CauseVox

APRIL 6, 2023

We will cover topics such as setting fundraising goals, recruiting and engaging fundraisers, leveraging the power of AI to create a fundraising plan, campaign content and donor communications, and how to set up a campaign.

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Fundraising Benchmark Metrics Nonprofit 78

Care2

APRIL 6, 2010

If your nonprofit is not developing yearly benchmarks for its fundraising program, website visits, email and e-newsletter open and click-through rates, start now. Establishing benchmarks helps organizations better leverage supporters, engage activists and keep websites dynamic with compelling content that drives people to take action.

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Benchmark Measure Organization Convio 71

Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

According to the latest M+R Benchmarks Study , monthly giving increased by 11% in 2022, making up 28% of all online revenue. To take advantage of this trend toward recurring giving, your nonprofit will need to look inward at its donor data. Understand donors’ giving behaviors. Understand donors’ giving behaviors.

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Analytics Data Giving Metrics 52

Kindful

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Your goals could be to increase the number of donors acquired, see an improvement in your return on investment, see increased net revenue, or grow your acquisition audience. The key is to look at your data and see which metrics you want to improve. Success for one organization may look like acquiring 200 new donors.

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Goal Metrics Measure Donor 62

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

A few months ago, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. The group included a mix of Google grantees as well as measurement professionals. Create a roadmap for measuring your financial + social impact. Set Program Goals & Metrics.

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Forum One

APRIL 20, 2010

So you're tracking your web analytics, and your metrics are going up in all categories. To help with this, Convio has released their Online Nonprofit Benchmark Study , which shares 2009 data from over 500 of their clients. Donors are giving in smaller amounts, but still giving.

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Metrics Measure Web Convio 52

Everyaction

MAY 24, 2018

The annual M+R Benchmarks Report has arrived again, shining a light on trends that are shaping nonprofits’ digital programs. Having shared and discussed this year’s Benchmarks Report with many of our partners, here’s twelve key trends that have resonated strongly within the EveryAction community.

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Benchmark Digital Trend Report 62

Care2

MARCH 22, 2011

Check out the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from M+R Strategic Services and NTEN which surveyed 40 nonprofit organizations and analyzed all of this data and more. Key Benchmarks: How Did Your Nonprofit Measure Up ? Are enewsletters still worth your organization’s time? Are nonprofits experimenting with mobile more?

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Benchmark Advocacy Studies Metrics 76

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

They spend time cultivating and engaging donors. Blackbaud’s research, however, shows the average time from the first solicitation to a donor’s first gift is four years, yet the average development officer’s term is only 18–24 months. On the first visit, the donor should understand that the meeting is for fundraising purposes.

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Develop Management Gift Proposal 83

sgEngage

AUGUST 8, 2022

Return on investment is a metric that measures the profitability of an investment, giving you a way to compare the yields of investments and make more effective financial decisions. You’ve got to develop a compelling case for support, identify your top 30 to 50 prospects, and engage and solicit those donors one at a time.

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ROI Campaign Gift Metrics 78

3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 17, 2014

Third Sector Labs recently co-hosted a donor retention webinar with Caity Craver , CEO of DonorTrends. The topic – “Donor Retention by the Numbers: Demystifying the Leaky Bucket” – focused on how to properly measure donor retention and then use that data to drive improved fundraising results.

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Retention Donor Advice Data 148

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change. Who decides what is measured? All we know is what they tell the donors they’re doing.

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Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2013

When nonprofits started to read and apply our book, ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” I noticed this tweet from the ACLU in NJ showing a white board capturing their team meetings to define success for social media. How did your organization apply it to social media measurement? What is your measurement pilot?

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Measure Social Media Media Social 97

sgEngage

MAY 30, 2024

Retaining top performers is likely a measure of your effectiveness and success in your role. It’s also objectively measurable through concrete KPIs. For example, organizations might still use in-person meetings as a key metric for gift officers despite communication preferences and habits changing so dramatically post-2020.

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Retention Management Tips Nonprofit 94

CauseVox

APRIL 13, 2022

Peer to peer fundraising is a type of fundraising campaign that involves activating your donors to fundraise on your behalf. 419 new donors engaged with the campaign, accounting for 75% of their new donors! Whichever platform you choose, make sure that it provides an optimal experience for donors.

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Fundraising Benchmark Campaign Raise 77

Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

A fundraising strategy helps keep you on track by offering deadlines and benchmarks to hit throughout the year. That’s because all nonprofits have similar goals, including connecting with more donors, boosting their donor retention rates, and developing strategic, sustainable partnerships with other organizations.

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2013

The 2013 Online Marketing Benchmark Study. Don't miss our most popular webinar series of the year, where we'll reveal the results of the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study. We'll highlight key online trends to help you measure success and identify what you can be doing better to help you reach your mission.

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Benchmark Studies Marketing Online 40

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

2 – When was the last time your organization cleaned your donor data? And from the Q&A at the end of the event … QUESTION: You talked about using social media logins, like Facebook, to help capture more information about donors and prospects. DEBBIE: From our experience, industry benchmarking can be tricky.

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Data Management Rate Benchmark 133

NTEN

JUNE 22, 2010

Since the release of the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , we know many of you have been hard at work looking at how your programs measure up against industry benchmarks. But the Benchmarks Study is really meant to help you think (or rethink!) Source Everything ! Let's take an easy example. How's that work?

