by CivicMeter Staff | Jul 22, 2019 | Nonprofit Management
Using the public tax filings of over 353,000 US-based nonprofits, data science firm Civis Analytics and Fast Company magazine teamed up to spot hidden trends in the nonprofits sector that employs nearly 10% of all privately employed Americans. Civis’ detailed map...
by CivicMeter Staff | Jul 22, 2019 | Nonprofit Management
In Fulton County, Georgia, people with AIDS and HIV are caught in the crossfire after a nonprofit claimed that an important city contract was rescinded after its executive director refused the sexual advances of a city official. That non-profit official is Jerome...
by CivicMeter Staff | Jul 22, 2019 | Civic Analytics, Nonprofit Management
A new study labeled “Beyond the Algorithm: Pretrial Reform, Risk Assessment, and Racial Fairness” by the Center for Court Innovation found out that algorithm-based risk assessments would send 25 percent of black defendants to jail before trial compared only 10 percent...
by CivicMeter Staff | Jul 18, 2019 | Nonprofit Management
Nonprofits with bigger budgets are more likely to have male CEOs. Only about one in five nonprofits with an annual budget of $50 million or more are run by women; meanwhile, nonprofits that have an annual budget of $1 million or less hire women as CEOs at an equal...
by CivicMeter Staff | Jul 18, 2019 | Nonprofit Management
The latest tracking studies have revealed that fundraising in the UK absorbed a gut punch in 2018 with the promulgation of GDPR resulting in a 30% decrease in new donors. However, things are looking up in 2019 as figures from the first quarter seem extremely...
by CivicMeter Staff | Jul 18, 2019 | Nonprofit Management
Facebook is not exactly the most trustworthy of the Big Tech companies but its reach is undeniable and the potential social impact of the social media firm’s recent venture into cryptocurrency has drawn quite a few nonprofits into the Libra Association. The Libra...