch between programs, re-input data or go through a frustrating import from one software to another. Easily Create Reports for Funders When you’re dealing with a new funder, they’re going to want information on the people your organization serves, the services you provide, and the outcomes your clients have. cb Reporting reduces barriers to quality reporting practices, while easily adapting to different organization’s needs. For example, prebuilt reports allow you to quickly create funder updates for the most frequently asked for outcomes and information, so whether it’s regular grant reporting time or a one off request, you’ll easily be able to pull up what they need. Whatever the data point is, from the number of children you’re trying to place, the number of families available for foster versus adoption or the rate of permanent placements or all of the above, cb Reporting allows you to track, analyze, and even present it all, in a clear, easy to understand format. If your funders require greater specificity, cb Reporting gives you the ability to customize report templates for monthly or quarterly reporting and to edit those reports as requirements change, saving hours of time and providing accurate information for grant applications and updates. If a new funder has a different name for a particular data point, for example, foster families versus resource families, cb Reporting’s dynamic fields feature easily lets you change the name, without a cumbersome system update or call to tech support. Working in adoption and foster care means holding peoples’ lives in your hands, their dreams and hopes for finding and starting a new family. It’s sensitive information, and you want to know that data is accurate, safe, and confidential. Your funders want to ensure the data is showing positive outcomes and impacts that merit their resources. For organizations and their funders alike, cb Reporting is the solution to all your data needs. Simplify Your Data Management Casebook’s original products were created with foster care and adoption agencies in mind, and so was cb Reporting. cb Reporting puts all your data in one easy to access place. The software platform that handles your case management system, intake, and tracking is also your one stop shop for data analysis and reporting. The system works collaboratively with Casebook’s foundational intake and tracking software, so you can organize all of the data on your placements, children, families, homes and all services seamlessly for internal use and for funders. The data from other Casebook modules is automatically imported to cb Reporting. There’s no need to switch between programs, re-input data or go through a frustrating import from one software to another. Easily Create Reports for Funders When you’re dealing with a new funder, they’re going to want information on the people your organization serves, the services you provide, and the outcomes your clients have. cb Reporting reduces barriers to quality reporting practices, while easily adapting to different organization’s needs. For example, prebuilt reports allow you to quickly create funder updates for the most frequently asked for outcomes and information, so whether it’s regular grant reporting time or a one off request, you’ll easily be able to pull up what they need. Whatever the data point is, from the number of children you’re trying to place, the number of families available for foster versus adoption or the rate of permanent placements or all of the above, cb Reporting allows you to track, analyze, and even present it all, in a clear, easy to understand format. If your funders require greater specificity, cb Reporting gives you the ability to customize report templates for monthly or quarterly reporting and to edit those reports as requirements change, saving hours of time and providing accurate information for grant applications and updates. If a new funder has a different name for a particular data point, for example, foster families versus resource families, cb Reporting’s dynamic fields feature easily lets you change the name, without a cumbersome system update or call to tech support. Working in adoption and foster care means holding peoples’ lives in your hands, their dreams and hopes for finding and starting a new family. It’s sensitive information, and you want to know that data is accurate, safe, and confidential. Your funders want to ensure the data is showing positive outcomes and impacts that merit their resources. For organizations and their funders alike, cb Reporting is the solution to all your data needs. Simplify Your Data Management Casebook’s original products were created with foster care and adoption agencies in mind, and so was cb Reporting. cb Reporting puts all your data in one easy to access place. The software platform that handles your case management system, intake, and tracking is also your one stop shop for data analysis and reporting. The system works collaboratively with Casebook’s foundational intake and tracking software, so you can organize all of the data on your placements, children, families, homes and all services seamlessly for internal use and for funders. The data from other Casebook modules is automatically imported to cb Reporting. There’s no need to switch between programs, re-input data or go through a frustrating import from one software to another. Easily Create Reports for Funders When you’re dealing with a new funder, they’re going to want information on the people your organization serves, the services you provide, and the outcomes your clients have. cb Reporting reduces barriers to quality reporting practices, while easily adapting to different organization’s needs. For example, prebuilt reports allow you to quickly create funder updates for the most frequently asked for outcomes and information, so whether it’s regular grant reporting time or a one off request, you’ll easily be able to pull up what they need. Whatever the data point is, from the number of children you’re trying to place, the number of families available for foster versus adoption or the rate of permanent placements or all of the above, cb Reporting allows you to track, analyze, and even present it all, in a clear, easy to understand format. If your funders require greater specificity, cb Reporting gives you the ability to customize report templates for monthly or quarterly reporting and to edit those reports as requirements change, saving hours of time and providing accurate information for grant applications and updates. If a new funder has a different name for a particular data point, for example, foster families versus resource families, cb Reporting’s dynamic fields feature easily lets you change the name, without a cumbersome system update or call to tech support. Working in adoption and foster care means holding peoples’ lives in your hands, their dreams and hopes for finding and starting a new family. It’s sensitive information, and you want to know that data is accurate, safe, and confidential. Your funders want to ensure the data is showing positive outcomes and impacts that merit their resources. For organizations and their funders alike, cb Reporting is the solution to all your data needs. Simplify Your Data Management Casebook’s original products were created with foster care and adoption agencies in mind, and so was cb Reporting. cb Reporting puts all your data in one easy to access place. The software platform that handles your case management system, intake, and tracking is also your one stop shop for data analysis and reporting. The system works collaboratively with Casebook’s foundational intake and tracking software, so you can organize all of the data on your placements, children, families, homes and all services seamlessly for internal use and for funders. The data from other Casebook modules is automatically imported to cb Reporting. There’s no need to switch between programs, re-input data or go through a frustrating import from one software to another. Easily Create Reports for Funders When you’re dealing with a new funder, they’re going to want information on the people your organization serves, the services you provide, and the outcomes your clients have. cb Reporting reduces barriers to quality reporting practices, while easily adapting to different organization’s needs. For example, prebuilt reports allow you to quickly create funder updates for the most frequently asked for outcomes and information, so whether it’s regular grant reporting time or a one off request, you’ll easily be able to pull up what they need. Whatever the data point is, from the number of children you’re trying to place, the number of families available for foster versus adoption or the rate of permanent placements or all of the above, cb Reporting allows you to track, analyze, and even present it all, in a clear, easy to understand format. If your funders require greater specificity, cb Reporting gives you the ability to customize report templates for monthly or quarterly reporting and to edit those reports as requirements change, saving hours of time and providing accurate information for grant applications and updates. If a new funder has a different name for a particular data point, for example, foster families versus resource families, cb Reporting’s dynamic fields feature easily lets you change the name, without a cumbersome system update or call to tech support.
by Ilana Novick 9 min read

Continuing To Grow Your Nonprofit Through COVID

From here on out there will be even more challenges to providing care to communities. Nonprofit Organizations, Public Sector Agencies, and Other Resource Centers need more reliable solutions than paper forms, unorganized excel sheets and/or over priced generic software to efficiently serve and GROW ...
From here on out there will be even more challenges to providing care to communities. Nonprofit Organizations, Public Sector Agencies, and Other Resource Centers need more reliable solutions than paper forms, unorganized excel sheets and/or over priced generic software to efficiently serve and GROW their programs. What has been your organization’s pandemic response? How are you adapting to the inevitable changes that are happening in the social sector? Set Up For Success Use cb admin to create form information processes for handling incoming/outgoing data. Assign roles to staff and stakeholders (i.e case managers, social workers, volunteers, service providers). Lock specific case information. Create workflows to keep internal stakeholders engaged and motivated to hit their goals. set up alerts and notifications for automated accountability. Language is important in Grant reporting and Casebook gives you the opportunity to tell YOUR story. Get more specific and track your own unique data sets instead of using generic fields. Make Day To Day Operations Easier Online intakes give back some of the time that it's taken away from organizing files and paper work the new clients. Set up workflows so that internal stakeholders have a process for redundant tasks like checking if a if a client went to their appointment and marking it to show goals and outcomes. Utilize technology to practice social distancing with Casebook. Email files and/or paperwork in to cases so that clients find it easier to meet the requirements for resources that they’re seeking Use Reporting To Increase Success Outcomes & Boost Morale The core of cb reporting and dynamic Fields is to store all data in one place while also being able to create/edit forms. Spend less time navigating outdated databases and more time running multi running your service organization and serving your clients with the best tool to use in response to covid-19. Use cb Reporting to build out cases. Track their activities across departments and ensure that all of these departments are coordinating and sharing information to best meet their clients’ needs. With cb Reporting you have access to: Pre-Built Reports…access common reports to identify patterns and trends in their programs.Each report has interactive filters which users can customize to query the data per their needs. Customize Reports…Make a copy of pre-built reports or build reports from scratch in order to meet your specific organizational needs.Filter selections, visualizations will remain as is Customize Visualizations… Change how charts and reports are presented from many different visualization options, including maps! Presentation Ready Files… Export to excel, ppt, other formats for external stakeholders From here on out there will be even more challenges to providing care to communities. Nonprofit Organizations, Public Sector Agencies, and Other Resource Centers need more reliable solutions than paper forms, unorganized excel sheets and/or over priced generic software to efficiently serve and GROW their programs. What has been your organization’s pandemic response? How are you adapting to the inevitable changes that are happening in the social sector? Set Up For Success Use cb admin to create form information processes for handling incoming/outgoing data. Assign roles to staff and stakeholders (i.e case managers, social workers, volunteers, service providers). Lock specific case information. Create workflows to keep internal stakeholders engaged and motivated to hit their goals. set up alerts and notifications for automated accountability. Language is important in Grant reporting and Casebook gives you the opportunity to tell YOUR story. Get more specific and track your own unique data sets instead of using generic fields. Make Day To Day Operations Easier Online intakes give back some of the time that it's taken away from organizing files and paper work the new clients. Set up workflows so that internal stakeholders have a process for redundant tasks like checking if a if a client went to their appointment and marking it to show goals and outcomes. Utilize technology to practice social distancing with Casebook. Email files and/or paperwork in to cases so that clients find it easier to meet the requirements for resources that they’re seeking Use Reporting To Increase Success Outcomes & Boost Morale The core of cb reporting and dynamic Fields is to store all data in one place while also being able to create/edit forms. Spend less time navigating outdated databases and more time running multi running your service organization and serving your clients with the best tool to use in response to covid-19. Use cb Reporting to build out cases. Track their activities across departments and ensure that all of these departments are coordinating and sharing information to best meet their clients’ needs. With cb Reporting you have access to: Pre-Built Reports…access common reports to identify patterns and trends in their programs.Each report has interactive filters which users can customize to query the data per their needs. Customize Reports…Make a copy of pre-built reports or build reports from scratch in order to meet your specific organizational needs.Filter selections, visualizations will remain as is Customize Visualizations… Change how charts and reports are presented from many different visualization options, including maps! Presentation Ready Files… Export to excel, ppt, other formats for external stakeholders From here on out there will be even more challenges to providing care to communities. Nonprofit Organizations, Public Sector Agencies, and Other Resource Centers need more reliable solutions than paper forms, unorganized excel sheets and/or over priced generic software to efficiently serve and GROW their programs. What has been your organization’s pandemic response? How are you adapting to the inevitable changes that are happening in the social sector? Set Up For Success Use cb admin to create form information processes for handling incoming/outgoing data. Assign roles to staff and stakeholders (i.e case managers, social workers, volunteers, service providers). Lock specific case information. Create workflows to keep internal stakeholders engaged and motivated to hit their goals. set up alerts and notifications for automated accountability. Language is important in Grant reporting and Casebook gives you the opportunity to tell YOUR story. Get more specific and track your own unique data sets instead of using generic fields. Make Day To Day Operations Easier Online intakes give back some of the time that it's taken away from organizing files and paper work the new clients. Set up workflows so that internal stakeholders have a process for redundant tasks like checking if a if a client went to their appointment and marking it to show goals and outcomes. Utilize technology to practice social distancing with Casebook. Email files and/or paperwork in to cases so that clients find it easier to meet the requirements for resources that they’re seeking Use Reporting To Increase Success Outcomes & Boost Morale The core of cb reporting and dynamic Fields is to store all data in one place while also being able to create/edit forms. Spend less time navigating outdated databases and more time running multi running your service organization and serving your clients with the best tool to use in response to covid-19. Use cb Reporting to build out cases. Track their activities across departments and ensure that all of these departments are coordinating and sharing information to best meet their clients’ needs. With cb Reporting you have access to: Pre-Built Reports…access common reports to identify patterns and trends in their programs.Each report has interactive filters which users can customize to query the data per their needs. Customize Reports…Make a copy of pre-built reports or build reports from scratch in order to meet your specific organizational needs.Filter selections, visualizations will remain as is Customize Visualizations… Change how charts and reports are presented from many different visualization options, including maps! Presentation Ready Files… Export to excel, ppt, other formats for external stakeholders From here on out there will be even more challenges to providing care to communities. Nonprofit Organizations, Public Sector Agencies, and Other Resource Centers need more reliable solutions than paper forms, unorganized excel sheets and/or over priced generic software to efficiently serve and GROW their programs. What has been your organization’s pandemic response? How are you adapting to the inevitable changes that are happening in the social sector? Set Up For Success Use cb admin to create form information processes for handling incoming/outgoing data. Assign roles to staff and stakeholders (i.e case managers, social workers, volunteers, service providers). Lock specific case information. Create workflows to keep internal stakeholders engaged and motivated to hit their goals. set