sgEngage

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Recurring donations are gifts to a nonprofit organization made by a donor on an ongoing basis, typically monthly. The trend leans heavily toward a monthly gift cadence, with 94% of recurring donors preferring to give monthly. Nonprofits should promote the message that making a recurring gift is easy and it creates a lasting impact.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2024

JustGiving from Blackbaud research found that P2P fundraisers who write a clear and personal story for their fundraising page raise around 65% more than those who don’t. Even though we’re not all gifted storytellers, artificial intelligence can make us look like we are. Encourage P2P fundraisers to tell their own stories.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

There are many factors in fundraising, from early engagement to a donor’s ultimate or legacy gift. Blackbaud’s research, however, shows the average time from the first solicitation to a donor’s first gift is four years, yet the average development officer’s term is only 18–24 months. Foster trust through consistency.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

There is undeniable momentum in online fundraising as highlighted by data in the Blackbaud Luminate Online® Benchmark Report 2020. Ensure you have access to accurate email metrics including click, action, and conversion tracking so that you can determine the success of content, messages, and segmentation. Boost Email Engagement.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2022

The museum also saved information about donors’ food preferences, average gift amount, and even notes about their past conversations. Examples of things listed in the timeline include emails opened and engaged with, gifts contributed, events attended, and other engagement opportunities. Fundraising metrics. Blackbaud eTapestry.

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sgEngage

APRIL 8, 2024

While Scott is far from the first to focus on giving major gifts with no strings attached, the scale of her philanthropy is causing many funders to rethink long-held beliefs about what requirements should be paired with a donation. Multi-year, unrestricted gifts are one of the six tenets of Trust-Based Philanthropy.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Gift processors enter the gifts. The number and value of asks (opportunities) is also a common metric. Does our current coding structure support these metrics? Does the staff have buy-in to these metrics? For example, Major Gift 2020/21 or Gala 2020/21. Establish how you are going to report your metrics.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

At Blackbaud, we take a unique approach to our employee matching gift program, one that is popular amongst other corporate giving programs. With our matching program, Blackbaud empowers employee philanthropy through individual choice. At Blackbaud, we match donations to organizations across the social good sector.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Several of our Blackbaud nonprofit customers have recently had incredible success using a personalized approach to email: 1) An animal rights organization doubled click-through rates by personalizing an event email invitation with: The last year people attended. Including last year’s gift amount. Examples and practical tips to live by.

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Achieve

MAY 24, 2024

This added convenience makes it simpler for supporters to send in their gifts and play an important role in your nonprofit’s mission. As you roll out these best practices, use your text-to-donate software to assess your performance by looking at metrics like conversion rate and percentage of returning donors.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Event metrics can be great guides as we plan. In earlier posts, npENGAGE has discussed how to focus on our event fundraising analytics and how to use these metrics for success. Below are some ways to use your event metrics to identify and engage specific participant types during your fundraising event. Warm Bodies.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 9, 2012

Blackbaud and Convio Now One Company – "Blackbaud, Inc. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Blackbaud paid an aggregate purchase price of approximately $325 million. Blackbaud financed the deal through a combination of cash and borrowings from its credit facility. and Canada. .”" and Canada.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge NXT. The first of three Blackbaud solutions on this list, Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge NXT (RE NXT), is a robust fundraising and CRM system for mid-sized to large nonprofit organizations. Fundraising features such as tools to plan and launch campaigns, manage a variety of gift types (e.g.,

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

Giving histories, gift amounts, and frequencies can reveal a lot about future willingness to give. Be sure you can customize the views on this dashboard so that you can keep track of the metrics most important to your organization. Blackbaud CRM is an enterprise-level solution built to manage data for large-scale organizations.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 23, 2013

I have some ideas on metrics that might prove helpful, and for each item below I would measure this for each gift officer and then your nonprofit and/or fundraising department as a whole: How many prospects are in the pipeline? What is your average gift amount? at Blackbaud. This guest post. was authored by Carol Belair.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2020

The world is going to face economic challenges and there are various key metrics to monitor as this happens. Perhaps they ask for their monthly gift support to be put on pause for 3 months. These events can cause a metric like retention or new donor acquisition to swing up and down. Donors are looking for a way to help.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2020

Today, Tanya Fitzgerald, senior marketing manager at Blackbaud, joins the podcast again to talk to host Steve MacLaughlin about the key aspects to a plan that sets your organization up for success. Topics Discussed in This Episode: What metrics fundraising teams should look at to improve performance in 2020.

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NetWits

AUGUST 23, 2011

Get their first gift. Received at least one gift, but not reached their goal. Not yet received a gift. I haven’t received any gifts and frankly don’t have the time. Include a sample email and talk about the impact of gifts ( Did you know just raising $25 can provide sick kids with a toy this holiday?).

