Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

A good strategic plan ensures you have charted the necessary pathways to meet (and hopefully exceed) your organization’s goals. You assign several team members to assess the extent of the attack and summarize their findings into a clear report. Major gift fundraising likely makes up a large portion of your proceeds.

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2023

Analyze your online giving trends and engagement metrics. Your nonprofit should have a marketing plan in place to encourage donors to contribute these valuable gifts before the clock strikes midnight. Assess metrics such as your email open rate or online donation rate to measure your success. Review your donor demographics.

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Donation Donor Giving Demographics 52

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Data-driven fundraising strategies are always the smartest move, so make sure you have the necessary constituent relationship management software (CRM) integrations and reporting tools. By using a CRM’s fundraising reporting tools, you can compile effective reports that help you understand and document your research into your donor base.

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Campaign Effective Fundraising Nonprofit 98

Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2014

One idea was to increase the average online gift. I shared that if they increased their average gift by $2 that would generate $3 million in new revenue. The next logical question was asked “how do you increase the online average gift?” The chart below shows the average online gift for the four event types featured in the Study.

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Gift Giving Online Chart 44

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. You may have already read the report, but a few months later, do you remember everything that was in the report? Toolkit utilizing the findings in Giving USA.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2018

Where it gets difficult is securing the second and successive gifts. . R ecency e ffects : As time goes on, memory of care at the hospital fades, reducing the stimulus that contributed to the first gift and would contribute to a possible second gift; . What prompted the first gift? Key metrics to explore: .

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Gift Donor Foundation Rate 22

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2014

In Part 2 covered rating choice “Level 2” and included tips on what data to start tracking in your CRM system (or spreadsheets) to create a central repository of your activity with your major and planned gift prospect pool. I also provided instruction on setting up prospect review meetings to discuss status.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

They defined data visualization as the representation of information in the form of a chart, diagram, or picture. Implement procedures to asess metrics. Make this an everyday habit so that you become the master storyteller of the insights within your reports and help a broad audience understand complex data.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

Get the report and read it. Online donors give much larger gifts than traditional donors. Well, this report has some pretty telling data. Despite the fact that online-acquired donors give higher gifts both initially and over time, they renew at lower rates overall. It points to some great momentum in online giving.

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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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Gift Program Build Fundraising 87

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

You might answer this question with metrics like the number of new donors or the number of donations. While these basic figures can be informative from a year-over-year trend perspective, they do a poor job answering questions like: Why did these metrics change? I consider those basic metrics to be “rearview mirror” metrics.

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Metrics Fundraising Retention ROI 87

Bloomerang

JANUARY 25, 2023

How can nonprofits showcase their year-end results in a digital report? What should you include in your year-end report? Where and how should nonprofits share their report? That’s where reporting comes in. They’re processing matching gifts, following up with first-time donors, cashing checks, and more.

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Report Digital Fundraising Nonprofit 115

Connection Cafe

JULY 17, 2013

I’m happy to report that I’ve a shift here. The first metric that we need to rethink is measuring success based on the percentage of participants we’re converting into fundraisers. So, guess what… despite all our best efforts we’re not moving this massive metric boulder. I’d say that’s progress… woo-hoo!

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Time Fundraising Chart Stats 36

NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2011

million gifts 1.879 million unique donors 66,470 different nonprofits Seven-year time span (2003-2009) Donations from a wide range of nonprofit sizes and types About the Study The purpose of this data mining wasn’t to create another study about the rapid growth of online giving (though it is skyrocketing). We looked at: 3.6

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Studies Donor Online Giving 95

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

For instance, your major gift officer may use an app to look up more information about major prospects prior to initial meetings. This helps you monitor your progress with various campaigns, your donor retention rate, and other metrics that are important to your fundraising success. Compliant reporting. Individual tasks.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Key staff members enter, manage, and report on this data, but it can be difficult to pull together snapshots of progress quickly in order to make real-time course corrections. BI can improve the speed and quality of decision-making by providing real-time information about key performance metrics.

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Business North America Metrics Analysis 44

Bloomerang

JANUARY 25, 2023

How can nonprofits showcase their year-end results in a digital report? What should you include in your year-end report? Where and how should nonprofits share their report? That’s where reporting comes in. They’re processing matching gifts, following up with first-time donors, cashing checks, and more.

