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OCTOBER 3, 2023

The last three months of the year are often the most important for nonprofits because of the rise in donations compared to the rest of the year. As always, make sure you account for your organization’s unique history by taking any giving trends found in your donor database into consideration alongside this industry comparison.

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Good Nonprofit Infographics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 12th, 2011 Who doesn’t love a good infographic? Here are five good nonprofit infographics worth looking at.

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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. The study reported traffic decreased across 18 of 19 nonprofit verticals , with Canadian organizations being the exception. (It What can nonprofits do?

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

Last month we released our seventh annual report on nonprofit investment and practices regarding technology. You can download the complete report here , and don''t forget the companion online benchmarking tool , where you can compare some of your organization''s data against your peers in our research.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2014

GrantStation polls organizations on the status of their grantseeking in order to provide the nonprofit sector with a vivid, up-to-date snapshot of grantseeking today, and you can help the grantseeking community stay on top of trends through your participation. You can click here to see past reports.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

We also use the median for our comparisons, so that one outlier doesn’t skew the whole set. Revenue increases were widespread, but not uniform—some nonprofits saw an influx in mid-level and large gifts, while others grew their low-dollar conversions. Over the years, nonprofit organizations have matured their ads programs quite a bit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

I’m now on the prowl for examples from the nonprofit world of “Little Bets” and was excited to read about how Unicef created a fictional profile for a 13-year-old girl named Ami Musa, from the poor, war torn African country of Sierra Leone. Is your nonprofit placing a little bet on pinterest?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Participate when the analysis and reporting contain benchmarks that allow you to compare your own organization’s performance with that of your colleagues. Mostly, though, it’s all about the benchmarks. What is your success rate in comparison with others in your mission focus/sector? What you know is very important.

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Care2

JULY 16, 2012

There are a ton of smart people writing about nonprofit technology and communications to help nonprofit communicators keep up on the latest online trends and developments. Thankfully, you can take advantage of great in-depth research and findings published in nonprofit reports. Organizations have an average 3.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2009

A baseline is a measurement that you can use as a comparison to measure progress against a goal or do before/after comparisons. Chris suggests: Before you start the clock it is a good idea to benchmark where you’re at. Make a note of ROI benchmarks. Make a note of the obvious numb ers.

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you know that raising major gifts is one of the most strategic efforts your organization will complete. Major gifts are not only a highly-strategic effort, but also a high-stakes one— for many nonprofits, over 80% of their total fundraising dollars come from major contributions alone.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2013

Note: This is the second in a series of posts about the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Most nonprofits already have Google Analytics installed on their website to track online traffic. To establish benchmarks for measuring success of our design efforts. See the end of this post for a linked index of other posts in the series.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

I’ve spent quite a few years in the space between nonprofits and for-profit businesses, most recently as business development advisor at GrantStation. Is there a discernible difference in nonprofit focus based on location? Is there a "peak" age for nonprofits? She works with.

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Neon CRM

JULY 19, 2023

As a nonprofit fundraiser, you know this means only one thing: Giving season is almost here! The end-of-year giving season is a huge deal for the nonprofit sector, driving billions of dollars in the span of a month, with a vast amount of that giving coming in the final few days of the month alone! Get the guide 2. Get the guide 4.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2011

This is the number you can use to compare the relative robustness of your messaging program with the results reported by the " eNonprofit Benchmarks Study " (or Convio's " Online Nonprofit Benchmarks Study " or MailChimp's " Email Marketing Benchmarks by Industry ", or.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Facebook is also a great tool for nonprofits. More people can find out about your Nonprofit because your Facebook Page gets indexed and is searchable inside and outside (i.e. No limit on the number of people who can express their support for your nonprofit by becoming your fan. People can find you via Google. Stand up 2 Cancer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

For nonprofits, crowdsourcing work can be a cost-effective way of taking care of repetitive tasks through sites like Crowdflower, Castingwords, and Clickworker. Nonprofits can use answer sites such as Quora.com or Vark.com that use variations of crowdsourcing principles to tap into many people for input. Measuring Work.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 8, 2016

