Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

This post describes actions you can take to implement the findings of Bloomerang’s 2023 Fundraising Planning and Climate Report. General guidance for fundraisers Here is general guidance on actions fundraisers can take based on fundraising trends and best practices drawn from the report.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 26, 2022

TechJury has reported that SMS open rates average 98%. M+R’s Benchmarks report found that 54 percent of nonprofit web traffic in 2021 came from mobile devices—meaning that on a very basic level, donors are interested in interacting with nonprofits using their smartphones. Twelve months later, they reviewed the results.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 3, 2021

Highlights from the 2021 Industry Review. We are inspired by the work of our partners and the clients we support as we review this year’s 9 th Employee Engagement and Corporate Social Responsibility industry report , covering data collected from January-December 2020. Social Justice campaigns received over $2.8

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2024

Recruiting and onboarding may have larger impacts on your ultimate retention rate than you initially realized, for instance. If you’re seeking to improve your nonprofit’s employee retention rate, start by reviewing your organization’s practices in each of the categories above and think through how they relate to retention outcomes.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

The latest Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits analyzed data from more than 4,000 nonprofits to provide the largest analysis in online giving data. According to the report, overall giving grew 4.9% in 2013 compared to 2012 (You can take a look at the review I did of their 2012 study). This just in!

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Forum One

JANUARY 20, 2022

From website traffic to email fundraising campaigns, there are a great number of things you need to take into account to review your various communications activities. We dove into a number of industry benchmark reports to compile the following indicators that nonprofits should consider when planning for the year ahead.

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M+R

DECEMBER 13, 2022

If you’re just getting up and running with ads, check on your Meta Ads Manager Account , a tool to run and report on ads for Facebook and Instagram. Groups like the Union of Concerned Scientists and USA for UNHCR actually improved donation form conversion rates by showing more content to their paid traffic! Review your creative.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2024

Giving USA 2023 reported that individual giving declined 6.4% Plus, the M+R Benchmarks 2024 report highlighted the fact that online fundraising essentially stayed flat in 2023 (declining by 1%). It’s been a challenging past couple of years for nonprofit fundraising. In 2023, it declined 2.4%.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Strengthen Transparency and Communication: Documenting moves management within your donor database and reviewing the plans regularly can strengthen transparency and communication with fundraising staff. Are there existing moves management coding in place that needs to be reviewed or realigned? Getting Started. Step 5: Train Your Team.

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Blue Fox

DECEMBER 1, 2019

If so, when is the last time your leadership team reviewed the policy? ” Likewise, an operating reserve policy is meant to, “define and set goals for reserve funds, clearly describe authorization for use of reserves, and outline requirements for reporting and monitoring.” Policy approval should be unanimous.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

However, if your goal is SMART—specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound—you’ll have a clear benchmark to work toward and measure progress. These goals are specific and have a clear timeline for completion, giving the nonprofit team a clear and attainable benchmark to strive for. Define your volunteer roles.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

A staff-wide survey last year revealed some key priorities, including: An equity review of compensation. Through an internal compensation review, as well an external one to benchmark against market rates, we are actively evaluating our current salary structures to ensure that they are equitable across the organization.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2019

If not, stop reading this right now and start reading this year’s donorCentrics ® Higher Education Alumni Giving Report. To do that, let’s examine some key findings from the most recent Alumni Annual Giving report, a comprehensive analysis produced each year by Blackbaud Target Analytics.

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Gyrus

MARCH 14, 2024

You can begin your ALMS class on Gyrus through the learner profile, which has an easy-to-use interface and quick setup options for training and reporting purposes. You can submit requests for self-reported trainings. A Department Quality (DQ) is a benchmark that indicates how well a person can perform their job tasks.

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Gyrus

MARCH 9, 2024

You can begin your ALMS class on Gyrus through the learner profile, which has an easy-to-use interface and quick setup options for training and reporting purposes. You can submit requests for self-reported trainings. A Department Quality (DQ) is a benchmark that indicates how well a person can perform their job tasks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Tweets with links have an 86% higher retweet rate and higher engagement overall because people are hesitant to retweet or engage with tweets that do not have a source or a call-to-action. If your nonprofit is regularly active on Twitter, make an effort to review your Analytics at least once a month.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Have you allocated enough funding to support the stewardship efforts that have had the highest rate of success in the past? It can sit on top of any CRM solution, Blackbaud or otherwise, and is focused on helping your team identify, set, and monitor goals and benchmark performance against internal and industry peers. Peer Benchmarking.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 25, 2024