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

Charitable Giving Report Quiz : The Blackbaud Institute for Philanthropic released the 5 th annual Charitable Giving Report at the beginning of the year. Blackbaud Index : The Blackbaud Index provides great fundraising ideas and resources that bring you the most up-to-date information on charitable giving today.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The session topics covered, like learning about the innovations being delivered in Blackbaud CRM, are invaluable to Clemson and enrich our strategy throughout the year.” . – Larissa Riggins Kelly, S enior D irector of A dvancement S ervices, Clemson University . Georgia Tech Foundation , ? Missed out on?bbcon?this this year?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Ensuring fundraising success is more important than ever and our team at Blackbaud is monitoring the latest trends coming out of our Blackbaud Fundraiser Performance Management community to help our customers stay relevant and innovative. . He encouraged the audience to create a “Major Gift Framework” that would help drive impact.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

She is a consultant for Target Analytics at Blackbaud. You may reach her at carol.belair [at] blackbaud [dot] com. It will make your life easier so that you can manage the steps and actions necessary in raising money from your major, planned, and maybe even mid-level gift prospects. This guest post was authored by Carol Belair.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 24, 2014

So I broke down and purchased a FitBit and as a metrics geek, I have to say I love it! So why not think of your event metrics as your own personal P2P FitBit? So what metrics should you check out to monitor the health of your peer-to-peer fundraising event? Self-Donations and Average Gift.

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Fundraising Benchmark Metrics Blackbaud 37

Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2019

As you begin to think about your strategy and goals for next fiscal year, it’s good to spend some time understanding the current climate and key metrics within higher education fundraising. Unlike some metrics in this analysis, there is little difference between public and private institutions. .

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

I just finished reading the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarks Analysis , put out by Blackbaud company Target Analytics. Online donors give much larger gifts than traditional donors. Despite the fact that online-acquired donors give higher gifts both initially and over time, they renew at lower rates overall.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2020

Tim Hill, Strategic Advisor for Blackbaud Higher Education Solutions, recently appeared on the Changing Higher Ed podcast hosted by Drumm McNaughton of The Change Leader, Inc. There also are challenges among front-line fundraisers in relation to their metrics and goals. Restricted vs. Unrestricted Gifts.

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2013

Nicole McGougan is a public relations associate at Blackbaud. Don't miss our most popular webinar series of the year, where we'll reveal the results of the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study. To get where you want to be, you need to know where you are today. The 2013 Online Marketing Benchmark Study.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2016

According to Blackbaud data, online giving on #GivingTuesday was up 20% on a year-over-year basis compared to 2015. Blackbaud processed more than $47.7 The volume of online donations increased 31% on a year-over-year basis and this resulted in an average online gift amount of $126. million in online donations from U.S.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Steve MacLaughlin, Blackbaud. Blackbaud's analysis of online giving in 2008 found that December accounted for about 21% of the year's transaction volume, but 48% of the total dollars raised. The average online gift for the month of December increased to $248.82 for Blackbaud customers in the entire analysis.

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sgEngage

JUNE 23, 2022

If your growing nonprofit has never had an official major gifts program or your existing major giving strategy needs a refresh, now is the perfect time to launch or expand your program. Charitable giving has grown nearly 20% in the last three years, with the average gift amount increasing by 10% in 2021. Set Your Major Gift Threshold.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 24, 2013

You can track your constituents, record their gifts, keep track of which events they attended, and have insight into the upcoming activities associated with their major gift ask. In some instances, it can be a series of dashboards containing a snapshot of metrics. You have your CRM. It’s wonderful. Enter business intelligence.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

According to Blackbaud data, online giving last #GivingTuesday was up 20% on a year-over-year basis compared to 2015. Blackbaud processed more than $47.7 Will there be matching gifts? Matching Gifts. Your Gift Today Gives More. We have a gift for you. Beginning of the Year-End Matching gift campaign.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Join Blackbaud and Accordant for the Advancing Community Health Webinar Series. TD Bank made a leadership gift of $500,000 to help catalyze a program that would address the social risk factors Cumberland and Salem’s children were experiencing. Metrics include improved blood pressure, reduced blood sugar, and weight loss.

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Care2

DECEMBER 14, 2012

People donated more money to charity in 2012 than in 2011, according to a Blackbaud survey , where over 4200 donors from the US, the UK, and Australia responded to a variety of questions about their donation habits to nonprofits. Recurring Gifts. Check out the some of interesting data below. One-Time Donations. In the U.S.

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Charity Donation People Australia 75

Care2

AUGUST 28, 2013

It’s based on net cost per email address, average projected email response rate, and average projected gift. Use of integrated CRM platforms (such as Salsa, Engaging Networks, Convio/Blackbaud etc.) Email Marketing Integrated Marketing Lead Generation Metrics Online Fundraising'

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See3

JUNE 10, 2009

The Giving USA Foundation’s annual report on charitable giving said that gifts were down in 2008, but not by much, 2%. Gifts to United Way and others who aggregate giving to mostly local, mostly poverty-focused work was up as well. More on this story from Blackbaud, which analyzed the data. more from Blackbaud here.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

If you want to find additional information, check out DNL OmniMedia’s guide to Blackbaud CRM , one of the top CRMs for nonprofits. Matching gifts to increase donations. Matching gifts is one of the easiest but also overlooked ways for nonprofits to increase its donations. This data can then help you for planning future events!

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