NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

If you're in charge of your organization's web analytics, you undoubtedly know about bounce rate -- the measure of visitors who enter your site, say "Enh" (or something ruder), and immediately leave, without viewing any more of your carefully crafted pages. Yeah, those people annoy me, too. Let's dive in. Happy filtering!

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

The September 2009 issue of NTEN Connect had a review of trends in online giving. 2009 proved to be another important year for online giving by nonprofit organizations. Blackbaud’s research found that online revenue grew by 46% in 2009 compared to 2008. The average online gift in December 2009 was $244.17.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2010

69% of the organizations they looked at raised more online in 2009 than in 2008, while 31% raised less. Most organizations saw declines in average gift size. Small organizations grew fastest. Email open rates remained steady at around 20% but click-through rates declined. The average gift size was $80.80.

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VisionLink

MARCH 13, 2014

"Between 1970 and 2009, undergraduate enrollment in the United States more than doubled, while the completion rate has been virtually unchanged. We’ve made progress in giving students from all backgrounds access to college – but we haven’t finished the all-important job of helping them achieve a degree.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2011

From 2009 to 2010, the open rate for organizations of all sizes and sectors declined by 12% on average. The fundraising response rate fell by 19%, while the advocacy response rate fell by 7%. Meanwhile, unsubscribe rates held steady from 2009 to 2010. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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NetWits

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The report includes 24 months of online giving data from 1,895 nonprofit organizations, online major giving data from 2,397 nonprofits, and both online and offline data representing $5.1 54% of the organizations in the analysis experienced results at or above this growth rate. Large organizations grew by 8.6%

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NetWits

APRIL 26, 2012

Download the complete 2011 Online Giving Report to learn more about the 13% YoY growth, double-digit growth since 2009 and the top reasons your nonprofit should invest in its online fundraising program. Download the report now! . But don’t just offer recurring giving. Brand it as an exclusive, meaningful, and fun online experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I've had a post in draft for a couple of weeks now about some personal/professional goals or my New Year's resolutions for 2009. I read Chris Brogan's " Your 3 Goals for 2009 " and I loved his process. Think of how you want to be successful in 2009. Stated another way, organize and simplify. I have a confession.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 13, 2010

In the new decade we are in the “perfect collaboration storm:&# energy around our “community visions&# , enormous critical community needs, myriad of new nonprofit organizations, and desire for greater impact. Tell us about YOUR experience – how are these organizations having an impact? Which ones are great?

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NetWits

JANUARY 2, 2009

My colleague, Nicholai Burton, posted a terrific blog entry last month about ways for cultural organizations to thrive in a down economy. While he spoke specifically on ways to engage patrons, his ideas can be relevant to all types of nonprofit organizations. As a marketer, my favorite suggestion was his first, to “know thy audience.”

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

My friend Nancy Schwartz has released her new report designed to guide nonprofit organizations to shape effective taglines for their organizations. . A 2008 survey of nonprofits showed that 7 in 10 nonprofits rated their tagline as poor or didn’t use one at all.

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Care2

JULY 2, 2011

Ever wonder how your organization’s website traffic compares to other organizations? In 2009, users spent 5.49 The good news is that bounce rates were slightly down from 2009 averaging 47% in 2010. The UK’s bounce rates were the lowest at 41.5% followed by the US’s bounce rates at 42.5%.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2009

That they are number 10,000 is completely random, but I am pleased that it is an organization with a mission dear to my heart. Their first project is a secondary school for 1,200 girls in Afghanistan where the female literacy rate is only 12%. Also known as Project Wonkhai, the school opened it’s doors in March 2009.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

This is the time of year that your organization should be raising up to 40% of its donations online. from 2009 when giving was $280.3 On average fundraising responses rates range from.08% Like with any good fundraising appeal or campaign, there are elements that shine and some simple ways organizations can make them even better.

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NetWits

MARCH 23, 2012

54% of the organizations experienced results at or above this growth rate. 87% of organizations had at least one online gift of $1,000+. Every nonprofit sector has seen double-digit online fundraising growth since 2009. >> Online giving up 13% year-over-year *. 2011 Online Giving Report.

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NTEN

MAY 15, 2009

We just released the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study with our fantastic friends at M+R Strategic Services. Open rates and click-throughs are holding steady. Local organizations are getting on the bus. Then tell me: how does your organization compare? To help folks get started, we hosted a release party.

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Care2

MARCH 14, 2011

The study also provides data for organizations based on size of email file. billion online - an increase of 40% over 2009. Online giving is growing fastest for small organizations. This compares to 5.97% in 2009. We have to do something about these LOW conversion rates. In 2010, Convio clients raised $1.3

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Vote here for the 2009 Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards. Give you the chance to register for the free 2009 Nonprofit Tagline Report, with 2,500 tagline examples. Voting will: Sharpen your understanding of what works and what doesn’t communications-wise. Inform and inspire your foundation’s messaging.

