Candid

JUNE 24, 2024

Funders are increasingly using demographic data about the staff and leadership of the nonprofits they support to assess their impact and reach. Priority setting that aligns with available data will help you make the most of the data and ensure it aligns with your foundation’s approach to impact measurement. Do streamline.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

The State of Nonprofit Data report was released this week (hat tip to Ted Fickes ). Idealware and NTEN prepared the report based on a survey in April 2012 with nearly 400 nonprofit organizations about how they manage and use data. The report found that nonprofits are either doing a lot with their metrics or not much at all.

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Candid

JANUARY 21, 2025

Despite being a basic safety measure, seat belts were introduced late, and even then, only for luxury cars at first. According to a Candid survey , 23% of grantmakers say they dont accept AI-generated grant proposals. Reduced staff burnout : Conduct regular wellness surveys to measure mental health and workload satisfaction.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In February 2023, we officially launched Demographics via Candid , an initiative that empowers nonprofits to share their demographic data one time, through the Candid profile, where it can be accessed and reused by funders and other stakeholders across the field.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2021

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is making a bold and public move to use Candid’s GuideStar profile and demographic survey to track data from grant applicants and recipients. At the same time, there is an increased call for organizations to be transparent about the demographic makeup of our grantees.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

While enrollment numbers and completion rates provide surface-level insights, digging into learner behavior and demographics can uncover more valuable information like which courses hold the most value for which learners and the factors contributing to their success.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

If you aren’t measuring donor engagement, you might have to. Donor engagement is a measure of all of the things that make up a complete donor profile, beyond just gift size and superficial demographic information. Responds to a survey. How Measuring Donor Engagement Can Empower You. Events attended.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2013

Maybe the program participants skipped a survey question because they didn’t understand the wording, or maybe the program staff forgot to enter the information into your nonprofit’s database. You can use pivot tables to summarize anything from demographic information to satisfaction survey responses. Why get good at Excel?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A recent survey by The Nonprofit Alliance found that nearly half of direct response consultants said their clients lowered expectations from 2022 to 2023, while less than 10% said they expected their clients to do more direct mail fundraising this year compared to last year. Know your target demographic. Male or female? Young or old?

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Changing member demographics adds to the complexity.” They are a measure of your own ability to be an effective leader and the way your team works together to accomplish goals: Self-awareness to assess your own strengths and weaknesses and how they are impacted by your beliefs and motivations. I don’t underestimate the value of staff.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 8, 2009

Much Older. - "Analytics company iStrategyLabs has examined the demographics stats from Facebook (Facebook)’s Social Ads platform, and they’ve reached some very interesting conclusions. We like to report on innovative technologies through blogs, video, podcasts and social networks." " Facebook Users Are Getting Older.

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Candid

APRIL 25, 2023

The stakes are high, but there’s good news: EGA has leveraged the vast reach of Candid’s demographic data to help unlock critical insights for equity in environmental philanthropy. The largest environmental nonprofits are slower to diversify their leadership demographics compared to large nonprofits in general.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

From gathering demographic data to understanding your grantees’ experiences, grantmaking organizations have been working through many multifaceted conundrums this year. Trends in Impact and Outcomes Reporting in Grantmaking Measuring the impact of your grantmaking can be difficult and time-consuming.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Step 2: Set expectations and key performance indicators to measure progress. Next, measuring the impact of your digital marketing can be broken down into two ways: Tangible Measurements : Are typically revenue focused where the desired outcome is to sell a service or receive donations while accounting for expenses.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 23, 2022

also lack demographic, racial and ethnic diversity with less than 20% identifying as people of color. Research indicates workforce diversity is the cultural or demographic characteristics that makes employees unique, which is needed to effectively confront social issues and achieve social good. In 2017, 87% of the U.S.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 10, 2024

You can use tools like surveys, interviews, or data analytics to understand this (more on that below). Segmentation through demographics like age, location and interests are also helpful ways to understand your donors and create stories that will resonate with the different types of target audiences.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Most segmentation efforts are based upon three key factors: Demographics and Lifestyle – these are observable and traceable metrics such as location, age, region, marital status, etc. Preference and Opinion – this is something that you can survey or poll your donors on, and collecting this information via an online portal is a great idea.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

To begin with, as an industry, venture capital can only improve what we measure. In 2016, we set out to develop a rigorous methodology for tracking progress on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in venture capital, and to measure and benchmark those data through our biennial VC Human Capital Survey.

