Forum One

JANUARY 20, 2022

We dove into a number of industry benchmark reports to compile the following indicators that nonprofits should consider when planning for the year ahead. Conversion rate (e.g., Response rate (how often did people reply directly to your email?). Open rate (was your subject line compelling enough to open the email?).

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Everyaction

MAY 24, 2018

The annual M+R Benchmarks Report has arrived again, shining a light on trends that are shaping nonprofits’ digital programs. Having shared and discussed this year’s Benchmarks Report with many of our partners, here’s twelve key trends that have resonated strongly within the EveryAction community.

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Benchmark Digital Trend Report 62

NetWits

JUNE 13, 2011

Although the findings of the recently released 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report haven’t changed much since the last edition three years ago, its release has (re)fueled the conversation fire in the #nptech community. It shows that where we fail to engage donors, we also fail to raise funds.

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NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

Specific audience-centric communications will help you relate to individual constituents and give you the ability to track response rates based on each group. Utilize naming opportunities to recognize above described benchmarks. Raising More Money Online with Independent Fundraising Events. 2) Educate. Saying Thanks.

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Raise Relationship Tips Fundraising 208

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Blackbaud’s annual Online Benchmark report was released earlier this month at #bbcon and the results speak largely to a positive outlook for nonprofit fundraising. . Email has been around a long time now, and frankly such a massive increase in a fairly mature channel took me a bit off guard. Open rates are flat. But it didn’t.

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Benchmark Metrics Report Online 55

Care2

MARCH 14, 2011

One of the key questions I get from nonprofits is, “How much money should we be raising online?&# Today, Convio released the Convio Online Marketing Benchmark Index Study. to find the appropriate benchmark for your online programs. Online is the fastest growing fundraising channel for nonprofits! Key Findings: 1.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

This is the time of year that your organization should be raising up to 40% of its donations online. In 2010 an estimated $291 billion was raised. While a large majority of donations are still made by check (79 percent), online fundraising is the fastest growing donation channel. – eNonprofit Benchmark study.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

No matter where you are in your growth stage, taking action, in concert with your internal stakeholders, will always bring you closer to the goal of raising more revenue. Diversify fundraising channel s: The report documents shifts in donor behavior and preferences. Getting Started: Setting your goal How much revenue must be raised?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2016

While the main focus of many end-of-year campaigns will be direct mail and email, other channels are increasingly driving online donations. Just 27% of online donations now result from email (according to the latest M+R Benchmark report ). per dollar raised. In 2015, nonprofits spent $0.04 and smaller nonprofits spending $0.01

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Channel Fundraising Benchmark Facebook 20

Whole Whale

AUGUST 25, 2021

Direct mail response rate (to house): 4% Postage per letter: $0.49. Direct mail response rate: (to house): 5% Postage per letter: $0.47. Direct mail response rate: (to house): 5% Postage per letter: $0.49. Direct mail response rate: (to house): 9% Postage per letter: $0.50. Foundation giving was $58.46 Mail stats.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

A fundraising strategy helps keep you on track by offering deadlines and benchmarks to hit throughout the year. Ultimately, a well-rounded fundraising strategy will help your organization raise more and gain access to long-term support. Donor stewardship helps you boost your donor retention rate , helping you earn much more over time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

Even though billions of dollars have been raised online since 1999, it’s surprising how many nonprofits make the donation process more complicated than it should be. Launched in 2002, GlobalGiving.org is a crowdfunding platform for NGOs, charities, and nonprofits worldwide which has raised nearly $500 million online.

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Practice Online Fundraising Nonprofit 341

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

That means you likely won’t see the results—increased fundraising revenue, increased donor retention rate, increased average gift size—that you would likely see when using a paid solution. When donors cover processing fees, nonprofits take home about $99 for every $100 raised. Top feature: Slack’s foundational feature is channels.

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AFP Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

CharityVillage Research: Benchmark Study Shows Online’s Strength : "Web-based fundraising is coming of age. That’s the conclusion of the 2011 Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark™ Study, which evaluated the results of nearly 600 nonprofit organizations that use Convio's software. In 2010, Convio’s clients raised more than $1.3

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Benchmark Studies Research Convio 24

Connection Cafe

MARCH 14, 2011

Downtime may be hard to come by with SXSWi , NTC and AFP International activity this week, but just in case you have a few minutes to burn waiting for a flight, train or a panel to start, I’m arming you with some exhilarating reading material — the Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark Index Study. percent in 2009.

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Convio Benchmark Studies Haiti 51

Care2

MAY 13, 2014

They have deemed email a dying communications channel, which is absurd. Email lists and email marketing continue to grow, especially for the nonprofit sector where list size grew at least 14% in 2013, according to the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmark study. Email raises money. Monthly giving revenue grew 25% in 2013.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

The report either gave a big "F" or a mediocre rating to most of the nonprofits in the report. One tactic that has been successful for the nonprofit CARE is to provide their donors with two simple pie charts that illustrate how funds raised are allocated below the credit card donation form.

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Studies Online Fundraising Nonprofit 78

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Pundits and bloggers in the nonprofit sector often lament the inability of social media to raise money for nonprofits. widgets and apps have yet to raise large amounts in online dollars for most nonprofits, but that doesn’t mean that social media is not resulting in large amounts of dollars raised online. It’s true that Web 2.0

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Donation Practice Mail Newsletter 223

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

According to the M+R Benchmarks 2023 report , 62% of nonprofits used text messaging for fundraising purposes in 2022. Text-to-give is one of the easiest and fastest ways to raise donations via SMS messaging. This guide will explain how the process works and ways to optimize your campaigns to raise more from this channel.

