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. During a year-end campaign, it’s essential to track and analyze data from these multiple channels.

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Practice Fundraising Guide Channel 240

Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Internalizing and externalizing an organization-wide culture of philanthropy. Start with benchmark data. If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance. Luckily, there are a number of great reports available to help you set a benchmark against industry averages.

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Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 122

Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Everyone running a membership organization wants to recruit some shiny new members. We’ll also be sharing the important metrics you need to keep an eye on to measure your performance. That’s a little over two workdays a week—plenty of time to interact with your organization. What is a Membership Engagement Strategy?

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Strategy Measure Social Media Metrics 98

Care2

JULY 6, 2023

Many charitable organizations experienced a worrying trend in 2022: A 10% dip in individual donations and a declining donor retention rate. What can fundraising professionals do to put 2023 back on track? Fortunately, there are solutions to help your nonprofit organization find new donors and retain your existing ones.

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Research Trend Help Benchmark 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2013

How Nonprofits Measure Success of Video. The report, “I nto Focus: Benchmarks for Video and A Guide for Creators ,” is based on a survey of 500 nonprofits and interviews with experts (including me). Nearly 2/3 of organizations say their video budgets will stay the same or decline!

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Benchmark Video Practice Measure 120

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Note from Beth: As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m running several peer learning groups based on the ideas in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Maturity of Practice model. And it’s still hard to carve out time for tracking.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. For each outcome, specify what observable measures, or indicators, will suggest that you’re achieving that key outcome for impact. After the data is collected, organize the information into similar categories (i.e.

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Measure Issue Impact Method 143

Candid

JANUARY 4, 2023

However, without a comprehensive baseline of the diversity represented within organizations, philanthropy can’t make good on these promises. Candid saw an opportunity to relieve this data-request burden while also providing a standardized benchmark measurement for the entire sector: enter Demographics via Candid.

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Demographics Fund Practice Data 111

CauseVox

APRIL 6, 2023

In this 60-minute live webinar, you’ll learn: The importance of peer-to-peer fundraising for small nonprofits and how to make it work for your organization. How to leverage AI to streamline the fundraising process, from creating a fundraising plan to crafting donor communications.

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Fundraising Benchmark Metrics Nonprofit 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

While people are asking questions and sharing resources not related to the monthly theme (this month is measurement), quite a few are. The Social Media Measurement Checklist. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure. The Challenges of Measurement : Getting Agreement on What To Measure.

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Measure Social Media Media Benchmark 101

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Nonprofits quickly receive the data insights they need to track and measure success through the new Report Center. Now in its fourth edition, this year’s report provides technology benchmarks for Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States and Canada.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

This month’s theme was measurement – here’s a summary of the month’s learnings: Measurement Approaches. Many nonprofits often address measurement at the end of a project or program or fiscal year, but by putting it first it enables organizations to build a thoughtful strategy. Data Analysis.

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Candid

APRIL 25, 2023

EGA has a long-standing history that includes more than 10 years of data collaboration with Candid, to support their Tracking the Field (TTF) research program. The EGA report features a data-led narrative on environmental grantmaking to BIPOC-led organizations filling a knowledge gap in the conditions of racial justice funding for equity.

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Effective Demographics Philanthropy United States 104

NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Though each tool is a little different, they all create opportunities for your organization to start conversations and to show the personal side of, and the personalities behind, your work. Measuring your activities is as important as what you’re posting, or how many times a day you post. Measuring is how you decide which is which.

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Social Media Measure Media Social 88

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

With the recent pandemic, civil unrest and racism conversations front and center, nonprofit organizations are working overtime to serve communities deeply affected by these issues. On top of it all is the reality that the diversity needle has not moved much in board of directors’ positions at nonprofit organizations.

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Help Strategy San Diego Iowa 96

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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EveryAction

AUGUST 3, 2023

from our friends at Double the Donation Major giving strategies play a major role in many nonprofit organizations’ fundraising success. And the larger your organization, the larger the gifts you can expect to receive⁠—that is, of course, when your team has a plan to cultivate and steward key donors.

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Strategy Giving Fundraising Gift 177

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. But only 6% took three or more actions.

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Benchmark Digital Trend Report 62

Forum One

DECEMBER 22, 2022

UA is what many organizations think of simply as “Google Analytics,” the code that’s on all your website pages and the companion reports that show page views, bounce rates, click-throughs, conversions, and other metrics. While daunting, there are clear steps for any organization to adopt.

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Time Metrics Analytics Adopt 71

Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This was a considerable commitment, but many in the sector saw a need to measure the impact and effectiveness of such funding—specifically, whether the funds were going to nonprofits led by communities of color or to more traditional, white-led institutions. The best way to answer these questions is to measure and analyze consistent data.