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Candid

JULY 15, 2024

“[R]ecognizing the critical need to act with fierce urgency to support our nonprofit partners as well as the people and communities hit hardest by the impacts of COVID-19,” they implemented measures such as converting project-based grants to unrestricted support, accelerating payment schedules, and making new grants as unrestricted as possible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Set Clear and Measurable Goals. The Giving Day Playbook offers some specific examples and templates for setting measureable goals for your participation. After their Giving Day campaign, they created a survey for all donors to learn more about their interests and compared that data to their existing donors.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2023

5 Expanding donor demographics with Venmo While integrating PayPal and Venmo is primarily about helping to diversify digital wallet options for your donors, it also presents an opportunity to engage with Millennial and Gen Z donors. Checkout conversion measured from the point at which customer starts to pay for donation. 2 52% of U.S.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Together with Keyrus, AWHWA built the Household Pulse Survey Analysis dashboard that highlights 18-25 year olds, who are a key demographic for AWHWA. Advocates acquire real-time data that allows communities to measurably drive towards reducing and then ending homelessness for young people.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2020

Keywords must maintain a quality score (which is measured on a 10-point scale) of at least 3. Organizations must respond to the Google Grant program survey when it is sent out via email once per year. In fact, a recent survey found that the average nonprofit only spent $800/month of the $10k allotment. . Performance: .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Many organizations enter the world of social media with goals that are too nebulous to measure, like “building awareness” or “spreading the word.” Measurable : You should be able to quantify goals with a numeric benchmark. Talk to your staff, board and supporters about the sites they use, or survey your community to find out.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Together with Keyrus, AWHWA built the Household Pulse Survey Analysis dashboard that highlights 18-25 year olds, who are a key demographic for AWHWA. Advocates acquire real-time data that allows communities to measurably drive towards reducing and then ending homelessness for young people.

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 15, 2014

social media, surveys, conversations) to let donors know they are being heard and appreciated. In a nutshell, first segment your donors according to categories, such as demographics, prior giving patterns, program interests. Gather additional data points to develop a deeper understanding of your donors. Use small data (i.e.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2019

Michaela Clark-Nagaoka surveying visitors at a MAH event. Today, OF/BY/FOR ALL is introducing a new free resource - a guide to creating and implementing demographic audience surveys that are accurate, respectful, and useful. In my experience, collecting good demographic data can help you smash stereotypes.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

This involves looking at demographics, motivations, and preferences. Some ways to segment donors include (but are not limited to): Demographics : This includes age, gender, occupation, and location. You can gather some data (especially demographic data) from other analytics. People like surveys that are short and sweet.

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Association Analytics

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Paired with your experience and judgment, your decisions can be data informed or data guided using less specific data measurements. Make it easy – Don’t ask members to fill out a seven page survey at the end of the meeting. Consider your average spending year over year or the trend in your retention over a period of time.

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Tableau

APRIL 22, 2021

“Collecting accurate, meaningful data across different demographics, especially race and ethnicity and language data, has been a challenge,” she says. To create this dashboard, Biedry sourced Household Pulse Survey data at the US Census Bureau to collect data to measure household experiences during the coronavirus pandemic. “I

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

According to a survey by Bloomerang , in cooperation with Nonprofit Marketing Guide: Most nonprofits are familiar with communication segmenting. The most common segments tracked past donor interactions, not demographics. Response mechanisms, for example, can be very helpful in tracking responses and measuring marketing performance.

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Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2023

As you look at your data, you’ll find trends that help you create your journeys and measure the success of those interactions. Demographics of donors who engaged with particular campaigns or events: Did people of a particular age group, gender, or type of involvement at your organization dominate? Who participated? Who didn’t?

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

When considering who your volunteers are, you need to collect necessary information from them like demographic information, skills, and qualifications. How are you measuring volunteer engagement? Without these important metrics, you will be unable to measure your success accurately. Online surveys are convenient for everyone!

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Make sure that goals can be properly translated to the virtual format and that you have a clear understanding of what metrics will be used to measure the success of your event. And virtual events provide a great opportunity to potential sponsors by offering greater insight into attendee demographics and behaviors. Too Much Content.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Demographics like gender, age, and location. Now is the time to go back to those marketing goals you created at the beginning of the campaign and measure your success. Use these KPIs, or key performance indicators, to measure your results: Email open rates and click-through rates. When they donate. How much they donate.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In fact, when surveyed, 97% of nonprofit professionals expressed an interest in learning how to use their data more effectively, and only 5% reported using data in every decision they make. This leads to measurable growth and improved patient results. Many nonprofits struggle to maximize their data usage.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 6, 2021

A 2016 study of that same demographic showed that seeing images of peers and celebrities from Instagram led to more body dissatisfaction. Their study was designed in the way that I’ve seen many others designed, which again is I think a measure of its quality.”.

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