up alerts and notifications for automated accountability. Language is important in Grant reporting and Casebook gives you the opportunity to tell YOUR story. Get more specific and track your own unique data sets instead of using generic fields. Make Day To Day Operations Easier Online intakes give back some of the time that it's taken away from organizing files and paper work the new clients. Set up workflows so that internal stakeholders have a process for redundant tasks like checking if a if a client went to their appointment and marking it to show goals and outcomes. Utilize technology to practice social distancing with Casebook. Email files and/or paperwork in to cases so that clients find it easier to meet the requirements for resources that they’re seeking Use Reporting To Increase Success Outcomes & Boost Morale The core of cb reporting and dynamic Fields is to store all data in one place while also being able to create/edit forms. Spend less time navigating outdated databases and more time running multi running your service organization and serving your clients with the best tool to use in response to covid-19. Use cb Reporting to build out cases. Track their activities across departments and ensure that all of these departments are coordinating and sharing information to best meet their clients’ needs. With cb Reporting you have access to: Pre-Built Reports…access common reports to identify patterns and trends in their programs.Each report has interactive filters which users can customize to query the data per their needs. Customize Reports…Make a copy of pre-built reports or build reports from scratch in order to meet your specific organizational needs.Filter selections, visualizations will remain as is Customize Visualizations… Change how charts and reports are presented from many different visualization options, including maps! Presentation Ready Files… Export to excel, ppt, other formats for external stakeholders From here on out there will be even more challenges to providing care to communities. Nonprofit Organizations, Public Sector Agencies, and Other Resource Centers need more reliable solutions than paper forms, unorganized excel sheets and/or over priced generic software to efficiently serve and GROW their programs. What has been your organization’s pandemic response? How are you adapting to the inevitable changes that are happening in the social sector? Set Up For Success Use cb admin to create form information processes for handling incoming/outgoing data. Assign roles to staff and stakeholders (i.e case managers, social workers, volunteers, service providers). Lock specific case information. Create workflows to keep internal stakeholders engaged and motivated to hit their goals. set up alerts and notifications for automated accountability. Language is important in Grant reporting and Casebook gives you the opportunity to tell YOUR story. Get more specific and track your own unique data sets instead of using generic fields. Make Day To Day Operations Easier Online intakes give back some of the time that it's taken away from organizing files and paper work the new clients. Set up workflows so that internal stakeholders have a process for redundant tasks like checking if a if a client went to their appointment and marking it to show goals and outcomes. Utilize technology to practice social distancing with Casebook. Email files and/or paperwork in to cases so that clients find it easier to meet the requirements for resources that they’re seeking Use Reporting To Increase Success Outcomes & Boost Morale The core of cb reporting and dynamic Fields is to store all data in one place while also being able to create/edit forms. Spend less time navigating outdated databases and more time running multi running your service organization and serving your clients with the best tool to use in response to covid-19. Use cb Reporting to build out cases. Track their activities across departments and ensure that all of these departments are coordinating and sharing information to best meet their clients’ needs. With cb Reporting you have access to: Pre-Built Reports…access common reports to identify patterns and trends in their programs.Each report has interactive filters which users can customize to query the data per their needs. Customize Reports…Make a copy of pre-built reports or build reports from scratch in order to meet your specific organizational needs.Filter selections, visualizations will remain as is Customize Visualizations… Change how charts and reports are presented from many different visualization options, including maps! Presentation Ready Files… Export to excel, ppt, other formats for external stakeholders From here on out there will be even more challenges to providing care to communities. Nonprofit Organizations, Public Sector Agencies, and Other Resource Centers need more reliable solutions than paper forms, unorganized excel sheets and/or over priced generic software to efficiently serve and GROW their programs. What has been your organization’s pandemic response? How are you adapting to the inevitable changes that are happening in the social sector? Set Up For Success Use cb admin to create form information processes for handling incoming/outgoing data. Assign roles to staff and stakeholders (i.e case managers, social workers, volunteers, service providers). Lock specific case information. Create workflows to keep internal stakeholders engaged and motivated to hit their goals. set up alerts and notifications for automated accountability. Language is important in Grant reporting and Casebook gives you the opportunity to tell YOUR story. Get more specific and track your own unique data sets instead of using generic fields. Make Day To Day Operations Easier Online intakes give back some of the time that it's taken away from organizing files and paper work the new clients. Set up workflows so that internal stakeholders have a process for redundant tasks like checking if a if a client went to their appointment and marking it to show goals and outcomes. Utilize technology to practice social distancing with Casebook. Email files and/or paperwork in to cases so that clients find it easier to meet the requirements for resources that they’re seeking Use Reporting To Increase Success Outcomes & Boost Morale The core of cb reporting and dynamic Fields is to store all data in one place while also being able to create/edit forms. Spend less time navigating outdated databases and more time running multi running your service organization and serving your clients with the best tool to use in response to covid-19. Use cb Reporting to build out cases. Track their activities across departments and ensure that all of these departments are coordinating and sharing information to best meet their clients’ needs. With cb Reporting you have access to: Pre-Built Reports…access common reports to identify patterns and trends in their programs.Each report has interactive filters which users can customize to query the data per their needs. Customize Reports…Make a copy of pre-built reports or build reports from scratch in order to meet your specific organizational needs.Filter selections, visualizations will remain as is Customize Visualizations… Change how charts and reports are presented from many different visualization options, including maps! Presentation Ready Files… Export to excel, ppt, other formats for external stakeholders From here on out there will be even more challenges to providing care to communities. Nonprofit Organizations, Public Sector Agencies, and Other Resource Centers need more reliable solutions than paper forms, unorganized excel sheets and/or over priced generic software to efficiently serve and GROW their programs. What has been your organization’s pandemic response? How are you adapting to the inevitable changes that are happening in the social sector? Set Up For Success Use cb admin to create form information processes for handling incoming/outgoing data. Assign roles to staff and stakeholders (i.e case managers, social workers, volunteers, service providers). Lock specific case information. Create workflows to keep internal stakeholders engaged and motivated to hit their goals. set up alerts and notifications for automated accountability. Language is important in Grant reporting and Casebook gives you the opportunity to tell YOUR story. Get more specific and track your own unique data sets instead of using generic fields. Make Day To Day Operations Easier Online intakes give back some of the time that it's taken away from organizing files and paper work the new clients. Set up workflows so that internal stakeholders have a process for redundant tasks like checking if a if a client went to their appointment and marking it to show goals and outcomes. Utilize technology to practice social distancing with Casebook. Email files and/or paperwork in to cases so that clients find it easier to meet the requirements for resources that they’re seeking Use Reporting To Increase Success Outcomes & Boost Morale The core of cb reporting and dynamic Fields is to store all data in one place while also being able to create/edit forms. Spend less time navigating outdated databases and more time running multi running your service organization and serving your clients with the best tool to use in response to covid-19. Use cb Reporting to build out cases. Track their activities across departments and ensure that all of these departments are coordinating and sharing information to best meet their clients’ needs. With cb Reporting you have access to: Pre-Built Reports…access common reports to identify patterns and trends in their programs.Each report has interactive filters which users can customize to query the data per their needs. Customize Reports…Make a copy of pre-built reports or build reports from scratch in order to meet your specific organizational needs.Filter selections, visualizations will remain as is Customize Visualizations… Change how charts and reports are presented from many different visualization options, including maps! Presentation Ready Files… Export to excel, ppt, other formats for external stakeholders From here on out there will be even more challenges to providing care to communities. Nonprofit Organizations, Public Sector Agencies, and Other Resource Centers need more reliable solutions than paper forms, unorganized excel sheets and/or over priced generic software to efficiently serve and GROW their programs. What has been your organization’s pandemic response? How are you adapting to the inevitable changes that are happening in the social sector? Set Up For Success Use cb admin to create form information processes for handling incoming/outgoing data. Assign roles to staff and stakeholders (i.e case managers, social workers, volunteers, service providers). Lock specific case information. Create workflows to keep internal stakeholders engaged and motivated to hit their goals. set up alerts and notifications for automated accountability. Language is important in Grant reporting and Casebook gives you the opportunity to tell YOUR story. Get more specific and track your own unique data sets instead of using generic fields. Make Day To Day Operations Easier Online intakes give back some of the time that it's taken away from organizing files and paper work the new clients. Set up workflows so that internal stakeholders have a process for redundant tasks like checking if a if a client went to their appointment and marking it to show goals and outcomes. Utilize technology to practice social distancing with Casebook. Email files and/or paperwork in to cases so that clients find it easier to meet the requirements for resources that they’re seeking Use Reporting To Increase Success Outcomes & Boost Morale The core of cb reporting and dynamic Fields is to store all data in one place while also being able to create/edit forms. Spend less time navigating outdated databases and more time running multi running your service organization and serving your clients with the best tool to use in response to covid-19. Use cb Reporting to build out cases. Track their activities across departments and ensure that all of these departments are coordinating and sharing information to best meet their clients’ needs. With cb Reporting you have access to: Pre-Built Reports…access common reports to identify patterns and trends in their programs.Each report has interactive filters which users can customize to query the data per their needs. Customize Reports…Make a copy of pre-built reports or build reports from scratch in order to meet your specific organizational needs.Filter selections, visualizations will remain as is Customize Visualizations… Change how charts and reports are presented from many different visualization options, including maps! Presentation Ready Files… Export to excel, ppt, other formats for external stakeholders From here on out there will be even more challenges to providing care to communities. Nonprofit Organizations, Public Sector Agencies, and Other Resource Centers need more reliable solutions than paper forms, unorganized excel sheets and/or over priced generic software to efficiently serve and GROW their programs. What has been your organization’s pandemic response? How are you adapting to the inevitable changes that are happening in the social sector? Set Up For Success Use cb admin to create form information processes for handling incoming/outgoing data. Assign roles to staff and stakeholders (i.e case managers, social workers, volunteers, service providers). Lock specific case information. Create workflows to keep internal stakeholders engaged and motivated to hit their goals. set up alerts and notifications for automated accountability. Language is important in Grant reporting and Casebook gives you the opportunity to tell YOUR story. Get more specific and track your own unique data sets instead of using generic fields. Make Day To Day Operations Easier Online intakes give back some of the time that it's taken away from organizing files and paper work the new clients. Set up workflows so that internal stakeholders have a process for redundant tasks like checking if a if a client went to their appointment and marking it to show goals and outcomes. Utilize technology to practice social distancing with Casebook. Email files and/or paperwork in to cases so that clients find it easier to meet the requirements for resources that they’re seeking Use Reporting To Increase Success Outcomes & Boost Morale The core of cb reporting and dynamic Fields is to store all data in one place while also being able to create/edit forms. Spend less time navigating outdated databases and more time running multi running your service organization and serving your clients with the best tool to use in response to covid-19. Use cb Reporting to build out cases. Track their activities across departments and ensure that all of these departments are coordinating and sharing information to best meet their clients’ needs. With cb Reporting you have access to: Pre-Built Reports…access common reports to identify patterns and trends in their programs.Each report has interactive filters which users can customize to query the data per their needs. Customize Reports…Make a copy of pre-built reports or build reports from scratch in order to meet your specific organizational needs.Filter selections, visualizations will remain as is Customize Visualizations… Change how charts and reports are presented from many different visualization options, including maps! Presentation Ready Files… Export to excel, ppt, other formats for external stakeholders From here on out there will be even more challenges to providing care to communities. Nonprofit Organizations, Public Sector Agencies, and Other Resource Centers need more reliable solutions than paper forms, unorganized excel sheets and/or over priced generic software to efficiently serve and GROW their programs. What has been your organization’s pandemic response? How are you adapting to the inevitable changes that are happening in the social sector? Set Up For Success Use cb admin to create form information processes for handling incoming/outgoing data. Assign roles to staff and stakeholders (i.e case managers, social workers, volunteers, service providers). Lock specific case information. Create workflows to keep internal stakeholders engaged and motivated to hit their goals. set up alerts and notifications for automated accountability. Language is important in Grant reporting and Casebook gives you the opportunity to tell YOUR story. Get more specific and track your own unique data sets instead of using generic fields. Make Day To Day Operations Easier Online intakes give back some of the time that it's taken away from organizing files and paper work the new clients. Set up workflows so that internal stakeholders have a process for redundant tasks like checking if a if a client went to their appointment and marking it to show goals and outcomes. Utilize technology to practice social distancing with Casebook. Email files and/or paperwork in to cases so that clients find it easier to meet the requirements for resources that they’re seeking Use Reporting To Increase Success Outcomes & Boost Morale The core of cb reporting and dynamic Fields is to store all data in one place while also being able to create/edit forms. Spend less time navigating outdated databases and more time running multi running your service organization and serving your clients with the best tool to use in response to covid-19. Use cb Reporting to build out cases. Track their activities across departments and ensure that all of these departments are coordinating and sharing information to best meet their clients’ needs. With cb Reporting you have access to: Pre-Built Reports…access common reports to identify patterns and trends in their programs.Each report has interactive filters which users can customize to query the data per their needs. Customize Reports…Make a copy of pre-built reports or build reports from scratch in order to meet your specific organizational needs.Filter selections, visualizations will remain as is Customize Visualizations… Change how charts and reports are presented from many different visualization options, including maps! Presentation Ready Files… Export to excel, ppt, other formats for external stakeholders
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Secure Your Funding Pt. 3 — Emphasis On The Data

So far, we’ve reviewed watchdog sites’ standards, detailing indicators for a nonprofit’s success, and articulating metrics. What do all of these have in common? DATA! Ratings, program development, case-making…all are driven by a drumbeat of qualitative and quantitative data. How the public views you...