According to Ken Burnett, “Our nonprofit sector is bleeding to death. Craver has unpacked the answers to many of the challenges nonprofits face with attrition such as shifting the fundraiser’s focus to what matters most to donors, overthrowing retention barriers, responding efficiently and more. It’s time we stemmed the flow.”.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2017

Talk to anyone associated with a nonprofit organization, and they will tell you that there isn't enough grant money. Another benchmark to consider when making applications is organizational age. In comparison, in the fall 2016 report, the entry point was $1 million. percent in 2017 and by 6.0 percent in 2018.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 16, 2013

Thanking donors individually on Facebook and including the link to the fundraiser triggered donations based on comparison of time posted and donation made, second most effective solicitation was a personal ask via private message. Set A Realistic Goal Based On Benchmarking. Mashable Story. Fundraising'

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Connection Cafe

MAY 22, 2013

Gather information and resources – Benchmarks and tips are a great start. Check out (https://www.blackbaud.com/nonprofit-resources/onlinemarketingstudy). See what has worked for other organizations and see if it might apply to you. Here are Google’s instructions on how to set up content experiments.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 18, 2011

This may come in handy if monthly or yearly comparisons are made and people wonder why traffic dropped. After you have recorded the deltas in your benchmark metrics, you have 2 options. If you did not see significant changes or had not done historical benchmarking, it might not be worthwhile to maintain two profiles.

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Neon CRM

MAY 17, 2023

So, how can your nonprofit organization stand out from the crowd of emails filling your supporters’ inboxes? Note that these averages may not lead you to the perfect fundraising email send time formula for your organization (more on how to find that in the next section), but they can give you points of comparison and a solid place to start.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

I agree with you that it is meaningless to use the numbers to get into "mine is bigger than yours" comparisons to measure quality or popularity. Yes, you can't measure friendship or reflective moments, just like in the nonprofit sector we can't measure world peace. Some pr professionals agree. measuring 'reflective moments'.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2015

In comparison, overall charitable giving to 5,170 nonprofits representing over $17 billion in annual giving grew 1.4 “It’s a good benchmark for their own performance,” he said. Overall giving to 96 foundations representing over $414.6 million in annual revenue grew 4.7 Giving to those foundations grew 7.6

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Neon CRM

JUNE 2, 2023

Nonprofit engagement metrics can help you understand your organization, but you’ve probably seen the same terms over and over again in your research. Did you know that the average email open rate for nonprofits is 28.59%, and that the open rate for orgs with smaller email lists is actually higher than the open rate for orgs with large ones?

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

That’s why we’re starting with the basics and sharing nonprofit best practices that cover the most important elements of your fundraising strategy. KPIs give your organization a way to measure the success of campaign-specific goals and your nonprofit’s long term goals.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Not only that, but heres also some help with how your nonprofit can use these great video hosting sites.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Below, we compare 25 of the best fundraising software solutions for nonprofits, ranked by billing models, asset caps, automation and personalization features, and peer-to-peer and payment card industry (PCI) compliance support. Billing Structure In the nonprofit sector, growth in records or contacts does not necessarily equal revenue growth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

Share Your Story: ROI, Social Media, Nonprofits. tags: nonprofits roi ). My chapter lays out a traditional ROI process that Nonprofit technology staff use to make major IT investment purchases such as hardware, video conference system, database system, etc. Look at what other nonprofits are doing in the space.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What do web stats mean, anyway? to care a whole lot about how many hits they got in comparison to similar (or different) organizations. And, I actually hope that doesn’t change.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

You work for a nonprofit that is totally stuck in the donor acquisition cycle from hell. If that sounds familiar, then what your nonprofit lacks is a sound donor management strategy. Donor management refers to the strategies and processes a nonprofit organization uses to cultivate and maintain relationships with donors.

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Donor Management Guide Retention 52

Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" 60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million?

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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. This tends to skew income comparisons with older donors across giving channels.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Nonprofit Research Collaborative Releases First Report Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 29th, 2010 The Nonprofit Research Collaborative released its first report today. sectional studies.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 17, 2018

According to the most recent Fundraising Effectiveness Report , nonprofits claimed a 45.5% In other words, of all the donors who made a gift to a particular nonprofit in 2016, only 45.5% This unimpressive donor retention rate—one that hasn’t snuck north of 50% in more than a decade—hounds most nonprofits.

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