Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

“As workplaces around the world face the challenges of an increasingly remote workforce perhaps forever changed by the coronavirus pandemic, it has never been more important to measure and expand wellbeing in organizations,” explain the book authors Jim Clifton and Jim Harter. Organizations demand a person’s full energy at work.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2022

But nonprofit leaders do not always know how to communicate their organization's impact to retain donors and attract new ones. The problem with ratios. They often use financial ratios to measure a nonprofit's impact, but these do not most accurately showcase a program's efficiency. Storytelling as a solution.

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BoardAssist

JANUARY 31, 2017

Best Practices for Nonprofit Financial Health, Part One: Top 3 Measures of Financial Health. In this first installment, Nonprofit Finance Fund shares their “Top 3 Measures of Financial Health.”. Is the organization producing consistent surpluses ? Does the organization have positive net worth ? reserves).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2011

Benchmarking is the process of comparing your organization’s practices and results with a group of peer organizations. It can be an informal study and fairly simple to do. You identify a list of similar organizations and collect specific metrics to compare. Benchmarking Study by Devon Smith.

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Classy

JUNE 4, 2021

Matching gift programs are a form of corporate philanthropy in which companies financially match the individual donations their employees make to charitable organizations. This is the prime place to surface this opportunity because donors are in the middle of already taking action to contribute to your organization. .

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

And when it comes to creating a nonprofit business plan for your organization, that’s a task that generally falls to the board—a situation that can create a big disconnect between what you need and what you actually get. Strategic Goals and Objectives: Specific and measurable targets the nonprofit aims to achieve.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Therefore, when a funder requests administrative costs lower than what is needed, or state they will not fund administrative costs, organizations make it work. The Overhead Project speaks to the difficulties that organizations can face when they do this: “Community nonprofits typically have overhead that is much too low.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Here are some common types of workplace giving: Employee Donations: Employees can voluntarily contribute part of their salary to support charitable organizations, often through payroll deductions. Companies Are Matching Employee Donations At Higher Ratios. So, how are companies getting in on this trend? Take Coca-Cola for example.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The organizations that measure and demonstrate action and performance against their commitments can improve trust with their stakeholders and increase market share, while reducing the cost of customer acquisition, the cost of recruiting, and employee turnover. Whole Organization Strategy. Operationalizing Purpose.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

The Statement of Activities—commonly referred to as an SOA—is one of four essential financial statements for nonprofit organizations. Without that, the SOA can misrepresent the financial health of the organization and lead to future funding issues. It offers a comprehensive overview of revenue and expenses over a specific timeframe.

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

You can download the complete report here , and don''t forget the companion online benchmarking tool , where you can compare some of your organization''s data against your peers in our research. Is the clear jump after 2010 due to the more inclusive language in the survey question, or to increased staffing levels at organizations?

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 5, 2023

What’s a fundraising efficiency ratio? And what’s a “good” ratio to try to maintain? Your efficiency ratio measures the amount of money you spend on fundraising against the amount of revenue generated by those activities. Why Is Understanding My Fundraising Efficiency Ratio Important? Why should you track it?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 30, 2012

A nonprofit Board of Directors has 2 essential financial responsibilities: Ensure assets are protected and used to support the organization’s charitable purpose in compliance with regulations and standards. What is the overall financial health of our organization? Understanding Financial Statements. you have half a tank of gas).

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sgEngage

MARCH 11, 2024

Ultimately, this helps major gift teams focus on what matters most—building relationships with donors and helping their organization make an impact. Organizations using the Momentum app to create personalized touchpoints have averaged an increase of $60,000 in donations per month. “AI

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 4, 2021

With that in mind, the focus should be on them, not on you or your organization. . How often do you use “I,” “my,” “our,” “we,” or the name of your organization vs. “you” and “your”? . Here’s an example: As you can see, the ratio of ego-centric to donor-centric pronouns is an astonishing 18:3.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Second, social media isn’t enough on its own to expose your organization to a new audience. On average, visits from social media represent 6.92% ( 65.33% of which is driven by Facebook ) of all traffic to nonprofit websites compared to 47.09% from organic search. of all impressions were organic. Step 1: Define your goals.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 27, 2022

But, it’s important to look at how much revenue your organization brought in from each category that you do have. Did you maintain a 3:1 ratio , providing donors with three warm touches between Asks? Did you have face-to-face meetings with donors or ask donors their opinions about your organization’s work? Government entities.