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Metrics Benchmark Rate Newsletter 55

Classy

AUGUST 19, 2021

Still, it is key to attracting and retaining the donors that will help our customers better meet the needs of the communities that they are serving. We will continue to invest in innovation in recurring giving so donors can engender long-term loyalty and ongoing support for causes they care about. Eric Pannese. Recurring Giving.

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Product Design San Diego Management 52

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

On average, we know that over 80% of a nonprofit’s total donations come from the top 12 donors to the organization. It involves examining the data and performance metrics of individual major gift officers, as well as the team as a whole, to understand what’s working and what leaves room for improvement. Peer Benchmarking.

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Blackbaud Guide Management Fundraising 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2009

Source: A New Model for Social Media (and Traditional) Measurement.     A few days ago, I asked " What are the best metrics to track your blog's ROI and make improvements? "      What happens after a nonprofit donor or stakeholder is satisfied with the engagement. .  

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Metrics Bookmarking Analysis Feeds 71

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Forget the hundreds of metrics that are being spat out and focus on what matters most for your nonprofit. For nonprofit marketers in particular, tracking conversion metrics on supporter behavior is what you should probably be focused on — versus just viewing vanity metrics of how many people have visited your website.

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Analytics Goal Conversation Rate 28

Forum One

JUNE 9, 2023

The Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation came to us with the goal of rethinking its digital ecosystem from the ground up and optimizing how they attract, engage, and grow their target audiences, including donors and supporters. The post Healthcare Ad Awards Winners Announced appeared first on Forum One.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 8, 2016

If you find a donor and don’t plan for how to keep him or her, the costs are too high. We’re hemorrhaging donors, losing support as fast as we find it, seemingly condemned forever to pay a fortune just to stand still. Our social sector is in dire need of determined action to diminish donor attrition. It’s called “retention.”

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Track Donor Retention Metrics 28

Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2009

The event will reveal the results of the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , which: Provides updated industry-wide metrics to analyze your online program. Helps you measure how your targeted emails, appeals to non-donors, phone call alerts, and more compare to those of other nonprofits. Starts now!

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Benchmark Results Studies DC 43

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This panel will discuss realistic metrics and benchmarks any organization can use in their campaigns and ensure that your using the right strategies and tools to listen and engage your audiences on different social networks. Wall Street views it as the only legitimate means of measuring business performance.

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ROI Social Media Media Social 104

Care2

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Forcing users to go through multiple steps is one of the fastest ways to lose donors. One tactic that has been successful for the nonprofit CARE is to provide their donors with two simple pie charts that illustrate how funds raised are allocated below the credit card donation form. Here are some of the key findings.

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Studies Online Fundraising Nonprofit 78

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The main objective was awareness in the first instance, but with the clear intent of moving people to becoming a donor. We’d like to try to benchmark it against other disruptive pinterest campaigns but we’re not sure there is a good comparison case study. Have you experimented with converting pinners to donors?

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Sierra Leone Case Study Benchmark Comparison 129

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

How can we set an accurate, measurable goal for a Giving Day if it is our first one? You can also set goals for donor engagement, brand awareness, or capacity building for local nonprofits. If this is your first Giving Day, keep it simple and pick the right metric. (See See this for Giving Day metrics to track your goals.).

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Hosting Foundation Question Giving 94

Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

While it might seem a little early to start thinking about 2018 to some (hint: it’s not ), it’s the perfect time to benchmark where 2017 has taken you. Gail Perry’s insightful blog post and scorecard will give you a realistic measurement into the organization and productivity of your programs. .

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Resource Blackbaud Chart Retention 48

Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2014

The larger the donor file, the greater the number of dollars raised. And there’s certainly truth with that statement – the 2013 Benchmark Report is broken up by not only NTEE verticals but by revenue band and email tier – but the sheer size of an organization’s email file is starting to mean a lot less. But there’s a rub.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

How can I measure and track our overall fundraising program? . You might answer this question with metrics like the number of new donors or the number of donations. While these basic figures can be informative from a year-over-year trend perspective, they do a poor job answering questions like: Why did these metrics change?

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Metrics Fundraising Retention ROI 87

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Robust CSR software helps alleviate the struggles of managing your company’s philanthropic initiatives and measuring impact, so you can focus on driving employee participation and making bigger waves with your efforts. They track employee participation and measure the impact of these programs.

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Software Business Guide Companies 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2009

Photo by eschipul Yesterday's SXSW Nonprofit Social Media Poetry Slam was so much fun and from the feedback we all learned a lot about measuring the return of social media for nonprofits. Who knew that using the discipline of poetic form could generate such a great discussion about measurement and metrics.

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Social Media Reflection Media ROI 50

Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

You work for a nonprofit that is totally stuck in the donor acquisition cycle from hell. You work long hours and spend a ton of resources getting new donors in the door, only to then see them never make a second gift, leaving you right back where you started. What is Donor Management? What is Donor Management? Sound good?

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Donor Management Guide Retention 52

Socialbrite

OCTOBER 31, 2021

This is especially critical when working with donor funds and limited resources. So, how do you measure your video marketing efforts? Measuring your video marketing. To know how to measure the effectiveness of your video marketing , you must first decide what the goal of the marketing is so you know what you’re looking for.

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Measure Video Marketing Guide 59