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Mobile Guide Giving Fundraising 59

Care2

MAY 13, 2014

They have deemed email a dying communications channel, which is absurd. Email lists and email marketing continue to grow, especially for the nonprofit sector where list size grew at least 14% in 2013, according to the 2014 eNonprofit Benchmark study. Email raises money. Monthly giving revenue grew 25% in 2013.

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email Advocacy Social Network Social Media 70

Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

Common examples of nonprofit KPIs include average donation size, number of recurring or repeat donors, new donor acquisition rate, and donor attrition rate. Any good stewardship plan involves consistent and strategic engagement with your donors through a number of channels and with a variety of touchpoints. By setting S.M.A.R.T.

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Care2

AUGUST 28, 2013

In my experience, the biggest difference in the varying payback on a Care2 multi-channel donor acquisition campaign (or any online acquisition) tends to be the total number of fundraising appeals that an organization sends to its supporters. In short, more good emails = more revenue. If you break that down, it''s two per month, on average.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

This is the time of year that your organization should be raising up to 40% of its donations online. In 2010 an estimated $291 billion was raised. While a large majority of donations are still made by check (79 percent), online fundraising is the fastest growing donation channel. – eNonprofit Benchmark study.

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Fundraising Blackbaud Benchmark Info 73

Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

According to the donorCentric study published by Target Analytics, which gathered data from 25 large nonprofit organizations ranging from CARE to Amnesty International, many nonprofits have mastered raising money from Direct Mail campaigns, but haven’t quite figured out how to replicate their fundraising success online.

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Channel Case Study Fundraising Offline 42

Care2

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The big question on every nonprofit organizations'' mind is, will this Donate button help their charity raise a decent amount of money? BTW, you should check out the Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report , which historically shows that the majority of nonprofits have not raised a dime on Facebook.

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Facebook Donation Disaster Social Network 78

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The 2017 Luminate Online Benchmark Report , just released by Blackbaud, shows donation and email trends based on online fundraising and email campaigns by 707 Luminate Online customers. We saw fundraising email open rates go down 3.8%% and click rates plunge by 15.5%. Collectively these organizations raised over $1.7

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Time Fundraising Benchmark Trend 33

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2023

M+R Benchmarks ] 74% of nonprofits send an automated welcome email after joining a newsletter and these messages have an average open rate of 202% higher than traditional email campaigns. Neon One ] Nonprofits have an average open rate of 28.59% and an average click rate of 3.29%.

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Statistics email Marketing Benchmark 208

Care2

MAY 16, 2011

If your nonprofit is truly committed to raising money online you must have a great email list filled with engaged donors who support your mission. Test these different channels and see what your response rates look like. Because studies show that email remains the primary driver of online donations. Listen to the webinar here.

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Websites Rate Test Benchmark 66

Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2014

One of the more interesting findings from the recently released 2014 M+R Benchmarks Study was that fundraising emails did not have a higher conversion rate in December. The study found that December fundraising email conversion rates were 0.06%, slightly lower than the overall rate of 0.07%. According to the study, 6.9

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email Time Fundraising Rate 39

Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

According to the donorCentric study published by Target Analytics, which gathered data from 25 large nonprofit organizations ranging from CARE to Amnesty International, many nonprofits have mastered raising money from Direct Mail campaigns, but haven’t quite figured out how to replicate their fundraising success online.

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Channel Fundraising Case Study Offline 28

Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Multi-channel marketing is the practice of communicating and marketing across many channels. By leveraging multiple communication channels—email, mobile, direct mail, websites, social media, paid and earned media, SEO, and more, you expand your reach to engage new donors and supporters. Why is it important for nonprofits?

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Channel Marketing Fundraising Nonprofit 59

Qgiv

JULY 12, 2021

Nearly three out of four young adults are willing to raise money on behalf of an organization that matters to them. 88% of dollars raised comes from 12% of an organization’s donors. For every 1,000 website visitors, a nonprofit raises $612. Open rates for nonprofit emails is between 15% and 17.5%. and 11:00 p.m.

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Statistics Raise Fundraising Social Media 116

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Everyone knows to raise money, you need to ask. Maximizing Each Channel. According to the last two Luminate benchmark reports , 72% more fundraising emails were sent two years ago and 17% more fundraising emails were sent last year. So while email remains a strong generator of online gifts, other channels need to be maximized.

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Online Fundraising Websites Channel 20

NTEN

JULY 22, 2013

Speaking of fundraising, ever ask the question, "Why is our nonprofit not raising more money on social media?" Alia with Sea Change Strategies reminds you not to forget that "social media is an engagement channel" and encourages you to change the question to "what kind of relationships are we nurturing there?" on Wednesday, July 24.

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Registration Research Report Free 57

Neon CRM

DECEMBER 12, 2023

According to the M+R Benchmarks , average online revenue was down 4% in 2022, while GivingTuesday reported only a.6% Instead, take this opportunity to review all of your nonprofit’s various fundraising channels and see where improvements can be made. It also improves conversion rates by solidifying a donor’s decision to give.

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Practice Donation Raise Info 52

CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In 2020, they set a goal of raising $40,000 for their combined #GivingTuesday/year-end fundraiser to raise funds for their virtual summer camp. Other Examples: An Annual Giving Campaign, like National Center for Youth Law did $10k for a new Alzheimer’s research project Raise $25,000 to fill a new school library.

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Guide Giving Campaign Social Media 73

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 21, 2015

So we asked Autumn Woish, development system administrator for National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), to join us and dish her secrets on how they raised more than eight times their average monthly donations in December alone! I use the M+R benchmarks as a starting point. Benchmark yourselves. Send Multi-Channel Thank Yous.

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