Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

According to the latest M+R Benchmarks Study , monthly giving increased by 11% in 2022, making up 28% of all online revenue. To take advantage of this trend toward recurring giving, your nonprofit will need to look inward at its donor data. Understand donors’ giving behaviors. Monitor data and adjust your appeals. Engagement level.

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Analytics Data Giving Metrics 52

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 1, 2013

It’s easy to host a benchmarking session and just present data. The goal of this session was to provide the data but also provide analysis and insight that would help organizations take action when needed. Why benchmark? Jay Odell, Vice President of Altru at Blackbaud, discussed why benchmarking data is important.

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Benchmark Data Washington Arts 35

Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

The latest 2013 Charitable Giving Report by Blackbaud analyzed data from more than 4,000 nonprofits to provide the largest analysis in online giving data. This is the second consecutive year that online giving has experienced double-digit growth rates. What trends did your nonprofit notice in 2013? This just in!

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Report Online Donation Giving 77

M+R

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Of the 25 M+R clients who provided data for our Giving Tuesday analysis, 74% saw an increase in overall revenue, 60% reported an increase in gifts, and 44% reported an increase in average gift. Another sent blast messages to more than 100,000 recipients on Giving Tuesday and saw a return of $1 per subscriber and a response rate of 5.6%. .

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Fundraising Gift Rate email 98

Care2

JANUARY 30, 2012

These aren’t necessarily the same organizations we included in our write-up last year; this analysis compares two years of data for these 14 groups. Compared to last year’s report, this is the one downward trend. Better response rates – 71% had the same or higher response rates to their email appeals than last year.

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Fundraising Benchmark Rate Aggregator 67

Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2019

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. The FY2018 analysis features median metrics from the over 200 institutions that participate in the annual donorCentrics Collaborative Benchmarking service. .

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Report Strategy Giving Analysis 21

Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2020

Monitor your metrics – just as an organization has donor trend analysis in the past, there have always been events that cause big swings from year to year, whether it be an emergency for the international relief sector or an election for an advocacy organization.

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Environment Teach Fundraising Lesson 46

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

From improvements in user experience to new trends in visual design and technical performance, there are a lot of factors that are fundamental or high on your priority list. There are many things to consider when planning a website redesign. Creating a personalization plan.

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Websites Strategy Change Management Digital 57

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2013

We went into full analysis mode – we looked at everything. Are you noticing a trend here? Rate yourself, activities you lead and your leadership if you manage staff. We analyze numbers, look at team performance, look at participant performance – let’s add a new group in the analysis mix: ourselves. See you at Boot Camp!

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Time Stats Reflection Analysis 36

Care2

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Download the e-benchmarks study for all the analysis. Growth rate is at about 49.5%, though churn is at 31%. The response rate for text messaging where people are asked to make a call to a decision maker on the organization's behalf is 4.9%. That's six times the rate of 'call-in' emails (0.82%).

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Tools Stats Netsquared Info 52

NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

I just finished reading the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarks Analysis , put out by Blackbaud company Target Analytics. Despite the fact that online-acquired donors give higher gifts both initially and over time, they renew at lower rates overall. Is it trending in any direction? Get the report and read it.

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Attention Metrics Online Fundraising 36

Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

We’ll draw from recent experiences in setting up an active advisory group made up of NGO partners from all corners of the globe; our network-wide campaign to survey NGO technology trends in 24 languages; and, our own technology solution to communicating with these partners to deliver services in 37 countries. Susan Tenby. Claire Sale.

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Conference Technology San Francisco Disaster 44

Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

Effective donor management aims to build strong, long-lasting relationships with donors, increase retention rates, and ultimately, secure ongoing financial support for an organization’s mission and programs. It also involves careful analysis and upkeep of your donors’ data. Effective donor management is crucial for nonprofits.

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Donor Management Guide Retention 52

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

While these basic figures can be informative from a year-over-year trend perspective, they do a poor job answering questions like: Why did these metrics change? You need a detailed analysis to make an actionable plan to improve your fundraising efforts. Donor Retention Rate. The closer your retention rate is to 100%, the better.

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Metrics Fundraising Retention ROI 87

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]. The two days spent together was so valuable that it seemed like a perfect opportunity to share some insights and median trends with the higher education community at large.

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Benchmark Group Indiana Oklahoma 23

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2017

I often get asked questions about how a nonprofit’s website should look and behave and what benchmarking or evaluation tips I might have. TJ : Those metrics—clicks, time spent on pages, bounce rate— are a short way of measuring toward your goals and whether tactics are succeeding. The metrics should follow those goals.

