Data Toolkit

Australian NFPs are tasked with overcoming big challenges. Understanding data and how to utilise it for the power of good can greatly assist organisations in making data-driven decisions, and consequently help generate more impact for vulnerable communities and causes.  

In order to generate progress and impact, it is critical that organisations become data stewards, taking a whole-organisation approach to embarking on, or advancing, their data maturity journey. 

This toolkit aims to help organisations undertake that journey, and access the resources, data sources and insights that can improve NFP research and data collaboration, reducing siloes and improving the overall data capability of the sector.  

We will continue to add resources to stay up to date with this fast-evolving space, so look out for updates. 

A curated list of essential data resources for NFP experts looking to enhance data capability, demonstrate impact and need via evidence, and measure important indicators against benchmarks. 

• Data governance tools 
• National population data resources 
• State government data portals 
• Data ethics tools 
• Research data resources 
• Data maturity tools 
• Practice resources 
• AI resources 

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An easy-to-understand guide for developing data sharing agreements and data privacy resources for Australian NFPs. 

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A guide to First Nations Data Sovereignty: First Nations communities, First Nations, or Indigenous Data Sovereignty (ID-SOV) rights must be respected to ensure First Nations Peoples own, control and govern their data. This guide, shared with resources from 100% First Nations owned law firm Terri Janke and Company, goes through what is First Nations data and how it should be governed, captured, stored and used. 

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A comprehensive resource for place-based initiatives developed in partnership with organisations working in place to outline how to develop a shared understanding of accessing, collecting and using data for the purpose of shared measurements and shared decision-making. 

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Data webinar resources

A list of webinars led by data experts from the Australian not-for-profit sector and beyond to help staff of varying data capability levels embark on a data maturity journey. We continuously add webinars to these varying capability levels.

Data webinars for a basic data capability level 

• Start here: Data basics to mastery, getting started 
• Getting started with data: Fundamentals, strategies and setting up quick wins 
• Six data collection essentials with Google Sheets and Forms 
• Theory of change to articulate your outcomes and impact 

Data webinars for an intermediate data capability level 

• Getting started with Microsoft Power BI for data analysis and visualisation 
• AI for social impact 

Data webinars for an advanced data capability level

• Getting started with Microsoft Fabric 
• PowerApps: Capture NFP data and digitise workflows without coding