3rd Sector Labs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Fundraising data has many touch-points throughout your organization. This post pulls together insights and recommendations that we have made since last year’s appeal and organizes them into a helpful list, with references to past blog posts and other sources. Tweet the numbers, not just the call to action. Nothing new there.

Data 184

Data Time Fundraising Retention 184

3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 7, 2014

If your organization is fundraising without donor data to support it, then you have a problem that needs your attention. All businesses and organizations need to develop predictable revenue streams. Our client took it as a given that lots of money came into the organization through “anonymous” donors.

Data 164

Data Donor Giving Fundraising 164

3rd Sector Labs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

How do you know when your organization is storing and using too much data? In the case of the latter, an organization is storing data that it will never use. Because this is where you determine what data you need to support your fundraising objectives, as well as how you will obtain and maintain that data. And no more.

Data 155

Data Charity Hints Problem 155

3rd Sector Labs

JULY 16, 2014

Like the old Miller Lite commercials, ‘ Tastes Great vs. Less Filling ‘ Your nonprofit organization needs to acquire new donors (data quantity), but you also need the ‘right’ data in order to foster better, longer term relationships (data quality). Which is more important, data quality or quantity?

Data 144

Data Retention History Government 144

3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 4, 2014

Why am I being so emphatic as I talk about CRM data and your organization’s future? Too much bad or unusable data, however, will leave you with an array of data hoarding problems that will clog your donor databases, put a drag on fundraising efficiency, and hurt your organization. End of story.

Data 130

Data Database Donor Problem 130

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

Remember: your new CRM is your future, so it is more important that the new database meets your future fundraising needs, than it supports 100% of your legacy data. That depends on your organization’s structure. Data management in every organization needs to have a plan and a budget. the fundraising team?

Data 178

Data Donor Database Map 178

3rd Sector Labs

JULY 24, 2015

If your organization is fundraising without donor data to support it, then you have a problem that needs your attention. The problem lies where we could get gathering the necessary data we need to run our organization but we fail to do so. All businesses and organizations need to develop predictable revenue streams.

Data 100

Data Donor Giving Fundraising 100

3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Worse still, if you weren’t in “the cloud”, then your organization was exposed to all sorts of risks, problems and unnecessary costs? Not long ago, chatting with a prospective customer about their donor data storage practices, I suggested we step back and look at the organization’s bigger technology picture.

Organization 130

Organization Software Data Local 130

3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 15, 2014

How many people supported the fight? Most organizations utilize multichannel fundraising. Do you know if your organization is offending prospective donors? By the way, NTEN posted some great tips for social media use , by Marc Pitman, founder of The Fundraising Coach. So.how many people donated blood? What was the goal?

Digital 138

Digital Data Marketing Org 138

3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 7, 2014

If your organization is fundraising without donor data to support it, then you have a problem that needs your attention. All businesses and organizations need to develop predictable revenue streams. Our client took it as a given that lots of money came into the organization through “anonymous” donors.

Data 100

Data Donor Giving Fundraising 100

3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 5, 2015

“We own the workplace giving data,” was the typical United Way response to charities wanting to know more about the donors supporting them, “because they are United Way donors – our donors.” Data is the only way that the organization knows the donor. ” A lot has changed. Closing thought.

Problem 100

Problem Data Giving Charity 100

3rd Sector Labs

JANUARY 16, 2014

The platform is a suite of fundraising tools designed for smaller organizations, clubs and associations – the sort of nonprofit that doesn’t have a large budget and leadership is primarily volunteer based, so it turns over frequently. We set out to build a Software as a Service platform for start-up company Booster Pro.

Drupal 100

Drupal Module Application Content 100

3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

The root cause of bad data management for any organization – for-profit, nonprofit or government – can usually be found in the data management paradigm itself. ” Every system is supported by its own database, any one of which can be the most current on any given day or week. Does this sound like your organization?

Data 160

Data Management Synchronous Database 160

3rd Sector Labs

MAY 4, 2015

Treat your organization’s budget as status quo management. All organizations spend near all of their budget for the purpose of running programs, serving clients, communicating with stakeholders, raising money from existing donors, etc. This is called “meta data”, and it is really important to understanding your organization.

Donor 100

Donor Database Analysis Activities 100