Sangfroid Strategy Unlocks Transformational Data on the State of Cuyahoga County Nonprofits
During the past year, Sangfroid Strategy, a local data-driven strategy consulting firm, partnered with the Funders Collaborative for...
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- Oct 14, 2021
- 3 min
Creating a Data and Evaluation Strategy: Moving from Fear to Buy-In
By Catherine Smith, Director of Data and Evaluation, and Ariel Jordan, Social Impact Analyst, Sangfroid Strategy Our team loves helping...
- Jan 15, 2021
- 3 min
5 Tips for Building Evaluation Into Your Program’s Delivery
By Catherine Smith, Director of Learning and Innovation, Sangfroid Strategy Program evaluation is not something that just happens at the...
- Sep 10, 2020
- 2 min
What is “Zooming Out” and Why Nonprofits Should Do It
Oftentimes, nonprofit professionals like Executive Directors, Program Managers, and other program staff are hired into an organization to...
- Sep 10, 2020
- 2 min
How Can a Nonprofit Team Collect Good Data Without the Extra Work?
The rise of outcome oriented grantmaking in the U.S., paired with the common ‘ proposal → grant → report’ pathway, left us with the...
- Sep 10, 2020
- 3 min
Make Your Data Work For You
As an industry, nonprofits aren’t used to understanding, measuring, and communicating the value of their program -and this last part is...
- Sep 10, 2020
- 3 min
Three Reasons Evaluation Matters to Nonprofit Teams
It’s all too common for nonprofit leaders and staff to dread evaluation, and who can blame them? It would be hard to get excited about...
- Aug 14, 2020
- 3 min
Measure What Matters
Every time a report is due, you rifle through a stack of program files and click around an endless sea of folders as you try and answer...
- Aug 14, 2020
- 4 min
The Seven Myths of Nonprofit Program Evaluation
The first question I ask every nonprofit I work with is – What makes your organization stand out from the rest? I’ve heard hundreds of...
- Mar 23, 2020
- 2 min
5 Areas to Build Nonprofit Resilience Now
As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis continues to unfold, people, businesses, and nonprofit organizations around the globe are scrambling...
- Mar 13, 2020
- 4 min
Transitioning Your Leadership Culture from Reactive to Proactive
We’ve all been there. You start your day armed with a plan and the best intentions. Today is the day you’re going to make a dent in that...
- Feb 17, 2020
- 5 min
Building an Effective Membership Model
Your organization probably has its tried and true favorites when it comes to fundraising and volunteer opportunities for supporters. But...
- Feb 3, 2020
- 1 min
Make Your Message Matter!
A lot can happen in 30 seconds: 126 babies are born into the world, Amazon does $42,000 worth of sales, and Oprah earns about $300! But...
- Jan 8, 2020
- 4 min
Setting and Achieving Goals 101: How to go after a bold goal, and stick with it
Strategy is essential for successful (and timely!) completion of our goals. For nonprofits, strategic planning is especially critical. ...
- Sep 17, 2019
- 2 min
Rethinking Revenue for Nonprofits: Part 4
Last up in our Rethinking Nonprofit Revenue Series is moving money. If you’re new to this series, start at Part 1: Making Money here!...
- Sep 17, 2019
- 2 min
Rethinking Revenue for Nonprofits: Part 3
Part 3 in our Rethinking Nonprofit Revenue Series is saving time. If you missed Part 1: Making Money or Part 2: Saving Money, find them...
- Sep 17, 2019
- 3 min
Rethinking Revenue for Nonprofits: Part 2
Next up in our Rethinking Nonprofit Revenue Series is saving money. If you missed Part 1: Making Money, start here! If you are walking...
- Sep 17, 2019
- 3 min
Rethinking Revenue for Nonprofits: Part 1
Rethinking Revenue for Nonprofits: Introduction When was the last time you thought deeply about the funding model for your nonprofit?...