M+R

JANUARY 11, 2022

We continued to see groups whose issues were in the news in the final months of the year experience spikes in fundraising — whether they worked on disaster response to midwest tornados or responding to news coming out of the Supreme Court. Related Links: Come join Benchmarks 2022! Others, not so much. In 2021, same.

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Fundraising Gift Sample Benchmark 109

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

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. Source: One & All human services clients; excludes gifts of $10,000+. Follow the Leaders.

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Strategy Marketing Giving Ukraine 52

Connection Cafe

MARCH 14, 2011

Downtime may be hard to come by with SXSWi , NTC and AFP International activity this week, but just in case you have a few minutes to burn waiting for a flight, train or a panel to start, I’m arming you with some exhilarating reading material — the Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark Index Study.

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Convio Benchmark Studies Haiti 51

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. Do you even know your own benchmarks?

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Disaster Donor Japan Test 26

M+R

MAY 31, 2022

We saw some of the impacts of these changes in this year’s Benchmarks. Which means, combined opens went UP ( for Benchmarks participants , they’d already risen by 17% between September and November 2021 — and they’ve kept rising since). Make strategic adjustments? Burn down email and move into a bunker?). Now, let’s dig deeper.

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Mail Spam Rate email 107

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

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

In the newest eNonprofit Benchmarks report from NTEN and M+R Strategies, it’s easy to see what a compelling cause may be to Millennial donors: disaster. Yep, only 2% said celebrities were motivating their actions! But, on the top of the chart: a compelling cause.

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Celebrate Impact Fundraising Pakistan 201

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Using decades of combined experience in nonprofit advancement, research, analytics, and benchmarking, the team will address insights from past events, as well as how the COVID-19 pandemic is unique. From Insight to Action: Using Analytics and Benchmarking in Fundraising Strategy. Katherine Swank – Blackbaud Target Analytics.

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Professional Communication Blackbaud Fundraising 49

Care2

DECEMBER 16, 2013

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. Here’s why: People Don’t Use Facebook to Donate Money.

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Facebook Donation Disaster Social Network 78

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.

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Facebook Donation Grant Nonprofit 122

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Cloud Benchmarks: What Are Your Peers Up To? Disaster Planning: What Organizations Need to Know to Protect Their Tech. Livestreaming 101: Conversations, Events & Interactivity. Be Embodied, Aware, Powerful & Effective in Virtual Collaboration. Content Curation Across Teams & Organizations. Online Marketing for Nonprofits.

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San Francisco Conference Technology Proposal 67

Givinga

APRIL 6, 2021

It’s also important to set goals and benchmarks to track the progress of your corporate giving program, whether that is to achieve a certain percentage of employees engaged in giving, reaching the total matching funds, or another objective. Do you want to support local community issues or global issues?

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Program Giving Platform Companies 40

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. Continuation grants necessitate clear communication between your organization and your funder about the use of the grant.

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Grant Resource Guide Tips 52

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

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 57

BoardAssist

APRIL 9, 2014

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

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Delaware Tech Technology Poll 82

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

Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

million donors include: Online giving continues to grow rapidly even in the absence of major disasters, which fueled the growth of online giving for relief and animal welfare organizations in 2005-2006. Tags: Case Studies Direct Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark Studies Online Fundraising.

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Channel Case Study Fundraising Offline 42

.orgSource

JUNE 12, 2023

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. Disaster recovery and business continuity are other areas to explore.

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Technology Evaluation System Associations 170

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

We have to respect Mother Nature – and whether we live by the Ocean where Hurricanes can hit or along a fault line where earthquakes can shake down our homes. Do we take natural disaster seriously ? Are we prepared? Establishing metrics for this campaign was difficult in that we didn’t have anything to use as a benchmark.

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Hurricane Measure Social Media Pledge 97

Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

million donors include: Online giving continues to grow rapidly even in the absence of major disasters, which fueled the growth of online giving for relief and animal welfare organizations in 2005-2006. Tags: Case Studies Nonprofit Benchmark Studies Online Fundraising Direct Marketing.

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Channel Fundraising Case Study Offline 28

Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Leads World Central Kitchen’s emergency and disaster relief efforts and long-term impact projects . Currently serves on various funding and advisory boards, including World Benchmarking Alliance, and has recently been elected president of the American Evaluation Association for 2022 . World Central Kitchen. Victoria Vrana.

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Award Leadership Cleveland Hunger 57

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Dozens of crowdfunding platforms make it increasingly easier for people to raise money for any cause, from cancer research to disaster relief, often quite independent of direction from any charity. Blackbaud’s recent Peer-to-Peer Benchmark Study shows that in 2015, Walk programs posted impressive growth.

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Fundraising New York Cancer Childhood 20

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 Your payment processing platform needs to be reliable, secure, efficient, and economical year-round.

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Process Donation Blackbaud System 86

M+R

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

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. As with our annual Benchmarks Study , our goal here is to report on the largest dataset we can in order to provide useful averages and overall trends. OVERALL ONLINE REVENUE.

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Fundraising Gift Analysis Channel 105

sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2011

Disaster Giving Giving both online and offline towards disaster relief had a significant impact on the nonprofit sector in 2010. Online giving in response to Haiti was higher than all previous disasters and demonstrates that the Internet is a first response channel of choice for donors.

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Blackbaud Disaster Haiti Giving 62

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

industry benchmarks. Themes that people want to learn: new metrics structures can bubble up. funders of a 20th century mindset - what metrics speak to them. what things need to be measured. obama reach vs local reach. how to integrate tools without reinventing the wheel. success stories.

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Social Media Map Strategy Media 102

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. 6% said the environment.

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Statistics Raise Fundraising Social Media 116

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

However, this is not a universal benchmark. Likelihood of severe weather or natural disasters that would affect your income, or your ability to perform income-producing programs. if the organization’s mission involves disaster relief). It really does depend on the needs of your individual organization.

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Develop Ratio Nonprofit Fund 66

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

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 23, 2020

With all of this stagnation in the philanthropic giving world, how did the sector change their giving patterns rapidly to shift grant focus and give to COVID-19 relief in larger numbers than any other disaster? Remember above where we talked about rallying around a single change? This “shift” may be similar to fully utilizing your technology.

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Design Technology Disaster Grant 27

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

One of my favorite sections of the site includes the benchmarking data for foundation use of social media by channel which makes it very easy to do research. 2014 Nonprofit Content Marketing: Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends—North America. You’ll find lots more benchmarking data in the report. Download here.

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Studies Research Trend Fund 116

sgEngage

MAY 10, 2011

All four of the Social Services organizations raised a significant amount of their online giving because of disaster relief efforts. Earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, and New Zealand along with floods and landslides in other parts of the world drove donors to give online.

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Online Fundraising Blackbaud Chile 111

VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

Alternately, if you can foresee circumstances where you would want to support crisis calls, homeless intake, elderly services, disaster relief, and other family service programs (through your own offices or through partner agencies), then you are looking for a software solution that is designed to support multi-purpose, multi-partner use.

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Platform Software System Facilitation 186

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 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

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. disclose “process” of responding to disasters. general disaster-interested public. . set audience.

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ROI Social Media Slides Media 76