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Double the Donation

APRIL 13, 2021

This link is accompanied by matching gift guidelines including program eligibility, offered match ratio and more. With 360MatchPro and AlumnIQ, your organization can easily fuel your fundraising through employer matching gifts! 360MatchPro also automates matching gift messaging through branded, customizable emails. Ready to learn more?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

None of us like the fact that the percentage of income we spend on "overhead" is the primary measure of our effectiveness. The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle aptly summarized the problem with the overhead measure this summer. By now, we all agree it's silly to evaluate an entire organization based on one ratio.

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Achieve

AUGUST 27, 2021

This research method has the innate ability to uncover valuable information on prospective donors, helping your organization better understand its audience and determine key cultivation steps. . However, wealth factors aren’t the only measure you should consider while conducting prospect research. . Affinity to give is defined as.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Sales operations refers to the unit, role, activities and processes within a sales organization that support, enable, and drive front line sales teams to sell better, faster, and more efficiently. To do this, a sales ops manager assumes many of the administrative and operational loads required to run a sales organization.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 9, 2023

We’ve gathered 10 creative strategies and tips for leveraging your board members’ unique talents, turning them into fundraising superstars that will drive your organization forward. Develop a system for tracking and monitoring board members’ outreach efforts to measure success and identify areas for improvement.

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Care2

JUNE 18, 2013

They stated that donors should not measure a charity’s performance based on overhead expenses. In the letter, the three ratings companies recommend that donors measure a charity’s performance in transparency, governance, leadership, and results. How effective is that organization in creating real world social change?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

None of us like the fact that the percentage of income we spend on "overhead" is the primary measure of our effectiveness. The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle aptly summarized the problem with the overhead measure this summer. By now, we all agree it's silly to evaluate an entire organization based on one ratio.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations. Some organizations gather data such as program expenditures, customer satisfaction or program outputs (e.g., As part of a.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

S uccessful organizations have leaders who exhibit the characteristics of both genders." For those organizations who have gender-balanced boards, data is striking: Since 2005, publicly traded companies with more than one women on their boards have seen stock market returns of a compound 3.7 Measure progress.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

That purpose, of course, is to build a life-long relationship with alumni of your nonprofit’s program or school so that they are a donor and champion for your organization. Guy notes that the ideal ratio of peoples’ comments to your responses is one-to-one. Experiment, Measure, Learn, and Revise. or “Love it!”

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

It isn’t something that lives in its own department, nor does it have staff that are separate from the rest of the organization. These 5 Steps are intended to help you create a successful social media strategy, but as you will see, they focus on your organization’s overall strategy! Goals & Objectives.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2012

The part that's still very tricky for most is measuring the impact of these activities. Try calculating a ratio of how many people comment and/or like and/or share your posts divided by how many like your page. Try calculating a ratio of how many people comment and/or like and/or share your posts divided by how many like your page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

" Beth Dunn is using TwitterLocal with local artists -- a way to listen to a specific group of people who might be served by her organization's programs. It lead me to this post by Louis Gray called " What's Your Twitter Noise Ratio ?" " He goes on to describe how the noise ratio is constructed.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

what things need to be measured. 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. Think about which things you really need to track and measure those, not everything you could possibly track. industry benchmarks.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 2, 2009

There are a TON of lists out there that identify the top _# of things to do for really anything you want to explore (whether it’s building a model or building an organization). Identify the resources currently available within your organization. How would they like to engage with your organization? Technology. Evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2008

POP QUIZ: True or False The ROI Methodology collects just one data item, a financial ratio, expressed as a percentage. It would be unfair and misguided to evaluate the success or failure of a technology project based on this one financial measure. That lead me to Tom Gilb, an engineer and measurement guru. given the answer???

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Connection Cafe

MAY 7, 2014

With proper planning and preparation, a budget should be a reflection of the strategic, long-term plans for your organization, and should serve as an annual framework against which your organization can measure financial success and directional movement towards your goals. Step 2: Create an Annual Operating Plan by division.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2015

Reality: Across all of the nonprofits we measured, an average 9.5% The ratio of mobile-to-desktop donations also varied significantly across organizations. When measuring the top quarter of organizations with the highest mobile-to-desktop gift ratio, the average climbed to 17.8%. Crack open Google Analytics.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Over $400 billion in combined charitable donations were given to nonprofit organizations in the U.S. Many organizations are embracing these coming-of-age fundraising strategies, but it may be to the detriment of what we’ve traditionally called “major gifts”. Asking questions like “How large is a major gift at your organization?”

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Care2

JANUARY 6, 2009

Now in part 2, we will cover how to establish which key performance indicators (KPI's) you'll be using to measure success. Which KPI's your nonprofit organization ultimately uses will depend heavily on its goals and the goals of your website (your site does have a purpose, right?!?). Which metrics will help you achieve it?

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