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A Team Discussing a Nonprofit Data Quality Cleanup Plan. A 30-day reset that stops spreadsheet heroics for their team.

Nonprofit Data Quality Cleanup Plan (30-Day Reset That Ends Spreadsheet Heroics)

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It’s 4:30 pm. A funder metrics request lands with a deadline you can’t negotiate. Someone exports “the list” from the case system. Someone else exports a different list from a different screen. A third person has the “real” numbers in a spreadsheet tab named FINAL_v7. And then the spreadsheet hero shows up. They merge files […]

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A board using a board ready tech budget template to transform their business.

A Board Ready Tech Budget Template That People Can Understand, Split Run Costs vs Change Work In One Page

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The intake queue is up again. A partner referral fell through because the handoff email went to the wrong list. A funder report is due Friday, and the numbers don’t reconcile across three spreadsheets and two systems. Then someone asks a fair question in the board meeting: “What are we spending on technology, and what

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A team working on grant reporting data quality for civil legal aid organizations

Grant Reporting Data Quality for Civil Legal Aid Organizations (The Fixes Funders Trust)

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Your team knows the work advancing access to justice is real. The client stories are real. The need is relentless. Then the grant report is due, and the numbers feel shaky. Totals change between drafts. A case count doesn’t match the narrative. Finance asks why expenses don’t line up with units of service. Staff stay

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A Practical Data Strategy for Legal Nonprofits to Drive Impact

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It’s the end of the quarter, and that big grant report is due. Your team is in a mad scramble, pulling numbers from three different spreadsheets, a clunky case management system, and a separate intake tool. Nothing matches up. Confidence in the numbers is plummeting, and you're all sinking hours into reconciling figures that should

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A Practical Cybersecurity Guide for Legal Aid Leaders

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Cybersecurity isn't just an IT problem for legal aid organizations—it's a direct threat to your mission, your clients' trust, and your obligations to funders. The constant anxiety over a potential data breach or a system failure is a real burden. The path forward isn't another platform pitch or a massive, one-time overhaul. It's about building

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A leader creating a digital transformation strategy for legal partner organizations

Digital Transformation Strategy For Legal Partner Organizations (shared handoffs without lost trust)

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A referral comes in. A navigator texts a warm handoff. A court self-help desk sends someone to legal aid. Law firms like pro bono organizations agree to consult. Then the trail goes quiet. No one knows if the client was reached, if consent was captured, or if the matter is open, pending, or closed. In

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Build a quarterly vendor scorecard that spots underperformers and saves 15 percent on contracts in six months.

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The intake queue is growing, the monthly close is late again, and a vendor ticket is stuck in “we’re looking into it.” You don’t have time for another vendor meeting that ends with polite promises and no change. A vendor scorecard gives you a calm, repeatable way to see what’s working, what’s failing, and what

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Stop data silos by mapping the client journey end to end

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Your intake queue is up again. A partner sent a referral, but it landed in someone’s inbox, not your system. A funder report is due, and the numbers don’t reconcile across case notes, spreadsheets, and the CRM. When leaders say “data silos,” they’re rarely talking about data. They’re talking about broken handoffs. Work that bounces

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