3rd Sector Labs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Fall will be here before you know it … and so will your big year-end fundraising appeal. Have you completed your fundraising data checklist? What are we talking about – a fundraising DATA checklist? Good data, however, and the technology systems that depend upon good data, are THE key to your fundraising success.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Fundraising is more tech-powered than ever before. With so many tools out there to choose from, your opportunities for customizing your organization’s tech stack are virtually limitless, especially when it comes to fundraising apps. but now, you can take all that information on the go with Bloomerang’s mobile fundraising app !

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

In part one of this series, I outlined my top six fundraising strategies for 2021: . Investing in digital-first fundraising and marketing communications. These are some places to begin: M+R Benchmarks ; Fundraising Effectiveness Project Reports ; Fundraising Report Card Benchmarks. . Mastering relevant content marketing.

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M+R

APRIL 27, 2022

Go explore the findings, charts, and analysis at mrbenchmarks.com. . The complete data and analysis are available to explore for free at mrbenchmarks.com. Read time: 2 minutes. Pack your bags, lock your tray table, and fasten your seatbelt: the 2022 M+R Benchmarks Study is ready for takeoff.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

A good strategic plan ensures you have charted the necessary pathways to meet (and hopefully exceed) your organization’s goals. During the strategic planning process, you should identify areas to spend money effectively in ways that increase your fundraising return on investment. Volunteer boards should take charge of fundraising.

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M+R

APRIL 22, 2021

Go explore the findings, charts, and analysis at mrbenchmarks.com. . While the overall mix favored fundraising ads, there were stark differences in strategy and results for nonprofits of different sizes. . Read time: 2 minutes. We are excited to report that the 2021 M+R Benchmarks Study is ready for you.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

There are two solutions for integrating your data — either build an in-house centralized data platform or research an analytics vendor to outsource data collection and analysis. Additionally, this digital shift to increased data interoperability means less chart chasing and improved quality care. Informed fundraising plans.

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Blue Fox

APRIL 11, 2022

It's common for organizational leaders to have a background in service delivery/programs, marketing, or fundraising, not financial management and strategy. Then we provide access, information, and analysis to give clients the power to make strategic, data-driven decisions. AND THAT'S OKAY! ​ That's why companies Blue Fox exist!

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 29, 2021

It might be even useful to locate a volunteer with a background in sales or data analysis and see if you can get them to come on board as the one person in your organization who can go through the feedback and present the results. S elf-care prioritization. Do all you can to recover and recharge. Think of it like mapping a route to take.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 1, 2021

When technology does more of the heavy lifting – more data analysis, more personalized communication with constituents, more automation – employees have more time to tackle the bigger challenges that require human brainpower. At that point, the team needed to improve its case management and fundraising work. About the Author.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Instead of repeating those numbers, we’ll focus on the practical “in the weeds” analysis that can support you in making data-driven decisions that go well beyond this time of year. The chart above shows that 2023 saw higher overall volumes throughout the day, with a small spike at 9:00 a.m. Resist that temptation!

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Start by breaking down your fundraising goals into “micro-goals,” because sometimes it’s hard for donors to wrap their minds around large, abstract figures. If you want to go the extra mile, you can create charts and graphs that show how you allocate funds. Break it down. Make it visual. Explain the benefits of overhead.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2017

These results are based on the largest analysis of charitable giving data and come from the 2016 Charitable Giving Report. Released under the Blackbaud Institute for Philanthropic Impact, the report analyzes trends from more than $23 billion in fundraising revenue from 2016. percent of all fundraising in 2016. percent drop.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

For instance, lumping all expenses under a generic “operations” category hides the actual costs of specific activities, such as programming versus fundraising. How to Avoid: Organizations should consider adopting the Unified Chart of Accounts for Nonprofits (UCOA).

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Care2

JULY 16, 2010

2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Collaborative Benchmarking Analysis); * The average online gift was $144.72, according to BlackBaud though M&R’s benchmark study noted that the average one time online gift was $81. Seven Online Fundraising Strategies You Can Do Right Now. Tags: Online Fundraising.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 9, 2020

We are in the midst of the most unpredictable spring peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising season in history. Through the uncertainty, nonprofit staff, volunteers, and fundraisers show signs of being resilient, resourceful, and resolute. We’ve all seen the charts, where our actions directly affect outcomes. Are we flattening the curve?

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M+R

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

That’s not to discount the value of the small-dollar fundraising program. But from a revenue perspective, sometimes the greatest value of a small-dollar fundraising program is the extent to which it can operate like a pipeline for the mid-level program. Finding your audience part 1: file analysis.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2019

If you’re like most peer-to-peer fundraising (P2P) staff, you’re drowning in data. You ascertain averages, browse benchmarks , and create charts. Descriptive analytics tells us what happened and typically include reports that tells you things like age, address, registration date, and fundraising statistics.

