Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

By Christy Smaglio , Instructional Writer at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Let’s check out what to consider when measuring your results. In fact, monthly donors are retained at one of the highest rates of all donor groups making this revenue source very reliable.

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Goal Fundraising Pledge ROI 307

Association Analytics

MAY 17, 2021

If you’re responsible for member retention, you have your renewal rate committed to memory, right? You are most likely doing everything you should -- calculating your retention rate on a regular basis, being consistent in your retention formula and sharing results with key stakeholders. Retention rates aren’t one dimensional.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

Tailoring your messaging for each segment can result in increased engagement and higher email open rates, ultimately leading to more significant impact for your nonprofit. 4) Text and Sentiment Analysis Text and sentiment analysis is the process of identifying and analyzing information from text.

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Tools Fundraising Analytics Analysis 353

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The importance of a cost-benefit analysis for your fundraising strategies. James Greenfield is the guru of fundraising cost-benefit analysis. The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) arrived at similar results. Let’s look at the cost to raise a dollar for a range of fundraising strategies. Honest number crunching.

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Analysis Benefit Ratio Fundraising 139

Association Analytics

DECEMBER 15, 2022

If you’re responsible for member retention, you have your renewal rate committed to memory, right? You are most likely doing everything you should — calculating your retention rate on a regular basis, being consistent in your retention formula and sharing results with key stakeholders.

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Retention Data Rate Demographics 169

NetWits

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The report combines findings from The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving with additional multi-year giving data to provide the most comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. 54% of the organizations in the analysis experienced results at or above this growth rate. Smaller nonprofits grew 12.8%

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Trend Online Giving Analysis 141

NetWits

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Audience Analysis. Assign them key tasks and document results. What’s the bounce rate? One that every nonprofits should think about from time to time. That said, we’ve compiled a few resources that might help you think through your next website redesign. View the Session Recording | Download the Slides.

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NetWits

MARCH 23, 2012

We recently released the most comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. 54% of the organizations experienced results at or above this growth rate. Are you seeing results that mirror what the research shows or something different? Online giving up 13% year-over-year *.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Let’s dive into how learning analytics can drive engagement, improve course completion rates, identify gaps in learning programs, and optimize the learning experience. Example: Through a learner sentiment analysis, one association discovered that one of their courses consistently received low ratings due to challenging content delivery.

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Analytics Education Program Impact 169

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The process of linking results to key performance indicators and associated metrics it is like hooking up a big TV. Who or what are you going to compare your results to? The process of linking results to key performance indicators and associated metrics it is like hooking up a big TV. Flickr Photo by HorrorTaxi.

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Results Metrics Measure Associations 98

Candid

AUGUST 18, 2021

The end results are more efficient fundraising, more revenue, and more time for what matters. Artificial intelligence works through machine learning, which involves the discovery and analysis of deep patterns in datasets. These algorithms are continually refined over time as more data is generated for analysis.

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Course Fundraising Analysis Mail 124

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

But due to many common challenges to constantly reach new donors, retain existing donors, and increase operational efficiency the amount of effort to impact lives doesn’t always result in the high return it should. Does the platform provide powerful tools for data analysis, insight and built-in reporting for nonprofit metrics?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 25, 2024

1) Data Analysis and Reporting Marketing automation platforms give aggregated insights into donor behavior and campaign performance. Open rates , click-through rates , conversion rates , and other metrics measure the effectiveness of your fundraising efforts. 2) A/B Testing Not sure what subject line to go with?

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Marketing Fundraising Test Nonprofit 190

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

Data Analysis for Insightful Strategies Data analysis is at the heart of artificial intelligence in fundraising. Higher Donation Amounts Moreover, data-driven donation requests have been shown to result in higher donation amounts. This includes possible biases in data analysis and decision-making.

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Donation Data Fundraising Analytics 231

3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 22, 2014

The purpose of this post is to share the results of both the polling and the Q&A. The polling results. A few comments about the poll results. We run polls at the start of our webinars, rotating through a series of questions, and accumulating results over time. We call a consultant = 2%. Not sure = 11%.

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Data Donor Poll Aggregator 138

Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Through strategically implemented training, software tools and engagement techniques, sales ops leaders enable sales reps to focus more on selling in order to drive business results. . Conversion Rates. Average Win Rate is the ratio of closed won deals over the total number of won and lost deals. Performance Metrics Analyses.

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3rd Sector Labs

MAY 29, 2014

We have been asking nonprofits a very important fundraising question, and getting some surprising results. And shouldn’t we be able then to match our programs to donor interests in order to better inform donors, which in turn results in more successful fundraising campaigns? Response rates falling? The back story.

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Data Technology Fundraising Database 148

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 15, 2024

Burnout inevitably leads to higher turnover rates and nonprofits are already at a disadvantage as financial constraints often limit the ability of nonprofits to offer competitive salaries and benefits, making it challenging to retain top talent. You’ve probably seen the design ideas sidebar pop up in PowerPoint.