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Digital Report Fundraising Nonprofit 63

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 3, 2016

Unlike business, the bottom line of a nonprofit is not necessarily money; it’s all about outcomes, which often manifest themselves as intangible results not easily measured by metrics. People are hard to chart, while numbers are perfect for spreadsheets.

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Arizona Tucson United States Nonprofit 40

Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

However, in the fourth quarter nonprofits experienced a dip in average gift sizes. While donors continued to donate money, the average gift was smaller. “On the other hand, Ive been seeing that many donors are giving larger gifts but to fewer causes. Nonetheless, revenue still grew by 3% in the fourth quarter.

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Convio Benchmark Studies Social Media 31

Cloud 4 Good

MARCH 18, 2021

Building on top of this connection, we have taken our Advancement Accelerator a step further so that you can create reports and dashboards to help gain insights from your data and enable your team to take action directly with alumni and donors on the Salesforce platform. Read More ».

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Action Data Create Student 52

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

By now, you should have a defined gift range chart to demonstrate the impact of various giving levels. During this phase, some members might be more comfortable making introductions rather than hosting, so it’s important to note the value in their assistance with corporate connections, challenge grants, or gift-matching opportunities.

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Campaign Tools Phase Accessibility 59

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

And like photos, they can also paint a picture, especially when transformed into charts, infographics, dashboards, etc., Including data-driven storytelling in impact reports is a powerful way to retain current donors and inspire them to increase donations. Donors want and expect their gifts to result in positive impact.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Friendraising, by the way, is the concept of cultivating and developing relationships for purposes other than soliciting philanthropic gifts, such as for a volunteer role or in an advisory capacity. Below is a chart of the campaign as of June 23, 2009. Online Metrics as of June 23, 2009. In 2008, the event netted about $18,000.

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Campaign New York City Community Build 65

Bloomerang

JULY 23, 2021

A lot of times, that’s because we aren’t aligning our time, and our schedule, and, frankly, every hour that we are spending fundraising on things that generate the most amount, that generate larger gifts, unrestricted gifts so that we can pour it back into that growth and overhead, which is so important for all of our organizations.

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Money Video Fundraising Gift 111

DipJar

JUNE 8, 2021

Their gift is typically the last step in a longer engagement process. Before a donor gives they need to connect with your mission, develop an interest, and understand the impact that their gift will have. Know when to send special messages and appeals to supporters to upgrade their gift or reactivate a lapsed gift.

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Data Tips Fundraising Metrics 52

Achieve

OCTOBER 1, 2017

It included a letter, gift form and a stapled two-page report with metrics and numerical results of their programs over the last five years. We’re talking full-color charts and graphs. I didn’t have context for what the numbers meant and whether they were reporting good or bad results. No narrative. Your donor is.

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Mail Fundraising Chart Picture 52

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

You run a report, you run a query, and you’re immediately second-guessing, or you want to start let’s say a new donor welcome series, and you don’t have a lot of confidence that your data is actually going to be able to serve up just new donors. She does batch gift entry. She runs some reports.

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Technology Video Nonprofit System 106

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Another example is Raising Hope Dogs who centers the donor as the hero by stating “Give A Gift, Change A Life” exemplifying the necessary role the donor plays in their work. In fact, 33% of donors say clear visuals like charts and images would increase their likelihood to donate.

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Storytelling Impact Arts Nonprofit 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2011

We have a ten step drafting process, with stage 10 being perfection. We have a visual chart that shows us the stage of each draft – so when we reached 80% milestone, my reward was to attend the afternoon sessions of the Social Innovation Summit 2011. No shame in failing.”

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Reflection Social Measure Case Study 97

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2010

GOALS & METRICS – Last year seems like an eternity ago, I know, but take an hour to go back, run reports and review how you did last year. Keep an eye on these metrics each week, so you can correct your communications and tactics as needed. Take a moment and chart out your communication plan for each audience.

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Mail Metrics Registration Voice 32

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Your blog is your gift to them, as well as to yourself. So, here is Nancy Schwartz’s gift to you: Year-End Fundraising Checklist for Nonprofits. It’s incredibly important- Saying Thank You Like You Mean It - and it’s reported to be indicative of a donor’s willingness to give again.

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