So far, we’ve reviewed watchdog sites’ standards, detailing indicators for a nonprofit’s success, and articulating metrics. What do all of these have in common? DATA! Ratings, program development, case-making…all are driven by a drumbeat of qualitative and quantitative data. How the public views your nonprofit matters. How you view your nonprofit matters.Just like in preschool, gold-stars matter. But what matters more is understanding what makes your program and operations better, and thus, what translates into heightened grant competitiveness. For example, you may have a program that reaches 100 young adults a year through life skills workshops, individual/family counseling, and resource fairs. The blend of in-depth support and one-off moments ultimately builds to a holistic solution for each participant. Some participants may grasp concepts and move towards independence through economic support and character building more quickly than other participants, however, on average you find that if an individual attends at least 5 counseling sessions, 2 resource fairs, and 3 life-skills workshops they have a higher rate of job attainment. As you evaluate, test, and grow your model, you identify that certain participants (let’s say under the age of 20) are more receptive to certain workshops and you adjust the curriculum to support achievement. Now, you’re in a better position to support these young adults sustain their livelihoods. Data drives your program’s growth. Data is key to your participant’s success. This is similar to how foundations view the world. How does a nonprofit know what is working? How are they using data to drive their program? How does data inform how they utilize resources? What does the external data (like watchdog sites) say about the nonprofit’s success and impact? Being able to articulate the evidence-based backing of your strategy supports your ratings on evaluation sites and ultimately translates into higher competitiveness for grants. But what tools are you using? How is your organization tracking efficacy? Keeping track of participant files? Managing the evaluation of your efforts? Tools like Casebook, are amazing because they allow for “dynamic fields” which enable you to track engagement and personalize reporting requirements. Dynamic Fields allow you to enter and compare unique data sets that may be specific to your organization, and the configurability is important because it allows users to really understand and tell a data-driven, responsive story beyond just a suite of generic data sets. Learn more about cb Engage, offered as part of Casebook—a key case management application that integrates data collection and distribution all via a remote platform. Think about how to pull, and display meaningful data. How many clients are applying to your program? How are you determining and adjusting eligibility? What are the key demographics in each household, beyond standard gender, race, and age? Think about what makes your population unique. What are your organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT tool here) in supporting this community? Utilize the data garnered from an effective platform tool to understand the main areas for support needed, and then convey these metrics to funders, to your community, to the world! Whatever platform you utilize, know that as you prioritize your organization’s resource growth and competitiveness in the eyes of funders they will begin to prioritize you. Data isn’t really magic. It’s a critical tool that you can leverage to build your resources and transform your nonprofit. The power of that change, that’s what’s truly magical. So far, we’ve reviewed watchdog sites’ standards, detailing indicators for a nonprofit’s success, and articulating metrics. What do all of these have in common? DATA! Ratings, program development, case-making…all are driven by a drumbeat of qualitative and quantitative data. How the public views your nonprofit matters. How you view your nonprofit matters.Just like in preschool, gold-stars matter. But what matters more is understanding what makes your program and operations better, and thus, what translates into heightened grant competitiveness. For example, you may have a program that reaches 100 young adults a year through life skills workshops, individual/family counseling, and resource fairs. The blend of in-depth support and one-off moments ultimately builds to a holistic solution for each participant. Some participants may grasp concepts and move towards independence through economic support and character building more quickly than other participants, however, on average you find that if an individual attends at least 5 counseling sessions, 2 resource fairs, and 3 life-skills workshops they have a higher rate of job attainment. As you evaluate, test, and grow your model, you identify that certain participants (let’s say under the age of 20) are more receptive to certain workshops and you adjust the curriculum to support achievement. Now, you’re in a better position to support these young adults sustain their livelihoods. Data drives your program’s growth. Data is key to your participant’s success. This is similar to how foundations view the world. How does a nonprofit know what is working? How are they using data to drive their program? How does data inform how they utilize resources? What does the external data (like watchdog sites) say about the nonprofit’s success and impact? Being able to articulate the evidence-based backing of your strategy supports your ratings on evaluation sites and ultimately translates into higher competitiveness for grants. But what tools are you using? How is your organization tracking efficacy? Keeping track of participant files? Managing the evaluation of your efforts? Tools like Casebook, are amazing because they allow for “dynamic fields” which enable you to track engagement and personalize reporting requirements. Dynamic Fields allow you to enter and compare unique data sets that may be specific to your organization, and the configurability is important because it allows users to really understand and tell a data-driven, responsive story beyond just a suite of generic data sets. Learn more about cb Engage, offered as part of Casebook—a key case management application that integrates data collection and distribution all via a remote platform. Think about how to pull, and display meaningful data. How many clients are applying to your program? How are you determining and adjusting eligibility? What are the key demographics in each household, beyond standard gender, race, and age? Think about what makes your population unique. What are your organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT tool here) in supporting this community? Utilize the data garnered from an effective platform tool to understand the main areas for support needed, and then convey these metrics to funders, to your community, to the world! Whatever platform you utilize, know that as you prioritize your organization’s resource growth and competitiveness in the eyes of funders they will begin to prioritize you. Data isn’t really magic. It’s a critical tool that you can leverage to build your resources and transform your nonprofit. The power of that change, that’s what’s truly magical. So far, we’ve reviewed watchdog sites’ standards, detailing indicators for a nonprofit’s success, and articulating metrics. What do all of these have in common? DATA! Ratings, program development, case-making…all are driven by a drumbeat of qualitative and quantitative data. How the public views your nonprofit matters. How you view your nonprofit matters.Just like in preschool, gold-stars matter. But what matters more is understanding what makes your program and operations better, and thus, what translates into heightened grant competitiveness. For example, you may have a program that reaches 100 young adults a year through life skills workshops, individual/family counseling, and resource fairs. The blend of in-depth support and one-off moments ultimately builds to a holistic solution for each participant. Some participants may grasp concepts and move towards independence through economic support and character building more quickly than other participants, however, on average you find that if an individual attends at least 5 counseling sessions, 2 resource fairs, and 3 life-skills workshops they have a higher rate of job attainment. As you evaluate, test, and grow your model, you identify that certain participants (let’s say under the age of 20) are more receptive to certain workshops and you adjust the curriculum to support achievement. Now, you’re in a better position to support these young adults sustain their livelihoods. Data drives your program’s growth. Data is key to your participant’s success. This is similar to how foundations view the world. How does a nonprofit know what is working? How are they using data to drive their program? How does data inform how they utilize resources? What does the external data (like watchdog sites) say about the nonprofit’s success and impact? Being able to articulate the evidence-based backing of your strategy supports your ratings on evaluation sites and ultimately translates into higher competitiveness for grants. But what tools are you using? How is your organization tracking efficacy? Keeping track of participant files? Managing the evaluation of your efforts? Tools like Casebook, are amazing because they allow for “dynamic fields” which enable you to track engagement and personalize reporting requirements. Dynamic Fields allow you to enter and compare unique data sets that may be specific to your organization, and the configurability is important because it allows users to really understand and tell a data-driven, responsive story beyond just a suite of generic data sets. Learn more about cb Engage, offered as part of Casebook—a key case management application that integrates data collection and distribution all via a remote platform. Think about how to pull, and display meaningful data. How many clients are applying to your program? How are you determining and adjusting eligibility? What are the key demographics in each household, beyond standard gender, race, and age? Think about what makes your population unique. What are your organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT tool here) in supporting this community? Utilize the data garnered from an effective platform tool to understand the main areas for support needed, and then convey these metrics to funders, to your community, to the world! Whatever platform you utilize, know that as you prioritize your organization’s resource growth and competitiveness in the eyes of funders they will begin to prioritize you. Data isn’t really magic. It’s a critical tool that you can leverage to build your resources and transform your nonprofit. The power of that change, that’s what’s truly magical. So far, we’ve reviewed watchdog sites’ standards, detailing indicators for a nonprofit’s success, and articulating metrics. What do all of these have in common? DATA! Ratings, program development, case-making…all are driven by a drumbeat of qualitative and quantitative data. How the public views your nonprofit matters. How you view your nonprofit matters.Just like in preschool, gold-stars matter. But what matters more is understanding what makes your program and operations better, and thus, what translates into heightened grant competitiveness. For example, you may have a program that reaches 100 young adults a year through life skills workshops, individual/family counseling, and resource fairs. The blend of in-depth support and one-off moments ultimately builds to a holistic solution for each participant. Some participants may grasp concepts and move towards independence through economic support and character building more quickly than other participants, however, on average you find that if an individual attends at least 5 counseling sessions, 2 resource fairs, and 3 life-skills workshops they have a higher rate of job attainment. As you evaluate, test, and grow your model, you identify that certain participants (let’s say under the age of 20) are more receptive to certain workshops and you adjust the curriculum to support achievement. Now, you’re in a better position to support these young adults sustain their livelihoods. Data drives your program’s growth. Data is key to your participant’s success. This is similar to how foundations view the world. How does a nonprofit know what is working? How are they using data to drive their program? How does data inform how they utilize resources? What does the external data (like watchdog sites) say about the nonprofit’s success and impact? Being able to articulate the evidence-based backing of your strategy supports your ratings on evaluation sites and ultimately translates into higher competitiveness for grants. But what tools are you using? How is your organization tracking efficacy? Keeping track of participant files? Managing the evaluation of your efforts? Tools like Casebook, are amazing because they allow for “dynamic fields” which enable you to track engagement and personalize reporting requirements. Dynamic Fields allow you to enter and compare unique data sets that may be specific to your organization, and the configurability is important because it allows users to really understand and tell a data-driven, responsive story beyond just a suite of generic data sets. Learn more about cb Engage, offered as part of Casebook—a key case management application that integrates data collection and distribution all via a remote platform. Think about how to pull, and display meaningful data. How many clients are applying to your program? How are you determining and adjusting eligibility? What are the key demographics in each household, beyond standard gender, race, and age? Think about what makes your population unique. What are your organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT tool here) in supporting this community? Utilize the data garnered from an effective platform tool to understand the main areas for support needed, and then convey these metrics to funders, to your community, to the world! Whatever platform you utilize, know that as you prioritize your organization’s resource growth and competitiveness in the eyes of funders they will begin to prioritize you. Data isn’t really magic. It’s a critical tool that you can leverage to build your resources and transform your nonprofit. The power of that change, that’s what’s truly magical. So far, we’ve reviewed watchdog sites’ standards, detailing indicators for a nonprofit’s success, and articulating metrics. What do all of these have in common? DATA! Ratings, program development, case-making…all are driven by a drumbeat of qualitative and quantitative data. How the public views your nonprofit matters. How you view your nonprofit matters.Just like in preschool, gold-stars matter. But what matters more is understanding what makes your program and operations better, and thus, what translates into heightened grant competitiveness. For example, you may have a program that reaches 100 young adults a year through life skills workshops, individual/family counseling, and resource fairs. The blend of in-depth support and one-off moments ultimately builds to a holistic solution for each participant. Some participants may grasp concepts and move towards independence through economic support and character building more quickly than other participants, however, on average you find that if an individual attends at least 5 counseling sessions, 2 resource fairs, and 3 life-skills workshops they have a higher rate of job attainment. As you evaluate, test, and grow your model, you identify that certain participants (let’s say under the age of 20) are more receptive to certain workshops and you adjust the curriculum to support achievement. Now, you’re in a better position to support these young adults sustain their livelihoods. Data drives your program’s growth. Data is key to your participant’s success. This is similar to how foundations view the world. How does a nonprofit know what is working? How are they using data to drive their program? How does data inform how they utilize resources? What does the external data (like watchdog sites) say about the nonprofit’s success and impact? Being able to articulate the evidence-based backing of your strategy supports your ratings on evaluation sites and ultimately translates into higher competitiveness for grants. But what tools are you using? How is your organization tracking efficacy? Keeping track of participant files? Managing the evaluation of your efforts? Tools like Casebook, are amazing because they allow for “dynamic fields” which enable you to track engagement and personalize reporting requirements. Dynamic Fields allow you to enter and compare unique data sets that may be specific to your organization, and the configurability is important because it allows users to really understand and tell a data-driven, responsive story beyond just a suite of generic data sets. Learn more about cb Engage, offered as part of Casebook—a key case management application that integrates data collection and distribution all via a remote platform. Think about how to pull, and display meaningful data. How many clients are applying to your program? How are you determining and adjusting eligibility? What are the key demographics in each household, beyond standard gender, race, and age? Think about what makes your population unique. What are your organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT tool here) in supporting this community? Utilize the data garnered from an effective platform tool to understand the main areas for support needed, and then convey these metrics to funders, to your community, to the world! Whatever platform you utilize, know that as you prioritize your organization’s resource growth and competitiveness in the eyes of funders they will begin to prioritize you. Data isn’t really magic. It’s a critical tool that you can leverage to build your resources and transform your nonprofit. The power of that change, that’s what’s truly magical. So far, we’ve reviewed watchdog sites’ standards, detailing indicators for a nonprofit’s success, and articulating metrics. What do all of these have in common? DATA! Ratings, program