sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. Create Personalized Reports and Dashboards Having a way to quickly and clearly see your financial numbers helps you make better data-driven decisions.

Foundation 80

Foundation Build Fund Review 80

sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Queries and reporting tools will provide an efficient means of building a list of relevant activities. This effective guide will be a comprehensive blueprint to working at your organization, including links to relevant resources, steps for data entry, and flow charts outlining who is responsible for which tasks. Likely no.

Data 76

Data Blackbaud Policy Database 76

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 5, 2023

It should be part of your organization’s internal culture. Not only is it a mess to get accurate financial reports, you can’t get the data you need for grants which can wipe out your chances of getting grant funding. Accounting on the other hand, tracks how those donation dollars are allocated and spent.

System 98

System Help Nonprofit Track 98

Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Internalizing and externalizing an organization-wide culture of philanthropy. Luckily, there are a number of great reports available to help you set a benchmark against industry averages. These are some places to begin: M+R Benchmarks ; Fundraising Effectiveness Project Reports ; Fundraising Report Card Benchmarks. .

Analytics 122

Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 122

sgEngage

JANUARY 19, 2023

From creating a financial cushion to clearly managing your financial reporting, your finance team can create a strong foundation to help you weather whatever the new year has in store. Create Personalized Reports and Dashboards Having a way to quickly and clearly see your financial numbers helps you make better data-driven decisions.

Foundation 52

Foundation Build Fund Review 52

Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

A good strategic plan ensures you have charted the necessary pathways to meet (and hopefully exceed) your organization’s goals. Issues-Based Strategic Planning Model An issues-based strategic planning model can be used when your organization’s internal operations are in more turbulent conditions.

Examples 117

Examples Guide Model Nonprofit 117

sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2022

Do you need to pull reports and CSV files from several different systems to get a holistic view of your income streams and expenses? It’s also helpful to identify your reporting capabilities so you know how you want to present the budget when it’s complete. Ensure the budget is presentable : You have worked hard on the budget.

Process 91

Process Create Review Stream 91

Neon CRM

JUNE 22, 2023

All this information is “chart-able.” Provide a Portal for Self-Reporting Hours Reporting hours can be a particularly challenging task for nonprofits to manage. Multiple projects with different committees can make it hard to keep track of which volunteer is doing what and when they’re doing it.

Volunteer 52

Volunteer Practice Management Nonprofit 52

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Give me an interactive map, a pivot table, even a plain old pie chart and I’m happy. Why are you measuring or tracking something that you can’t (or don’t want to) impact? An organization has, for example, 20 volunteers, and they want to track the hours contributed, the impact on programs, and so forth.

Metrics 158

Metrics Impact Change NTEN 158

Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2023

Both fundraising and finance staff need to be using the same chart of accounts structure for the fund designations to align. For example, Heifer International gives people the choice of goats, chicks, pigs or heifers, stating “ Choose an Animal. A wise practice is to sit down with finance department staff before your appeal goes out.

Gift 81

Gift Lesson Skills Training 81

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 23, 2011

Describe the Twitter Charts: What are you showing? Any advice about setting up systems to track Twitter. Did you use any “real time” tracking of your tweets and make any adjustments along the way? The Twitter chart looks at the impact of a “tweetathon” we decided to hold on June 13; one week before World Refugee Day (June 20).

Analytics 99

Analytics Interview Story Phase 99

sgEngage

MAY 1, 2013

Tracking approximately $10 billion in US-based charitable giving, the Index is updated on the first of each month and is based on year-over-year percent changes. The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving reports that overall revenue decreased by 1.1% The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving reports that online revenue increased by 7.8%

Blackbaud 68

Blackbaud Trend Statistics Environment 68

sgEngage

MAY 19, 2023

Your financial team is experienced at doing piles of work in a short amount of time to get books closed and reports out the door while the information is still actionable. And high-level overviews in an annual report won’t cut it for many of your engaged audiences. The more steps in the process, the more chances for a mistake.

Chart 72

Chart Fund Grant Integration 72

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

They’re trying more tactics, using more social media platforms, growing in their internal knowledge and skills, and focusing on becoming better storytellers. But before we get too far into the report details, let’s start with a simple definition. Key Findings from the 2015 Nonprofit Content Marketing Report. It’s Your Turn.

Content 45

Content Storytelling Marketing Chart 45

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The task manager allows you to assign, manage, and track the progress of action items. The member directory helps you keep track of every board, committee, and staff member so that you can nurture relationships. Plus, their app makes it easy to track your funding, whether incoming or outgoing, from anywhere. Compliant reporting.

Org 80

Org Raise Tools Help 80

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Learning Analytics comes from a report about the impact of emerging technologies for practitioners in a field. That sounds like the title of a report that NTEN might produce that surveys the technology landscape and nonprofit usage and provides an overview of what technologies nonprofits should be looking at in the next 1-5 years.

Analytics 97

Analytics Teach Training Train 97

3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Too many sources of donor data to keep track of. Step 3: Internally, charities need to re-org and re-focus to address the changes. To fulfill their CSR missions, to report to their stakeholders, companies need data. With data, you can chart a clear course to success – and the future can be very bright. The result?

Problem 100

Problem Data Giving Charity 100

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 10, 2016

Nonprofit organizations are accountable to a variety of internal and external stakeholders. For this reason, it can be challenging to present timely, accurate data to external stakeholders while demonstrating fiscal responsibility internally. Track Data Through a Flexible Chart of Accounts. Meet Reporting Guidelines.

