Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

According to the 2019 Blackbaud Charitable Giving Report , online giving grew 6.8% per month – or $425 a year, according to the Blackbaud Luminate Online Benchmarks Report. You can text message donors information about fundraising campaigns, events, emergencies, and volunteer opportunities – just to name a few.

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Socialbrite

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Online fundraising has changed markedly in recent years. R ecent years have ushered in a new era of fundraising — and nonprofit fundraising in particular has changed significantly. As noted in the 2021 M+R Benchmarks Study , nonprofits enjoyed a 32% bump in revenue from online sources from 2019 to 2020.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Virtual bbcon 2020 is fast approaching, with thousands of nonprofits registrants, many of whom are fundraising, communications and marketing pros like yourself: ready to expand your vision with fresh ideas and actionable inspiration! Where do we need to innovate to meet our fundraising and campaign goals as resilient nonprofits?

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NetWits

MAY 17, 2011

Register for our Social Fundraising Newsletter and immediately get access to the full reports used to construct this INFOGRAPHIC. Over the past five years peer-to-peer fundraising (aka social fundraising, event fundraising or friendraising) revenue has more than doubled online – reaching close to the billion-dollar mark.

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NetWits

JUNE 7, 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. For example, June serves as the annual benchmark for educational sectors, as it denotes the academic year’s end. Non-December Surges.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In fact, in 2021, we saw 13% growth in online crowdfunding globally through JustGiving from Blackbaud. Recently, in The Tipping Point from the Blackbaud Institute , we found that more than one-third of donors say they increased their giving during the pandemic. It’s fundraising for the people, by the people.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 24, 2014

So why not think of your event metrics as your own personal P2P FitBit? So what metrics should you check out to monitor the health of your peer-to-peer fundraising event? So what metrics should you check out to monitor the health of your peer-to-peer fundraising event? Team Captains.

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sgEngage

JUNE 30, 2023

How Blackbaud Can Help The Impact of Nonprofit Marketing Nonprofit marketing aims to increase the awareness, engagement, and contributions from donors (especially first-time advocates). According to our Annual Luminate Online® 2021 Benchmark Report , more than 770 social good organizations collectively raised over $1.8

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Connection Cafe

MAY 28, 2013

Even wonder how your fundraising event is doing compared to other events in the industry? In March, Blackbaud released the latest version of the Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Benchmark Report that gives event organizers the data needed to compare their events against other comparable events in the industry.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Nonprofits encompass organizations of all sizes, varied organizational structures, unique missions, and a limitless range of fundraising priorities. Yet for all that may be different between organizations, shared fundraising challenges seem to endure, especially when it comes to identifying more opportunities for major gifts.

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Care2

MAY 24, 2013

Last month we reported that online fundraising response rates declined 27% between 2011-2012, according to the eNonprofit Benchmark study. While open rates were 14.72% (slightly up from the previous year), the average click rate on online fundraising appeals were.7%. Nonprofit Benchmark Studies'

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NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

Whether it’s your first fundraising event, or tenth, helping supporters be great peer-to-peer fundraisers is always on the mind of successful event fundraising organizations. Giving them the tools they need to be successful fundraisers is important, but beyond that there’s so much more that can be done.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 9, 2013

Similarly, the results or value of efforts we make in our fundraising can accurately be measured in numbers. Key Numbers in Peer-to-Peer Fundraising. Over time, we’ve isolated certain benchmarks that provide clues to the health of an event. Common peer-to-peer benchmarks include the following: Repeat attendance.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2021

As another challenging year comes to a close and your end of year fundraising winds up, how did your peer-to-peer strategy perform? Either way, it’s important to go into 2022 with a strong digital fundraising strategy to take advantage of an increasingly more captive online audience. . Did you hit or miss the mark in 2021?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2013

Focus on Event Fundraising Analytics , we looked at how peer-to-peer event metrics let us know if our event planning and execution efforts are paying off in fundraising results. Benchmarks let us know how we perform compared to our event fundraising peers. Encourage participants to fundraise.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 4, 2017

And if you’re in the peer to peer event space , you know this to be especially true. I recently returned to Blackbaud after a 3-year stint working for a large cancer hospital where I established a brand new institutional P2P fundraising event—The Boot Walk to End Cancer. Time is money. Your volunteers are connected.