development, case-making…all are driven by a drumbeat of qualitative and quantitative data. How the public views your nonprofit matters. How you view your nonprofit matters.Just like in preschool, gold-stars matter. But what matters more is understanding what makes your program and operations better, and thus, what translates into heightened grant competitiveness. For example, you may have a program that reaches 100 young adults a year through life skills workshops, individual/family counseling, and resource fairs. The blend of in-depth support and one-off moments ultimately builds to a holistic solution for each participant. Some participants may grasp concepts and move towards independence through economic support and character building more quickly than other participants, however, on average you find that if an individual attends at least 5 counseling sessions, 2 resource fairs, and 3 life-skills workshops they have a higher rate of job attainment. As you evaluate, test, and grow your model, you identify that certain participants (let’s say under the age of 20) are more receptive to certain workshops and you adjust the curriculum to support achievement. Now, you’re in a better position to support these young adults sustain their livelihoods. Data drives your program’s growth. Data is key to your participant’s success. This is similar to how foundations view the world. How does a nonprofit know what is working? How are they using data to drive their program? How does data inform how they utilize resources? What does the external data (like watchdog sites) say about the nonprofit’s success and impact? Being able to articulate the evidence-based backing of your strategy supports your ratings on evaluation sites and ultimately translates into higher competitiveness for grants. But what tools are you using? How is your organization tracking efficacy? Keeping track of participant files? Managing the evaluation of your efforts? Tools like Casebook, are amazing because they allow for “dynamic fields” which enable you to track engagement and personalize reporting requirements. Dynamic Fields allow you to enter and compare unique data sets that may be specific to your organization, and the configurability is important because it allows users to really understand and tell a data-driven, responsive story beyond just a suite of generic data sets. Learn more about cb Engage, offered as part of Casebook—a key case management application that integrates data collection and distribution all via a remote platform. Think about how to pull, and display meaningful data. How many clients are applying to your program? How are you determining and adjusting eligibility? What are the key demographics in each household, beyond standard gender, race, and age? Think about what makes your population unique. What are your organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT tool here) in supporting this community? Utilize the data garnered from an effective platform tool to understand the main areas for support needed, and then convey these metrics to funders, to your community, to the world! Whatever platform you utilize, know that as you prioritize your organization’s resource growth and competitiveness in the eyes of funders they will begin to prioritize you. Data isn’t really magic. It’s a critical tool that you can leverage to build your resources and transform your nonprofit. The power of that change, that’s what’s truly magical. So far, we’ve reviewed watchdog sites’ standards, detailing indicators for a nonprofit’s success, and articulating metrics. What do all of these have in common? DATA! Ratings, program development, case-making…all are driven by a drumbeat of qualitative and quantitative data. How the public views your nonprofit matters. How you view your nonprofit matters.Just like in preschool, gold-stars matter. But what matters more is understanding what makes your program and operations better, and thus, what translates into heightened grant competitiveness. For example, you may have a program that reaches 100 young adults a year through life skills workshops, individual/family counseling, and resource fairs. The blend of in-depth support and one-off moments ultimately builds to a holistic solution for each participant. Some participants may grasp concepts and move towards independence through economic support and character building more quickly than other participants, however, on average you find that if an individual attends at least 5 counseling sessions, 2 resource fairs, and 3 life-skills workshops they have a higher rate of job attainment. As you evaluate, test, and grow your model, you identify that certain participants (let’s say under the age of 20) are more receptive to certain workshops and you adjust the curriculum to support achievement. Now, you’re in a better position to support these young adults sustain their livelihoods. Data drives your program’s growth. Data is key to your participant’s success. This is similar to how foundations view the world. How does a nonprofit know what is working? How are they using data to drive their program? How does data inform how they utilize resources? What does the external data (like watchdog sites) say about the nonprofit’s success and impact? Being able to articulate the evidence-based backing of your strategy supports your ratings on evaluation sites and ultimately translates into higher competitiveness for grants. But what tools are you using? How is your organization tracking efficacy? Keeping track of participant files? Managing the evaluation of your efforts? Tools like Casebook, are amazing because they allow for “dynamic fields” which enable you to track engagement and personalize reporting requirements. Dynamic Fields allow you to enter and compare unique data sets that may be specific to your organization, and the configurability is important because it allows users to really understand and tell a data-driven, responsive story beyond just a suite of generic data sets. Learn more about cb Engage, offered as part of Casebook—a key case management application that integrates data collection and distribution all via a remote platform. Think about how to pull, and display meaningful data. How many clients are applying to your program? How are you determining and adjusting eligibility? What are the key demographics in each household, beyond standard gender, race, and age? Think about what makes your population unique. What are your organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT tool here) in supporting this community? Utilize the data garnered from an effective platform tool to understand the main areas for support needed, and then convey these metrics to funders, to your community, to the world! Whatever platform you utilize, know that as you prioritize your organization’s resource growth and competitiveness in the eyes of funders they will begin to prioritize you. Data isn’t really magic. It’s a critical tool that you can leverage to build your resources and transform your nonprofit. The power of that change, that’s what’s truly magical. So far, we’ve reviewed watchdog sites’ standards, detailing indicators for a nonprofit’s success, and articulating metrics. What do all of these have in common? DATA! Ratings, program development, case-making…all are driven by a drumbeat of qualitative and quantitative data. How the public views your nonprofit matters. How you view your nonprofit matters.Just like in preschool, gold-stars matter. But what matters more is understanding what makes your program and operations better, and thus, what translates into heightened grant competitiveness. For example, you may have a program that reaches 100 young adults a year through life skills workshops, individual/family counseling, and resource fairs. The blend of in-depth support and one-off moments ultimately builds to a holistic solution for each participant. Some participants may grasp concepts and move towards independence through economic support and character building more quickly than other participants, however, on average you find that if an individual attends at least 5 counseling sessions, 2 resource fairs, and 3 life-skills workshops they have a higher rate of job attainment. As you evaluate, test, and grow your model, you identify that certain participants (let’s say under the age of 20) are more receptive to certain workshops and you adjust the curriculum to support achievement. Now, you’re in a better position to support these young adults sustain their livelihoods. Data drives your program’s growth. Data is key to your participant’s success. This is similar to how foundations view the world. How does a nonprofit know what is working? How are they using data to drive their program? How does data inform how they utilize resources? What does the external data (like watchdog sites) say about the nonprofit’s success and impact? Being able to articulate the evidence-based backing of your strategy supports your ratings on evaluation sites and ultimately translates into higher competitiveness for grants. But what tools are you using? How is your organization tracking efficacy? Keeping track of participant files? Managing the evaluation of your efforts? Tools like Casebook, are amazing because they allow for “dynamic fields” which enable you to track engagement and personalize reporting requirements. Dynamic Fields allow you to enter and compare unique data sets that may be specific to your organization, and the configurability is important because it allows users to really understand and tell a data-driven, responsive story beyond just a suite of generic data sets. Learn more about cb Engage, offered as part of Casebook—a key case management application that integrates data collection and distribution all via a remote platform. Think about how to pull, and display meaningful data. How many clients are applying to your program? How are you determining and adjusting eligibility? What are the key demographics in each household, beyond standard gender, race, and age? Think about what makes your population unique. What are your organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT tool here) in supporting this community? Utilize the data garnered from an effective platform tool to understand the main areas for support needed, and then convey these metrics to funders, to your community, to the world! Whatever platform you utilize, know that as you prioritize your organization’s resource growth and competitiveness in the eyes of funders they will begin to prioritize you. Data isn’t really magic. It’s a critical tool that you can leverage to build your resources and transform your nonprofit. The power of that change, that’s what’s truly magical. So far, we’ve reviewed watchdog sites’ standards, detailing indicators for a nonprofit’s success, and articulating metrics. What do all of these have in common? DATA! Ratings, program development, case-making…all are driven by a drumbeat of qualitative and quantitative data. How the public views your nonprofit matters. How you view your nonprofit matters.Just like in preschool, gold-stars matter. But what matters more is understanding what makes your program and operations better, and thus, what translates into heightened grant competitiveness. For example, you may have a program that reaches 100 young adults a year through life skills workshops, individual/family counseling, and resource fairs. The blend of in-depth support and one-off moments ultimately builds to a holistic solution for each participant. Some participants may grasp concepts and move towards independence through economic support and character building more quickly than other participants, however, on average you find that if an individual attends at least 5 counseling sessions, 2 resource fairs, and 3 life-skills workshops they have a higher rate of job attainment. As you evaluate, test, and grow your model, you identify that certain participants (let’s say under the age of 20) are more receptive to certain workshops and you adjust the curriculum to support achievement. Now, you’re in a better position to support these young adults sustain their livelihoods. Data drives your program’s growth. Data is key to your participant’s success. This is similar to how foundations view the world. How does a nonprofit know what is working? How are they using data to drive their program? How does data inform how they utilize resources? What does the external data (like watchdog sites) say about the nonprofit’s success and impact? Being able to articulate the evidence-based backing of your strategy supports your ratings on evaluation sites and ultimately translates into higher competitiveness for grants. But what tools are you using? How is your organization tracking efficacy? Keeping track of participant files? Managing the evaluation of your efforts? Tools like Casebook, are amazing because they allow for “dynamic fields” which enable you to track engagement and personalize reporting requirements. Dynamic Fields allow you to enter and compare unique data sets that may be specific to your organization, and the configurability is important because it allows users to really understand and tell a data-driven, responsive story beyond just a suite of generic data sets. Learn more about cb Engage, offered as part of Casebook—a key case management application that integrates data collection and distribution all via a remote platform. Think about how to pull, and display meaningful data. How many clients are applying to your program? How are you determining and adjusting eligibility? What are the key demographics in each household, beyond standard gender, race, and age? Think about what makes your population unique. What are your organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT tool here) in supporting this community? Utilize the data garnered from an effective platform tool to understand the main areas for support needed, and then convey these metrics to funders, to your community, to the world! Whatever platform you utilize, know that as you prioritize your organization’s resource growth and competitiveness in the eyes of funders they will begin to prioritize you. Data isn’t really magic. It’s a critical tool that you can leverage to build your resources and transform your nonprofit. The power of that change, that’s what’s truly magical. So far, we’ve reviewed watchdog sites’ standards, detailing indicators for a nonprofit’s success, and articulating metrics. What do all of these have in common? DATA! Ratings, program development, case-making…all are driven by a drumbeat of qualitative and quantitative data. How the public views your nonprofit matters. How you view your nonprofit matters.Just like in preschool, gold-stars matter. But what matters more is understanding what makes your program and operations better, and thus, what translates into heightened grant competitiveness. For example, you may have a program that reaches 100 young adults a year through life skills workshops, individual/family counseling, and resource fairs. The blend of in-depth support and one-off moments ultimately builds to a holistic solution for each participant. Some participants may grasp concepts and move towards independence through economic support and character building more quickly than other participants, however, on average you find that if an individual attends at least 5 counseling sessions, 2 resource fairs, and 3 life-skills workshops they have a higher rate of job attainment. As you evaluate, test, and grow your model, you identify that certain participants (let’s say under the age of 20) are more receptive to certain workshops and you adjust the curriculum to support achievement. Now, you’re in a better position to support these young adults sustain their livelihoods. Data drives your program’s growth. Data is key to your participant’s success. This is similar to how foundations view the world. How does a nonprofit know what is working? How are they using data to drive their program? How does data inform how they utilize resources? What does the external data (like watchdog sites) say about the nonprofit’s success and impact? Being able to articulate the evidence-based backing of your strategy supports your ratings on evaluation sites and ultimately translates into higher competitiveness for grants. But what tools are you using? How is your organization tracking efficacy? Keeping track of participant files? Managing the evaluation of your efforts? Tools like Casebook, are amazing because they allow for “dynamic fields” which enable you to track engagement and personalize reporting requirements. Dynamic Fields allow you to enter and compare unique data sets that may be specific to your organization, and the configurability is important because it allows users to really understand and tell a data-driven, responsive story beyond just a suite of generic data sets. Learn more about cb Engage, offered as part of Casebook—a key case management application that integrates data collection and distribution all via a remote platform. Think about how to pull, and display meaningful data. How many clients are applying to your program? How are you determining and adjusting eligibility? What are the key demographics in each household, beyond standard gender, race, and age? Think about what makes your population unique. What are your organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT tool here) in supporting this community? Utilize the data garnered from an effective platform tool to understand the main areas for support needed, and then convey these metrics to funders, to your community, to the world! Whatever platform you utilize, know that as you prioritize your organization’s resource growth and competitiveness in the eyes of funders they will begin to prioritize you. Data isn’t really magic. It’s a critical tool that you can leverage to build your resources and transform your nonprofit. The power of that change, that’s what’s truly magical.
by Sade Dozan 12 min read

Casebook's Adaptive Model Of Support

One of the benefits of my job is that I’m continually introduced to organizations making a big impact in their corner of the world. Like a good parent says: "They are all my favorites." The truth is, some stand out more than others for their unique approaches or forgotten niches of the community tha...
