Care2

MARCH 22, 2011

Check out the 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from M+R Strategic Services and NTEN which surveyed 40 nonprofit organizations and analyzed all of this data and more. Key Benchmarks: How Did Your Nonprofit Measure Up ? Are enewsletters still worth your organization’s time? Are nonprofits experimenting with mobile more?

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Care2

APRIL 9, 2012

The 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study was just released and is packed with insightful data on advocacy and fundraising response rates across the nonprofit sector. The number of gifts rose by 20%. In particular we were excited to see advocacy response rates increased 28% between 2010 and 2011.

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Benchmark Advocacy Studies Social Media 68

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. What about Haiti relief?

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Convio Benchmark Studies Haiti 51

Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2020

Whether it be the tragedy of 9/11, a tsunami, an economic recession, an earthquake in Haiti, a country divided by an election or a devastating brushfire, there are many high-profile events of the past that have threatened to push the fundraising landscape to its limit. From each one of these events, a key fundraising lesson has emerged.

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Environment Teach Fundraising Lesson 46

Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2012

According to Blackbaud 's 2011 Online Giving Report , online earnings dropped by 55 percent; but that was likely due to the increase in donations due to the Haiti earthquake in January 2010. Update them with your organization’s progress and show them how their gift has made a difference. Follow Up Relentlessly.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2011

Did they designate the gift? Sometimes organizations don’t even actually get to the ask unfortunately – they know the best window is right after someone has made a gift, but they need to be prepared to run a test. Do you even know your own benchmarks? Katrina donors didn’t necessarily give to Haiti.

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Disaster Donor Japan Test 26

sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The year-over-year growth was in large part due to the tremendous amount of online giving towards the Haiti Earthquake. How much is the average online gift? The average online gift has been trending in the $140 range. For example, online average gifts in higher education can be in excess of $250 or more.

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