Design 35

Design Websites Practice Philadelphia 35

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

In the last few weeks, there have been a few good research studies and web sites relaunched that cover technology, data, funding, and trends. Here’s a roundup. One of my favorite sections of the site includes the benchmarking data for foundation use of social media by channel which makes it very easy to do research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2009

I will also continue to write case studies, step-by-steps instructional pieces, and trend pieces. Social Media Audience Research and Social Network Analysis: I've been tracking social media research snippets for a while, but not in a very well organized way. I will look at benchmarking processes and analyzing benefits and values.

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Goal ROI Wiki Metrics 50

Care2

MAY 31, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) What is the answer?

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Social Media Advocacy Activities Active 28

Care2

MAY 29, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) What is the answer?

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Social Media Advocacy Activities Active 28

Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

This year’s summit included 35 large nonprofit organizations that participate in our sustainer program benchmarking to review aggregate program performance, trends and challenges affecting sustainer giving. The analysis is based on a July – June fiscal year, covering the period of FY2014 through FY2018. billion in FY2018.

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Trend Giving Retention Rate 30

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2009

Inspiration for How To Think Like A Social Media Marketing Genius Presentation by Beth Kanter For the past two years, I've been doing an annual Blog benchmarking process that attempts to do a ROI analysis. The most valuable part of the blog benchmarking process is the reflection process and linking insights to making improvements.

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Metrics ROI Measure Content 50

Connection Cafe

JULY 6, 2017

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 These organizations participate in a donorCentrics Internet Benchmarking Group. It’s a trend that often has more questions than answers. million donors.

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Offline Donor Online Retention 35

Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) But was there ever any gold?

Social Media 28

Social Media Place Myspace Advocacy 28

Care2

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) But was there ever any gold?

Social Media 28

Social Media Place Myspace Advocacy 28

sgEngage

APRIL 29, 2021

The analysis is based on a July – June fiscal year, covering the period of FY2016 through FY2020. After such a tumultuous year, with many drivers for both potential increases and declines in giving, it was no surprise to see mixed trends among sectors and organizational sizes. New Sustainer Acquisition Trends.

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Retention Gift Rate Conversation 48

Connection Cafe

APRIL 15, 2020

Benchmarking d ata, drawn directly from participant CRMs and standardized to allow for consistent comparisons, included 16 million donors who gave 56 million gifts for a total of $2.3 The analysis is based on a July – June fiscal year, covering the period of FY2015 through FY2019. . This gives us a unique vantage point in FY 2019.

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Retention Paypal Gift Channel 27

Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

That’s a rate of over one award per week! We also created highlights pages of infographics, visualizations, and data stories to summarize key takeaways, trends, and insights into the state of K-12 education, including those for the Mathematics , Reading , and Science reports.

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Celebrate Award Colorado Museum 67

Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

That’s a rate of over one award per week! We also created highlights pages of infographics, visualizations, and data stories to summarize key takeaways, trends, and insights into the state of K-12 education, including those for the Mathematics , Reading , and Science reports.

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Celebrate Award Colorado Museum 46

The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It improves conversion rates. Here are some tips to get started with organic traffic analysis: Set Up Google Analytics Google Analytics is a free and powerful web analytics service that provides detailed insights into your website traffic. Bounce rate: Percentage of single page sessions. Measures interest in specific pages.

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Websites Guide Impact Metrics 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

About a year ago, I decided to benchmark my blog using some tips suggested by Avinash Kaushik. Kaushik suggested these metrics for benchmarking blogs: Raw Author Contribution (posts & words in post). Conversation Rate (measuring success in a social medium). Conversation Rate (measuring success in a social medium).

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Reflection Measure Technorati Metrics 50

Care2

APRIL 2, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Adwords Google Social Media Advocacy 51

sgEngage

MAY 31, 2011

This report continues to be the most significant analysis of online/offline giving trends based on actual data from nonprofits. Retention rates for online donors continue to lag offline donor trends. Observations: The participants in the benchmarking group are dominated by direct mail focused nonprofits.

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Benchmark Internet Giving Offline 73

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Back by popular demand was Steve MacLaughlin’s analysis of the 200 email subject lines sent to him from nonprofits between December 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012. Most nonprofit websites see a donation form abandonment rate of around 50% – 70%. The result: Fundraising Ideas to Reverse the Trend of Declining Email Response Rates.

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Meme Ideas Content Generation 51

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. Recurring Giving Benchmarking Analysis says so.

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Statistics Trend Benchmark Blackbaud 82

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Data—the capture, analysis, and use—can be overwhelming. The analysis of our fundraising programs’ performance helped set the foundation for embracing big data and creating the cultural shift needed at Project HOPE. The analysis moved beyond short-term metrics such as annual net revenue and took a macro view of our program.

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Analytics Data Analysis Metrics 33