One of the benefits of my job is that I’m continually introduced to organizations making a big impact in their corner of the world. Like a good parent says: "They are all my favorites." The truth is, some stand out more than others for their unique approaches or forgotten niches of the community that they reach. One of these organizations that left an indelible imprint on my mind was a particular nonprofit in the midwest that provides support to families who have a child who recently received an epilepsy diagnosis. This organization provided wraparound support services for the families and the individual children. Their goal was to meet families in the hospitals as soon as they received the epilepsy diagnosis and then give them a plan moving forward. Most of all, they gave the families hope and community that was desperately needed. These are the heroes we all need at different times in our lives. Before reaching out to Casebook, this organization was using a donor management platform to document their interactions with the families. This only partially worked the way they needed it. Eventually, it became clear that their current solution wasn’t going to cover all their needs, so they began the search for a case management solution. Whenever I have the opportunity to show someone the Casebook Platform, I make sure I understand a bit about the unique services that they’re providing for the community. I want to make sure that the Casebook I’m presenting most closely aligns with the Casebook they need. With our adaptive model, the Casebook platform is able to help multiple types of organizations serving diverse people groups. In studying this particular organization, I noticed that the individuals going into the hospitals to meet the families were trained volunteers. While these volunteers needed to document their visits with the hurting families, they most certainly did not need access to Casebook and the personal information the database houses. I was elated to show them that our product team has designed functionality for this specific need: email into case. Every case record that’s created has a unique email address automatically assigned to that particular record. If you give volunteers or external partnership organizations that unique email address, the content of that email will populate within the case notes section. This way, a group leader or a teacher may be able to update you, the caseworker, on notable aspects of the individual’s life that you otherwise would have no idea about. In regards to the Epilepsy Services organization, this supplied the perfect solution for a problem causing great consternation in their daily efforts. Now they are able to continue with their current model of outreach while not having to pay any extra subscription or functionality fees. It’s stories like this that remind me how grateful I am for the solutions we’re offering to help the helpers. Maybe your organization has been looking for a similar solution that allows collaboration on case records from individuals outside of your organization. In a normal circumstance, it would be impossible to allow this collaboration while still keeping data secure and HIPAA compliant. Now that solution exists, and it is in Casebook. Drew Pelletier Solutions Consultant andrew.pelletier@casebook.net One of the benefits of my job is that I’m continually introduced to organizations making a big impact in their corner of the world. Like a good parent says: "They are all my favorites." The truth is, some stand out more than others for their unique approaches or forgotten niches of the community that they reach. One of these organizations that left an indelible imprint on my mind was a particular nonprofit in the midwest that provides support to families who have a child who recently received an epilepsy diagnosis. This organization provided wraparound support services for the families and the individual children. Their goal was to meet families in the hospitals as soon as they received the epilepsy diagnosis and then give them a plan moving forward. Most of all, they gave the families hope and community that was desperately needed. These are the heroes we all need at different times in our lives. Before reaching out to Casebook, this organization was using a donor management platform to document their interactions with the families. This only partially worked the way they needed it. Eventually, it became clear that their current solution wasn’t going to cover all their needs, so they began the search for a case management solution. Whenever I have the opportunity to show someone the Casebook Platform, I make sure I understand a bit about the unique services that they’re providing for the community. I want to make sure that the Casebook I’m presenting most closely aligns with the Casebook they need. With our adaptive model, the Casebook platform is able to help multiple types of organizations serving diverse people groups. In studying this particular organization, I noticed that the individuals going into the hospitals to meet the families were trained volunteers. While these volunteers needed to document their visits with the hurting families, they most certainly did not need access to Casebook and the personal information the database houses. I was elated to show them that our product team has designed functionality for this specific need: email into case. Every case record that’s created has a unique email address automatically assigned to that particular record. If you give volunteers or external partnership organizations that unique email address, the content of that email will populate within the case notes section. This way, a group leader or a teacher may be able to update you, the caseworker, on notable aspects of the individual’s life that you otherwise would have no idea about. In regards to the Epilepsy Services organization, this supplied the perfect solution for a problem causing great consternation in their daily efforts. Now they are able to continue with their current model of outreach while not having to pay any extra subscription or functionality fees. It’s stories like this that remind me how grateful I am for the solutions we’re offering to help the helpers. Maybe your organization has been looking for a similar solution that allows collaboration on case records from individuals outside of your organization. In a normal circumstance, it would be impossible to allow this collaboration while still keeping data secure and HIPAA compliant. Now that solution exists, and it is in Casebook. Drew Pelletier Solutions Consultant andrew.pelletier@casebook.net One of the benefits of my job is that I’m continually introduced to organizations making a big impact in their corner of the world. Like a good parent says: "They are all my favorites." The truth is, some stand out more than others for their unique approaches or forgotten niches of the community that they reach. One of these organizations that left an indelible imprint on my mind was a particular nonprofit in the midwest that provides support to families who have a child who recently received an epilepsy diagnosis. This organization provided wraparound support services for the families and the individual children. Their goal was to meet families in the hospitals as soon as they received the epilepsy diagnosis and then give them a plan moving forward. Most of all, they gave the families hope and community that was desperately needed. These are the heroes we all need at different times in our lives. Before reaching out to Casebook, this organization was using a donor management platform to document their interactions with the families. This only partially worked the way they needed it. Eventually, it became clear that their current solution wasn’t going to cover all their needs, so they began the search for a case management solution. Whenever I have the opportunity to show someone the Casebook Platform, I make sure I understand a bit about the unique services that they’re providing for the community. I want to make sure that the Casebook I’m presenting most closely aligns with the Casebook they need. With our adaptive model, the Casebook platform is able to help multiple types of organizations serving diverse people groups. In studying this particular organization, I noticed that the individuals going into the hospitals to meet the families were trained volunteers. While these volunteers needed to document their visits with the hurting families, they most certainly did not need access to Casebook and the personal information the database houses. I was elated to show them that our product team has designed functionality for this specific need: email into case. Every case record that’s created has a unique email address automatically assigned to that particular record. If you give volunteers or external partnership organizations that unique email address, the content of that email will populate within the case notes section. This way, a group leader or a teacher may be able to update you, the caseworker, on notable aspects of the individual’s life that you otherwise would have no idea about. In regards to the Epilepsy Services organization, this supplied the perfect solution for a problem causing great consternation in their daily efforts. Now they are able to continue with their current model of outreach while not having to pay any extra subscription or functionality fees. It’s stories like this that remind me how grateful I am for the solutions we’re offering to help the helpers. Maybe your organization has been looking for a similar solution that allows collaboration on case records from individuals outside of your organization. In a normal circumstance, it would be impossible to allow this collaboration while still keeping data secure and HIPAA compliant. Now that solution exists, and it is in Casebook. Drew Pelletier Solutions Consultant andrew.pelletier@casebook.net One of the benefits of my job is that I’m continually introduced to organizations making a big impact in their corner of the world. Like a good parent says: "They are all my favorites." The truth is, some stand out more than others for their unique approaches or forgotten niches of the community that they reach. One of these organizations that left an indelible imprint on my mind was a particular nonprofit in the midwest that provides support to families who have a child who recently received an epilepsy diagnosis. This organization provided wraparound support services for the families and the individual children. Their goal was to meet families in the hospitals as soon as they received the epilepsy diagnosis and then give them a plan moving forward. Most of all, they gave the families hope and community that was desperately needed. These are the heroes we all need at different times in our lives. Before reaching out to Casebook, this organization was using a donor management platform to document their interactions with the families. This only partially worked the way they needed it. Eventually, it became clear that their current solution wasn’t going to cover all their needs, so they began the search for a case management solution. Whenever I have the opportunity to show someone the Casebook Platform, I make sure I understand a bit about the unique services that they’re providing for the community. I want to make sure that the Casebook I’m presenting most closely aligns with the Casebook they need. With our adaptive model, the Casebook platform is able to help multiple types of organizations serving diverse people groups. In studying this particular organization, I noticed that the individuals going into the hospitals to meet the families were trained volunteers. While these volunteers needed to document their visits with the hurting families, they most certainly did not need access to Casebook and the personal information the database houses. I was elated to show them that our product team has designed functionality for this specific need: email into case. Every case record that’s created has a unique email address automatically assigned to that particular record. If you give volunteers or external partnership organizations that unique email address, the content of that email will populate within the case notes section. This way, a group leader or a teacher may be able to update you, the caseworker, on notable aspects of the individual’s life that you otherwise would have no idea about. In regards to the Epilepsy Services organization, this supplied the perfect solution for a problem causing great consternation in their daily efforts. Now they are able to continue with their current model of outreach while not having to pay any extra subscription or functionality fees. It’s stories like this that remind me how grateful I am for the solutions we’re offering to help the helpers. Maybe your organization has been looking for a similar solution that allows collaboration on case records from individuals outside of your organization. In a normal circumstance, it would be impossible to allow this collaboration while still keeping data secure and HIPAA compliant. Now that solution exists, and it is in Casebook. Drew Pelletier Solutions Consultant andrew.pelletier@casebook.net One of the benefits of my job is that I’m continually introduced to organizations making a big impact in their corner of the world. Like a good parent says: "They are all my favorites." The truth is, some stand out more than others for their unique approaches or forgotten niches of the community that they reach. One of these organizations that left an indelible imprint on my mind was a particular nonprofit in the midwest that provides support to families who have a child who recently received an epilepsy diagnosis. This organization provided wraparound support services for the families and the individual children. Their goal was to meet families in the hospitals as soon as they received the epilepsy diagnosis and then give them a plan moving forward. Most of all, they gave the families hope and community that was desperately needed. These are the heroes we all need at different times in our lives. Before reaching out to Casebook, this organization was using a donor management platform to document their interactions with the families. This only partially worked the way they needed it. Eventually, it became clear that their current solution wasn’t going to cover all their needs, so they began the search for a case management solution. Whenever I have the opportunity to show someone the Casebook Platform, I make sure I understand a bit about the unique services that they’re providing for the community. I want to make sure that the Casebook I’m presenting most closely aligns with the Casebook they need. With our adaptive model, the Casebook platform is able to help multiple types of organizations serving diverse people groups. In studying this particular organization, I noticed that the individuals going into the hospitals to meet the families were trained volunteers. While these volunteers needed to document their visits with the hurting families, they most certainly did not need access to Casebook and the personal information the database houses. I was elated to show them that our product team has designed functionality for this specific need: email into case. Every case record that’s created has a unique email address automatically assigned to that particular record. If you give volunteers or external partnership organizations that unique email address, the content of that email will populate within the case notes section. This way, a group leader or a teacher may be able to update you, the caseworker, on notable aspects of the individual’s life that you otherwise would have no idea about. In regards to the Epilepsy Services organization, this supplied the perfect solution for a problem causing great consternation in their daily efforts. Now they are able to continue with their current model of outreach while not having to pay any extra subscription or functionality fees. It’s stories like this that remind me how grateful I am for the solutions we’re offering to help the helpers. Maybe your organization has been looking for a similar solution that allows collaboration on case records from individuals outside of your organization. In a normal circumstance, it would be impossible to allow this collaboration while still keeping data secure and HIPAA compliant. Now that solution exists, and it is in Casebook. Drew Pelletier Solutions Consultant andrew.pelletier@casebook.net One of the benefits of my job is that I’m continually introduced to organizations making a big impact in their corner of the world. Like a good parent says: "They are all my favorites." The truth is, some stand out more than others for their unique approaches or forgotten niches of the community that they reach. One of these organizations that left an indelible imprint on my mind was a particular nonprofit in the midwest that provides support to families who have a child who recently received an epilepsy diagnosis. This organization provided wraparound support services for the families and the individual children. Their goal was to meet families in the hospitals as soon as they received the epilepsy diagnosis and then give them a plan moving forward. Most of all, they gave the families hope and community that was desperately needed. These are the heroes we all need at different times in our lives. Before reaching out to Casebook, this organization was using a donor management platform to document their interactions with the families. This only partially worked the way they needed it. Eventually, it became clear that their current solution wasn’t going to cover all their needs, so they began the search for a case management solution. Whenever I have the opportunity to show someone the Casebook Platform, I make sure I understand a bit about the unique services that they’re providing for the community. I want to make sure that the Casebook I’m presenting most closely aligns with the Casebook they need. With our adaptive model, the Casebook platform is able to help multiple types of organizations serving diverse people groups. In studying this particular organization, I noticed that the individuals going into the hospitals to meet the families were trained volunteers. While these volunteers needed to document their visits with the hurting families, they most certainly did not need access to Casebook and the personal information the database houses. I was elated to show them that our product team has designed functionality for this specific need: email into case. Every case record that’s created has a unique email address automatically assigned to that particular record. If you give volunteers or external partnership organizations that unique email address, the content of that email will populate within the case notes section. This way, a group leader or a teacher may be able to update you, the caseworker, on notable aspects of the individual’s life that you otherwise would have no idea about. In regards to the Epilepsy Services organization, this supplied the perfect solution for a problem causing great consternation in their daily efforts. Now they are able to continue with their current model of outreach while not having to pay any extra subscription or functionality fees. It’s stories like this that remind me how grateful I am for the solutions we’re offering to help the helpers. Maybe your organization has been looking for a similar solution that allows collaboration on case records from individuals outside of your organization. In a normal circumstance, it would be impossible to allow this collaboration while still keeping data secure and HIPAA compliant. Now that solution exists, and it is in Casebook. Drew Pelletier Solutions Consultant andrew.pelletier@casebook.net One of the benefits of my job is that I’m continually introduced to organizations making a big impact in their corner of the world. Like a good parent says: "They are all my favorites." The truth is, some stand out more than others for their