Chart 20

Chart Fund Nonprofit Software 20

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2012

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. However, the 5 percent given to international causes reflected a 15.3 Data such as that presented in this annual study is important to track as we learn of the impact of investments such as these. ASU Lodestar Center. Welcome to Research Friday ! billion.

Research 79

Research Impact United States Philanthropy 79

Connection Cafe

JUNE 4, 2013

Tracking approximately $11 billion in US-based charitable giving, the Index is updated on the first of each month and is based on year-over-year percent changes. The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 3,265 nonprofit organizations representing over $11.59

Blackbaud 33

Blackbaud Trend Chart United States 33

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

While it’s impossible to track these donations unless you poll your online donors, the more your nonprofit utilizes social media to build your online brand and your e-newsletter list, the more likely potential online donors are to discover your nonprofit—and your nonprofit’s “Donate Now” landing page. It’s true that Web 2.0

Donation 238

Donation Practice Mail Newsletter 238

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

If you were one of the foundation professionals who joined us this year in Nashville, you are hopefully well into your planning for how to put some of what you learned to use; I’m also hoping you enjoy this little refresher on what I consider to be some of the finer takeaways from our foundations track. What is impact, and why does it matter?

Impact 28

Impact Help Foundation Atlanta 28

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. Reporting on your end-of-year giving results is a great way to help your nonprofit stand out from competitors.

Report 111

Report Digital Fundraising Nonprofit 111

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.

Campaign 98

Campaign Effective Fundraising Nonprofit 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Like Marion Conway, I was struck by this photo of him pointing to data handwritten on the walls = tracking immunization records from a rural health clinic in Ethiopia. At the Germana Gale Health Post, I saw charts of immunizations, malaria cases, and other health data plastered to walls.

Measure 102

Measure Ethiopia Summary Nonprofit 102

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

But without the right systems in place, administrative tasks like pulling grant reporting can be time-intensive and error-prone. With a fund accounting system , you can easily track that restriction back to the donor or grant that trusted your organization with those funds. Provide clear stewardship for restricted funds. It’s several.

Fund 74

Fund Report Grant Award 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Last week I facilitated the “ Impact Leadership Track ” at the NTEN Leading Change Summit with John Kenyon, Elissa Perry, and Londell Jackson. Our track was one of three tracks for participants to dive deep into a topic and learn from peers through dialogue. Photo by Trav Williams. Here’s what we did: 1.

Reflection 124

Reflection NTEN Change Facilitation 124

sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

Are your programs on track? Your dashboard is made up of different visualization options, including charts, links lists, tables, and notes that put the information you need front and center when you log in. This includes dashboards that give you data to easily track trends and understand how your community is changing.

Tips 89

Tips Chart Grant Blackbaud 89

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

They were able to share some insights about how they track the success of this effort. ACLU-Northern California: They are recruiting for a social media intern on Facebook. The note itself is an excellent job description for a social media intern. They shared how they worked through this internally.

Social Media 87

Social Media Game Media Social 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. Reporting on your end-of-year giving results is a great way to help your nonprofit stand out from competitors.

Digital 62

Digital Report Fundraising Nonprofit 62

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

The Chart of What Counts is your source for information on nonprofit reporting, grant tracking, project and expense management, and more!). You’ll notice in reviewing the chart that in no case is it okay to allow your admin costs to hit 93% of total outlays, as in my earlier example!). Want more fund accounting resources?

Museum 20

Museum Chart Atlanta Sound 20

Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2015

Nonprofits focus too much on where the money is coming from and report the costs against who's paying for it, overlooking the need for a more detailed, accurate examination of total programmatic and overhead costs. For example, Ms. The combination of the two contracts do not provide sufficient funding to carry out this program.

San Francisco 36

San Francisco Ratio Nonprofit Interview 36

Connection Cafe

JUNE 21, 2011

Read the first post for an overview of the Dashboard and the second post for a tour through some of the most useful reports around visitors. The map overlay, the second item on the list of reports , is both a fun visualization and can give you important insights about your visitors. These are probably internal users.

Analytics 30

Analytics Google Language Picture 30

NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

In the past, rows and rows of data would die a quick death in thick policy reports or inscrutable spreadsheets. They use data visualization and sharing tools like Swivel , Widgenie , Many Eyes , Google Maps , Google Motion Charts , APIs and more to make their data more available and more compelling. Get your data out of your reports.

Policy 36

Policy Data Content Share 36

sgEngage

DECEMBER 6, 2022

It may be time to look for a purpose-built fund accounting system when you begin managing a variety of different funds and restrictions, when you have trouble getting a financial picture of your entire organization, or when you need to expand your internal controls past the functionality of your current system. Think Bigger!

System 52

System Organization Chart Fund 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

It is a flow chart that calculates business performance taking into account not only whether the company had a profit, but whether that profit was good enough relative to the assets it took to generate it. Over those 80 years, the chart has been polished, refined and so deeply embedded in business thinking. Engaging internally.

ROI 50

ROI Social Media Slides NTEN 50

sgEngage

APRIL 7, 2023

From applications to reviews to reporting, there are a lot of moving parts to a funding program. Whether your grantmaking organization is managing one funding program or a dozen, the right grants management software can save you time and improve compliance through streamlined processes, intuitive reporting, and built-in due diligence.

Grant 73

Grant Software Management Application 73