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sgEngage

JUNE 21, 2012

The estimated two-year change in charitable giving to religion-related organizations between 2009 and 2011 is a decline of 3.7%—the Since 1971, the average inflation-adjusted rate of change in total giving in the two. Giving to international organizations grew 240.0% the only cumulative drop in giving seen across the.

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Care2

MARCH 22, 2011

Do you know the average click-through and open rates on action alerts and fundraising appeals across the nonprofit sector? Are enewsletters still worth your organization’s time? Online fundraising grew 14% from 2009 to 2010. Fundraising emails had the lowest click-through rate. Online Fundraising.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

By combining industry best practices such as peer-to-peer fundraising with innovative technologies like Venmo and text-to-donate, Givebutter has become the world’s #1 rated online fundraising platform, according to Capterra, GetApp, G2, and Software Advice FrontRunners. Platform Fee : Free Transaction Fee : 2.9% + $.30 Platform Fee: 1.5%

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Don’t be too alarmed though.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Every year we survey the nonprofit technology community (via our members, program participants, and other like-communities) to learn two main things: How are WE doing , as an organization, to make your work easier, and your mission a little closer? > Download the report here (free). is this year's winner!

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Care2

JULY 2, 2011

Ever wonder how your organization’s website traffic compares to other organizations? In 2009, users spent 5.49 The good news is that bounce rates were slightly down from 2009 averaging 47% in 2010. The UK’s bounce rates were the lowest at 41.5% followed by the US’s bounce rates at 42.5%.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Highlights include: 77% raised more money this year than they did in 2009. 85% saw the same or lower email response rates than they did in 2009. 85% sent more solicitations this year vs. 2009. And remember, what works for one nonprofit, may not work for another organization. Bottom line? Using video or no video.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 12, 2009

I’m thrilled that their 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference will be held at the San Francisco Hilton this year, April 26-28. The Early Bird rate expires after January 31st, so it’s time to stop procrastinating. When: April 26-28, 2009. I’m a member of NTEN and a huge fan. Where: The San Francisco Hilton.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The report includes 24 months of online giving data from 1,895 nonprofit organizations, online major giving data from 2,397 nonprofits, and both online and offline data representing $5.1 54% of the organizations in the analysis experienced results at or above this growth rate. Large organizations grew by 8.6%

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

Social media has changed the marketing world, and Facebook Ads for nonprofits are an easy tool to increase your organization’s presence online. Since 2009, Facebook has provided the option to create featured ads on their platform to help businesses and organizations reach others’ newsfeeds.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2009

Last year, she found that 72% of nonprofit organizations don't even have a tagline or rate theirs as performing poorly. Clearly, writing a good tagline is hard. How can nonprofits compete? Pretty well, according to Nancy Schwartz. But she's trying to change that with her annual Nonprofit Tagline Awards.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

nonprofits, coupled with the 10 major activity areas of charitable organizations to diagram the relative flow of money from each source to each activity area. Get the latest data on email open rates, social media usage, email churn, and more. Based on 2006 data, the chart features the 10 major sources of revenue for U.S.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Our Leadership Council incorporates a diverse array of expertise and cause affiliations with representation from nonprofit organizations, corporations, foundations, academic institutions, and many more. His work examines the challenges of performance measurement, accountability, and governance facing organizations with a social purpose .

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 18, 2017

A study cited by Nobel (2015) showed that individual donors are averse to funding organizations with high overhead rates. Building the infrastructure needed to properly support an organization as a whole is vital to the entity’s sustainability. Grantor agencies also eschew funding these necessary expenses.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

The Inland Empire, which encompasses 27,000 square miles in Southern California, has one of the highest rates of poverty in the U.S.'s is a nonprofit educational and vocational training organization that has been working with local at-risk populations since 2009. 's twenty-five metropolitan areas.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 17, 2008

They have released two studies, one on the “wired wealthy&# and another which is a “nonprofit benchmark index&# study – basically providing some benchmarks for organizations to measure themselves against, traffic, email newsletter click through rates, etc.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Working on our 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , we noticed something interesting when looking at year-over-year data by sector: The share of online revenue from monthly giving for International groups seemed to decline from 2009 to 2010. We decided to do some deeper digging to see if we were right!

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 17, 2011

Einolf (2009) [1] analyzed the baby boomer generation and predicted a similar increase in volunteer numbers and rates. However, others (Goss, 1999 [2] and Putnam, 2000 [3] ) suggest lower rates of senior volunteering due to reduced social capital and decreased religious involvement. Like this article? Get another!

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

Email open rates declined 1% while a past study found a 3% decrease between 2006 and 2007. Open rates can be an unreliable metric due to spam filters, preview panes, image blocking which have little to do with whether someone is actually opening (or reading) an email. Don’t be too alarmed though. messages per month.

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