Impact Membership Retention Rate: How Associations Can Retain More Members 8 min read Read Now Tips for a Read-Worthy Member Newsletter As one of your organization’s central member communication hubs, your member newsletter is worth the time and effort it takes to get it right. Did you put together an industry-related research report?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Therefore, it’s crucial that you update your GuideStar “Nonprofit Report” at least once a year. Monitor Your Charity Ratings and Reviews. Charity Navigator , also a nonprofit, is the best known and most respected independent charity rating service in theUnited States. Be sure to mention that donations are tax-deductible.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

I had the chance to review a few email marketing campaigns today. The rest of the campaigns I reviewed didn’t do much right at all. Based on my review here’s 5 reasons why email messages fail. Pay attention to this trend and start reviewing your email content with an eye for length. Weak Subject.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

We can see from the 2016 Luminate Online Benchmark Report that nonprofits are having success in both areas, but that between the two, efforts are skewed toward donor retention. Total online revenue from first-time donors in the 2016 report was just about even, down 1%, at $206,619. Sustainers.

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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. Major gifts.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

According to a National Council of Nonprofits report , the vast majority of nonprofits operate at the grassroots level, and 88% have budgets less than $500,000. Top feature: Donorbox’s UltraSwift Checkout feature allows donors to quickly complete payments in just a few clicks, promoting higher conversion rates.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 13, 2021

We’ve created this guide to nonprofit CRM options, through which you’ll review the basics of CRM software and a side-by-side comparison of the top solutions through the following points: Overview of CRM for Nonprofits. Depending on the solution, features may include: Reporting automation. Nonprofit CRM Comparison: Top 7 Solutions.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2016

M+R surveyed organizations about their onboarding strategies for its 2016 Benchmarks Report and found that "Sixty-four percent of respondents send at least one dedicated welcome message to new subscribers. Review Your Email Metrics and Freshen Your Welcome Series Twice a Year. Craft a Series of Email Messages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Knowing what work you need done and the quality of work you’d like to receive and set benchmarks to measure outcomes. Many crowdsourcing work sites provide some kind of rating system meaning the better, more accurate workers can rise to the top. Measuring Work. Work completion is clearly a goal as is accuracy.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

CSR software is a technology solution designed to help businesses manage, measure, and report on their CSR and sustainability initiatives. These platforms serve as centralized platforms to streamline the collection, analysis, and reporting of data related to a company’s social, environmental, and ethical performance.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Review procedures for rapid response and crisis management with key leadership. Set benchmarks and specific goals for traffic, engagement, and online giving for the year. Review the upcoming month in the annual online marketing calendar. Produce a monthly website and online engagement report of key metrics. Did You Know?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

In their gigantic 2011 email benchmark report, Marketing Sherpa indicated the most effective way to improve email message relevancy was to automatically send email based on triggers.What's a triggered email campaign? 10x Higher Transaction Rates and Revenue. But, what if it didn't have to be that way?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2013

Blackbaud’s just-released Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits found nonprofit website traffic was down 14 percent in 2012 compared to 2011. The study reported traffic decreased across 18 of 19 nonprofit verticals , with Canadian organizations being the exception. (It What’s the reason? What can nonprofits do?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 12, 2013

While it is advised to review event metrics after an event, it may be beneficial to review some fundraiser participation while the fundraising is actually happening. If the reporting reveals these tools are being underutilized, then it may be advantageous to reconsider how your organization is currently messaging these online tools.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

Account management and reporting: A properly-structured Google Grant account will run 3-5 campaigns at once to drive conversions. Using Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager, they’ll keep you in the loop on performance by creating live dashboards and reports that you can reference at any time. Comprehensive reporting.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

We are here to talk about reporting impact, specifically creating tools and some good processes to do that for your donors. So, if you have to leave early, you just want to review the content later on, share with a friend or a colleague, don’t worry, we will get all that good stuff in your hands later on today.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

To establish benchmarks for measuring success of our design efforts. Once we get access to a client’s Google Analytics data, we first establish a timeframe for reporting. Once we’ve set the timeframe, we then start digging into the data to answer some key questions: What are some benchmark stats for improvement? Methodology.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 23, 2012

GreatNonprofits announced the launch of its "community-sourced" Top-Rated Awards. Claim or update your nonprofit and invite reviews to participate. The report will be released November 10, but you can s ign up to receive it right now. You can learn more about the key findings by attending the webinar on November 9.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

According to the M+R Benchmarks 2023 report , 62% of nonprofits used text messaging for fundraising purposes in 2022. Review the following pros and cons to help decide. Qgiv Qgiv’s text-to-donate platform prioritizes high response rates and speedy donation turnaround times.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

At the same time, 40% of all organizations reported problems with retention. Among those employees that had been with an organization for less than five years, the turnover rate was 70%. Emphasize benchmarking within each job description. Take a more holistic approach to performance reviews.

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