unique approaches or forgotten niches of the community that they reach. One of these organizations that left an indelible imprint on my mind was a particular nonprofit in the midwest that provides support to families who have a child who recently received an epilepsy diagnosis. This organization provided wraparound support services for the families and the individual children. Their goal was to meet families in the hospitals as soon as they received the epilepsy diagnosis and then give them a plan moving forward. Most of all, they gave the families hope and community that was desperately needed. These are the heroes we all need at different times in our lives. Before reaching out to Casebook, this organization was using a donor management platform to document their interactions with the families. This only partially worked the way they needed it. Eventually, it became clear that their current solution wasn’t going to cover all their needs, so they began the search for a case management solution. Whenever I have the opportunity to show someone the Casebook Platform, I make sure I understand a bit about the unique services that they’re providing for the community. I want to make sure that the Casebook I’m presenting most closely aligns with the Casebook they need. With our adaptive model, the Casebook platform is able to help multiple types of organizations serving diverse people groups. In studying this particular organization, I noticed that the individuals going into the hospitals to meet the families were trained volunteers. While these volunteers needed to document their visits with the hurting families, they most certainly did not need access to Casebook and the personal information the database houses. I was elated to show them that our product team has designed functionality for this specific need: email into case. Every case record that’s created has a unique email address automatically assigned to that particular record. If you give volunteers or external partnership organizations that unique email address, the content of that email will populate within the case notes section. This way, a group leader or a teacher may be able to update you, the caseworker, on notable aspects of the individual’s life that you otherwise would have no idea about. In regards to the Epilepsy Services organization, this supplied the perfect solution for a problem causing great consternation in their daily efforts. Now they are able to continue with their current model of outreach while not having to pay any extra subscription or functionality fees. It’s stories like this that remind me how grateful I am for the solutions we’re offering to help the helpers. Maybe your organization has been looking for a similar solution that allows collaboration on case records from individuals outside of your organization. In a normal circumstance, it would be impossible to allow this collaboration while still keeping data secure and HIPAA compliant. Now that solution exists, and it is in Casebook. Drew Pelletier Solutions Consultant andrew.pelletier@casebook.net One of the benefits of my job is that I’m continually introduced to organizations making a big impact in their corner of the world. Like a good parent says: "They are all my favorites." The truth is, some stand out more than others for their unique approaches or forgotten niches of the community that they reach. One of these organizations that left an indelible imprint on my mind was a particular nonprofit in the midwest that provides support to families who have a child who recently received an epilepsy diagnosis. This organization provided wraparound support services for the families and the individual children. Their goal was to meet families in the hospitals as soon as they received the epilepsy diagnosis and then give them a plan moving forward. Most of all, they gave the families hope and community that was desperately needed. These are the heroes we all need at different times in our lives. Before reaching out to Casebook, this organization was using a donor management platform to document their interactions with the families. This only partially worked the way they needed it. Eventually, it became clear that their current solution wasn’t going to cover all their needs, so they began the search for a case management solution. Whenever I have the opportunity to show someone the Casebook Platform, I make sure I understand a bit about the unique services that they’re providing for the community. I want to make sure that the Casebook I’m presenting most closely aligns with the Casebook they need. With our adaptive model, the Casebook platform is able to help multiple types of organizations serving diverse people groups. In studying this particular organization, I noticed that the individuals going into the hospitals to meet the families were trained volunteers. While these volunteers needed to document their visits with the hurting families, they most certainly did not need access to Casebook and the personal information the database houses. I was elated to show them that our product team has designed functionality for this specific need: email into case. Every case record that’s created has a unique email address automatically assigned to that particular record. If you give volunteers or external partnership organizations that unique email address, the content of that email will populate within the case notes section. This way, a group leader or a teacher may be able to update you, the caseworker, on notable aspects of the individual’s life that you otherwise would have no idea about. In regards to the Epilepsy Services organization, this supplied the perfect solution for a problem causing great consternation in their daily efforts. Now they are able to continue with their current model of outreach while not having to pay any extra subscription or functionality fees. It’s stories like this that remind me how grateful I am for the solutions we’re offering to help the helpers. Maybe your organization has been looking for a similar solution that allows collaboration on case records from individuals outside of your organization. In a normal circumstance, it would be impossible to allow this collaboration while still keeping data secure and HIPAA compliant. Now that solution exists, and it is in Casebook. Drew Pelletier Solutions Consultant andrew.pelletier@casebook.net One of the benefits of my job is that I’m continually introduced to organizations making a big impact in their corner of the world. Like a good parent says: "They are all my favorites." The truth is, some stand out more than others for their unique approaches or forgotten niches of the community that they reach. One of these organizations that left an indelible imprint on my mind was a particular nonprofit in the midwest that provides support to families who have a child who recently received an epilepsy diagnosis. This organization provided wraparound support services for the families and the individual children. Their goal was to meet families in the hospitals as soon as they received the epilepsy diagnosis and then give them a plan moving forward. Most of all, they gave the families hope and community that was desperately needed. These are the heroes we all need at different times in our lives. Before reaching out to Casebook, this organization was using a donor management platform to document their interactions with the families. This only partially worked the way they needed it. Eventually, it became clear that their current solution wasn’t going to cover all their needs, so they began the search for a case management solution. Whenever I have the opportunity to show someone the Casebook Platform, I make sure I understand a bit about the unique services that they’re providing for the community. I want to make sure that the Casebook I’m presenting most closely aligns with the Casebook they need. With our adaptive model, the Casebook platform is able to help multiple types of organizations serving diverse people groups. In studying this particular organization, I noticed that the individuals going into the hospitals to meet the families were trained volunteers. While these volunteers needed to document their visits with the hurting families, they most certainly did not need access to Casebook and the personal information the database houses. I was elated to show them that our product team has designed functionality for this specific need: email into case. Every case record that’s created has a unique email address automatically assigned to that particular record. If you give volunteers or external partnership organizations that unique email address, the content of that email will populate within the case notes section. This way, a group leader or a teacher may be able to update you, the caseworker, on notable aspects of the individual’s life that you otherwise would have no idea about. In regards to the Epilepsy Services organization, this supplied the perfect solution for a problem causing great consternation in their daily efforts. Now they are able to continue with their current model of outreach while not having to pay any extra subscription or functionality fees. It’s stories like this that remind me how grateful I am for the solutions we’re offering to help the helpers. Maybe your organization has been looking for a similar solution that allows collaboration on case records from individuals outside of your organization. In a normal circumstance, it would be impossible to allow this collaboration while still keeping data secure and HIPAA compliant. Now that solution exists, and it is in Casebook. Drew Pelletier Solutions Consultant andrew.pelletier@casebook.net One of the benefits of my job is that I’m continually introduced to organizations making a big impact in their corner of the world. Like a good parent says: "They are all my favorites." The truth is, some stand out more than others for their unique approaches or forgotten niches of the community that they reach. One of these organizations that left an indelible imprint on my mind was a particular nonprofit in the midwest that provides support to families who have a child who recently received an epilepsy diagnosis. This organization provided wraparound support services for the families and the individual children. Their goal was to meet families in the hospitals as soon as they received the epilepsy diagnosis and then give them a plan moving forward. Most of all, they gave the families hope and community that was desperately needed. These are the heroes we all need at different times in our lives. Before reaching out to Casebook, this organization was using a donor management platform to document their interactions with the families. This only partially worked the way they needed it. Eventually, it became clear that their current solution wasn’t going to cover all their needs, so they began the search for a case management solution. Whenever I have the opportunity to show someone the Casebook Platform, I make sure I understand a bit about the unique services that they’re providing for the community. I want to make sure that the Casebook I’m presenting most closely aligns with the Casebook they need. With our adaptive model, the Casebook platform is able to help multiple types of organizations serving diverse people groups. In studying this particular organization, I noticed that the individuals going into the hospitals to meet the families were trained volunteers. While these volunteers needed to document their visits with the hurting families, they most certainly did not need access to Casebook and the personal information the database houses. I was elated to show them that our product team has designed functionality for this specific need: email into case. Every case record that’s created has a unique email address automatically assigned to that particular record. If you give volunteers or external partnership organizations that unique email address, the content of that email will populate within the case notes section. This way, a group leader or a teacher may be able to update you, the caseworker, on notable aspects of the individual’s life that you otherwise would have no idea about. In regards to the Epilepsy Services organization, this supplied the perfect solution for a problem causing great consternation in their daily efforts. Now they are able to continue with their current model of outreach while not having to pay any extra subscription or functionality fees. It’s stories like this that remind me how grateful I am for the solutions we’re offering to help the helpers. Maybe your organization has been looking for a similar solution that allows collaboration on case records from individuals outside of your organization. In a normal circumstance, it would be impossible to allow this collaboration while still keeping data secure and HIPAA compliant. Now that solution exists, and it is in Casebook. Drew Pelletier Solutions Consultant andrew.pelletier@casebook.net
by Andrew Pelletier 11 min read

Secure Your Funding pt. 1 — Third Party Evaluations

Intro Okay so you really want funders to love you, right? That makes sense! Getting funder buy-in often equates to higher levels of investments. So what drives a program officer (or other donor!) to rally behind your organization? Well, it all boils down to trust. And in order for a funder to trust ...
Intro Okay so you really want funders to love you, right? That makes sense! Getting funder buy-in often equates to higher levels of investments. So what drives a program officer (or other donor!) to rally behind your organization? Well, it all boils down to trust. And in order for a funder to trust you, they have to know you. Relationship-building efforts such as consistent communication and frequent outreach do help strengthen trust. But it takes more than just an emotional connection—you need data-driven proof points that ensure your organization’s ability to carry out the work that aligns with the funder’s driving mission. A solid way to verify your organization’s trustworthiness is through third-party validation sites. Simply put, third-party validation sites—also known as charity watchdog sites—develop public reviews of nonprofits. Compiled into a report, these websites allow both individual donors and grant program officers to better understand a nonprofit’s position; focusing on the following areas: Financials: everything from 990s, fundraising percentage expenses versus program expenses, audit filings, and the way your organization tracks spending/income Governance: this often focuses on information regarding the board, executive leadership, the organization’s structure and decision-making process including public policies, privacy, donor data, etc. Program/Impact: the way you implement programs, how you communicate your effectiveness (such as through annual reports), the footprint of your organization’s results Culture & Community: your reputation/what others say about you, your expertise, your diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Focus areas and the weighted value of the categories above vary validator to validator. However, all of these reports come with specialized ratings (such as numerical, letter grades, or titles). Many of the watchdog sites pull from public data, such as your organization’s website, or IRS 990 form. This means that transparency is key. In fact, Candid (who recently merged with GuideStar) distributes Seals of Transparency. According to Guidestar/Candid the type of information a nonprofit provides determines which Seal it earns. The levels are: Bronze—basic information so your organization can be found Silver—program information and brand details Gold—financials and people information Platinum—goals and the difference you’re making However, Charity Navigator, the largest largest and most-utilized independent nonprofit evaluator, deeply focuses on the accessibility and type of data. This major player in the watch-dog field rates charities using over 27 metrics to evaluate them on a scale of one to four stars. Compiling everything from whistleblower policies to staff lists, and program financial expenses to performance metrics, Charity Navigator creates a complex grid of accountability weighing the organization’s transparency and capacity to maintain clear records of their impact. Many of these third-party sites typically auto-generate and pull baseline information from public records, and then allow you to submit documentation to correct or update the information. Other evaluation sites such as Give.org (affiliated with the Better Business Bureau) and GreatNonprofits operate active search engines that sync local charities right into potential donors based on their rankings and geographic locations. Regardless of whether you submit directly to these sites, knowing that baseline information will be pulled and categorized, your organization really has to prioritize public information. Financials should be on your website and easily accessible. Audits should be listed annually. Board members clearly posted and updated. Further, program impact such as reach and progress towards fulfilling your organization’s mission and purpose need to be clearly demonstrated through both qualitative and quantitative means. So what does this mean for you? The majority of US-based nonprofits go unrated or maintain low grades. If you can secure Platinum levels and 4 star ratings across the board, then that places you within an extremely competitive place for securing support. This means get your house in order! Invest in resources that ensure that you are tracking your data, understanding your program effectiveness, and measuring how your finances align with program impact. Having ratings, such as the Seal from Guidestar, often equate to a 53% increase in contributions. It’s time to get watch-dog ready! In the next two posts, we’ll review other standardized metrics and prepare your nonprofit to secure high ratings, which ultimately means you’re more competitive for grant awards and donations at large. Intro Okay so you really want funders to love you, right? That makes sense! Getting funder buy-in often equates to higher levels of investments. So what drives a program officer (or other donor!) to rally behind your organization? Well, it all boils down to trust. And in order for a funder to trust you, they have to know you. Relationship-building efforts such as consistent communication and frequent outreach do help strengthen trust. But it takes more than just an emotional connection—you need data-driven proof points that ensure your organization’s ability to carry out the work that aligns with the funder’s driving mission. A solid way to verify your organization’s trustworthiness is through third-party validation sites. Simply put, third-party validation sites—also known as charity watchdog sites—develop public reviews of nonprofits. Compiled into a report, these websites allow both individual donors and grant program officers to better understand a nonprofit’s position; focusing on the following areas: Financials: everything from 990s, fundraising percentage expenses versus program expenses, audit filings, and the way your organization tracks spending/income Governance: this often focuses on information regarding the board, executive leadership, the organization’s structure and decision-making process including public policies, privacy, donor data, etc. Program/Impact: the way you implement programs, how you communicate your effectiveness (such as through annual reports), the footprint of your organization’s results Culture & Community: your reputation/what others say about you, your expertise, your diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Focus areas and the weighted value of the categories above vary validator to validator. However, all of these reports come with specialized ratings (such as numerical, letter grades, or titles). Many of the watchdog sites pull from public data, such as your organization’s website, or IRS 990 form. This means that transparency is key. In fact, Candid (who recently merged with GuideStar) distributes Seals of Transparency. According to Guidestar/Candid the type of information a nonprofit provides determines which Seal it earns. The levels are: Bronze—basic information so your organization can be found Silver—program information and brand details Gold—financials and people information Platinum—goals and the difference you’re making However, Charity Navigator, the largest largest and most-utilized independent nonprofit evaluator, deeply focuses on the accessibility and type of data. This major player in the watch-dog field rates charities using over 27 metrics to evaluate them on a scale of one to four stars. Compiling everything from whistleblower policies to staff lists, and program financial expenses to performance metrics, Charity Navigator creates a complex grid of accountability weighing the organization’s transparency and capacity to maintain clear records of their impact. Many of these third-party sites typically auto-generate and pull baseline information from public records, and then allow you to submit documentation to correct or update the information. Other evaluation sites such as Give.org (affiliated with the Better Business Bureau) and GreatNonprofits operate active search engines that sync local charities right into potential donors based on their rankings and geographic locations. Regardless of whether you submit directly to these sites, knowing that baseline information will be pulled and categorized, your organization really has to prioritize public information. Financials should be on your website and easily accessible. Audits should be listed annually. Board members clearly posted and updated. Further, program impact such as reach and progress towards fulfilling your organization’s mission and purpose need to be clearly demonstrated through both qualitative and quantitative means. So what does this mean for you? The majority of US-based nonprofits go unrated or maintain low grades. If you can secure Platinum levels and 4 star ratings across the board, then that places you within an extremely competitive place for securing support. This means get your house in order! Invest in resources that ensure that you are tracking your data, understanding your program effectiveness, and measuring how your finances align with program impact. Having ratings, such as the Seal from Guidestar, often equate to a 53% increase in contributions. It’s time to get watch-dog ready! In the next two posts, we’ll review other standardized metrics and prepare your nonprofit to secure high ratings, which ultimately means you’re more competitive for grant awards and donations at large. Intro Okay so you really want funders to love you, right? That makes sense! Getting funder buy-in often equates to higher levels of investments. So what drives a program officer (or other donor!) to rally behind your organization? Well, it all boils down to trust. And in order for a funder to trust you, they have to know you. Relationship-building efforts such as consistent communication and frequent outreach do help strengthen trust. But it takes more than just an emotional connection—you need data-driven proof points that ensure your organization’s ability to carry out the work that aligns with the funder’s driving mission. A solid way to verify your organization’s trustworthiness is through third-party validation sites. Simply put, third-party validation sites—also known as charity watchdog sites—develop public reviews of nonprofits. Compiled into a report, these websites allow both individual donors and grant program officers to better understand a nonprofit’s position; focusing on the following areas: Financials: everything from 990s, fundraising percentage expenses versus program expenses, audit filings, and the way your organization tracks spending/income Governance: this often focuses on information regarding the board, executive leadership, the organization’s structure and decision-making process including public policies, privacy, donor data, etc. Program/Impact: the way you implement programs, how you communicate your effectiveness (such as through annual reports), the footprint of your organization’s results Culture & Community: your reputation/what others say about you, your expertise, your diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Focus areas and the weighted value of the categories above vary validator to validator. However, all of these reports come with specialized ratings (such as numerical, letter grades, or titles). Many of the watchdog sites pull from public data, such as your organization’s website, or IRS 990 form. This means that transparency is key. In fact, Candid (who recently merged with GuideStar) distributes Seals of Transparency. According to Guidestar/Candid the type of information a nonprofit provides determines which Seal it earns. The levels are: Bronze—basic information so your organization can be found Silver—program information and brand details Gold—financials and people information Platinum—goals and the difference you’re making However, Charity Navigator, the largest largest and most-utilized independent nonprofit evaluator, deeply focuses on the accessibility and type of data. This major player in the watch-dog field rates charities using over 27 metrics to evaluate them on a scale of one to four stars. Compiling everything from whistleblower policies to staff lists, and program financial expenses to performance metrics, Charity Navigator creates a complex grid of accountability weighing the organization’s transparency and capacity to maintain clear records of their impact. Many of these third-party sites typically auto-generate and pull baseline information from public records, and then allow you to submit documentation to correct or update the information. Other evaluation sites such as Give.org (affiliated with the Better Business Bureau) and GreatNonprofits operate active search engines that sync local charities right into potential donors based on their rankings and geographic locations. Regardless of whether you submit directly to these sites, knowing that baseline information will be pulled and categorized, your organization really has to prioritize public information. Financials should be on your website and easily accessible. Audits should be listed annually. Board members clearly posted and updated. Further, program impact such as reach and progress towards fulfilling your organization’s mission and purpose need to be clearly demonstrated through both qualitative and quantitative means. So what does this mean for you? The majority of US-based nonprofits go unrated or maintain low grades. If you can secure Platinum levels and 4 star ratings across the board, then that places you within an extremely competitive place for securing support. This means get your house in order! Invest in resources that ensure that you are tracking your data, understanding your program effectiveness, and measuring how your finances align with program impact. Having ratings, such as the Seal from Guidestar, often equate to a 53% increase in contributions. It’s time to get watch-dog ready! In the next two posts, we’ll review other standardized metrics and prepare your nonprofit to secure high ratings, which ultimately means you’re more competitive for grant awards and donations at large. Intro Okay so you really want funders to love you, right? That makes sense! Getting funder buy-in often equates to higher levels of investments. So what drives a program officer (or other donor!) to rally behind your organization? Well, it all boils down to trust. And in order for a funder to trust you, they have to know you. Relationship-building efforts such as consistent communication and frequent outreach do help strengthen trust. But it takes more than just an emotional connection—you need data-driven proof points that ensure your organization’s ability to carry out the work that aligns with the funder’s driving mission. A solid way to verify your organization’s trustworthiness is through third-party validation sites. Simply put, third-party validation sites—also known as charity watchdog sites—develop public reviews of nonprofits. Compiled into a report, these websites allow both individual donors and grant program officers to better understand a nonprofit’s position; focusing on the following areas: Financials: everything from 990s, fundraising percentage expenses versus program expenses, audit filings, and the way your organization tracks spending/income Governance: this often focuses on information regarding the board, executive leadership, the organization’s structure and decision-making process including public policies, privacy, donor data, etc. Program/Impact: the way you implement programs, how you communicate your effectiveness (such as through annual reports), the footprint of your organization’s results Culture & Community: your reputation/what others say about you, your expertise, your diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Focus areas and the weighted value of the categories above vary validator to validator. However, all of these reports come with specialized ratings (such as numerical, letter grades, or titles). Many of the watchdog sites pull from public data, such as your organization’s website, or IRS 990 form. This means that transparency is key. In fact, Candid (who recently merged with GuideStar) distributes Seals of Transparency. According to Guidestar/Candid the type of information a nonprofit provides determines which Seal it earns. The levels are: Bronze—basic information so your organization can be found Silver—program information and brand details Gold—financials and people information Platinum—goals and the difference you’re making However, Charity Navigator, the largest largest and most-utilized independent nonprofit evaluator, deeply focuses on the accessibility and type of data. This major player in the watch-dog field rates charities using over 27 metrics to evaluate them on a scale of one to four stars. Compiling everything from whistleblower policies to staff lists, and program financial expenses to performance metrics, Charity Navigator creates a complex grid of accountability weighing the organization’s transparency and capacity to maintain clear records of their impact. Many of these third-party sites typically auto-generate and pull baseline information from public records, and then allow you to submit documentation to correct or update the information. Other evaluation sites such as Give.org (affiliated with the Better Business Bureau) and GreatNonprofits operate active search engines that sync local charities right into potential donors based on their rankings and geographic locations. Regardless of whether you submit directly to these sites, knowing that baseline information will be pulled and categorized, your organization really has to prioritize public information. Financials should be on your website and easily accessible. Audits should be listed annually. Board members clearly posted and updated. Further, program impact such as reach and progress towards fulfilling your organization’s mission and purpose need to be clearly demonstrated through both qualitative and quantitative means. So what does this mean for you? The majority of US-based nonprofits go unrated or maintain low grades. If you can secure Platinum levels and 4 star ratings across the board, then that places you within an extremely competitive place for securing support. This means get your house in order! Invest in resources that ensure that you are tracking your data, understanding your program effectiveness, and measuring how your finances align with program impact. Having ratings, such as the Seal from Guidestar, often equate to a 53% increase in contributions. It’s time to get watch-dog ready! In the next two posts, we’ll review other standardized metrics and prepare your nonprofit to secure high ratings, which ultimately means you’re more competitive for grant awards and donations at large. Intro Okay so you really want funders to love you, right? That makes sense! Getting funder buy-in often equates to higher levels of investments. So what drives a program officer (or other donor!) to rally behind your organization? Well, it all boils down to trust. And in order for a funder to trust you, they have to know you. Relationship-building efforts such as consistent communication and frequent outreach do help strengthen trust. But it takes more than just an emotional connection—you need data-driven proof points that ensure your organization’s ability to carry out the work that aligns with the funder’s driving mission. A solid way to verify your organization’s trustworthiness is through third-party validation sites. Simply put, third-party validation sites—also known as charity watchdog sites—develop public reviews of nonprofits. Compiled into a report, these websites allow both individual donors and grant program officers to better understand a nonprofit’s position; focusing on the following areas: Financials: everything from 990s, fundraising percentage expenses versus program expenses, audit filings, and the way your organization tracks spending/income Governance: this often focuses on information regarding the board, executive leadership, the organization’s structure and decision-making process including public policies, privacy, donor data, etc. Program/Impact: the way you implement programs, how you communicate your effectiveness (such as through annual reports), the footprint of your organization’s results Culture & Community: your reputation/what others say about you, your expertise, your diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Focus areas and the weighted value of the categories above vary validator to validator. However, all of these reports come with specialized ratings (such as numerical, letter grades, or titles). Many of the watchdog sites pull from public data, such as your organization’s website, or IRS 990 form. This means that transparency is key. In fact, Candid (who recently merged with GuideStar) distributes Seals of Transparency. According to Guidestar/Candid the type of information a nonprofit provides determines which Seal it earns. The levels are: Bronze—basic information so your organization can be found Silver—program information and brand details Gold—financials and people information Platinum—goals and the difference you’re making However, Charity Navigator, the largest largest and most-utilized independent nonprofit evaluator, deeply focuses on the accessibility and type of data. This major player in the watch-dog field rates charities using over 27 metrics to evaluate them on a scale of one to four stars. Compiling everything from whistleblower policies to staff lists, and program financial expenses to performance metrics, Charity Navigator creates a complex grid of accountability weighing the organization’s transparency and capacity to maintain clear records of their impact. Many of these third-party sites typically auto-generate and pull baseline information from public records, and then allow you to submit documentation to correct or update the information. Other evaluation sites such as Give.org (affiliated with the Better Business Bureau) and GreatNonprofits operate active search engines that sync local charities right into potential donors based on their rankings and geographic locations. Regardless of whether you submit directly to these sites, knowing that baseline information will be pulled and categorized, your organization really has to prioritize public information. Financials should be on your website and easily accessible. Audits should be listed annually. Board members clearly posted and updated. Further, program impact such as reach and progress towards fulfilling your organization’s mission and purpose need to be clearly demonstrated through both qualitative and quantitative means. So what does this mean for you? The majority of US-based nonprofits go unrated or maintain low grades. If you can secure Platinum levels and 4 star ratings across the board, then that places you within an extremely competitive place for securing support. This means get your house in order! Invest in resources that ensure that you are tracking your data, understanding your program effectiveness, and measuring how your finances align with program impact. Having ratings, such as the Seal from Guidestar, often equate to a 53% increase in contributions. It’s time to get watch-dog ready! In the next two posts, we’ll review other standardized metrics and prepare your nonprofit to secure high ratings, which ultimately means you’re more competitive for grant awards and donations at large. Intro Okay so you really want funders to love you, right? That makes sense! Getting funder buy-in often equates to higher levels of investments. So what drives a program officer (or other donor!) to rally behind your organization? Well, it all boils down to trust. And in order for a funder to trust you, they have to know you. Relationship-building efforts such as consistent communication and frequent outreach do help strengthen trust. But it takes more than just an emotional connection—you need data-driven proof points that ensure your organization’s ability to carry out the work that aligns with the funder’s driving mission. A solid way to verify your organization’s trustworthiness is through third-party validation sites. Simply put, third-party validation sites—also known as charity watchdog sites—develop public reviews of nonprofits. Compiled into a report, these websites allow both individual donors and grant program officers to better understand a nonprofit’s position; focusing on the following areas: Financials: everything from 990s, fundraising percentage expenses versus program expenses, audit filings, and the way your organization tracks spending/income Governance: this often focuses on information regarding the board, executive leadership, the organization’s structure and decision-making process including public policies, privacy, donor data, etc. Program/Impact: the way you implement programs, how you communicate your effectiveness (such as through annual reports), the footprint of your organization’s results Culture & Community: your reputation/what others say about you, your expertise, your diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Focus areas and the weighted value of the categories above vary validator to validator. However, all of these reports come with specialized ratings (such as numerical, letter grades, or titles). Many of the watchdog sites pull from public data, such as your organization’s website, or IRS 990 form. This means that transparency is key. In fact, Candid (who recently merged with GuideStar) distributes Seals of Transparency. According to Guidestar/Candid the type of information a nonprofit provides determines which Seal it earns. The levels are: Bronze—basic information so your organization can be found Silver—program information and brand details Gold—financials and people information Platinum—goals and the difference you’re making However, Charity Navigator, the largest largest and most-utilized independent nonprofit evaluator, deeply focuses on the accessibility and type of data. This major player in the watch-dog field rates charities using over 27 metrics to evaluate them on a scale of one to four stars. Compiling everything from whistleblower policies to staff lists, and program financial expenses to performance metrics, Charity Navigator creates a complex grid of accountability weighing the organization’s transparency and capacity to maintain clear records of their impact. Many of these third-party sites typically auto-generate and pull baseline information from public records, and then allow you to submit documentation to correct or update the information. Other evaluation sites such as Give.org (affiliated with the Better Business Bureau) and GreatNonprofits operate active search engines that sync local charities right into potential donors based on their rankings and geographic