Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance. Luckily, there are a number of great reports available to help you set a benchmark against industry averages.

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Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 124

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In fact, when surveyed, 97% of nonprofit professionals expressed an interest in learning how to use their data more effectively, and only 5% reported using data in every decision they make. Data integration allows nonprofit healthcare organizations to: Exchange data at a faster rate. Standardize data formats to ensure consistency.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2011

Basically, "churn" is the term used to describe the rate at which subscribers – be they in your email lists, Facebook fans, Twitter followers, etc. When it comes to your organization's Facebook page, you've probably already been doing a good job at tracking your number of fans; it's right there on your fan page for everyone to see!

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Rate Facebook Chart Metrics 95

Everyaction

JANUARY 16, 2018

If you’re a nonprofit professional you know what it’s like to drown in excel spreadsheets tracking your supporters, donations, major gifts prospects, and almost anything else. From your board members requesting the latest donor stats to your digital director asking for email conversion rates, tracking your data can be hard.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. Calculate Your Indirect Cost Rate Complete and correct cost allocation is key to the financial stability of your organization.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

67% of nonprofits use a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to track donations and manage supporter communications. According to a National Council of Nonprofits report , the vast majority of nonprofits operate at the grassroots level, and 88% have budgets less than $500,000.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

MARCH 5, 2019

Unfortunately, across the nonprofit sector, donor retention rates are low and getting worse. According to the 2 018 Fundraising Effectiveness Survey Report , the average donor retention rate was 45.5% in 2017, slightly lower than the rates in 2014–2016. Track your retention rates.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

A good strategic plan ensures you have charted the necessary pathways to meet (and hopefully exceed) your organization’s goals. This nonprofit strategic planning model helps organizations get back on track if they have strayed from the path to success. Decide how to address each of those elements to get your organization back on track.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Indeed, responsive sites that provide stellar visits—especially in the e-commerce industry—are proven to have better engagement, more conversion rates and, very importantly, better search engine rankings. This is a great choice if you are in a niche market and need to track how your site compares with your competitors.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Create a gift range chart. A gift range chart helps determine how many gifts you’ll need to acquire at each giving level to meet your campaign or annual giving goals. Use your CRM to develop a report template to measure your program’s impact. Use your CRM to: Track supporter interactions and giving history.

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Gift Raise Guide Relationship 100

Byte Technology

APRIL 7, 2015

From tracking donations and expenditures, the success or failure of fund-raising events, staff protocols and effectiveness, lists of donors large and small and so much more, the organization that shirks information management does so at their own peril. For many non-profits, data crunching is everything.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2014

In Part I , I covered rating choice “Level 1,” and how this signifies that an organization does not have a formalized prospect management system in place. Your reports should allow your organization to clearly see the trouble areas that are causing your goals to be at risk.

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2023

Track data for your marketing campaigns during these special events to determine which messages are most effective for driving donations. Assess metrics such as your email open rate or online donation rate to measure your success. Assess metrics such as your email open rate or online donation rate to measure your success.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Lastly, factor in your donor retention rate so you can anticipate the number of new donors you’ll need to acquire in order to meet or exceed this year’s revenue total. Growth Rate: The expected percentage increase in revenue. Retention Rate: The percentage of donors who gave last year and this year. Let’s do it!”

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Higher Conversion Rates = Raising More Money. The Audubon Society's Porter Mason said that EveryAction's network effect "increased conversion rates by a magnitude of 5x to 20x". #2. Pull detailed, customizable reports. Custom reports offer a real-time picture of your supporters across all channels.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

They guide our relationships, how we craft grant solicitations, applications, and reports, how we review opportunities, track progress, and ultimately how we judge and support what’s possible. All of which combine to make impact difficult to measure and explain. Our expectations around results are powerful.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This helps you monitor your progress with various campaigns, your donor retention rate, and other metrics that are important to your fundraising success. The task manager allows you to assign, manage, and track the progress of action items. Compliant reporting. Automate your reporting to save your organization time and energy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

While it’s impossible to track these donations unless you poll your online donors, the more your nonprofit utilizes social media to build your online brand and your e-newsletter list, the more likely potential online donors are to discover your nonprofit—and your nonprofit’s “Donate Now” landing page. Monitor Your Charity Ratings and Reviews.

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Donation Practice Mail Newsletter 229

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

At the same time, it’s clear that the nonprofit sector has a long way to go with only thirty-five percent (up from twenty-six percent last year) rating themselves effective at content marketing. But before we get too far into the report details, let’s start with a simple definition. Make sure to download the full report.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

That’s why we put together a list of the five essential metrics you need to know, as a fundraiser, to achieve higher retention rates. Tracking these metrics will help you keep a pulse on the current engagement of your donors so you know which efforts are working and which ones need to be increased or modified. Donor Attrition Rate.

