Bloomerang

APRIL 19, 2024

In the realm of nonprofit organizations, effective data management is essential for optimizing resources, enhancing donor relations, and achieving mission-driven goals. However, many nonprofits grapple with the challenges of managing data efficiently due to limited resources, disparate data sources, and manual processes.

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Data Management Government Analytics 88

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.

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Data Blackbaud Policy Database 74

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Tricia Marsherall is the Founder & President of Marsherall Partners, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in nonprofit donor database management & operations support and virtual & traditional fundraising events. Analytics can be an extremely powerful tool for generating reports. What Caused Your Data Nightmare to Begin With?

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Database Donor Fundraising Nonprofit 52

Neon CRM

JUNE 16, 2023

Many of today’s nonprofits have a lot of data on constituents but few strategies for what to do with it. The donor data you have is only as good as how it’s organized. Nonprofit database segmentation allows you to structure your data to support reporting, personalization, and overall engagement.

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Database Guide Nonprofit Gift 52

DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Nonprofits collect and generate vast amounts of data, ranging from individual donors’ contact information to program outcomes, but they often struggle with organizing and utilizing the information effectively. This is why data warehouses can have such a significant impact on nonprofits. We’ll cover: What is a Nonprofit Data Warehouse?

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Data Guide Proposal Nonprofit 52

Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

Fundraisers often have a love/hate relationship with fundraising CRM reports. Picture this: your donor data and fundraising trends reports are due, but instead of the usual stress, you’re calm, prepared, and even proud of what you’re about to submit. Let’s find out how to achieve that level of reporting Zen consistently.

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Report Effective Fundraising Template 60

Cloud 4 Good

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Blackbaud recently announced the end of support of a few applications hosted in their Citrix environments, including Crystal Reports (CT). While there are standard reports built in Raiser’s Edge, if you need to create custom and specialized reports, you would have previously had to use Crystal Reports for Blackbaud.

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Blackbaud Report Chart Analytics 94

sgEngage

JULY 15, 2021

For years, the role of development operations teams has been perceived as a data and technology-focused position within the nonprofit world. Promoting Your Value as a Database Administrator. Confessions of a Database Administrator. Confessions of a Database Administrator, Part II. Ashley’s Favorite Things.

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Database Roles Podcast Change 97

Bloomerang

AUGUST 23, 2023

You have a donor database ! Congratulations, all your data is now tucked neatly into organized rows and easy-to-access fields. Now, who exactly are all of these people in your database? These 5 reports will help us figure out who is in your database So to get started, log into your database and note the total number of people.

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Report Donor Database Template 87

Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Based on Candid data processed as of October 2023, approximately 78,133 grants valued at $16.8 My many years of experience collecting and analyzing data as an evaluator naturally lead me to ask: What has been the measurable impact of this important shift? The best way to answer these questions is to measure and analyze consistent data.

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Data Support Demographics Evaluation 59

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

No, we prefer to build relationships en masse, using data-driven insights to tell us what our donors really want. I want you to have the confidence (and your leadership team to have the confidence in you) that with data and time, you can make annual giving work for your organization. Segment your data, but don’t OVER-segment.

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Data Giving Work Test 92

Cloud 4 Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

One of the major differences between Salesforce and BBCRM is the capability and intuitive interface of native reporting. Let’s start with native reporting. The seamless drag and drop interface of Salesforce native reporting is much easier than what is found in any Blackbaud product to interact with. a relational DB, like BBCRM).

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Blackbaud Report Analytics Database 88

Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Few things are as important to successful fundraising teams as clean data around your prospect portfolio and moves management. However, many organizations fail to properly track gift officer portfolios, gift officer actions and donor pipeline management within their donor database management. Donor Database Management Essentials.

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Database Track Donor Management 52

Robert Weiner

JULY 10, 2012

There are key components of advancement support missing in the current software (one of the two areas above, or Events management, or Volunteer management, or on-line fundraising, or Campaign Reporting, or…). Our system is like the “roach motel” of data; the data goes in, but never comes out again.

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Database ROI Donor Listserv 181

DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 13, 2023

Both for-profit and nonprofit organizations alike collect many different types of data each day. For nonprofits, this might include donor data like the email address, name, address, and giving level of a donor who just signed up to receive your newsletter. Use data management software.

