Qgiv

JUNE 14, 2021

As you conduct daily operations at your nonprofit, you’ll find that getting your nonprofit’s development strategy right is one of the most important pieces of the nonprofit management process. Your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy can’t achieve its aims without the proper goals and workload distribution.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 17, 2024

Now is the time to build and refine your donor retention strategies to ensure that these year-end donors remain engaged and committed to your cause. After all, organizations can raise up to 31% of online revenue in December , as reported by M+R Benchmarks. Donor retention is a core component of a responsive fundraising strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Note from Beth: You need a identify a measurable goal for your integrated social media strategy that can be linked to your organization’s overall results and pick a data point or KPI that you will collect along the way to measure success. Flickr Photo by Kevlar. But bench learning can be richer than simply collecting numbers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

By Jen Frazier , President at Firefly Partners – a women-owned, LGBTQ+ certified, and minority-owned digital marketing agency that develops accessible online experiences that empower progressive organizations to thrive. Common benchmarks include the number of new donors, the number of new email subscribers, or volunteer sign-ups.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

There’s a better way and that way is to approach fundraising with a strategy. A strategic fundraising plan is, a planning document that lays out your fundraising goals and the strategies you’ll use to reach those goals. You’re looking for a nonprofit development plan ! Developing your strategic fundraising plan.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 20, 2021

It may seem like the upfront time and resource commitment of DEI initiatives, coupled with an expectation that development revenue is constantly growing, can create an environment where it is very difficult to innovate actual change with diversity programs. DEI Benchmarking. Change Organizational Culture. Intentional Marketing .

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Historical support shows that charitable response is swift in response to natural disasters, financial crises such as the Great Recession of 2008 – 2009 and the pandemic, as seen below: Revenue Trend: Human Services Benchmark. This can help fund the investment needed for some of the important but longer break-even strategies.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

MAY 15, 2019

Every year, nonprofit consultants M+R release their annual Benchmarks report , which provides an overview of digital trends in the sector. The big sound bite from this year’s Benchmarks Report is that total online revenue grew by only 1% in 2018. Invest in professional marketing and advertising as part of digital strategy.

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M+R

MAY 31, 2023

Here’s where you can find M+R people this summer: PMDMC Benchmarks Webinar June 7, 1–2pm ET Thought Benchmarks season was over? Get the low-down on how the public media sector fared in this year’s Benchmarks in this virtual webinar co-hosted with PMDMC. digital strategies you can try for your next campaign.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

My editor called me out on this one: in the original copy, " development" was written as "devilment." " For many of us, when it comes to incorporating data into our grantseeking strategies, "devilment" might have been right. How Data Can Improve Your Grantseeking. We want you to be able to.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A donor acquisition strategy is essential to every nonprofit’s sustainability because adding new donors to the file will offset donor attrition and provide a new pipeline for future major donors. This article provides insight and perspectives on donor acquisition strategies for direct mail. in 2016 to 19.3%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2011

I remember thinking to myself at the time, well if one networked nonprofit can do this, couldn’t a network of networked nonprofits use real-time collaborative benchmarking data sharing for learning? Number of followers has become a benchmark stat like the number of hits on our web pages used to be.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Maybe your association is experiencing challenges, so you’re searching for strategies to empower your staff and enhance the member experience. Regardless of your large association’s situation, the Nimble AMS team is here to offer tips to measure your success and meet your future goals!

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

While the look and feel of a new website is often top of mind and absolutely essential in making a resounding impression, there are also a number of non-design-related strategies that you need to take into account. There are many things to consider when planning a website redesign. Think beyond the website. Plan for “life after launch”.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Discussions about best practices, strategic planning sessions, or board development exercises can launch conversations about how and when to evaluate the board’s performance. During a development retreat, the board discussed various governance models and how they could shift perspective to maximize CITE’s potential,” Sharon recalled. “We

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M+R

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

He helps lead the development of our data co-op (hey, that’s Scout Quest ! and our annual Benchmarks study. Jonathan also works closely on fundraising strategy for some of M+R’s longest-running clients. Jonathan is a Senior Vice President at M+R. You can reach Jonathan at jbenton@mrss.com.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 16, 2024

Nearly all new reports and benchmarks show a decline in both donors and dollars, and the Fundraising Effectiveness Project’s (FEP) latest Quarterly Fundraising Report is no exception. We’re sharing noteworthy takeaways and trends, as well as five strategies to focus on. In the Q4 fundraising report, we see a decline in all three.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2022

It may be how you first discovered them, and it’s likely a big part of their strategy to stay on your radar. Here are my top five tips to help every nonprofit craft a winning digital ads strategy: 1. Use benchmarks to set your budget. Develop separate plans for newbies and fans. Luckily, a lot has changed.

