NetWits

APRIL 2, 2013

The conversation around email performance is wrong: open and click-through rates alone do not show constituent engagement. The annual report informs how organizations measure impact relative to their peers. And that’s what the conversation should be around: constituent engagement, not open and click-through rates.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In the world of philanthropy, the coming year promises innovative corporate giving trends that can benefit both nonprofit fundraisers seeking support and corporations eager to make a meaningful societal impact. If you’re ready to explore the growing power of CSR, let’s dive into the latest trends in corporate giving.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This framework provides a holistic approach, encompassing various dimensions of a digital strategy, including audience engagement, content creation, and impact measurement. Uncover the step-by-step process of defining goals, selecting prompts, implementing initiatives, and measuring impact in this comprehensive guide.

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.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2024

Association professionals are seeking a support group to help them face challenges and to gain the skills to stay ahead of trends. Garth’s thought-provoking response to this trend is pertinent for any smaller association. You’re stuck using revenue growth as the primary measure of success when you could focus on impact.”

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

Some organizations utilize Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure their goals. Donorbox defines KPIs as “a measurable value that demonstrates how effectively a nonprofit (or another type of organization) is achieving its key organizational objectives.” KPIs should be clear, quantifiable, and adaptable.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 12, 2021

Just like last year, common solutions to this year’s problems emerge in the form of fundraising trends. We’ve been paying attention to these developing trends, and have compiled them here for you. Consider adding direct mail appeals alongside your mobile strategy to capture a wider audience and boost your conversion rates.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

Using AI isn’t just a passing trend; it’s essential for nonprofits looking to make a bigger impact. This change reflects a broader trend in nonprofits. They use it to find trends, patterns, and opportunities. Improved Donor Retention Additionally, smart donation asks contribute to improved donor retention rates.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

General guidance for fundraisers Here is general guidance on actions fundraisers can take based on fundraising trends and best practices drawn from the report. Monitor progress: Continuously track the performance of your fundraising efforts and measure them against insights detailed in the report. Thankfully the Bloomerang blog does!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

By Christy Smaglio , Instructional Writer at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Creating measurable goals with actionable items is vital to a fundraising strategy, and just as important is checking in to see how you’re doing. 3) Past Trends. This Year Vs. Last Year.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

You can also look at the response rates, completion rates, and error rates of your application to see if there are any issues or challenges. It may also not align with the latest trends and best practices in philanthropy. Consider anonymizing the comments before you share them to minimize any unintended bias.

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NetWits

MARCH 23, 2012

We recently released the most comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector. Here’s a few of the highlights … Key 2011 Online Giving Trends Include. 54% of the organizations experienced results at or above this growth rate. Your Turn … How does your nonprofit measure up?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

Using the toolkit’s free Reflection worksheet, gather data on your current revenue streams, audience, donor retention rates, and more. Work with the finance team and other stakeholders to ensure that your goals are SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time Bound). Step 2: Identify specific, realistic goals.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 15, 2024

Market research is the process of gathering information about current and potential customers for your product or service, as well as general trends for your industry (e.g., is the purchase of your product trending up or down?). These measurements should align with your campaign’s goals.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 13, 2024

Since his activity is newer and more consistent, his engagement score is rated higher than Lynne’s. For larger associations, you may want to consider divvying up roles accordingly: Analytics – This person reports on any trends and delivers insights based on their review of the data.

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Association Analytics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In today’s world, success is measured by more than just clicks and open rates. There are many marketing technology tools that can help you measure success. Having this data will help you make business decisions based on trends or actual performance. These two tools will help you measure the success of your campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Most nonprofits do not have the resources to hire one of these in-demand professionals nor do you see many funding opportunities to build this type of commitment to measurement and learning from data into a nonprofit’s DNA. ” @ mmorino just finishing up talks in RI/Boston – some great discussions about measurement.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2024

An expanded overview of two-year diploma acquisition at three years and beyond increases traditional completion rates, but only minimally. This begs the question: What should community college completion look like, and what measures of attainment equate to success in this higher education sector?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 3, 2022

In this post, I’ll walk you through why that’s important and what metrics you should measure. . This will help you understand donor trends, such as if you reached a new audience, if the average gift amount increased, etc. . Response rates for each channel used . Retention rate of last year’s campaign donors .

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Candid

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

At a recent webinar hosted by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, Jennifer Chheang of The California Endowment (TCE) and Allie VanHeast of the Kalamazoo Community Foundation (KCF) shared how they are using Demographics via Candid in practice to better understand alignment with institutional goals and measure their progress.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

Using the toolkit’s free Reflection worksheet, gather data on your current revenue streams, audience, donor retention rates, and more. Work with the finance team and other stakeholders to ensure that your goals are SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time Bound). Step 2: Identify specific, realistic goals.

