Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 29, 2022

In this free webinar , you’ll learn: Giving Day trends and benchmarks – why they’ve grown in popularity. How to raise awareness for your Giving Day – tried and true customer success stories. How to incorporate Giving Days into your year-round fundraising strategy – not just Giving Tuesday!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

In the last few weeks, there have been a few good research studies and web sites relaunched that cover technology, data, funding, and trends. Here’s a roundup. One of my favorite sections of the site includes the benchmarking data for foundation use of social media by channel which makes it very easy to do research.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

In addition to social media stats, the report also provides data for how organizations use web and email communications, online fundraising tools, productivity software, and emerging technology trends. 8) 54% share Facebook Stories. Of those NGOs that use Instagram: 25) 66% share Instagram Stories. Click to Tweet.

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Social Media NGO Stats Media 279

Neon CRM

MARCH 26, 2025

Nonprofit email benchmarks are more than interesting data points. Comparing your own performance to industry benchmarks can help you identify areas to improve your email strategies. These benchmarks are based on the performance of 37,472 individual email campaigns sent by Neon One clients in 2022. Why Is This Important?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

There are rage tweeters and arrogant trolls that occasionally trend to the top. There is a need for that on Twitter, but framing your Twitter story a little more on the positive side can definitely increase your engagement. People who are active on Twitter tend to be plugged into current events and trending news.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Think back on what made the day successful—was it the heartfelt story shared on social media, the surge of donations from a matching gift, or the high open rate on a well-crafted email appeal ? Take a peek at the data to uncover the trends that shaped your campaign’s outcomes. But data only tells part of the story.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

According to the 2020 Benchmarks Report , revenue from monthly gifts increased by 22% in 2019 and now accounts for 17% of all online revenue for nonprofits. Also, data from the 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report reveals that 45% of online donors worldwide are enrolled in a monthly giving program. Page Fundraisers.

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Practice Fundraising Online Nonprofit 342

Care2

JANUARY 21, 2013

These are the types of questions we hope to see answered in the upcoming video benchmark study for nonprofits being conducted by Edelman, See3 Communications, and YouTube. Unfortunately, your organization does not have any real benchmarks to compare it to and that is why it’s important that nonprofits take this video benchmarks survey.

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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 you doing a good job telling your story and not getting caught in organizational red tape? Why is that?

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Advocacy Benchmark Studies Social Media 76

Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2025

According to the M+R Benchmarks report , fundraising mobile messages generate an average of $92 in revenue for every 1,000 messages sent. Mobile giving trends Best practices for raising more through mobile giving How mobile giving technology can help What is mobile giving? Well cover: What is mobile giving?

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Mobile Giving Guide Nonprofit 105

Greater Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2024

A continuous improvement approach allows you to combine insights from external data trends with your nonprofits unique user data to build a website experience that exceeds visitor expectations. With that in mind, its no surprise that 92% of people want brands to create story-like ads.

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M+R

JANUARY 11, 2022

So here it is: a first pass at the trends and top-line findings from about 30 of the nonprofits we work with. However, one trend that did come through loud and clear was that the majority of groups received fewer gifts, but a higher average gift compared to last year. Related Links: Come join Benchmarks 2022! Hello, SEARCH!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2011

Benchmarking: When assessing social media performance, many nonprofits want to benchmark their social media results against other similar nonprofits. Here are a couple of nonprofit and social media benchmarking resources. A big shout out to their new Director of Social Media, Jordan Viator.

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Resource Social Media Benchmark Calendar 96

M+R

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Keep these trends and tactics in mind as you start to pencil in plans for the coming end of year (and no, it is never too early to start). Telling the story or your organization, connecting on an authentic, emotional level — that still matters. Sign up here to be the first to know when the latest Benchmarks is released.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 18, 2024

There is no data to provide benchmarks for the optimal number of times to post to Threads on a weekly basis, but through experimentation, Nonprofit Tech for Good has settled on posting every other day. ” You can “Share” your threads as Instagram Posts and Instagram Stories. X can be mean.

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Practice Nonprofit Social Media Profile 196

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 24, 2011

Do you know the first steps in telling your organization's story? I have been fortunate to work at a few nonprofit organizations, and there is always a critical need to effectively tell the story. However, in our world, one of the most challenging tasks can be translating complex issues and ideas into a compelling story.

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Communication Effective Impact Benchmark 93

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Funding-round stories are TechCrunch’s bread and butter. That’s a story that we can tell every day. From time to time, a debate pops up about the role of funding-round stories: Are financings the right metric to focus on? Should the trend be scratched and reinvented?

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Fund Journal Metrics News 106

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Long story short, QR codes ask a lot from users, including the following steps: recognize QR code, pull out mobile phone, launch QR scanner app (assuming they already have one downloaded), perfectly align mobile camera to QR code, snap picture, submit QR code, wait for response, then arrive on desired website.

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Mobile Site email Metrics 137

Neon CRM

JULY 19, 2023

Here are 10 year-end giving statistics that show just how important the final month of the year can be—and how your nonprofit can leverage these trends to make your end-of-year campaign a success. Even as all giving declined in 2022 according to the M+R Benchmarks, the same study found an 11% increase in monthly giving.

