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Use These 5 Metrics To Supercharge Your 2025 Fundraising

Bloomerang

By focusing on the metrics that matter and setting clear goalsbecause you cant improve what you dont measure. The retention metrics that matter Retention is your single most important metricthe easiest, fastest, and most affordable way to raise more money. How will you do it? Upgrade monthly givers to increase lifetime value.

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Why Data SHOULD Drive Your Strategy

Association Analytics

The only people who are going to review it are those with a problem. Leaders (Should) Want Metrics When you talk with any executive, often its results they want, not information on how the sausage is made. Metrics make leaders more effective, and their organization more successful.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Should Fundraiser Salaries Correlate With How Much Revenue They’ll Generate?

Bloomerang

Todays question comes from a nonprofit leader who wants metrics and advice on how to justify and calculate fundraiser salaries: Dear Charity Clairity, I am looking for some updated industry standards for fundraising metrics around staff positions. I am looking to justify salary ranges, as well as appropriate metrics.

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Strategies for Building a Future-Ready Association in 2025 and Beyond 

.orgSource

Set Clear Goals and Metrics : Define what success looks like in terms of member engagement, satisfaction, and retention. Track these metrics over time to adjust your strategy as needed. Cross-functional projects can bring fresh perspectives and innovative solutions to complex problems.

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Is your organization creating bad leaders?

Fast Company Tech

Without clear boundaries or metrics, decision-making slows, trust erodes, and blame becomes a substitute for ownership. A financial services firm, for example, implemented a bonus system heavily weighted toward individual performance metrics. Leaders operating in such environments face an uphill battle in creating accountability.

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The Last-Click Fallacy: How Your Marketing Can Marry the Wrong Metric

Whole Whale

The Courthouse Attribution Problem Imagine if courthouses started claiming credit for all marriages because that’s where couples sign their paperwork. Value Every Stage Assign appropriate credit to awareness activities Measure engagement metrics Track time-to-conversion Consider assisted conversions 3.

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3 common fundraising mistakes nonprofits make—and how to avoid them 

Candid

Corporations: Delivering evidence that the partnership can solve their business problems, add marketing and brand value, or create a broad platform for meaningful employee engagement. Tackling too much Many nonprofits try to solve more problems than they have the resources to address. Fundraising mistake #3.