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Gift Develop Measure Blackbaud 52

Everyaction

MAY 24, 2018

The annual M+R Benchmarks Report has arrived again, shining a light on trends that are shaping nonprofits’ digital programs. Having shared and discussed this year’s Benchmarks Report with many of our partners, here’s twelve key trends that have resonated strongly within the EveryAction community.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2017

The State of Grantseeking™ Report spotlights current trends in the field. As quickly as things change today, you know how important it is to stay on top of these trends, adjusting your own expectations accordingly. Variations in funding rates also appear, to a lesser extent, by service area, U.S.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Data integration allows nonprofit healthcare organizations to: Exchange data at a faster rate. Understand individual patient health within the context of population health trends. This leads to measurable growth and improved patient results. Standardize data formats to ensure consistency.

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sgEngage

JULY 15, 2023

Measurable Growth Donor management helps cultivate prolonged success and growth by steering organizational leaders toward a donor-centric action plan. Sustainable Fundraising Understanding and engaging with donor trends allows organizations to implement a donor action plan that aligns with the network’s unique goals.

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Candid

MAY 4, 2023

Given these results, we can say that organizations working in all subject areas are sharing demographic data with Candid but that there are discrepancies in demographic data sharing rates across these various subjects. Here, we see a clear trend: Over 90% of nonprofits shared some demographic data about their leader.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 1, 2023

Direct mail makes for better retention rates. The open rate is roughly 18% for emails. Response rates are 5X higher. Email response rates hover around 1%; the direct mail response rate is 5-9%. Nonprofit postage rates increased an average of 7.8% Your message gets delivered. Direct mail? It’s around 90%.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

How Nonprofits Can Use Measurement to Adapt to the Facebook Algorithm Change – guest post by Meghan Keaney Anderson, Hubspot. Put your top content through each of the following questions and see where trends emerge. million posts from the 10,000 most-Liked Facebook pages to glean some larger trends in the timing of social shares.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Each year, the Blackbaud Institute invites leading experts in the world of social good to reflect on current trends, giving insights to stay ahead of the curve. Our examination of giving behaviors and results on GivingTuesday each year have highlighted these important and consistent trends: Leveling the Playing Field.

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Trend Global Demographics Giving 78

Candid

JANUARY 24, 2023

The measurements of success for our experiment included:* Engagement (e.g., In addition to posting a total of 52 unique videos, featuring six staff members as ‘talent,’ our three measures for success had these outcomes: Engagement : On Instagram, we saw a 92% increase; TikTok had a 72% increase when compared to static Instagram posts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

Can the development office customize workflows and notifications when a donor is lapsing to help you determine the root cause and how to turn the trend around? Are you able to measure outcomes that directly relate to your cause? Are you able to measure activities that are in progress that help drive towards improvement in the cause?

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2023

Analyze your online giving trends and engagement metrics. Assess metrics such as your email open rate or online donation rate to measure your success. Their retention rate. Analyze your online giving trends and engagement metrics. Your online donor retention rate. Review your donor demographics.

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Donation Donor Giving Demographics 52

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 1, 2021

A major part of connecting with these individuals and optimizing the giving experience is utilizing the data you collect about their giving trends to inform your future fundraising decisions. . Donor growth rate: the percentage increase in the total number of donors compared to the previous year.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving was launched this year and measures online giving data from more than 1,700 organizations. The Index looks at trends on a rolling three-month basis to smooth out seasonal or episodic spikes in the data and is the largest and most timely study being done in the industry. . Multichannel is Magic.

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BoardAssist

MAY 10, 2016

What are the trends that are going to impact your nonprofit in 2016? Top 10 Fundraising Trends and Predictions for 2016. Measuring the performance of their donor relations programming. The trends are undeniable. See Kivi’s Nonprofit Communications Trends Report. This trend is gathering strength.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 18, 2023

There are two alarming trends in the current nonprofit world, and they are profoundly and demonstrably linked. Across the nonprofit sector, the average donor retention rate is about 40% to 45%. So what can nonprofit leaders do to combat staff turnover and improve donor retention rates at the same time? Let’s take a look!

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Candid

JANUARY 29, 2024

The Race for Results index standardizes scores across 12 indicators that represent critical milestones—including fourth-grade reading and eighth-grade math proficiency, high school graduation rates, likelihood of living in low-poverty areas, and educational attainment and employment as young adults. government’s Supplemental Poverty Measure.

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Forum One

JULY 13, 2022

The online platform provides metrics on over 40 measures of health and drivers of health for over 750 cities across the U.S. While full data sets are made available and used extensively by researchers and city governments, City Health Dashboard has learned that simply providing data isn’t enough. Understand your capacity.

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