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The Ethical Dilemma of Data Misrepresentation in Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

Consider formal coursework, webinars, or certification programs in data management, or books such as David Herzogs Data Literacy: A User's Guide or Data Literacy Fundamentals by Ben Jones. GPA occasionally offers webinars and sessions at GrantSummit on ethical data use and interpretation.

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Power of Nonprofit Storytelling | Stop the Last-Minute Story Scramble

Pamela Grow

Start with the Six-Word Stories exercise I’ve featured extensively — it’s from Andrea Kihlstedt and Andy Robinson’s essential book “Train Your Board (and Everyone Else) to Raise Money.” But here’s the crucial piece: Your team needs consistent storytelling training.

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7 eBooks for activists and donors: Ways to give back during Giving Season and beyond 

Candid

Get inspired by reading these books for activists and donors about ways to give back—this season and year-round. Read this book for a dose of optimism and inspiration with real-life examples from social media of how you can incorporate acts of kindness and generosity into your everyday life.

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New typology identifies different ways charities can be cut out of the processes of giving and asking for donations

Critical Fundraising

Explores how the ‘traditional charity model’ is disintermediated by individuals, companies and other types of charity Each type of disintermediation raises its own ethical and regulatory issues, which have barely begun to be addressed Disintermediated giving is a lot more than just donating via crowdfunding platforms.

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Is your nonprofit thinking about using ChatGPT? Your first step is to do no harm

Candid

Over the past five years of researching and writing about AI adoption for the nonprofit sector, we have argued for nonprofits to use AI ethically and responsibly—which means taking a human-centered, strategic, and reflective approach. There are a lot of decisions to be made in order to use ChatGPT responsibly.

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The 2025 GrantSummit: Now More Than Ever!

Grant Professionals Association

A single session can introduce multiple strategies for navigating new funding landscapes, provide a new way to craft a detailed budget, or offer a discussion on books that can unlock your inner creative writing skills!

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Rebuilding Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Without The Baggage Free E-Book: Download Today!

NonProfit PRO

but that is wrong, both practically and ethically. They act as a “transfer device” for your nonprofit to ask for support, like other transfer devices. So, we often treat them as a device, a tool, to be managed, handled, negotiated with.

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