Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2019

Did you know that nearly eight out of ten new alumni donors don’t give again the following year? To do that, let’s examine some key findings from the most recent Alumni Annual Giving report, a comprehensive analysis produced each year by Blackbaud Target Analytics. Or that it’s even lower if they are graduating seniors?

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Report Strategy Giving Analysis 21

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

From bringing in revenue to connecting with constituents, the right technology can save your team time and help you facilitate a better donor experience. We’re well-versed in the most popular, robust nonprofit solutions on the market, including products by Blackbaud, Salesforce, and EveryAction.

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Consultant Technology Phase Nonprofit 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

.” Now certainly development professionals have a history of using research – think donor research for big endowment campaigns. The tool will pool the data from these three sources and do analysis of online giving habits in the US, practically in real time.

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Attention Data Fundraising Journal 99

Care2

JULY 16, 2010

* 300 billion was raised in 2008 (Giving USA); * $15 billion was raised online in 2008 – a 44% increase over 2007) (Blackbaud); * $21 million has been raised by Causes since its launch three years ago; * 30% of online giving happens in December. Tell people what you want them to do quickly.

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Online Practice Fundraising Benchmark 64

Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2012

Online fundraising has become a popular method for increasing revenue and acquire new donors. According to Blackbaud 's 2011 Online Giving Report , online earnings dropped by 55 percent; but that was likely due to the increase in donations due to the Haiti earthquake in January 2010. Analyze what you request of your donors.

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Results Online Donor Fundraising 44

Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2019

You ascertain averages, browse benchmarks , and create charts. Make data analytics work for your organization – download the Blackbaud Institute’s free Analytics Toolkit. You are using diagnostic analytics if you have dashboards or established benchmarks for your campaigns. We’re very serious about our data in P2P!

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Analytics Data Fundraising Amazon 35

Connection Cafe

JUNE 4, 2014

If you want to increase revenue, grow your followers, retain donors and see better online engagement the change starts with you. Once you know the hard numbers conduct a SWOT analysis. In this meeting you should discuss the hard facts and the results from the analysis. Let the analysis be the driving force of your change.

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Change Analysis Social Media Canada 37

Connection Cafe

JUNE 23, 2014

Danielle Johnson Vermenton , senior interactive consultant at Blackbaud, and Chris Schwartz, director of development at Grace Church Community Center, shared their experiences and tips for a successful sale to your board or leadership team. Share current donor demographics in support of your case. Position the Ask.

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Technology Leadership Offline Demographics 44

Connection Cafe

JUNE 11, 2014

CharityDynamics just released the Interactive Investment Benchmark Study that looks at how organizations plan to invest in digital resources and strategy. Demographics & Donor Trends. Before the Board and executive team can make a decision, an analysis of current results, resources and technology should be conducted.

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Technology Guide Proposal Leadership 37

NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

I just finished reading the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarks Analysis , put out by Blackbaud company Target Analytics. By many measures, online fundraising had a red letter year in 2008: Online donors are younger and have higher incomes than traditional, primarily direct mail donors.

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Attention Metrics Online Fundraising 36

DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Technology impacts many areas of your nonprofit’s operations, from donor management to fundraising, accounting, marketing, and more. Other stakeholders, such as major donors, long-term volunteers, or community stakeholders. CRM Software: the Guide to Blackbaud Solutions. EveryAction Guide.

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Template Guide Technology Consultant 98

Connection Cafe

JUNE 14, 2019

Last month marked the inaugural meeting of a new benchmarking group created specifically to analyze and discuss trends in athletics giving [1]. Do keep in mind that this analysis will share aggregate data trends only. Do keep in mind that this analysis will share aggregate data trends only.

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Benchmark Group Indiana Oklahoma 23

sgEngage

MARCH 15, 2011

Blackbaud updates these indices each month and they are based on a three-month moving average of year- over-year percent changes in revenue. The Blackbaud indices include organizations that raised money specifically for Haiti relief in the year-over-year analysis. The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving would be up 6.3%

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Blackbaud Disaster Haiti Giving 62

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Top States for New Donors & Online Donors Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 23rd, 2010 Blackbaud has a tremendous amount of data about the nonprofit sector. That’s the power and importance of benchmarking.

