Allegiance Group

MAY 16, 2024

Nearly all new reports and benchmarks show a decline in both donors and dollars, and the Fundraising Effectiveness Project’s (FEP) latest Quarterly Fundraising Report is no exception. Let’s dig into the data to uncover what it means for fundraisers as we prep for the second half of the year. Might 2024 be the year things turn around?

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Trend Podcast Retention Nonprofit 52

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Lori Collins leads One & All’s Giving Sciences group, which applies data science to charitable giving. Historical support shows that charitable response is swift in response to natural disasters, financial crises such as the Great Recession of 2008 – 2009 and the pandemic, as seen below: Revenue Trend: Human Services Benchmark.

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Strategy Marketing Giving Ukraine 52

M+R

MAY 31, 2022

We saw some of the impacts of these changes in this year’s Benchmarks. Sure, you’d get the occasional bot open or someone with images blocked, so it wasn’t a perfect data point, but it was a fairly stable, useful number. Make strategic adjustments? Burn down email and move into a bunker?). Now, let’s dig deeper. Need a quick refresher?

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Mail Spam Rate email 108

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

The data says we should move on. Two recent reports share data about the actual role celebrity connection plays in nonprofit fundraising and both say the same thing: forget celebrities. The celebrity involvement was part of the branding, not part of the winning solution. Getting Over Celebrities.

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Celebrate Impact Fundraising Pakistan 201

Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2011

Convio acquired StrategicOne earlier this year, and they have done significant analytics on disaster donations with some hefty data sets to look at, so Katie Beth had some excellent suggestions. A disaster happened and an organization receives a sudden, spontaneous burst of giving. What third party data can I use?

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Disaster Donor Japan Test 26

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Join members of the Blackbaud Target Analytics Consulting Team for a discussion on the role of data during times of crisis and economic stagnation. The Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy has not stopped collecting data since the crisis began and Prof. From Insight to Action: Using Analytics and Benchmarking in Fundraising Strategy.

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Professional Communication Blackbaud Fundraising 49

The NonProfit Times

APRIL 24, 2024

At the other extreme, Disaster/International Aid nonprofits had online revenue decline by 7%. The agency collected responses from fundraisers at 216 nonprofits for its Benchmarks report. The big spike in online revenue since 2020 stabilized,” said Will Valverde, lead writer of Benchmarks and senior creative director at M+R.

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Data Online Giving New York City 52

NTEN

APRIL 22, 2010

The Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report , our joint project with Common Knowledge and thePort, told you that 86% of nonprofits have a presence on Facebook. Except in the immediate aftermath of a disaster, clickthrough rate drops off when UNICEF-USA posts to their fan page more than 3 times per day.

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Facebook Disaster Benchmark Nonprofit 74

Care2

DECEMBER 16, 2013

From all the donor data I have seen on Facebook, the answer is NO! I predict that the majority of nonprofit organizations won’t raise very much money on Facebook unless your organization’s mission is to protect cute wildlife and animals, or works on disaster relief during a disaster. No Access to Donor Data.

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Facebook Donation Disaster Social Network 78

Qgiv

JULY 19, 2023

Continuation grants Continuation grants are a type of grant renewal for your nonprofit that enables you to continue receiving funds if you achieved the required benchmarks using the original grant’s funding. Use empirical data. Data shows both your knowledge about your cause and what you can realistically accomplish with a grant.

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Grant Resource Guide Tips 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2013

When studies like the Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report find that the majority of nonprofits have raised less than $10,000 through social media , this news seems like it could make a big difference. will not be shared with the nonprofit. Facebook is still a platform that values its individual users first.

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Facebook Donation Grant Nonprofit 122

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

According to the M+R Benchmarks 2023 report , 62% of nonprofits used text messaging for fundraising purposes in 2022. Text-to-donate campaigns are most useful for urgent fundraising needs or opportunities, such as a telethon or disaster relief campaign. Plus, text messaging subscriber list size grew by 11%.

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Mobile Guide Giving Fundraising 59

BoardAssist

APRIL 9, 2014

This will help you set spending benchmarks and understand the rationale behind the decision-making. How is our data protected? Where do we store data? If it is onsite, have we thought about a business continuity strategy should we lose access to our office or experience a disaster? Is it onsite or in the cloud?

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Delaware Tech Technology Poll 82

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Cloud Benchmarks: What Are Your Peers Up To? Mapping and Data Visualizations for Nonprofits. Disaster Planning: What Organizations Need to Know to Protect Their Tech. Livestreaming 101: Conversations, Events & Interactivity. Be Embodied, Aware, Powerful & Effective in Virtual Collaboration.

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San Francisco Conference Technology Proposal 67

.orgSource

JUNE 12, 2023

Do you collect the data you need? Is the data in a format that is easy to use? But even if your IT systems are crushing their benchmarks, there are additional significant reasons to evaluate your digital status. Even if your systems are crushing their benchmarks, there are still good reasons for a technology assessment.

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Technology Evaluation System Associations 170

Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Leads World Central Kitchen’s emergency and disaster relief efforts and long-term impact projects . Data and Knowledge Centers. Within his role, he crafts raw data into insights, practices, and a shared narrative for the field . Chief Data Officer. World Central Kitchen. Jacob Harold. Executive Vice President.

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Award Leadership Cleveland Hunger 57

Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

According to the donorCentric study published by Target Analytics, which gathered data from 25 large nonprofit organizations ranging from CARE to Amnesty International, many nonprofits have mastered raising money from Direct Mail campaigns, but haven’t quite figured out how to replicate their fundraising success online.

