The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 12, 2022

These are the numbers and other statistics that come out of program or service delivery. For example, the number of people you helped this last year, number of scholarships provided, the number of kids programs you’ve run, etc. Considering the outcome or impact metrics, what do those metrics mean for constituents long-term?

Storytelling 94

Storytelling Impact Profit Story 94

sgEngage

MAY 27, 2021

Key fundraising metrics like donor retention rate, donation frequency, and fundraising return on investment (ROI). These metrics provide a comprehensive, bird’s eye view of your organization’s fundraising and outreach efforts that you can use to craft a new strategy. The characteristics of your donor base.

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Giving Retention Metrics Demographics 119

sgEngage

APRIL 10, 2023

For example, if you discover your donor retention rate is falling, you can focus on donor stewardship in the months leading up to Giving Tuesday to boost retention. For example, you might use this information to identify a board member, major donor, or foundation that could provide a day-of challenge or matching grant on Giving Tuesday.

Demographics 72

Demographics Retention Donor Research 72

TechImpact

JUNE 19, 2014

Before you start, think about what statistic is most important to your nonprofit in the immediate future, and what goal will can be accomplished by gathering that information. If, for example, you want to increase the number of Twitter followers your nonprofit has, or the number of donors donate to your organization per year, start there.

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Measure Minnesota Analytics Nonprofit 209

Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

For example, respondents commented that their grantmaking purpose is focused solely on capital projects and/or academic scholarships. ii These figures should not be compared with other statistics about general operating support, as the methodology may be different.

Foundation 78

Foundation Support Learning Grant 78

Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

These same metrics are important to track during crises to effectively determine which indicators can signal alarm. Making the most of metrics means helping your organization’s leadership understand and apply the data purposefully. These metrics measure outcomes for programs which can be compared to previous ones.

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Data Metrics Nonprofit Analysis 69

Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Examples of nonprofit social media posts To help you understand what effective social media looks like and how it can help you engage with your community, you can check out examples of other nonprofit’s social media posts to see what works best for your goals.

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Social Media Media Guide Social 52

Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

In fact, Double the Donation’s fundraising statistics show that 63% of donors in the U.S. For example, you might find that your annual fundraising 5K is well-attended, but you have a hard time maintaining supporters’ attention in the aftermath. Also, review your fundraising metrics and data from previous campaigns.

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Strategy Develop Fundraising Nonprofit 103

NTEN

JULY 5, 2012

Many of the metrics in our report require no calculations. A good metric to keep an eye on if you’re concerned about churn is Negative Feedback, which represents how often people hide your post or choose to hide all posts from your page. That’s why we included a Glossary at the end of the report – download the report and check it out!

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Metrics Facebook Question Benchmark 64

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

In fact, a study by Salesforce found the number one most valuable metric of success for service organizations is customer satisfaction. For example, don’t worry too much about the number of Twitter followers you have if this metric doesn’t lead to an increase in fundraising revenue. . Number two is revenue.

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Analytics Digital Tools Measure 107

Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

From what we know of the changes so far, the biggest impacts will be on open rate statistics and the ability to A/B test subject lines and preheader text. While open rate is a great statistic for assessing subject lines, luckily click-through rate still reigns supreme among email data. Email Opens + User IPs. Image courtesy of Apple.

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email Marketing Test Mail 104

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2022

Nonprofit leaders can tell these stories of impact one-on-one or during events with stakeholders, but included needs to be both narratives and statistics. For example, "if you want action, you must help donors feel the pain of hunger by seeing it play out in one life. How to craft the story.

Impact 52

Impact Communication Effective Ratio 52

Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

For example, you might learn about an animal shelter’s need for cat food and collect donations from employees over a set period of time. Consider the following statistics: Workplace giving has great potential for impact. For example, did your community recently experience a natural disaster?

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Community Giving Companies Gift 52

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Benefits of corporate philanthropy Types of corporate philanthropy Corporate philanthropy trends 7 effective corporate philanthropy examples 7 tips to raise more through corporate philanthropy Once you understand corporate philanthropy inside and out, you can develop processes to grow this funding stream and better engage with corporate donors.

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Philanthropy Grant Sponsor Nonprofit 52

EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here! This can be done through education as well as action.

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Advocacy Local Audience Poll 143

Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Here are a few example hashtags to help you start brainstorming: #TheLastDash2023 #Dance4Good2023 #VolunteerAThon2023 #MusicUnites2023 You can monitor your hashtag’s popularity using social listening tools. Final event statistics. Your hashtag can be as simple as using your event name and the year. Media attention.

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Contest Headline Social Media Survey 84

Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

We recommend you start with these 7 Key Database Metrics. 7 Key Database Metrics – Allegiance Group | (teamallegiance.com) At the most basic level, the goal is to understand if your donor base is growing or shrinking and how many new donors you will need to acquire each year to offset any projected attrition.

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Mail Donor Strategy Files 52

Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Use statistics to vividly demonstrate the scale of the problem being addressed. For example, if a mailed appeal with a matching gift incentive consistently outperforms others, keep using that format. The lessons went beyond just copy length and media slots, but those were prominent examples of the difference in mindset.

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Lesson Fundraising Digital Test 59

NonProfit Hub

MARCH 8, 2019

For example, if someone gives your organization a modest donation but they’re worth millions of dollars, they’re a potential major donor, too. Additionally, you need to continuously analyze your statistics and metrics throughout the year. Honest self-assessment will give you positive long-term results.