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Metrics Donor Fundraising Retention 42

sgEngage

MAY 1, 2013

Tracking approximately $10 billion in US-based charitable giving, the Index is updated on the first of each month and is based on year-over-year percent changes. The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving reports that overall revenue decreased by 1.1% The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving reports that online revenue increased by 7.8%

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Data-driven fundraising strategies are always the smartest move, so make sure you have the necessary constituent relationship management software (CRM) integrations and reporting tools. By using a CRM’s fundraising reporting tools, you can compile effective reports that help you understand and document your research into your donor base.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

No one wants to admit that they struggle to track their results, for fear of criticism and decreased support from funders and donors. " A lack of resources, also known as, "You want me to generate even MORE reports?" Does your nonprofit struggle with measuring and reporting its impact? Tell us in the comments!

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Social Measure Charity Library 67

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

We've got malware, invasive tracking cookies, and a report on not-so-secure messaging apps — not exactly good things. Sure, it might sound like some sort of extraordinarily tasty treat, but it's actually an invasive tracking program. " EFF Rates Messaging Apps. WireLurker/Masque Attack.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

We've got malware, invasive tracking cookies, and a report on not-so-secure messaging apps — not exactly good things. Sure, it might sound like some sort of extraordinarily tasty treat, but it's actually an invasive tracking program. " EFF Rates Messaging Apps. WireLurker/Masque Attack.

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Mobile News China Colorado 41

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2014

No one wants to admit that they struggle to track their results, for fear of criticism and decreased support from funders and donors. " A lack of resources, also known as, "You want me to generate even MORE reports?" Does your nonprofit struggle with measuring and reporting its impact? Tell us in the comments!

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Social Measure Charity Problem 55

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2013

There were several requests for copies of the structure of our panelists spreadsheets and reports and those will be published in a separate blog post and gallery of spreadsheets. What follows below are the “ah ha” moments of insight. KD says don’t use pie charts, plot your data over time. Know What Success Is.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2013

The study reported traffic decreased across 18 of 19 nonprofit verticals , with Canadian organizations being the exception. (It It should be noted, like other benchmark reports, nonprofits within the study vary from year-to-year.). There’s also helpful info in Google Webmaster Tools , like seeing the click-through rate of keywords.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

If you were one of the foundation professionals who joined us this year in Nashville, you are hopefully well into your planning for how to put some of what you learned to use; I’m also hoping you enjoy this little refresher on what I consider to be some of the finer takeaways from our foundations track. What is impact, and why does it matter?

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Impact Help Foundation Atlanta 28

Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

Most nonprofits already have Google Analytics installed on their website to track online traffic. Once we get access to a client’s Google Analytics data, we first establish a timeframe for reporting. People who leave the site (bounce rate). see the Traffic Sources pie chart on the right for an example of this data).

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

The Chart of What Counts is your source for information on nonprofit reporting, grant tracking, project and expense management, and more!). You’ll notice in reviewing the chart that in no case is it okay to allow your admin costs to hit 93% of total outlays, as in my earlier example!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Click to See Larger Image I have been noodling around with this chart to show that insight comes before dollars, but if you measure and improve your initial pilot efforts over time, eventually the dollars do come. The final report or analysis can be a memo or simple report, doesn't need to be elaborate. I've done this.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Based on research from the Blackbaud Institute’s Charitable Giving Report , online giving in the United States represents 8.5% That might seem low, but it’s actually on track with other online trends. There is perhaps no more telling data point than this: online donors 65-years and older have the highest retention rate.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 21, 2011

Read the first post for an overview of the Dashboard and the second post for a tour through some of the most useful reports around visitors. The map overlay, the second item on the list of reports , is both a fun visualization and can give you important insights about your visitors. Now skip down to Visitor Loyalty.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2018

Conversion rate to second gift (after a follow-up solicitation is left). We developed the following chart to help our organization track and evaluate the donor kits’ impact on giving: . Conversion rate to second gift (after a follow-up solicitation is left). Key metrics to explore: . Increase .

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Gift Donor Foundation Rate 22

Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

If you try to use your regular email, you run the risk of being marked as spam, looking unprofessional, and not being able to measure open rates. If you have lots of events to report on, you’re doing too many events! You’ll see your engagement rate drop and unsubscribe rate climb. Endless updates about past events.

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Newsletter email Create Template 124

NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Key staff members enter, manage, and report on this data, but it can be difficult to pull together snapshots of progress quickly in order to make real-time course corrections. They no longer have to wait until month-end reports are delivered to see where they stand.

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