sgEngage

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Pull these reports for the quarterly board meeting. With an ever-changing landscape of fundraising, economic conditions, and tactics for expanding mission-related programming, finding time for IRS tax reporting and filing 990 Series returns can be beyond challenging. And then there is your annual IRS 990 series filing deadline.

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sgEngage

MAY 22, 2023

By using a shared calendar application or a project management tool like Trello or Asana, you can make sure the whole team is up to date on all finished and upcoming tasks. To see how to use your software to make your audit easier, watch Streamlining Your Audit with Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT ®.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

You don’t want to miss out on this great day of nonprofit love — here are 31 ideas for Giving Tuesday and 48 general fundraising ideas to add to your calendar if your nonprofit is thinking about participating in this year’s #GivingTuesday on November 30th, 2021. . billion) Average gift: $107 ( Blackbaud ). since 2012.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Develop a 5-day editorial calendar for the three days leading up to your giving day, the day of your giving day, and the 24 hours following your giving day. After the Giving Day: Follow-up and Report. Nonprofit Tech for Good: 2017 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar. Blackbaud: # GivingTuesday Trends Report (PDF).

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 13, 2022

As a busy fundraiser or nonprofit data professional, your calendar is already packed, so wouldn’t it be great to have a cheat sheet to plan your schedule for bbcon, Blackbaud’s Tech Conference for Good ? Do More with Less: Tips and Time Savers in Blackbaud eTapestry for Growing Organizations , at 3:30 p.m. We’ve got you covered.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

With the accelerated shift to digital in motion, the Cuseum team assembled a first-of-its-kind report, featuring data and insights from 100+ membership professionals on their top digital priorities to move membership into the digital era. Getting Organized for bbcon 2021 Virtual.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

The latest resource from the Blackbaud Institute, Development Plan Toolkit: Your Three-Step Guide to Strategic Fundraising offers a pathway to reaching and retaining major donors: Step 1: Reflect on successes and opportunities. In fact, setting your sights on major gifts this year may be more important than ever.

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sgEngage

MARCH 29, 2023

They should be well-versed in financial reports and analysis, but also be able to explain complex financial concepts to board members without a financial background. They should be confident in providing variance analysis and a variety of financial reports to help with risk management and forecasting.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2014

By Kristin Vila, Blackbaud consultant for Education Edge. While certain things don’t need to happen at specific times, it is helpful to create a calendar for yourself as a guide. Every school is different, so adapt your calendar to fit your school’s needs but order is important! Stay on track with these recommendations.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

The latest resource from the Blackbaud Institute, Development Plan Toolkit: Your Three-Step Guide to Strategic Fundraising offers a pathway to reaching and retaining major donors: Step 1: Reflect on successes and opportunities. In fact, setting your sights on major gifts this year may be more important than ever.

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Gift Develop Measure Reflection 52

sgEngage

AUGUST 2, 2023

Even though your nonprofit organization may not need to pay federal income tax, it still needs to report its financial details, activities, contributions received, and certain other information every year in order to stay compliant with the IRS. Which 990 Form(s) Should I File? Operating on a Fiscal Tax Year?

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2023

So much of a fundraiser’s day is tracking, reporting, researching, and analyzing. Bennington College 300+ annual work hours saved automating gift notifications and documentation Preble Street 500+ annual work hours saved automating gift reporting and documentation Make Room for Collaboration Fundraisers are collaborative by nature.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2022

Create a clear work plan or communications calendar. Create a work plan or communications calendar for your Giving Day that breaks the project into manageable pieces or chunks, so that planning seems more doable. We also created a listing for our Giving Day donors in our annual President’s Report. Perfect your crowdfunding hub.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

In the report “ How Giving Contests Can Strengthen Nonprofits and Communities ,” sponsored by the Case Foundation and released today, Geoff Livingston analyzes the impact of Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington and the repercussions for other regions and nonprofit communities.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2019

From #GivingTuesday and year-end giving to CSR to executive development and more, here is a round-up of ten great webinars to consider adding to your calendars in November. Hosted by: Blackbaud. The last two months of the calendar year might just be the most important part of the year for your non-profit. Hosted by: Blackbaud.

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NetWits

AUGUST 11, 2011

So many things go into running a great event year after year (training your staff, refreshing the website, promoting the event, securing sponsorship, and thanking supporters, just to name a few) that it makes sense to have an annual calendar to make sure each critical activity achieves its full impact and leads into the success of the next.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

Blackbaud’s latest Charitable Giving Report sheds light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. According to the latest research from Blackbaud’s Charitable Giving Report : The average donor retention rates for first-year offline-only donors is 29%. .” There are no silos.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Luckily, Blackbaud issued the 2010 Online Giving Report last week. The report includes online giving data from over 1,400 nonprofits. Here are some key findings of the report. Build your list NOW and get an editorial calendar in place so that you'll be ready to raise more money this fall. Online giving grew 34.5%