Donor 71

Donor Database Nonprofit Search 71

Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

Choose useful metrics that track things like your engagement, impressions, reach, referrals, and conversion rates. Use your past social media statistics to inform your current goals and to make sure they’re realistic. The best way to determine if your goals are SMART is to figure out how you’ll measure your success.

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Social Media Strategy Media Donor 52

Top Nonprofits

MARCH 12, 2021

For example, many nonprofits responded to the pandemic by shifting programs online, hosting virtual fundraisers, and having socially-distanced events. For example, you might want to consider: Promoting matching gift programs: Matching gift programs are available to many donors through the companies they work for, whether they know it or not.

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Trend Campaign Fundraising Mobile 98

DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Nonprofit Email Marketing Statistics. Explore these statistics and more through Nonprofits Source’s online giving statistics resource page. Finally, its predictable and repeatable impression metrics allow organizations to put their resources behind a “sure thing.”. For example, you may want to invest in: Your CRM.

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email Guide Marketing Online 52

NetWits

JULY 27, 2011

There are very well established best practices, standard metrics that are tracked, widely accepted and proven statistical data to measure your effectiveness by and countless bits of information on the web to teach us how to do email marketing and communication well. Here’s an example of clicks per day on a bit.ly

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

My point is that it CAN happen (In fact, I saw some examples today of non-profits achieving results like this), but a lot of non-profits shoot them selves in the foot by forgetting to do the basics of email marketing correctly. Third , get into the habit of reviewing the metrics.

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email Profit Registration Review 212

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Define Your Metrics and Create a Social Media ROI Spreadsheet. In the far left column of the spreadsheet, list the metrics that you want to monitor. Finally, pick a day of the month to begin and enter the baseline metrics for the first month, then enter your progress for that month on the same day of every month thereafter.

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Social Media Media Avatar Organization 222

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Programmatic statistics related to mission impact. As with many multiple-choice tests, there is only one answer here that makes sense: programmatic statistics related to mission impact. Divide that ROI by your meal delivery statistic, and you have a ROM for that new solution that is attached to mission delivery. Tweet this.

Measure 31

Measure ROI Organization Ratio 31

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

But, for the most part, nonprofit dashboard reports, if they are measuring the right metrics, are useful tools. He went on to describe the Museums' bold move as an example of sharing information in an unconventional way. Is it risky to provide statistics about finances and results on a public Web site?

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Public Indianapolis Museum Organization 94

Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For example, if a business notices that many of its employees donate to the same cause, it can reach out to that organization and offer to sponsor their next fundraising event. For example, let’s say you’re preparing to participate in an upcoming walk-a-thon. New partnerships. Increased exposure.

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Guide Giving Grant Gift 52

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

These statistics underscore the importance of establishing a clear purpose and solid plan for your organization to ensure its longevity. For example, perhaps your idea for creating a nonprofit focused on raising funds for children fighting cancer started with one family’s need for support in a challenging time.

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Nonprofit Files Policy Software 80

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

September 17, 2007 There is an interesting discussion happening between Holly Ross, soon to be ED of NTEN, and Allan Benamer , about web statistics, and whether or not nonprofits should be “transparent&# and publish their web statistics. You cannot use the digital divide as a fig leaf over open site statistics anymore.

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Stats Web Statistics NTEN 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2009

For example, I can clearly see the Aussies I met or connected with as part of my trip to teach there last year. I can also click on a map of someone in my network, KDPaine , for example, and see who her inner circle is. Here's a mosaic: Get your twitter mosaic here. They identify different nooks and crannies of my network. silkcharm.

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Twitter Network Tools Map 91

Classy

MARCH 26, 2021

A pro tip is to hide your progress metrics at first and do a soft launch where you share the campaign with a small pool of loyal supporters whom you feel will likely make gifts. Then, turn on the progress metrics for your hard launch to your wider network. We recommend changing this to a powerful quote or statistic. .

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Campaign Tips Fundraising Online 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Example of A/B Testing Results. Data is focused on the metrics that are specific to social media channel. The graph above is an example.). I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. What is the difference? It comes down to organizational culture.

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Culture Data Measure Social Media 115

Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

Your open rate is, of course, one of the most important metrics you’ll want to track. While we don’t recommend deleting emails, we do recommend running 2-3 re-engagement campaigns during the course of a year. Something like this. According to the 2023 Neon One Nonprofit Email Report , 28.59% is the average nonprofit’s open rate.

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email Rate ROI Social Media 52

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2014

He/she will also be responsible for ensuring data on their prospects are properly entered into the system in a timely fashion as to set an example for the rest of the staff. Tracking in your CRM system and thus reporting on these metrics will help you manage your major gifts program or campaign from a capacity and timeline perspective.

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Rate System Management Module 38

Care2

JUNE 19, 2012

Instragram is another great example of this type of passive behavior on social media. Another statistic to consider from this study, was how poorly video performed in generating "Likes" despite YouTube being the second most trafficked website in the U.S. But can you really divorce scale of engagement from deph of individual engagement?

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Photo Facebook People Social Media 74

NonProfit Hub

MARCH 20, 2018

If you can, find a specific example to build your story around. Using these types of examples gives your story a human element—a phenomenon with which others can directly relate and empathize. Goodman said he believes that good stories need to be accompanied by effective metrics. What did the world look like?

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Storytelling Arts Nonprofit Story 55