Software/Technology

How Artificial Intelligence Can Protect Nonprofits Against Fraud
February 21, 2018 at 12:43 pm

As we’re entering a very technologically advanced age, nonprofit organizations are often victim to fraud. Fraudsters are targeting nonprofits, using nonprofit donation pages as testing grounds for fraudulent card testing. Card testers build computer algorithms that automatically and rapidly attempt donation form submissions with different credit card number combinations...

3 Reasons Why Nonprofit Technology Projects Fail
January 30, 2018 at 11:21 am

Technology projects are their own special type of fun. They can be expensive, there’s usually a percentage of risk involved, there’s bound to be something that you don’t completely understand and, sometimes, they can make or break a nonprofit staffer’s career...

#NPPTrendingNow Ep. 30: Why You Should Be Reaching Out to Millennials
January 26, 2018 at 11:26 am

Welcome back to #NPPTrendingNow, a weekly video series where NonProfit PRO Editor-in-Chief Nhu Te breaks down the top three coveted stories of the week. Here's what we've got going on for you this week: two nonprofit data trends, the secret to major gift asks and the importance of Millennials...

Chan, Zuckerberg Philanthropy Taps UMass Amherst to Create AI Scientific Research Tool
January 19, 2018 at 12:40 pm

A philanthropy started by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan has awarded a $5.5 million grant to the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Center for Data Science to create a free tool that would make millions of published scientific and medical findings easily accessible to researchers worldwide. The project, called Computable Knowledge, would…

BidPal Rebrands as OneCause
January 12, 2018 at 12:26 pm

On Jan. 9, mobile fundraising platform known as BidPal has rebranded itself as OneCause. The rebrand aims to reflect the company's evolution from a mobile-bidding services to an integrated fundraising technology partner...

Technology Is Not One-Size-Fits-All
January 11, 2018 at 11:51 am

The explosion of technology tools available to fundraising professionals has become a game-changer, making it easier to gather, sort and store valuable donor data and insights. As fundraising professionals juggle to engage and retain donors and prospects across multi-generations, technology-infused tactics can help boost profits and save valuable time and resources...

Enterprise Software Nonprofits Can Take Advantage of
January 8, 2018 at 12:58 pm

When nonprofits are searching for a cloud-based solution, help desk, project management tool, single sign-on portal, development tool or online workspace for digital documentation, the first thing they might consider is the cost. As a director of project management and operations, I've had the opportunity to work with some of the largest nonprofit-solution providers in…