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2015

Get inspired, mark you calendars, and enjoy the latest round-up of NTEN Members making news. Sixteen nonprofit tech experts (including NTEN Members: Jeff Shuck , David Neff , Donna Wilkins , Frank Barry , and NTEN''s Amy Sample Ward ) share their ideas and fundraising best practices in Blackbaud ''s new free ebook, The Future of Fundraising.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Steve MacLaughlin, Blackbaud. In fact, the end of the calendar year is also a significant source of the funds raised online for nonprofits. In fact, the end of the calendar year is also a significant source of the funds raised online for nonprofits. for Blackbaud customers in the entire analysis.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Annual reports are, well, an annual topic of conversation (or contention) at most nonprofit organizations, and the majority of for-profit companies and corporations. Pt 1 Why did an agency create an Impact Report, anyway? Pt 1 Why did an agency create an Impact Report, anyway? Inspired by insights. Informed by data.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2014

In fact, according to the Nonprofit Content Marketing Benchmarks, Tools and Trends Report , 54% of the survey’s respondents who stated that they were “Most Effective” at Content Marketing have a written content strategy. Lack of Direction. That’s also the bad news, if there isn’t a written content strategy in place.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

If you really hate reading, we also discussed the report in a webinar; that recording is here. Another great resource is Blackbaud' s Index of Online Giving , which holds information on online revenue trends for over 1700 nonprofits. Whatever else you do, make sure you mark your calendar for our September Ask the Expert session.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 30, 2013

You may have heard that Blackbaud recently released our 2013 Online Benchmarking Study. When Blackbaud conducts user interviews on behalf of clients, we typically interview six to eight people. Once you’ve finished your interviews, you’ll need to report back on what you learned. How did your organization measure up?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 3, 2013

Casey Flinn, Blackbaud Product Manager. Steve Maclaughlin, Blackbaud Idea Lab Director. I stay in touch and connected through integration with Microsoft Exchange and Google’s email and calendar. Tom Maszk, Blackbaud VP of Product Management. Raheel Gauba, Blackbaud Brand Manager. iPad … duh, right?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 4, 2017

Steve MacLaughlin, VP of data analytics at Blackbaud and author of Data Driven Nonprofits , broke down what successful nonprofits do to manage big data. " and includes ad-hoc reports and standard reports. Please visit the site to view this video). The Secrets of Data-Driven Nonprofits Aren't So Secret. Data Health.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Open: Introducing Blackbaud SKY. ” – Mary Beth Westmoreland, Blackbaud CTO. Amy Sample Ward from NTEN shared, from their recent Nonprofit Technology Staffing and Investments Report that only 4% of an organization’s budget, on average, was devoted to ‘technology’. Of different holiday calendars even.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

We decided to leverage additional Blackbaud support due to limited resources on staff, hired a developer to work on customizations, and increased the hours for our student interns so they could assist with data entry at go live. We identified any items that could be included in phase 2 or phase 3, which would happen after we went live.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

But at the heart of it all is an ask-thank-report-back strategy as power plant. Creating a communications calendar with a minimum of 12 touches per year. Bonus Donor Retention Tips* by Chuck Longfield, Chief Scientist at Blackbaud. There are no silos. They set team goals to avoid little kingdoms.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Here are some highlights from this month's particularly tool-loaded Communications RoundTable with Chad Norman of Blackbaud. Using a calculation of who tweets, how Twitter users engage with your tweet, and overall exposure of your tweet, TweetReach turns out a report that tells you how many people you reached with recent tweets.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2014

In the Nonprofit Content Marketing Benchmarks, Tools and Trends Report of 2014, nonprofit marketing and communications professionals who rank themselves as “Most Effective” at content marketing have a written content strategy. editorial calendars. targeted engagement through relevant social media tools and email outreach.

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Content Communication Marketing Strategy 37

Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2014

In the Nonprofit Content Marketing Benchmarks, Tools and Trends Report of 2014, nonprofit marketing and communications professionals who rank themselves as “Most Effective” at content marketing have a written content strategy. editorial calendars. targeted engagement through relevant social media tools and email outreach.

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Content Communication Marketing Strategy 30

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2020

Your calendar and sign-up or registration forms. According to the 2019 Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study , “the number of DIY programs 400% since last year, and participation as increased threefold.” Some common ones include: Automatically reporting donation data from your donation form to your database.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Vancouver, British Columbia: Tech for Good: Blackbaud Is Coming on May 24. Los Angeles, California: Happy Hour with Informal NTC Reports.

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Achieve

JULY 2, 2019

Once you’ve ironed out your timeline and key goals, it’s much easier to plan strategic campaigns and upcoming content calendars. . Blackbaud TeamRaiser.). Hint: If monthly sounds daunting to you, at least try to organize quarterly reports. National Women’s Health Week from May 12-18. Animal Cruelty Prevention Month in April.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 25, 2023

These features allow organizations to create event calendars, plan event logistics, and manage event timelines. Robust reporting tools give you insight into your event performance, which provides the data necessary for decision-making and refining future events. But the best thing about Neon CRM is that it doesn’t just manage events.

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sgEngage

APRIL 30, 2021

Analysis of Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT ® data from U.S. healthcare organizations that raised more than $1M in at least one of the past three calendar years reveals three main trends: . Since 2011, the Blackbaud Institute has continued to see a decline in number of households donating, but an increase in total donations.

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