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M+R

MARCH 5, 2024

He helps lead the development of our data co-op (hey, that’s Scout Quest ! and our annual Benchmarks study. Jonathan also works closely on fundraising strategy for some of M+R’s longest-running clients. Jonathan is a Senior Vice President at M+R. You can reach Jonathan at jbenton@mrss.com.

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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. You can download the complete report for free here.] What Do the Results Tell Us About Tech Adoption at Nonprofits? “We

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

So when conversations about mobile strategy come up, the idea of an app hammers the nail. As a reader of this, you’re probably in a decision phase around how to build out your nonprofit’s mobile strategy towards impact. Of these users, 70-80% will then delete or relegate the app within 1 month (benchmarks via Localytics ).

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EveryAction

JANUARY 11, 2023

Pro tip: you might need to use a benchmark lower than four actions if your action opportunities were sparse over the past six months. Grassroots should be an organizational strategy, not simply a legislative campaign tactic. That means a grassroots representative must be ‘in the room’ when the advocacy agenda is being developed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Using more than two hashtags is not a good growth or engagement strategy on Twitter. From big victories to little wins, focusing on the positive angle of your work is beneficial to your social media content strategy overall. Twitter Cards allow website developers to clarify how website and blog content should appear in tweets.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

Next Thursday, we''re holding a webinar that will dive into the key findings from the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study – to indicate where your organization''s performance stacks up in relation to your peers, as well as what you can be doing better to speed your journey to online success.

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NTEN

JULY 3, 2012

[This is part one 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. You can download the complete report for free here.]

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Care2

APRIL 6, 2010

If your nonprofit is not developing yearly benchmarks for its fundraising program, website visits, email and e-newsletter open and click-through rates, start now. Establishing benchmarks helps organizations better leverage supporters, engage activists and keep websites dynamic with compelling content that drives people to take action.

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Candid

APRIL 25, 2023

Setting a baseline for advancing racial equity It’s nearly impossible to create change, at the scale required, without research-based benchmarks on where the social sector currently stands. ii The Equity Strategies in the Candid profile were developed in collaboration with Equity in the Center.

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Charity Village

JULY 29, 2021

compared to the pre-pandemic benchmark. In June, the research found that while many organizations have begun developing return-to-workplace strategies, a significant portion of Canadians require clearer communication on […]. The Mental Health Index™ score for June is -10.7

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M+R

JUNE 22, 2021

June 24, 2–3:30pm ET: “2021 M+R Benchmarks: A Deep Dive” with The Nonprofit Alliance. This year’s annual M+R Benchmarks Study includes front-page news, long-form analysis, mild-mannered reporting, and even a crossword puzzle all about the newest news and topical trends affecting nonprofit digital marketing, advocacy, and fundraising. .

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Online giving is growing exponentially year-over-year as younger donors become supporters and older donors adopt the easy-to-make-a-donation strategy. Many organizations are embracing these coming-of-age fundraising strategies, but it may be to the detriment of what we’ve traditionally called “major gifts”. Benchmarking Major Gifts.

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M+R

JANUARY 11, 2022

Her passions outside of developing ads strategies and digging into revenue trends include exploring hiking trails across New England and fine-tuning her yoga practice. Related Links: Come join Benchmarks 2022! Read all about it: The 2021 M+R Benchmarks Study is here. For, well, anything? . Have more questions of your own?

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 10, 2019

strategy on LinkedIn, most notably from Gary Vaynerchuk. If you’re skeptical don’t be because the strategy works. At the very least this will give you a benchmark to reference your progress. You should also consider planning a formal content strategy for posting 2-3 articles per week. Develop These Skills First.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 11, 2017

It’s a new year and that means a new, comprehensive benchmark report on the performance of nonprofits using Luminate Online. The new Luminate Online Benchmark Report is a powerful asset that studies over 500 organizations and their online marketing and fundraising efforts. Just between us, I’ve grown to love analytics.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. These are often perceived as disconnected from and less important than grant strategy. Fast forward to today….

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. They are created with the biases and worldviews of those who developed them. We offer some practical tips, some examples of funders doing this work, and some resources.

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M+R

AUGUST 14, 2023

Come join us to walk through successful research examples and explore surprising insights that can help you rethink your own program, develop more effective messaging, and challenge long-held assumptions. Spoiler alert: we’ll be talking influencers, creative testing, Scout Quest, and more.]

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 9, 2022

For those involved with nonprofit resource development, there has been an obvious redirection of financial gifting to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) - especially BIPOC-run and BIPOC-serving agencies. Specifically lacking in research on community development are the practical steps towards diversity and equity.

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