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Language Software Nonprofit PowerPoint 237

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 2, 2024

You’ve waited a bit, logged into your payment processor, and have been impatiently refreshing the results ever since. The great thing about email fundraising is that you get quick results and a lot of data to make sense of those results. The obvious place to go when we look at open rates is the subject line.

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email Fundraising Rate Conversation 92

sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2024

Some examples: Employee retention rate Absenteeism rate Employee satisfaction, quantified on a questionnaire or survey Free Guide Development Plan Toolkit Download Now Utilizing Effective Data Tools Many nonprofits started out as a grassroots group with a dream and some bootstraps. That’s where technology can make a real impact.

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Measure Help Analysis Metrics 91

M+R

APRIL 27, 2023

But the results for nonprofits in the Disaster/International Aid space looked very different. We also compare retention rates and annual value for one-time and monthly donors. Also: we say goodbye to open rates! yes) The full feast of data and analysis is waiting for you at mrbenchmarks.com.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

year-over-year in June 2022—the highest rate in over 40 years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics—we asked foundations how inflation would affect their operations. We should note that annual salary changes may not coincide with or immediately follow changes in inflation rates, given that salary review processes take time.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance. Remember: Averages are a useful starting point, but there are all sorts of reasons why your results may deviate from the norm.

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Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 124

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The report combines findings from The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving with additional multi-year giving data to provide the most comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. 54% of the organizations in the analysis experienced results at or above this growth rate. Smaller nonprofits grew 12.8%

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Trend Online Giving Analysis 79

Candid

MAY 4, 2023

i We anticipate a steady increase in organizations sharing demographic information as a result of our recently launched Demographics via Candid campaign. Here we share four key insights from our recent analysis of Candid’s nonprofit demographic data and what they mean for the nonprofit sector today. Source: Candid, 2023.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Example of A/B Testing Results. Social media data is not linked to higher level organizational results or mission-driven goals across programs. Discussions on how to improve results are rarely part of staff meetings. What is the difference? It comes down to organizational culture.

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Culture Data Measure Social Media 117

NTEN

AUGUST 22, 2013

In late spring of 2012, one thing that had been on my radar for awhile was an interesting correlation between our membership renewal rates and event registrations. After presenting this finding to staff, my hypothesis was that if we were able to increase event attendance, we should see an increase to our struggling renewal rate.

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Case Study Design Experiment Data 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2013

These are methods for developing solutions (any type) in service of people. By applying to this approach to web development or any program development or strategy, your nonprofit can more innovative and impactful results. What was your experience?

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Design Strategy Digital Technique 130

Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

For example, first-time donors who upgrade to recurring givers will now fall into a different segment and, as a result, will require different communications. Dig into your data to determine which segmented campaigns drive the best results. For a more qualitative analysis of your efforts, turn to your supporters.

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Audience Effective Tips Newsletter 111

M+R

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

And, unfortunately, the reverse is also true—what seems like a minor drop-off in your mid-level acquisition or retention rates can create enormous drag on your revenue. . Do newly acquired mid-level donors retain at higher rates? Finding your audience part 1: file analysis. Goals + strategies. What is the speed of upgrade?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

If you need a tool to measure your leadership skills, check out LeaderGrade , by Quantum Workplace, which measures your leadership influence by asking your peers and followers to rate your leadership skills. Also free is a summary analysis of your results. A full reporting on your results costs $79.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2011

Packard recently surveyed 274 of these grantees from 2007-2009 (grant amounts ranged between $7,000 and $160,000) and analyzed the responses from 169 (a 62% response rate) to ascertain the outcomes. ( To see and comment on the comprehensive set of results, visit the foundation’s wiki.) What you think?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

By reviewing its grantees’ demographic data, TCE learned that the rate at which Black, Indigenous, and people of color- (BIPOC) led organizations received general operating and multi-year grants was historically lower than that of their white-led peers. It’s important and possible to collect data from groups operating under a fiscal sponsor.

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Demographics Lesson Action Data 113

Candid

MAY 4, 2022

Based on Philea’s recent analysis of surveys, in-depth interviews, and meetings with European foundations, we’ve seen how the pandemic has had significant implications for the way philanthropy operates in Europe. Two years after the start of the pandemic, vaccination rates still vary from 0.6% in the DRC and 1.4%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2013

While you are doing your analysis of what content got a lot of reach or shares, also take a look at what could be causing people to hide or unlike your content. But the other 2% of the time a fan responds with some form of negative feedback: Results from the data: 1 out of 50 post views gets a negative response.

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Facebook Content Spam Strategy 119

Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2022

Once the hallmark of marketing professionals and financial analysts, data analysis has now infiltrated almost all aspects of our life from fitness trackers (got to make sure you get those steps in!) After all, does you nonprofit really need to track the results from an event you only do once a year? Fundraising Event Metrics.

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Analytics Data Metrics Rate 98

sgEngage

JULY 5, 2022

The Correlation Between Matching Gifts and Retention Rates. Let’s explore the key facets of matching gift fundraising and donor retention over time, as well as take a look at the research and results of the topics together. Ultimately, this would result in a $200 (or doubled) donation value for the nonprofit. Want to dig deeper?

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