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7 Database Goals for Your Independent School’s Capital Campaign

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When evaluating your school’s readiness for a capital campaign, database readiness might not be at the top of the list for your campaign consultants or administration. And for a capital campaign, data-driven decisions depend on you and me, the unsung data nerds operating quietly in the background. Review reporting.

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Data Axle Announces Millions of New Audience Indicator Records in Co-Ops

NonProfit PRO

Data Axle announced the addition of more than 100 million audience indicators to its donor database cooperatives, Apogee and DonorBase. Data Axle Nonprofit is launching a comprehensive suite of derived indicators to identify new and expanded donor behaviors, affinities, and gifting potential.

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How to Make a Gift Chart to Reach Your Annual Giving Goals

NonProfit PRO

One of the most critical tools in an annual giving director’s toolkit is a gift chart. This chart should be based on accurate target ask amounts for each potential donor in your database. Follow this four-step process to create your own gift chart.

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Top 4 Donor Prospect Research Tips Leading to Bigger Gifts

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Prospect researchers are up to their ears in data—and usually with requests. Make More Accurate Gift Capacity Estimates Gift capacity is a sensitive subject. Sometimes you just don’t have access to the right data. Here are three methods for fine-tuning your gift capacity estimates. Cross-check for accuracy.

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Digging Into Data: 7 Key Metrics to Track + Common Data Questions

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One piece of data taken alone doesn’t tell the whole story. To truly understand the health of your organization, there are seven key metrics you should track in your database: Year-on-year revenue Donor file growth Donor retention Gifts per donor Average gift Revenue per donor Cost to acquire Data can be overwhelming.

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Ask Maureen: Cleaning Up a Messy Fundraising Database

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Dear Maureen, My organization’s fundraising database is a hot mess! There are no rules, and that means our database is almost useless. We don’t have any real data experts on our team. Many nonprofits are either dealing with a hot data mess, trying to prevent a hot data mess, or pretending they don’t have a hot data mess.

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Leveraging AI in Major Gift Fundraising: A Game-Changer in Philanthropy

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The social sector and major gift fundraising are no exception. AI tools enable major gift officers to do more with their time by minimizing administrative tasks, helping with research, and drafting communications. The Benefits of AI to Major Gift Fundraisers Fundraising is an industry that faces high stress and burnout.

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