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JANUARY 28, 2022

Mark Becker, Founding Partner at Cathexis Partners – Mark founded Cathexis Partners in 2008 to help nonprofit organizations get the most from their existing technology tools, implement new technology to address gaps, and find the best overall approach to using technology to support their missions.

Fundraising 98

Fundraising Registration Campaign Raise 98

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 29, 2011

It provides an overview of the size and scope of philanthropic activities in our state, based on 2008 IRS data. Total grants made by all Arizona-based grantmaking entities (including corporate foundations) in 2008 amounted to a bit more than $653 million, with 72% ($470 million) going to Arizona nonprofits. How's our blogging?

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Arizona Research Resource Foundation 87

Connection Cafe

JUNE 11, 2009

While an estimated $307 billion dollars was given to charitable causes in 2008; total fundraising declined an inflation adjusted of 5.7% This is the largest decline since Giving USA began publishing these statistics in 1954. from 2007 levels. See our full Q1 findings here.

Giving 20

Giving Convio Benchmark Reflection 20

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Listening further, I learned this was a report of a study just recently published by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, using data on giving from 2008. 1 But let’s compare their numbers for 2008, the year for which the Chronicle recently reported. Giving USA’s number for individual giving in 2008 is $214 billion. Why the difference?

Research 75

Research Arizona Philanthropy Foundation 75

sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

Tags: Fundraising , Nonprofit Trends , nptech , Online Giving , Social Media , Web 2.0 (..)

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Blackbaud Benchmark Nonprofit Chart 90

sgEngage

JUNE 22, 2011

The Giving USA 2011 report is out and the team at The Giving USA Foundation and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University have given plenty of data and statistics to sift through. Total charitable giving has increased in current dollars in every year since tracking began in 1954 with the exception of three: 1987, 2008, and 2009.

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Report Giving Indiana Pledge 72

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2007

While I agree with Michelle – it’s really not possible to draw REAL, statistically valid conclusions from our data – I also agree that it was good news for open source tools. Here’s hoping that the next time around we get even more response!

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Question Open Source Sample Survey 100

Care2

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

According to the study, high-touch engagement, such as volunteerism is up 11%, advocacy is up 8% and philanthropy is up 9% since Cone’s last study in 2008. Moms and Consumer Marketing Statistics. Millennials and Consumer Marketing Statistics. Check out the comparison chart below. 95% find cause marketing acceptable.

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Causes Companies Support Statistics 76

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Several years ago I created the Cute Dog Theory, a node to a Nicolas Kristof quote about how puppies get more attention than dry statistics about Darfur. Ethan points out that the Web was invented so physicists could share research papers, but Web2.0 was invented because people want to share cute pictures of their cats.

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Social Media Media Darfur Social 102

Care2

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Corporate America’s sudden enthusiasm for doing good is being backed up by statistics as well. According to t he 2008 Cone Cause Evolution Study, 79% of respondents said they would switch brands (provided price and quality were equal) to the one that is associated with a good cause.

Product 68

Product Causes Marketing Social 68

NTEN

JULY 27, 2011

Looking at these numbers from 2008-2010, we can see the proportion of respondents indicating that there is a separate department for IT has been decreasing, while the proportion of respondents who say there is "No one with official IT responsibility" within the organization is increasing. How does this compare to previous years?

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Trend Report Organization Structure 60

Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

An estimated 40% of the US is comprised of people of color, according to 2008 US Census data. The demographics of the US are changing. Yet many nonprofits online lists aren’t diverse. Are nonprofits harnessing the social power of diverse communities who care about issues that nonprofits advocate?

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Donor NTC Demographics Nonprofit 54

NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Statistics and information to use in grant. out the 2008 survey results to find out if you're being paid enough. We’ll share the results with you in 2010, including: Data to compare your organization to others. Benchmarks to help you plan projects and. It should only take you about 10-15 minutes to. complete. >

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Organization Survey Proposal NTEN 57

Forum One

MAY 4, 2010

Some of these were: Online fundraising grew in 2009 as compared to 2008 but the average gift size was smaller. As my old statistics professor used to say “I can make statistics show you anything I want. As my old statistics professor used to say “I can make statistics show you anything I want."

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Benchmark Convio Trend Statistics 49

Care2

JULY 19, 2010

Here are a few key statistics and highlights from the report. More than 82,000 individual donors made 105,000 donations to nearly 8,000 causes with an average gift of $17.73.

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Challenge Charity Raise Giving 43

NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2009

" Convio released a report ranking the highest online-donating cities in 2008 and 2009 year-to-date. More exciting is all the cool stuff they're doing with mapping technology for their community, including HunchLab , for analyzing crime statistics, and the forthcoming Walkshed , to analyze and display "walkability" on a map.

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NTEN Drupal Convio Nptech 54

Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2014

When the economy crashed in 2008, we all felt the negative impact, including K-12 private schools. They could then gauge success of these efforts by retrieving “click-through” and “view” statistics. . While overall enrollment numbers have not completely returned to pre-2008 levels, the journey back is well underway.

