NTEN

APRIL 3, 2012

Another NTC means more great studies about nonprofit technology released, including the 2012 " Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmarks Report." for yourself: > Download the 2012 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report. It's free! >

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 15, 2019

In this post, you’ll learn from my mistakes and create better charts for your audience – to show fundraising results, organization’s impact or benchmarking. Have you seen a chart and asked yourself, “What is this? Are we guilty of creating such charts ourselves? Different shapes or chart types have their uses.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Working on our 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , we noticed something interesting when looking at year-over-year data by sector: The share of online revenue from monthly giving for International groups seemed to decline from 2009 to 2010. For this Benchmarks Extra , we separated the data for one-time giving and monthly giving.

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NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2012

[This is part three of a series taking a closer look at the key benchmarks from our 6th Annual Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey Report , conducted with The NonProfit Times. The above chart represents the responses from survey participants. You can download the complete report for free here.]

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

per month – or $425 a year, according to the Blackbaud Luminate Online Benchmarks Report. NRDC is highlighting a $50 default donation with a $35 donation as the least amount to give which presents a psychological benchmark to potential donors: $35 is a good minimal donation, but $50 is better and only $15 more.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Start with benchmark data. Luckily, there are a number of great reports available to help you set a benchmark against industry averages. These are some places to begin: M+R Benchmarks ; Fundraising Effectiveness Project Reports ; Fundraising Report Card Benchmarks. . . — Kevin Shulman for the Agitator-DonorVoice.

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Qgiv

JUNE 14, 2021

Create a goal chart to guide your team during this process. You can then visualize these goals on a chart in order to understand their relation to one another. Fundraising benchmarks are a helpful way to know how much progress your organization is making towards the end goal for all your campaigns.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

While not a representative sample of institutional funders, it’s one of best avenues for detailed exploration and benchmarking of salaries. In 2022, 1,003 grantmakers participated in the survey. However, their responses are included in all other analyses. The post How do grantmaker CEO salaries compare with other staff?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2011

The Millennial Donor report uncovered that celebrity is the bottom of the charts: When asked to describe what motivates them to give, 85% of Millennials pointed to a compelling mission or cause, and 56% cited a personal connection or trust in the leadership of the organization. But, on the top of the chart: a compelling cause.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Let’s take a look at a few of the key findings from the second nonprofit content marketing benchmark report – produced by Content Marketing Institute and Blackbaud – Nonprofit Content Marketing 2015: Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends—North America. Here are a few of our second year benchmarks.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

Charity and Technology in the Online Universe This infographic from Mashable and Shane Snow puts social good into better context with donation numbers, growth charts, and some comparisons to its offline counterparts. Based on 2006 data, the chart features the 10 major sources of revenue for U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

I’ve also used this as benchmark for my training and peer learning projects so one could quantify transformation. This chart comes from Chapter 5 of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit where we discuss how to measure outcomes from social media versus activities. Click to See Larger Version.

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Cloud 4 Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Next, simply choose what the chart should look like, how it should be labeled, and save. Users simply drag and drop those fields into the report columns area, drag and drop the filters, customize the grouping, and then watch the report come together before their eyes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2011

We’ve become addicted to generating pretty charts and graphs, while taking any opportunity to play with any new (and especially free) social media measurement tool that we read about on blogs. Surveys can help get data to form a baseline, benchmark, or inform strategy.

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Care2

OCTOBER 30, 2013

According to the Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report by Blackbaud, only 2% of nonprofits raised between $10K and $25K on Facebook in a 12 month time period. Take a look at the chart below. Second, the majority of nonprofits have not raised a dime on social media. And just 1% raised between $25K and $100K.

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

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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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2011

The site also posted losses in Canada, the U.K., Norway, and Russia, while most of its gains came in countries in the developing world, including Mexico and India." This is well and good for the information-consuming public; however, these results can spawn curiosities that are fun to dig into.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Delight: Check out these charts and graphs! The one I found most useful was #3 because it could be an easy way to compare or benchmark with other organizations. However, the use of a pie chart is a little meaningless – I would change to a bar chart. Denial: You can’t measure social media! I tested each one.