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Data Support Demographics Evaluation 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

Part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is facilitating several peer learning groups on social media measurement. The intent is to help grantees improve their social media practice through measurement and learning. What social media measurement pilot can best help move your practice forward?

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Measure Social Media Media Social 98

Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Identify the organizations in your community (if any) that are already working to solve this issue. Your goals should be SMART: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound. A lofty, ambiguous goal will not serve your organization in the long term. Set goals for your volunteer program. Create a leadership team.

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Volunteer Program Roles Training 89

NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. For each outcome, specify what observable measures, or indicators, will suggest that you're achieving that key outcome for impact. Databases - Nonprofits can use these tools to track data in real time and report on results.

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Measure Issue Impact Method 81

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Robust CSR software helps alleviate the struggles of managing your company’s philanthropic initiatives and measuring impact, so you can focus on driving employee participation and making bigger waves with your efforts. They may also use CSR platforms to track their own contributions and impact.

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Software Business Guide Companies 52

DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

On average, we know that over 80% of a nonprofit’s total donations come from the top 12 donors to the organization. That might be why a giving officer’s average span to stay at a nonprofit organization is less than three years. How do we know this? 79% of major gift data is never entered into the CRM. Focused Prospecting.

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Blackbaud Guide Management Fundraising 52

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. Because of this, it’s important to carefully measure major gifts key performance indicators (KPIs) to understand the success of your program as a whole and specific strategies individually.

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Metrics Gift Track Tech 52

NTEN

JUNE 4, 2013

And very few organizations are applying that data to make decisions about their programs or measure their strategic outcomes. Yes Benchmarks Data Data Integration Integration & APIs Leadership Mobile & Social Media NPTech Community Organizational Culture Staffing Strategy Communications Fundraising IT Staff'

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Studies Data Report Management 89

DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Each step you take with a prospect, from the first communication to receiving a gift, needs to be carefully tracked and planned for. In the nonprofit world, this tracking process is referred to as moves management. Some organizations choose to work with consultants to identify the ideal audiences to fulfill their goals.

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Effective Management Guide Fundraising 98

Media Cause

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

While most organizations cut their marketing budgets first when times are tough, those who “keep the lights on” typically reap the benefits. Benchmarking, forecasting, and determining how your organization fares with its supporters is difficult when there is a data gap. Below, a few of our agency’s top experts share their take.

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Benefit Marketing Change Time 64

TechImpact

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Upgrading your nonprofits technology is always a must-do, however not proving the proper post-implementation measures can lead to a lack of adoption or low use of new features, rendering the investment worthless. After the technology has been added to your organization’s daily workflow, take some time and gain feedback from your staff.

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Technology Strategy Adopt Industry 138

sgEngage

AUGUST 8, 2022

Return on investment is a metric that measures the profitability of an investment, giving you a way to compare the yields of investments and make more effective financial decisions. Let’s say your organization raises $5 million through a campaign. Most organizations conduct a capital campaign every 10 or 15 or even 20 years.

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ROI Campaign Gift Metrics 70

Forum One

APRIL 20, 2010

So you're tracking your web analytics, and your metrics are going up in all categories. But have you ever wondered how you compare to other organizations? To help with this, Convio has released their Online Nonprofit Benchmark Study , which shares 2009 data from over 500 of their clients.

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Metrics Measure Web Convio 52

Kindful

OCTOBER 28, 2021

I’m focusing on acquisition because achieving your acquisition goals will help your organization grow to be more sustainable and have a bigger impact. To show you how you can make acquisition goal setting a breeze, I’ll focus on three things: timing, defining, and measuring. . Measuring: Figure out what you need to measure.

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Goal Metrics Measure Donor 62

NonProfit Hub

JUNE 8, 2016

A few of the many reasons we must diminish donor attrition include: Attrition costs our organizations billions of dollars and effort. Thanks to a study of more than 250 organizations, Craver and his collaborators have introduced a framework for boosting retention and the lifetime value of donors. It undermines the sector as a whole.

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Track Donor Retention Metrics 28

Bloomerang

AUGUST 18, 2023

Especially in the beginning of their employment, many benchmarks beyond gift income must be mutually agreed upon. A huge measure of progress should be the number of quality touches a fundraiser has with donor prospects. How do you retain fundraisers at your organization?

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Fundraising Retention Gift Nonprofit 70

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2011

There are so social media analytic tools to measure social media and other emerging technologies, that we’ve created a new genre of Shiny Objective Syndrome — Data Puking disorder. It isn’t hard to see why we forget about one of the best ever social media measurement tools: surveys!

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Social Media Analytics Tools Media 95

Givinga

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Corporate responsibility can be incredibly impactful for business performance and profits, but unfortunately, many CR efforts, especially when it comes to workplace giving, are still broad and poorly measured with little or no direct connection to business performance. Donation Tracking and Impact Reporting.

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Profit Software Benchmark Student 45