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Statistics Fundraising Giving Benchmark 98

The Next Web

MAY 11, 2013

Bill Gurley from Benchmark Capital drew criticism after claiming Dropbox to be a “major disruption” because the team “had taken a hard problem – file synchronization — and made it brain dead simple” as disbelievers fell into the Steve Jobs camp that file sync is a feature, not a product.

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Business Product Synchronous Evaluation 151

Candid

MARCH 3, 2025

Nonprofit Sector report , providing comprehensive data to establish a benchmark for equity efforts across the sector. Here we share their stories to showcase how this initiative is helping funders align their practices with their values.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Check out this post: Nonprofit Content Marketing – Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends for 2014 and don’t miss the associated Nonprofit content marketing infographic. Baldrick’s Foundation shares expert story-telling advice. Curious about what other findings are reported in the study? Are you a real fundraiser?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

I’d be curious to see a benchmarking study on nonprofits on this topic that looks at how nonprofits apply measurement techniques and tools to improve their programs and demonstrate impact, including social media measurement. Does a lot of &# drive by&# analysis, but no monthly review of trends. Often overwhelmed.

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Results Data Nonprofit Social Media 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

Treesaver is significant for nonprofits because it combines important trends – open source software, web standards and mobile applications. The Alliance for Biking and Walking has a benchmark report about the levels of biking and walking in the US. We tested out Treesaver by telling one of our own stories. egypt.see3.net/.

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Report Nonprofit PDF Blackberry 114

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Share Your Story: ROI, Social Media, Nonprofits. Above all you must pick the right metrics to measure what your doing and look for trends that can tell you what works and what doesn't. Benchmark studies. ROI Story Telling. Numbers are important, but stories can enhance your case. tags: nonprofits roi ).

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ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

NonProfit Hub

JUNE 18, 2014

Long story short, Wabash students, alumni, faculty, family and friends, not only surpassed their goal, but they blew it out of the water six times over. The #Wabash430 hashtag was trending in the Indianapolis area and snagged 694 unique mentions throughout the day. Each group pledged $43,000 for their initial benchmarks.

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Social Media Arts Lesson Media 76

Bloomerang

AUGUST 18, 2023

There are two alarming trends in the current nonprofit world, and they are profoundly and demonstrably linked. You can’t place a value on how much donors appreciate staff that truly understand their stories, personalities, and preferences. Across the nonprofit sector, the average donor retention rate is about 40% to 45%.

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Fundraising Nonprofit Retention Gift 96

Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

Being able to benchmark performance against what other nonprofits are doing is an important starting point to understanding your own data. Trends Reports First, let’s look at reports that focus on large scale trends impacting the entire sector. This is where the increasing amount of nonprofit sector research reports can help.

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Hype Research Marketing Nonprofit 52

DNL OmniMedia

MAY 7, 2024

Whether you’re analyzing patient outcomes, tracking academic trends, or gathering insights from donor demographics, data visualization can be a valuable tool for any organization. Industry benchmarks and comparisons: Consider the larger trends at play that impact your results.

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Care2

DECEMBER 16, 2013

People use Facebook to share stories, photos, and videos with friends. BTW, you should check out the Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report , which historically shows that the majority of nonprofits have not raised a dime on Facebook. Online Fundraising Social Networking Trends Web 2.0'

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Facebook Donation Nonprofit Social Network 78

Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

The best fundraising strategic plan tells a complete, organized, and analytics-based story that your team can actually use to help your campaign be more successful. This is great news for nonprofits, especially since monthly giving attributed for an extraordinary 32% growth in revenue, according to this year’s Benchmarks report from M+R.

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Fundraising Guide Nonprofit Campaign 108

NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

From new reports, to funding opportunities, to success stories, we hope you'll be as inspired as we are by your amazing nonprofit technology community! The report guides you through key statistics and insights into giving trends. See3 is generating the first-ever benchmark study of nonprofit online video usage. We love data!

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Project Report Hurricane Social Media 73

Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Share a story, donate money, sign up for a contest, watch a video, etc.). Set benchmarks and specific goals for traffic, engagement, and online giving for the year. Test 3-4 new Facebook Ads: Test different ad types (promoted post, sponsored story, etc.), What are the short-term and long-term goals and objectives? Constantly.

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sgEngage

MAY 17, 2021

How might those current trends shape the future of higher education and advancement? We are working closely with our members to ensure they have the right data and tools to engage in benchmarking and analytics so they can engage in continuous improvement in advancement. Benchmarking helps with context for that leadership activity.

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Education Conversation Giving University 70

TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

What trends are you most excited about investing in, generally? What trends are you most excited about investing in, generally? What trends are you most excited about investing in, generally? Interestingly, valuation trends seem to trail the U.S. What trends are you most excited about investing in, generally?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In 2014, Prayank Swaroop made a pitch to the storied venture firm Accel, where he worked as an associate, about future marketplaces in India. India’s Sensex — the local stock benchmark — remains up 3.4% An investor described the trend as a “hedge” against fintech exposure.

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Care2

MAY 17, 2007

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