locations. Regardless of whether you submit directly to these sites, knowing that baseline information will be pulled and categorized, your organization really has to prioritize public information. Financials should be on your website and easily accessible. Audits should be listed annually. Board members clearly posted and updated. Further, program impact such as reach and progress towards fulfilling your organization’s mission and purpose need to be clearly demonstrated through both qualitative and quantitative means. So what does this mean for you? The majority of US-based nonprofits go unrated or maintain low grades. If you can secure Platinum levels and 4 star ratings across the board, then that places you within an extremely competitive place for securing support. This means get your house in order! Invest in resources that ensure that you are tracking your data, understanding your program effectiveness, and measuring how your finances align with program impact. Having ratings, such as the Seal from Guidestar, often equate to a 53% increase in contributions. It’s time to get watch-dog ready! In the next two posts, we’ll review other standardized metrics and prepare your nonprofit to secure high ratings, which ultimately means you’re more competitive for grant awards and donations at large. Intro Okay so you really want funders to love you, right? That makes sense! Getting funder buy-in often equates to higher levels of investments. So what drives a program officer (or other donor!) to rally behind your organization? Well, it all boils down to trust. And in order for a funder to trust you, they have to know you. Relationship-building efforts such as consistent communication and frequent outreach do help strengthen trust. But it takes more than just an emotional connection—you need data-driven proof points that ensure your organization’s ability to carry out the work that aligns with the funder’s driving mission. A solid way to verify your organization’s trustworthiness is through third-party validation sites. Simply put, third-party validation sites—also known as charity watchdog sites—develop public reviews of nonprofits. Compiled into a report, these websites allow both individual donors and grant program officers to better understand a nonprofit’s position; focusing on the following areas: Financials: everything from 990s, fundraising percentage expenses versus program expenses, audit filings, and the way your organization tracks spending/income Governance: this often focuses on information regarding the board, executive leadership, the organization’s structure and decision-making process including public policies, privacy, donor data, etc. Program/Impact: the way you implement programs, how you communicate your effectiveness (such as through annual reports), the footprint of your organization’s results Culture & Community: your reputation/what others say about you, your expertise, your diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Focus areas and the weighted value of the categories above vary validator to validator. However, all of these reports come with specialized ratings (such as numerical, letter grades, or titles). Many of the watchdog sites pull from public data, such as your organization’s website, or IRS 990 form. This means that transparency is key. In fact, Candid (who recently merged with GuideStar) distributes Seals of Transparency. According to Guidestar/Candid the type of information a nonprofit provides determines which Seal it earns. The levels are: Bronze—basic information so your organization can be found Silver—program information and brand details Gold—financials and people information Platinum—goals and the difference you’re making However, Charity Navigator, the largest largest and most-utilized independent nonprofit evaluator, deeply focuses on the accessibility and type of data. This major player in the watch-dog field rates charities using over 27 metrics to evaluate them on a scale of one to four stars. Compiling everything from whistleblower policies to staff lists, and program financial expenses to performance metrics, Charity Navigator creates a complex grid of accountability weighing the organization’s transparency and capacity to maintain clear records of their impact. Many of these third-party sites typically auto-generate and pull baseline information from public records, and then allow you to submit documentation to correct or update the information. Other evaluation sites such as Give.org (affiliated with the Better Business Bureau) and GreatNonprofits operate active search engines that sync local charities right into potential donors based on their rankings and geographic locations. Regardless of whether you submit directly to these sites, knowing that baseline information will be pulled and categorized, your organization really has to prioritize public information. Financials should be on your website and easily accessible. Audits should be listed annually. Board members clearly posted and updated. Further, program impact such as reach and progress towards fulfilling your organization’s mission and purpose need to be clearly demonstrated through both qualitative and quantitative means. So what does this mean for you? The majority of US-based nonprofits go unrated or maintain low grades. If you can secure Platinum levels and 4 star ratings across the board, then that places you within an extremely competitive place for securing support. This means get your house in order! Invest in resources that ensure that you are tracking your data, understanding your program effectiveness, and measuring how your finances align with program impact. Having ratings, such as the Seal from Guidestar, often equate to a 53% increase in contributions. It’s time to get watch-dog ready! In the next two posts, we’ll review other standardized metrics and prepare your nonprofit to secure high ratings, which ultimately means you’re more competitive for grant awards and donations at large. Intro Okay so you really want funders to love you, right? That makes sense! Getting funder buy-in often equates to higher levels of investments. So what drives a program officer (or other donor!) to rally behind your organization? Well, it all boils down to trust. And in order for a funder to trust you, they have to know you. Relationship-building efforts such as consistent communication and frequent outreach do help strengthen trust. But it takes more than just an emotional connection—you need data-driven proof points that ensure your organization’s ability to carry out the work that aligns with the funder’s driving mission. A solid way to verify your organization’s trustworthiness is through third-party validation sites. Simply put, third-party validation sites—also known as charity watchdog sites—develop public reviews of nonprofits. Compiled into a report, these websites allow both individual donors and grant program officers to better understand a nonprofit’s position; focusing on the following areas: Financials: everything from 990s, fundraising percentage expenses versus program expenses, audit filings, and the way your organization tracks spending/income Governance: this often focuses on information regarding the board, executive leadership, the organization’s structure and decision-making process including public policies, privacy, donor data, etc. Program/Impact: the way you implement programs, how you communicate your effectiveness (such as through annual reports), the footprint of your organization’s results Culture & Community: your reputation/what others say about you, your expertise, your diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Focus areas and the weighted value of the categories above vary validator to validator. However, all of these reports come with specialized ratings (such as numerical, letter grades, or titles). Many of the watchdog sites pull from public data, such as your organization’s website, or IRS 990 form. This means that transparency is key. In fact, Candid (who recently merged with GuideStar) distributes Seals of Transparency. According to Guidestar/Candid the type of information a nonprofit provides determines which Seal it earns. The levels are: Bronze—basic information so your organization can be found Silver—program information and brand details Gold—financials and people information Platinum—goals and the difference you’re making However, Charity Navigator, the largest largest and most-utilized independent nonprofit evaluator, deeply focuses on the accessibility and type of data. This major player in the watch-dog field rates charities using over 27 metrics to evaluate them on a scale of one to four stars. Compiling everything from whistleblower policies to staff lists, and program financial expenses to performance metrics, Charity Navigator creates a complex grid of accountability weighing the organization’s transparency and capacity to maintain clear records of their impact. Many of these third-party sites typically auto-generate and pull baseline information from public records, and then allow you to submit documentation to correct or update the information. Other evaluation sites such as Give.org (affiliated with the Better Business Bureau) and GreatNonprofits operate active search engines that sync local charities right into potential donors based on their rankings and geographic locations. Regardless of whether you submit directly to these sites, knowing that baseline information will be pulled and categorized, your organization really has to prioritize public information. Financials should be on your website and easily accessible. Audits should be listed annually. Board members clearly posted and updated. Further, program impact such as reach and progress towards fulfilling your organization’s mission and purpose need to be clearly demonstrated through both qualitative and quantitative means. So what does this mean for you? The majority of US-based nonprofits go unrated or maintain low grades. If you can secure Platinum levels and 4 star ratings across the board, then that places you within an extremely competitive place for securing support. This means get your house in order! Invest in resources that ensure that you are tracking your data, understanding your program effectiveness, and measuring how your finances align with program impact. Having ratings, such as the Seal from Guidestar, often equate to a 53% increase in contributions. It’s time to get watch-dog ready! In the next two posts, we’ll review other standardized metrics and prepare your nonprofit to secure high ratings, which ultimately means you’re more competitive for grant awards and donations at large. Intro Okay so you really want funders to love you, right? That makes sense! Getting funder buy-in often equates to higher levels of investments. So what drives a program officer (or other donor!) to rally behind your organization? Well, it all boils down to trust. And in order for a funder to trust you, they have to know you. Relationship-building efforts such as consistent communication and frequent outreach do help strengthen trust. But it takes more than just an emotional connection—you need data-driven proof points that ensure your organization’s ability to carry out the work that aligns with the funder’s driving mission. A solid way to verify your organization’s trustworthiness is through third-party validation sites. Simply put, third-party validation sites—also known as charity watchdog sites—develop public reviews of nonprofits. Compiled into a report, these websites allow both individual donors and grant program officers to better understand a nonprofit’s position; focusing on the following areas: Financials: everything from 990s, fundraising percentage expenses versus program expenses, audit filings, and the way your organization tracks spending/income Governance: this often focuses on information regarding the board, executive leadership, the organization’s structure and decision-making process including public policies, privacy, donor data, etc. Program/Impact: the way you implement programs, how you communicate your effectiveness (such as through annual reports), the footprint of your organization’s results Culture & Community: your reputation/what others say about you, your expertise, your diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Focus areas and the weighted value of the categories above vary validator to validator. However, all of these reports come with specialized ratings (such as numerical, letter grades, or titles). Many of the watchdog sites pull from public data, such as your organization’s website, or IRS 990 form. This means that transparency is key. In fact, Candid (who recently merged with GuideStar) distributes Seals of Transparency. According to Guidestar/Candid the type of information a nonprofit provides determines which Seal it earns. The levels are: Bronze—basic information so your organization can be found Silver—program information and brand details Gold—financials and people information Platinum—goals and the difference you’re making However, Charity Navigator, the largest largest and most-utilized independent nonprofit evaluator, deeply focuses on the accessibility and type of data. This major player in the watch-dog field rates charities using over 27 metrics to evaluate them on a scale of one to four stars. Compiling everything from whistleblower policies to staff lists, and program financial expenses to performance metrics, Charity Navigator creates a complex grid of accountability weighing the organization’s transparency and capacity to maintain clear records of their impact. Many of these third-party sites typically auto-generate and pull baseline information from public records, and then allow you to submit documentation to correct or update the information. Other evaluation sites such as Give.org (affiliated with the Better Business Bureau) and GreatNonprofits operate active search engines that sync local charities right into potential donors based on their rankings and geographic locations. Regardless of whether you submit directly to these sites, knowing that baseline information will be pulled and categorized, your organization really has to prioritize public information. Financials should be on your website and easily accessible. Audits should be listed annually. Board members clearly posted and updated. Further, program impact such as reach and progress towards fulfilling your organization’s mission and purpose need to be clearly demonstrated through both qualitative and quantitative means. So what does this mean for you? The majority of US-based nonprofits go unrated or maintain low grades. If you can secure Platinum levels and 4 star ratings across the board, then that places you within an extremely competitive place for securing support. This means get your house in order! Invest in resources that ensure that you are tracking your data, understanding your program effectiveness, and measuring how your finances align with program impact. Having ratings, such as the Seal from Guidestar, often equate to a 53% increase in contributions. It’s time to get watch-dog ready! In the next two posts, we’ll review other standardized metrics and prepare your nonprofit to secure high ratings, which ultimately means you’re more competitive for grant awards and donations at large. Intro Okay so you really want funders to love you, right? That makes sense! Getting funder buy-in often equates to higher levels of investments. So what drives a program officer (or other donor!) to rally behind your organization? Well, it all boils down to trust. And in order for a funder to trust you, they have to know you. Relationship-building efforts such as consistent communication and frequent outreach do help strengthen trust. But it takes more than just an emotional connection—you need data-driven proof points that ensure your organization’s ability to carry out the work that aligns with the funder’s driving mission. A solid way to verify your organization’s trustworthiness is through third-party validation sites. Simply put, third-party validation sites—also known as charity watchdog sites—develop public reviews of nonprofits. Compiled into a report, these websites allow both individual donors and grant program officers to better understand a nonprofit’s position; focusing on the following areas: Financials: everything from 990s, fundraising percentage expenses versus program expenses, audit filings, and the way your organization tracks spending/income Governance: this often focuses on information regarding the board, executive leadership, the organization’s structure and decision-making process including public policies, privacy, donor data, etc. Program/Impact: the way you implement programs, how you communicate your effectiveness (such as through annual reports), the footprint of your organization’s results Culture & Community: your reputation/what others say about you, your expertise, your diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Focus areas and the weighted value of the categories above vary validator to validator. However, all of these reports come with specialized ratings (such as numerical, letter grades, or titles). Many of the watchdog sites pull from public data, such as your organization’s website, or IRS 990 form. This means that transparency is key. In fact, Candid (who recently merged with GuideStar) distributes Seals of Transparency. According to Guidestar/Candid the type of information a nonprofit provides determines which Seal it earns. The levels are: Bronze—basic information so your organization can be found Silver—program information and brand details Gold—financials and people information Platinum—goals and the difference you’re making However, Charity Navigator, the largest largest and most-utilized independent nonprofit evaluator, deeply focuses on the accessibility and type of data. This major player in the watch-dog field rates charities using over 27 metrics to evaluate them on a scale of one to four stars. Compiling everything from whistleblower policies to staff lists, and program financial expenses to performance metrics, Charity Navigator creates a complex grid of accountability weighing the organization’s transparency and capacity to maintain clear records of their impact. Many of these third-party sites typically auto-generate and pull baseline information from public records, and then allow you to submit documentation to correct or update the information. Other evaluation sites such as Give.org (affiliated with the Better Business Bureau) and GreatNonprofits operate active search engines that sync local charities right into potential donors based on their rankings and geographic locations. Regardless of whether you submit directly to these sites, knowing that baseline information will be pulled and categorized, your organization really has to prioritize public information. Financials should be on your website and easily accessible. Audits should be listed annually. Board members clearly posted and updated. Further, program impact such as reach and progress towards fulfilling your organization’s mission and purpose need to be clearly demonstrated through both qualitative and quantitative means. So what does this mean for you? The majority of US-based nonprofits go unrated or maintain low grades. If you can secure Platinum levels and 4 star ratings across the board, then that places you within an extremely competitive place for securing support. This means get your house in order! Invest in resources that ensure that you are tracking your data, understanding your program effectiveness, and measuring how your finances align with program impact. Having ratings, such as the Seal from Guidestar, often equate to a 53% increase in contributions. It’s time to get watch-dog ready! In the next two posts, we’ll review other standardized metrics and prepare your nonprofit to secure high ratings, which ultimately means you’re more competitive for grant awards and donations at large.
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