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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. How Does Your Nonprofit Measure Up? Tell people what you want them to do quickly.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2013

Benchmarks let us know how we perform compared to our event fundraising peers. Metrics and benchmarks can be our guides to whether your efforts at creating a great experience for participants are paying off. Just getting started using metrics and benchmarks to improve performance? Pick Two or Three Metrics to Focus On.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

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. Marketing Research Metrics Nonprofit Benchmark Studies Online Fundraising' Tell people what you want them to do quickly.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2017

Well, that's an awful lot of pages of data and words, and you want some quick-fix guidelines and benchmarks. The charts in these reports show the frequency of funding by source, such as private foundations, corporate giving programs, and local governments. So Now What? Next Steps for Grantseekers. Organizational age and U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This panel will discuss realistic metrics and benchmarks any organization can use in their campaigns and ensure that your using the right strategies and tools to listen and engage your audiences on different social networks. Over those 80 years, the chart has been polished, refined and so deeply embedded in business thinking.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Donors also appreciate simple pie charts that show how much is spent on programs vs. operations—as long the chart reflects that at least 75 percent of your budget goes directly to programs. Charity Navigator reports that 7 out 10 nonprofits in theUnited Statesdo meet that minimum benchmark.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Step 4: Define your benchmarks. ” KPIs are simply data points for charting progress towards results. I use the chart below, which comes from Chapter 5 of our book. How do your efforts connect with those audiences to achieve the goal. Step 3: Define your investments. Who or what are you going to compare your results to?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

While it might seem a little early to start thinking about 2018 to some (hint: it’s not ), it’s the perfect time to benchmark where 2017 has taken you. Gift range chart : Utilizing a gift range chart is a great way to created focused, goal-oriented campaigns. Use this checklist to check in.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Monday.com Platform overview: Monday.com enables workflows based on your organization’s needs, including views like Gantt charts, Kanban, and more. Top feature: Analyze your data using charts that are updated in real-time. Run Agile sprints, marketing campaigns, and other initiatives to support your nonprofit’s goals.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2019

You ascertain averages, browse benchmarks , and create charts. You are using diagnostic analytics if you have dashboards or established benchmarks for your campaigns. If you’re like most peer-to-peer fundraising (P2P) staff, you’re drowning in data. You detail donations, edit estimates, and fetch files.

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Achieve

JUNE 8, 2023

You’ll also develop guiding documents and resources like your case for support and preliminary gift range chart. Equipped with this context, you can lay out a more realistic plan, benchmarks, and expectations across your organization. Don’t neglect to secure stakeholder buy-in early.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 17, 2013

Below is a chart which shows percent of participants with one or more online gifts over the last 5 years. I know it’s tough to read the numbers and my chart is a little more dramatic than it should be because of double numbers in the vertical axis. Seriously… we’re not. Do you see what I see? How much time are you spending?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2013

Blackbaud’s just-released Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits found nonprofit website traffic was down 14 percent in 2012 compared to 2011. It should be noted, like other benchmark reports, nonprofits within the study vary from year-to-year.). Benchmarks are helpful, but your data is what matters most.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2011

” TechSoup’s Coleridge likens analytics to a roadmap that guides where an organization wants to go with benchmarks that mark the progression to a goal. 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.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

Benchmarks - Taking raw data and reporting in a comparable way. Broaden benchmark metrics once you feel comfortable with reporting, ongoing activity and preliminary success. Broaden benchmark metrics once you feel comfortable with reporting, ongoing activity and preliminary success.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

It’s important to answer these questions for yourself and chart your course of action accordingly. At this level, your fundraising plan should cover the next three to five years and be reviewed and evaluated quarterly for your performance against the plan’s benchmarks. Do you have a case for support tailored to younger donors?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2018

Can you raise your fundraising benchmark? With this goal in mind, you can set your gift range chart. Over the course of your capital campaign, you’ll follow your gift range chart as you make fundraising progress and update it as you receive gifts. Working with your nonprofit consultant, determine your final fundraising goal.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2011

To whet your appetite for the full report, here's a great peek at the charts regarding Facebook page churn: You need to think about quality of your Facebook posts to make sure you're not driving folks away – just like you already think about tone, topic, and frequency with your email messaging to avoid unsubscribes!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

The chart above is a small example of how GRIST tracked its results on a campaign against staff investment. They want to gather benchmarks for social media use of all partners and do interviews to learn about best practices for integrated campaigns.

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