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sgEngage

MAY 1, 2013

For nearly three years now, Blackbaud has continued to expand the number of organizations and giving represented in the analysis. Overall Fundraising Trends. Online Fundraising Trends. Please visit The Blackbaud Index for more information and interactive charts. Public and Society Benefit organizations were down 8.6%

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

This may be other organizations/partners, donors, volunteers, fundraisers, event attendees, etc. Then, for each group, create a chart with 4 columns and identify: Their goal: why do they engage with you. Tags: presentation webtools analysis community mapping listening notes tools webinar women womenwhotech.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2013

Focus on Event Fundraising Analytics , we looked at how peer-to-peer event metrics let us know if our event planning and execution efforts are paying off in fundraising results. Benchmarks let us know how we perform compared to our event fundraising peers. Encourage participants to fundraise. Number of participants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it. Over those 80 years, the chart has been polished, refined and so deeply embedded in business thinking.

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2011

Network for Good processes donations for charities of all sizes, but because we focus our efforts on helping small- to medium-sized nonprofits with their fundraising, there is a strong representation of these nonprofits in our data. When we talk tech, we tend to focus on the latest new bell, whistle, or widget for fundraising.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2014

At the 4 th level of 100% adoption for your prospect management system, your organization is now able to provide a deep analysis with reportings based on a sound system and full buy-in from all staff. High-level analysis questions by senior leadership and during campaign/advisory board meetings: How many active proposals are pending?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Tools that incorporate a dashboard can help organizations visualize and more easily analyze their data by taking that information and turning it into charts and graphs. Even text can be measured with text analysis tools that can provide statistics on keywords and gauge sentiment. Data Warehousing For Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

We focused on digital transformation because incorporating digital has become essential for delivering on all aspects of a nonprofit’s mission, not just fundraising and communications but program delivery and governance. We decided to use an understanding exercise, a SWOT analysis related to the topics. We opted for the latter.

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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. Get the report and read it.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2020

This is important because to be effective, your tech stack (or your whole system of tools that you use to manage fundraising, internal operations, and data) should be interconnected and centralized as much as possible. Here’s a very basic example of a TCO chart detailing the costs of implementing a new CRM platform: Begin researching vendors.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 10, 2016

Track Data Through a Flexible Chart of Accounts. To effectively track data for internal and external use, your software needs to have a flexible chart of accounts. This provides flexibility to drill down to the project level in reports for better performance analysis. Nimble budget analysis. Meet Reporting Guidelines.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 22, 2012

During this hour, the Foundation Center's George Ford and Jake Garcia will take a look at how grant seekers can use the interactive maps and charts in Foundation Directory Online , the Foundation Center’s grant seeking database for nonprofits, to identify prospective funders. Register for the webinar here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2008

The visual shows the results of a pattern analysis of the 100 most popular Facebook applications (video of lecture here ). According to this analysis, Causes probably falls in the Adapted Patterns/Competition. In my levels of engagement chart, a simple action involves befriending (e.g.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

Last week, I helped launch a peer exchange Webinar for Packard Foundation for Children’s Health Insurance grantees with Spitfire Communications (creators of the SMART chart ). Jeremiah Owyang has a good analysis of what features Google + needs to go mainstream. Wait for maturation? What are the potential uses for nonprofits?

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Designs and launches new initiatives, drives organizational strategy, and helps chart the future of Feeding America. Leads all aspects of philanthropic fundraising and partnership development on behalf of the United Nations World Food Programme. Ami McReynolds. Chief Equity and Programs Officer. Feeding America. Gabriella Morris.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2017

Digital Fundraising (technology, skills and staffing) (Facilitator: Meredith and Martin – Homemade Digital). We did a classic brainstorming/SWOT analysis exercise related to our topics. New Audiences and Acquisition (Facilitator: Christoffer Holm – Amnesty International).

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2017

Based on years of biannual report analysis, I find that annual budget, mission focus, and service area, in that order, have the most impact on an organization's grantseeking experience. The charts in these reports show the frequency of funding by source, such as private foundations, corporate giving programs, and local governments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Time Chart - See Flickr Discussion on Version 1 Wanna Remix it? Key skill is pattern analysis. Link listening and analysis to decisions or actions. Finally, consider how you can mix in fundraising. Download it here. Listening: Knowing what is being said online about your organization and the field you work in.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 2, 2018

What charts or slides did the group focus on? Data and analytics have led 38 Degrees to think more clearly about what questions the organization should ask, and to arrange strategy sessions around better objects of analysis. It usually doesn’t though, and that’s because most nonprofits are using their data wrong.

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