PathFinder

This tool is an initiative of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society that aims to help nonprofit organizations and foundations use digital data ethically, safely, and effectively. 

This tool is organized around disaster-related issues including, but not limited to, housing, mental health, communications, and working collaboratively with FEMA.

This tool makes cutting-edge professional development resources available to relief and development workers and volunteers. It includes an online learning library of more than 600 training resources covering topics such as humanitarianism, programs/operations, protection, staff welfare, management and leadership, staff safety and security, and soft skills. 

This tool aims to take the guesswork out of fundraising. Prospect research tools include a combination of philanthropic and wealth databases as well as artificial intelligence machine learning solutions. 

The eBay for Charity program helps eBay buyers to make a donation to a charity during checkout, sellers to sell items to support a charity, and nonprofits to sell items to benefit their own organization. 

This tool provides a strategy for turning planned giving conversations into commitments. It unpacks the keys to crafting messages that resonate, blending compelling narratives with hard data, and painting a vibrant picture of the long-lasting impact of each donation.

This tool is a collection of email templates for donor outreach during tax season designed to drive more planned gifts for a nonprofit.

This tool provides guidelines that aim to raise awareness, guide learning, and support the use of culturally sensitive terms and phrases that center the voices and perspectives of those who are often marginalized or stereotyped.

This tool is designed to help organizations assess their readiness to take on many types of evaluation activities. It captures information on organizational context and the evaluation experience of staff and can be used in various ways.

This tool is a framework for evaluators, those who commission evaluation services, and those who participate in or are otherwise stakeholders in evaluations conducted in Native Hawaiian contexts. The aim is to influence the practice of evaluation and assessment in Native Hawaiian contexts to be more culturally-responsive and sustaining.