Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 5, 2017

The reports listed below are just a small sampling of some of the research available to nonprofits on the subjects of online fundraising and social media. The data can be used to help your nonprofit craft a technology and fundraising strategic plan. Most of the reports listed are based on U.S. Foundations Report :: Download.

Social Media 100

Social Media Report Media Asia 100

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

advertising, surveys, reporting, and business analysis. One of the most exciting projects I’ve been involved with is GrantStation’s State of Grantseeking Survey. Here’s how: Recency: We survey grantseekers, grant writers, and those involved in the grantseeking universe twice a year (spring and fall).

Survey 56

Survey Grant Comparison Analysis 56

Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

We’re huge nonprofit data geeks at Whole Whale, and few raw data gets us as excited as the data we collect each year around Giving Tuesday, the epic day of giving that has followed Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the U.S. trillion) Mean gift: $105 ( Giving Tuesday Data Project). Giving Tuesday 2013 stats.

Stats 122

Stats Giving Blackbaud Gift 122

NTEN

JUNE 6, 2013

Flickr: waywuwei Earlier this year, we worked with Avectra to release The 2013 Nonprofit Engagement Data Study , which was based on a survey of nonprofit communications and fundraising professionals, as well as executive directors.

Data 65

Data Report Case Study API 65

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Learning Analytics comes from a report about the impact of emerging technologies for practitioners in a field. That sounds like the title of a report that NTEN might produce that surveys the technology landscape and nonprofit usage and provides an overview of what technologies nonprofits should be looking at in the next 1-5 years.

Analytics 97

Analytics Teach Training Train 97

NTEN

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

I''m so excited to have these regular opportunities to report out from NTEN, share udpates about our work, and hear directly from all of you. Below is a full report from topics covered on the Town Hall call and questions raised from participants. Please take the survey today and promote to your network ! We''re looking for you.

Report 61

Report NTC NTEN Portland 61

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

An Interview with Matt Roberts-Davies , General Manager of M-Changa – an official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. M-Changa also makes it easy for NGOs to account for funds coming in from multiple paymnet channels with automatic reporting and statements. 11% are enrolled in a monthly giving program. ?

Kenya 194

Kenya Trend Mobile Giving 194

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. For instance, this past year Google released a web-based Device Manager that allows you to locate, ring at full volume, and wipe data from an Android device. There are remedies.

News 62

News Review Technology Adobe 62

NTEN

MAY 21, 2012

> Please take the 2012 NTEN Community Survey! Each year NTEN conducts an annual survey to guide our work and understand how the nonprofit technology community is doing. Each year NTEN conducts an annual survey to guide our work and understand how the nonprofit technology community is doing. >

Survey 67

Survey NTEN Community Voice 67

NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

As our own 2012 State of Nonprofit Data Report showed, 99% of organizations are already in the practice of collecting and tracking various types of data and metrics about their work and tactics -- but a very few indicate that this data is useful for progammatic decision-making.

Measure 96

Measure Ethiopia Nigeria Analysis 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Yesterday, KD Paine and I delivered an NTEN Webinar on measurement based on the ideas in our new book ” Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World.” ” Well, here is are some ways to find some data nerds to help you with your measurement and analysis: 1. The skills are out there.

Data 109

Data Help Measure Analysis 109

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

The 2014 Charitable Giving Report includes 24 months of overall giving data from 4,798 nonprofit organizations representing more than $16.2 The report also includes online giving data from 3,724 nonprofits representing over $2 billion in online fundraising. compared to the same time period in 2013.

Report 20

Report Giving United States Blackbaud 20

NTEN

MAY 23, 2013

I''m finishing my "follow-up": reaching out to the many interesting and friendly people I met, reviewing my workshop notes, completing a survey for every session attended, downloading some presentations and exploring the video workshops still available to watch! Thank you very much for the opportunity to attend NTC 2013!

NTC 66

NTC Fund Share Donation 66

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2014

In the Into Focus report , See3, YouTube and Edelman surveyed nonprofit staff and found that the clear majority recognizes the power of video. Fully two-thirds of respondents reported that their budgets for video would be flat or decline! There is enough data today to warrant a major investment in video. Finding the ROI.

Video 139

Video Communication Strategy Stats 139

NTEN

AUGUST 29, 2013

Flickr: ccbrand Even though summer''s in full swing and it''s so easy to spend those lovely afternoons just sipping lemonade, the nptech community is hard at work putting out new research, collecting data, and figuring out how to put technology to work to solve today''s most pressing issues. Get the full report here.

Research 61

Research Contest Phase India 61

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Like Marion Conway, I was struck by this photo of him pointing to data handwritten on the walls = tracking immunization records from a rural health clinic in Ethiopia. At the Germana Gale Health Post, I saw charts of immunizations, malaria cases, and other health data plastered to walls. 3. It’s About Sense-Making, Not Tools.

Measure 102

Measure Ethiopia Summary Nonprofit 102

Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2016

Get the Answers in the "State of Grantseeking" Report. One way we do so is through the free reports that result from our twice-yearly State of Grantseeking™ Survey. This data can also help organizations manage expectations — for board members, donors, etc. Learn More at Our Free Webinar.

Trend 36

Trend Organization Award Survey 36

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 21, 2013

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. Nonprofit Finance Fund’s (NFF) 2013 State of the Sector survey explored a variety of financial and management challenges facing organizations across the country. According to NFF’s survey, 83% of nonprofits with federal contracts. As part of a.

Government 79

Government Research Fund Survey 79

Care2

APRIL 11, 2013

A few days ago, I reported some of the juicy details from the 2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study that was just released showing data from 2012. There were 55 of the country’s leading nonprofits surveyed for this study, including the American Red Cross, Oceana, American Heart Association, AARP , and Human Rights Watch.