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sgEngage

JUNE 25, 2021

executive associate dean for academic programs at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy stated, “There also may have been a digital divide in 2020 between nonprofit organizations that were able to pivot their fundraising and services to online and those that were more severely limited by the effects of the pandemic.” Rooney, Ph.D.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2020

Whether it be the tragedy of 9/11, a tsunami, an economic recession, an earthquake in Haiti, a country divided by an election or a devastating brushfire, there are many high-profile events of the past that have threatened to push the fundraising landscape to its limit. Visit www.blackbaud.com/covid-19 for more information.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

There are many factors in fundraising, from early engagement to a donor’s ultimate or legacy gift. The human talent component of fundraising is vital to a successful development office. The human talent component of fundraising is vital to a successful development office. They spend time cultivating and engaging donors.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 25, 2019

Peer-to-peer fundraising continues to be an increasingly important part of the fundraising strategy for nonprofits and other social good organizations. But how do you know if your organization is successfully leveraging this fundraising channel? Important benchmarks from 281 organizations across the U.S. and Canada.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Several of our Blackbaud nonprofit customers have recently had incredible success using a personalized approach to email: 1) An animal rights organization doubled click-through rates by personalizing an event email invitation with: The last year people attended. How much the event raised that year.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Equipped with supporter profiles and a log of all interactions, your nonprofit can craft a strategic plan for stewarding its audience members toward a desired next step– such as making a larger donation or signing up to attend an upcoming event. Fundraising campaign management. Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge NXT.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Last week Blackbaud released the results of our 2016 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising study. This annual report examines the performance of 16,855 events in the United States and Canada over a three-year period from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2016. The events studied were run by 171 nonprofit organizations and encompass over 10.9

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 22, 2013

This past week marked my one year anniversary as a strategy consultant at Blackbaud. The more I engage with clients the more I find myself wishing I knew what I know now when I was on the fundraising staff at a nonprofit. Attend one local networking event or conference each quarter. What I Wish I Knew Then.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2013

Peer to peer fundraising events like runs, walks and rides have become a staple for nonprofit fundraisers, and often bring in more revenue than any other fundraising campaign throughout the year. What are you doing to ensure your fundraisers have the tools they need to be multi-channel in their outreach efforts?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Event metrics can be great guides as we plan. In earlier posts, npENGAGE has discussed how to focus on our event fundraising analytics and how to use these metrics for success. How can we use our data during our fundraising event or campaign to identify opportunities that help us achieve our goals? Warm Bodies.

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2013

Vanlue Fundraising tips, some new (and free!) As you refine your fundraising strategy and explore new ways of connecting with donors, check out Blackbaud ''s 2013 Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits to compare your organization to others and gather new ideas. Flickr: W.D. New to Salesforce? and James L.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Steve MacLaughlin, Blackbaud. The last three months of the year represent a critical time for the fundraising efforts of nonprofit organizations. Charities that have traditionally focused on offline fundraising have also learned in recent years the importance of online giving. for Blackbaud customers in the entire analysis.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The 2017 Luminate Online Benchmark Report , just released by Blackbaud, shows donation and email trends based on online fundraising and email campaigns by 707 Luminate Online customers. While overall fundraising increased by 10.2%, sustainer revenue grew by 20.4%. Email still works really well. With a caveat.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Team DNL’s Nonprofit Technology Consulting At DNL OmniMedia, we work with large organizations and growing nonprofits to help them use technology to reach their fundraising and advocacy goals. We’re well-versed in the most popular, robust nonprofit solutions on the market, including products by Blackbaud, Salesforce, and EveryAction.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 12, 2013

In my previous posts, I shared how NEXT Worldwide and AIDS Arms encourage their participants to use centralized fundraising tools, but how do you know if your participants are using these tools? Individuals who personalize their fundraising pages and use online tools raise six times more funds than those who do not. Sending emails?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The 2016 Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study released this month give us some interesting insights into different types of fundraising events. By studying the benchmarks, we can get insights into achieving greater fundraising success – and the solutions definitely vary depending on the type of event.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 11, 2014

We got a sneak peak at the 2013 Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study this week. The stats and analysis give us some interesting insights into different types of fundraising events. Of the four types of events we study, all but one get the majority of their revenue through fundraising.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 28, 2019

The weather is warm, summer camps are in full swing, BBQs are a weekly occurrence, and as the sixth month of the year wraps up, some organizations are already gearing up for end-of-the-year asks and setting up holiday campaign fundraising goals. Compare your fundraising performance against the Overall Index.

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Care2

JANUARY 8, 2010

Join advocacy and fundraising consultant Steve Daigneault, former Internet Director for Amnesty International, and Blackbaud’s Mark Davis for a free, 1-hour webinar on Tuesday, January 26th about optimizing online advocacy to boost fundraising results. Tags: Nonprofit Events.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 15, 2014

Jori Taylor is a Senior Strategy Consultant at Blackbaud, focusing on everything peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising. During 2013, Jori combined Blackbaud’s powerful P2P software, TeamRaiser, with innovative group consulting services to create Go! Who’s ready for another Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study ?

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Care2

OCTOBER 30, 2013

According to the Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report by Blackbaud, only 2% of nonprofits raised between $10K and $25K on Facebook in a 12 month time period. 20% raised money via Event Fundraising. 11% raised money via Personal Fundraising. Online Fundraising Social Networking Trends Web 2.0'

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