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Channel Case Study Fundraising Offline 42

Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Disaster Planning: What Organizations Need to Know to Protect Their Tech. Disasters are often the times that communities most rely on the nonprofit sector. This session will cover basic tips and guidelines for protecting your technology, data, and assets so that you're well prepared for a natural or man-made disaster.

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Conference Technology San Francisco Disaster 44

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

If you haven't yet downloaded the free eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , released in April in partnership with M+R Strategic Services , you should definitely do that now. If you're not quite that much of an overachiever, you can still access the recording here. For the Cliff's Notes version, check out the blog post from Steve Peretz of M+R.

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Resource Haiti Fundraising Sample 47

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Processing Payments in a Time of Crisis In 2023, wildfires created the deadliest natural disaster in Hawaii’s history. They securely processed nearly $175 million in donations in the first five months after the disaster. “A In short, your system should be able to meet the industry’s toughest data security standards. 

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Process Donation Blackbaud System 90

Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

According to the donorCentric study published by Target Analytics, which gathered data from 25 large nonprofit organizations ranging from CARE to Amnesty International, many nonprofits have mastered raising money from Direct Mail campaigns, but haven’t quite figured out how to replicate their fundraising success online.

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Channel Fundraising Case Study Offline 28

M+R

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

A couple weeks ago, we indulged in a few quick bites of end-of-year fundraising data. That’s not the kind of growth we all want to see, but it’s not exactly a disaster — effectively, revenue was flat year over year. On average, nonprofits in our data set increased their investment in digital advertising by 21% from 2020 levels.

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Fundraising Gift Analysis Channel 106

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

industry benchmarks. How do you share your data? ARC - gather data every morning and share with organization via email; issues that seem sensitive or are newsworthy will contact subject matter experts to follow up. Observe and sift through qualitative data like a primatologist or anthropologist. success stories.

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2011

This is the first time that the indices have included fundraising data related to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Disaster Giving Giving both online and offline towards disaster relief had a significant impact on the nonprofit sector in 2010. Some important trends will be explored later to show analysis of post-Haiti giving.

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Blackbaud Disaster Haiti Giving 63

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

In the last few weeks, there have been a few good research studies and web sites relaunched that cover technology, data, funding, and trends. Here’s a roundup. Foundation Center’s Glasspockets Site ReLaunches with A Wealth of Data About Foundation Transparency. Media Impact Funders New Site, Data Tool, and Reports.

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Studies Research Trend North America 116

VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

Here are some lessons learned about selecting a new solution and transferring your existing data to that new platform. Do they have primary and secondary server facilities, and if they do, does the data from the primary service continually update the fallback facility? How much data will you lose switching to the fallback facility?

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Platform Software System Facilitation 186

Qgiv

JULY 12, 2021

7% said disaster relief. M+R Benchmarks 2020 Social Media Data and M+R Benchmarks 2021. General Fundraising Statistics. 18% of Americans have said that supporting youth and family causes are most important to them. 12% said animals. 12% said medical research. 11% said education. 7% said human rights.

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Statistics Raise Fundraising Social Media 116

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 8, 2005

Read More » More Nonprofit Benchmarks Kyle Keller in Influence 4 May 2010 A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on how organizations can use Convio’s Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study to determine how well they are doing online compared to others.

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Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

sgEngage

MAY 10, 2011

For several years now they have gathered giving data from some of the largest nonprofit organizations. Recently The Chronicle published data about online giving for 2010. All four of the Social Services organizations raised a significant amount of their online giving because of disaster relief efforts. billion online in 2010.

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Online Fundraising Blackbaud Chile 111

sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2011

It is also worth noting that online giving spikes during disasters or extraordinary circumstances. Online fundraising during a disaster can be 3x to 4x normal trends and the vast majority of giving happens in just a few days. In non-disaster fundraising, The Communities Foundation of Texas raised $10.7

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Raise Money Online Giving 88

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Though I love data, traditional numbers are so far from social media at it's core. Wendy Harman, Red Cross Wendy will share a story about how they used metrics to refine their social media strategy for their Online Disaster News Room Presentation Key Points. increase transparency about disaster response. set audience.

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ROI Social Media Slides Media 76

sgEngage

MAY 18, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending March 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. Blackbaud updates these indices each month and they are based on a three-month moving average of year- over-year percent changes in revenue. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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Blackbaud Trend Haiti Benchmark 67

NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

We love data! See3 is generating the first-ever benchmark study of nonprofit online video usage. Take part in the survey and you will help generate more useful data for nonprofits. This Member Round Up is chock full of happenings and news from our members that warmed our heart. But wait, there's another report on the way.

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Project Report Hurricane Classroom 73

sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2011

80% of participants used in-person asks and 73% used email to raise funds The second study is “Understanding the Value of Team Captains&# based on research from the donorCentrics Events Benchmarking Group by Target Analytics , a Blackbaud company.

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Trend Blackbaud Fundraising Benchmark 72

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending September 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. Blackbaud updates these indices on the 15th of each month and they are based on a three-month moving average of year- over-year percent changes in revenue. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Statistics 70

sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending November 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. Blackbaud updates these indices each month and they are based on a three-month moving average of year- over-year percent changes in revenue. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Haiti 63

sgEngage

DECEMBER 15, 2010

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending October 2010 as compared to the same period in 2009. Blackbaud updates these indices on the 15th of each month and they are based on a three-month moving average of year- over-year percent changes in revenue. billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Statistics 60