Facebook 69

Facebook Twitter Benchmark Social Media 69

Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2014

A recent study by California nonprofit Community Technology Alliance found that almost 70% of the homeless people surveyed in their county did have a mobile phone. One survey participant referred to her phone as a "lifeline," further adding: "With a reliable cell phone, I will be able to function as an independent person."

News 69

News Technology Homeless San Francisco 69

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 28, 2013

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. Conducted in January and February 2013, Nonprofit Finance Fund’s 2013 State of the Sector survey assessed the financial and management challenges facing 5,983 organizations across the country. As part of a. Systems-level collaboration.

Government 85

Government Research New York Homeless 85

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Furthermore, smartphone sales skyrocketed last year while PC sales are expected to decline in 2013. This number has doubled from a Pew 2009 survey, which found that 6 percent of Americans 16 and older had used a mobile device to connect to a library site. Mashable calls 2013 the "year of responsive web.

Library 71

Library Mobile Design Web 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2012

One of the key messages in the book is that nonprofits should not start with the tools and data, but start to clearly define success and their audience. By doing so, they will understand the few data points and the tools needed to collect that data to figure out if they have been successful! Then check out Simply Measured.

Analytics 106

Analytics Tools Social New York City 106

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Here are this week’s nonprofit highlights: It’s here: The 2013 Charitable Giving Report. It’s the largest analysis of actual overall and online giving data in the nonprofit sector and includes perspectives from across the industry. If 2013 was the year of the blog, 2014 is the year of the nonprofit blog.

Trend 35

Trend Donor Org Nonprofit 35

Candid

JANUARY 16, 2024

Full disclosure: I’m biased in favor of nonprofits on the subject of grant applications and reporting. As a career fundraiser, I’ve worked in various roles at Candid, starting as a development associate in 2013 and working my way up to vice president of influence (the division in which our development department is housed).

Demographics 98

Demographics People Data Grant 98

NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

We hope that nonprofits will find this trend(y) report handy in planning their technology strategies for the New Year! To start with, we conducted a survey (tweet tweet!) We also collected and analyzed data to try and predict how the technology playing field will likely evolve in the coming years, focusing primarily on nonprofits.

Trend 100

Trend Technology Gartner Nonprofit 100

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

In our recent survey “ The Next Generation of American Giving ,” it was no surprise that Boomers and Matures report giving the most money to the most charities; they are more established financially and in their charitable values. Data is self-reported, not transactional.

Generation 42

Generation Donation Giving Learning 42

Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

This work included developing a secure system to track, map, and report incidents of gender-based violence; an emergency hotline; and media training to support women in documenting and sharing their experiences. This is best done in a participatory fashion, making sure that data is available offline.

Digital 36

Digital Community Haiti Netsquared 36

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

A 2011 Gleanster survey found their most important value drivers were: Testing and measuring everything. It’s also been reported as the top tactic to deliver relevant and engaging content.*. You can insert personalized content that: Cultivates (thank recent donors/volunteers; report how gifts were used). It’s not just me.

email 48

email Campaign Test Benchmark 48

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

The garden program leaders are therefore collecting deeper data to measure the real impact of the gardens. In 2013, the Food Bank partnered with the University of Arizona’s Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health to begin the measurement process.

Tucson 40

Tucson Student Arizona Evaluation 40

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2014

And according to findings from the 2014 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report that was released last week, this is right on time. Bloomerang teamed up with Erik Daubert, contributor to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project’s 2013 survey, and talked retention data.

Retention 37

Retention email Donor Tips 37

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

The best way to do this is to talk to them; you can either conduct in-person interviews or, if you already have a significant base of followers, you can send out an online survey. Pencils of Promise (@PencilsOfPromis) December 10, 2013. Scott Harrison (@scottharrison) November 25, 2013. RSVP today & come join us.

Charity 128

Charity Lesson Marketing Digital 128

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

The National Directory of Corporate Giving is a print directory for finding funding from corporations, that provides portraits of approximately 3,000 corporate foundations and 1,000 direct giving programs with essential information such as guidelines, priorities, financial data, and recent grants awarded. You want a good match!

Fund 55

Fund Research Grant Guidelines 55

NTEN

MAY 16, 2013

And very few organizations are applying that data to make decisions about their programs or measure their strategic outcomes. That''s what we found when we, with Avectra , surveyed nonprofit professionals earlier this spring via an online survey.

Studies 93

Studies Data Report Management 93

NTEN

APRIL 9, 2014

Our response: what does the data say? 2013 really raised the bar for online fundraising. Even though response rates for nonprofit emails continued to slide in 2013, online giving was up as email and social media audiences and web traffic kept climbing. Nonprofit organization email lists grew significantly – up 14% in 2013.

Benchmark 98

Benchmark Studies Report Advocacy 98

NTEN

JUNE 3, 2013

By Andrew Means, YMCA of Metro Chicago The question of how nonprofits use data is swirling around professional organizations throughout the sector. Everyone is talking about data. Despite all of this interest we have very little idea what organizations are actually doing with data, and why they are doing it. How can we use it?

Impact 87

Impact Data NTEN Community 87

Forum One

MAY 25, 2022

Forum One has worked as a digital strategic partner to PCORI since 2013 to help the organization establish its identity and extend its reach online, providing services spanning digital strategy, user experience, design, Drupal development, analytics, and ongoing support and optimizations. Urban Institute Ed Data Portal.

Award 71

Award Arkansas Drupal Arts 71