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District of Columbia Trend Donor Blackbaud 72

NetWits

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

A few months ago we published the 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report and yesterday we released the 2011 Online Giving Report. The majority of giving still comes from offline channels, but online fundraising continues to be a significant source for acquiring new donors.

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Offline Donor Online Aggregator 275

Connection Cafe

JULY 6, 2017

New data from Target Analytics , a division of Blackbaud, reveals key insights into online and offline donors. The findings are based on analysis of online and offline giving data from sixteen large national nonprofits in the United States during 2016 and represents more than 6.5 million donors. They Have Higher Incomes.

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Offline Donor Online Retention 35

sgEngage

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Blackbaud updates these indices on the 15th of each month and they are based on a three-month moving average of year- over-year percent changes in revenue. The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving reports that overall revenue increased by 4.9% The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving reports that online revenue increased by 16.2%

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Blackbaud Trend Nonprofit Statistics 58

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Properly used, web sites are more than just a payment solution for credit card bearing donors. Just be aware that when you demand openness from Blackbaud, Convio or any other of the CRM software vendors — that you don’t put yourself in a position where they are still more transparent than you are. 9 admin 09.22.07

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Stats Web Statistics NTEN 100

sgEngage

JANUARY 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking What’s Different One Year After Haiti? Do you have pre-defined segments for previous episodic donors? What is the follow-up plan for the media, donors, etc? magnitude earthquake struck the island of Hispaniola.

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Haiti Trend Difference Blackbaud 63

sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Why Apple isn’t the Nonprofit App Grinch Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 10th, 2010 Nonprofit social media expert Beth Kanter isn’t happy with Apple at the moment. Will you get donors through a mobile app?

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Trend Nonprofit Blackbaud Aggregator 75

NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Blackbaud just released the "Charitable Giving Report: How Nonprofit Fundraising Performed in 2012". We all procrastinate and donors are no exception. Chas Offut has an analysis of 2012 year-end email fundraising and some of the findings may surprise you. We love data! But wait, there's another report on the way.

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Project Report Hurricane Classroom 73

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

made a donation in 2009 to a private foundation, a donor-advised fund, or a charitable trust 7.9% s network of friends/peers 72.4% consulted accountants, 40.8% consulted attorneys and 38.8% All Rights Reserved

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Studies Philanthropy Trend Attitude 74

Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

We recently held the fifth annual Blackbaud Target Analytics donorCentrics Sustainer Summit, hosted by WGBH in Boston on March 23 and 24, 2019, the question on everyone’s mind was simple: following significant gains in donors in FY2017, were we able to retain these surge donors in FY2018? million donors who gave 61.4

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Trend Giving Retention Rate 30

sgEngage

MAY 31, 2011

This report continues to be the most significant analysis of online/offline giving trends based on actual data from nonprofits. The 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report provides analysis of 28 major nonprofit organizations and transactions for over 15 million donors and more than $1 billion in revenue.

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Benchmark Internet Giving Offline 73

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2010 Online Giving Trends Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on February 15th, 2011 Blackbaud released its 2010 Online Giving Report today. billion in total fundraising from 1,438 nonprofits. This was led by 55.6% growth by large organizations.

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Trend Online Giving Blackbaud 82

sgEngage

OCTOBER 28, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Troubling Nonprofit Statistics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on October 28th, 2010 I spend a lot of time looking at metrics and benchmarks from across the nonprofit sector. First Year Donor Retention is 29.3%

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Statistics Trend Benchmark Blackbaud 81

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Just When You Thought Direct Mail Was Dead Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 10th, 2010 It’s baaack! Donors flip channels. The key for nonprofits is to focus on the experience a donor has when they switch channels.

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Mail Trend Offline Blackbaud 78

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2017

For 5 years the Blackbaud Institute has brought together experts in the nonprofit sector to speak on a wide variety of topics. From donor retention to nonprofit marketing to organizational leadership, every ebook is an invaluable resource. Data—the capture, analysis, and use—can be overwhelming. Should I be doing more?

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