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Blackbaud Application Database Demographics 36

Care2

JUNE 17, 2010

In fact, between 2000 and 2009, email in the US alone grew 138% according to the World Internet User Statistics. million people in August of 2008 according to the Nielsen Company. In India it grew by 1250%. In the UK it grew by 203%. In Mexico it grew by 917%. In China it grew by 1500%. Furthermore, in August 2009, 276.9

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Social Network email Network Social 56

Care2

MAY 14, 2009

M&R and NTEN just released an impressive benchmarks study that analyzed 32 nonprofits online advocacy and online fundraising programs in 2007 and 2008. Other interesting findings include: For email newsletters, open rates and click-through rates fell slightly (1-2%) in 2008, though the changes were not strictly statistically significant.

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Benchmark Studies Case Study Rate 28

NTEN

DECEMBER 29, 2008

Nielson Mobile has just released statistics that indicate that EVERYONE is now texting. Much like social media, there's an assumption out there that the only people who are texting are kids. That was probably true as recently as 2006/07. But it's not anymore!

Teen 36

Teen Case Study Mobile Convio 36

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

” One big standout for me was the statistic that claims 52% of respondents feel they have increased the effectiveness of their marketing using web 2.0 ” One big standout for me was the statistic that claims 52% of respondents feel they have increased the effectiveness of their marketing using web 2.0

Benefit 49

Benefit Tools Web Attitude 49

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008.

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Darfur Sri Lanka Liberia Colombia 100

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2009

According to the annual GivingUSA Foundation statistics (PDF) charitable giving in the U.S. topped $307 billion in 2008. Major gifts come from three primary sources: (1) Corporations (2) Foundations (3) Individuals. Here is where the money came from: Corporations: $14.5 billion (5%). Foundations: $41.2 billion (13%). Individuals: $251.9

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Paraguay Consultant Gift Fundraising 44

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

In 2008, post-election violence erupted in Kenya. Users don't just see aggregate statistics on a map, they get personalized recommendations with map features customized to the amenities they have chosen. Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi.

Tools 73

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 73

Care2

MAY 20, 2009

Last Friday’s timely discussion started with Ottenhoff’s reporting the sobering statistic that 8 percent (about 240) of the 3,000 nonprofits that Guidestar surveyed recently said they were in “imminent danger&# of having to shut down for financial reasons.

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DC Washington Statistics Nonprofit 31

Care2

MAY 14, 2009

Other interesting findings include: For email newsletters, open rates and click-through rates fell slightly (1-2%) in 2008, though the changes were not strictly statistically significant. Email lists are continuing to grow, though the rate of growth was 17% in 2008. Average gift size across organizations was $71 in 2008.

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Benchmark Social Media Studies Advocacy 28

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

In 2008, post-election violence erupted in Kenya. Users don't just see aggregate statistics on a map, they get personalized recommendations with map features customized to the amenities they have chosen. Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi.

Tools 59

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 59

NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

In 2008, Convio pioneered a new program called Convio Go!™ You’ve probably seen the statistics. Do you need help getting your leadership or board on board to make the move to a more robust online fundraising program? Organizations of all sizes can get into the game, you just need a playbook. You can’t afford to wait any longer!

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Convio Mail Newsletter Game 76

NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

We spent a lot of time at the end of 2008 working with one of our clients, the Humane Society of the United States, and our friends at the Watershed Company to come up with a nice mobile test for end of year fundraising. HSUS had already built a mobile subscriber list of about 12,000 activists through Mobile Commons by December of 2008.

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United States Mobile Test Advocacy 44

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Here’s the myth: we’ve been told repeatedly that, in the age of Big Data, there is some set of data scientists who, through a combination of engineering and statistical insights, can develop omniscient insights into any aspect of society. The other is real, but a little frustrating.

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Analytics Advocacy Chapter Environment 31

ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

The data were collected in the summer of 2009 by asking people to reflect on their volunteering during all of 2008. On one of the pages, amid all the charts on who volunteers and what they do, is a big banner depicting the following result: "33 percent of Arizona adults volunteered in 2008." One in three. But is it right? One in four.

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Research Arizona Survey Studies 40

NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

Many privacy experts argue that the recent decline in reported data breaches ( 498 in 2009 versus 657 in 2008 (PDF)) is not due to an improvement in data security practices, but rather that fewer organizations are publicly reporting such breaches.

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Data Question Poll PDF 93

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The National Center for Charitable Statistics notes that 90 percent of these organizations have never filed any kind of return. This is great news.

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Research Arizona Arkansas Phoenix 92

Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

What sort of statistics can you share with us about the competition? March 4, 2008 | Carie This girl is on the ball! March 4, 2008 | Carol Rados Copyright © 2008, Care2.com How many videos were submitted? Great campaigning! All rights reserved. All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply.

YouTube 41

YouTube Generation Social Media Video 41

Care2

MARCH 3, 2008

What sort of statistics can you share with us about the competition? March 4, 2008 | Carie This girl is on the ball! March 4, 2008 | Carol Rados Copyright © 2008, Care2.com How many videos were submitted? Great campaigning! All rights reserved. All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply.

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YouTube Generation Video Social Media 41

Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2009

Twitter has had a banner 2008. Statistics. • ~5 million users at the end of 2008. • Net result is 600% growth in 2008. Statistics are courtesy of HubSpot. So, I’m not the only one out there who became a new user in 2008 and who plans to keep using in 2009. • 70% are new users.

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Twitter Statistics Austin Texas 23

NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

I just finished reading the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarks Analysis , put out by Blackbaud company Target Analytics. By many measures, online fundraising had a red letter year in 2008: Online donors are younger and have higher incomes than traditional, primarily direct mail donors. Get the report and read it.

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Attention Metrics Online Fundraising 36