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Data Management Database Software 52

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Many nonprofits struggle to maximize their data usage. In fact, when surveyed, 97% of nonprofit professionals expressed an interest in learning how to use their data more effectively, and only 5% reported using data in every decision they make. So, how do healthcare organizations overcome these data silos?

Integration 77

Integration Data Nonprofit Platform 77

Forum One

APRIL 23, 2024

On July 1, 2024, Google will permanently remove access to all Universal Analytics data. Organizations need to act before that deadline if they want to preserve their historical data. With the GA4 rollout, standard UA properties ceased collecting new data on July 1, 2023. Can I migrate data or reports from UA to GA4?

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Analytics University Data API 50

Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2023

The Giving USA 2023: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2022 is the most comprehensive report on philanthropy in America and the data within sheds light on the state of fundraising and ways nonprofits can overcome shortfalls in funding. Religious organizations , for instance, reported a 5.2% growth in giving.

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Giving Report Grant Gift 97

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Data is everywhere—in every filing cabinet and software system—making it more critical than ever for schools and nonprofits to manage it properly and use that data to make more informed decisions. How are you collecting, storing, and accessing that data? What data does our school need? Do you have the right tools?

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Data Management Denver Policy 76

DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

Juggling all of these tasks is where nonprofit database software comes in. Nonprofit database software solutions serve as your nonprofit’s hub of information and documentation, allowing your nonprofit to make data-driven decisions to improve operations while staying organized. . It can help make data-driven decisions.

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Database Software Template Nonprofit 52

Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 6, 2012

I'm working on an article with the title, "Maybe It's Not Your Database, It's You." The premise is that complaints about an organization's database may be misdirected: the problem is how the system is being managed (aka management problems disguised as technology problems). Do volunteers enter data? Here are my thoughts so far.

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Database Law Policy Training 156

Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

When you migrate to Salesforce, you become deeply familiar with your organization’s data—the volume, the quality, and the insights it can provide. You carefully analyze and map your legacy data, populating your new system until it’s full of your organization’s history. The Role of a Data Warehouse. Host Locally or in the Cloud.

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Roles Data Strategy Technology 112

EveryAction

MARCH 8, 2023

Locate your data. Check in with all staff members at your organization to make sure you know where all data resides. Ask if they’re capturing and maintaining data in places such as spreadsheets or email inboxes to make sure you migrate all necessary information into your new software system. Do a data clean-up.

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Software Tips Phase Policy 226

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Disclosure: Bloomerang is one of several software providers that helped the Fundraising Effectiveness Project collect the data analyzed in the report we discuss in this post. . You can download the report by visiting FEP’s website. You can download the report by visiting FEP’s website.

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Raise Report Project Effective 87

sgEngage

AUGUST 1, 2023

Rather than merely hoping you’re making a wise marketing spend—or simply doing what you have always done—it’s time to let the data drive your direct mail marketing programs. When you allow data to guide your direct mail strategy, your organization can save time and money. Your data for direct mail is more reliable. Direct mail?

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Mail Data Marketing Files 77

Robert Weiner

JULY 25, 2010

I get a lot of emails like the following from small nonprofits: We desperately need to get a new donor database and most of them are totally unaffordable!! Looking at the Idealware Low Cost Database report , I find that there are so many considerations that it is quite complicated to make a choice. event_KEY=37802.

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Database Donor System Test 180

3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

If you’ve migrated donor data from one CRM to another, no doubt you have dealt with a lot of difficult decisions. In fact, our donor data migration clients often express surprise at the number of decisions they have to make. In this post, we discuss our list of Top 10 Tough Donor Data Migration Decisions.

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Data Donor Database Map 178

Media Cause

JUNE 8, 2023

Our team compiled data best practices for your nonprofit’s success when using Salesforce. Data plays a pivotal role in empowering nonprofits, especially when it comes to understanding and managing donor and supporter relationships. You now have over-reported donations by $800.00. It happens more easily than you think.

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Practice Data Analytics Report 52

Volunteer Hub

APRIL 21, 2022

Without cybersecurity policies and protocols in place, your nonprofit is more vulnerable to data breaches. It is crucial to protect your data and the constituents that provide it. Many nonprofits store crucial data including information about clients, donors, volunteers, staff, and corporate partners that needs to be protected.

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Data Policy Method Cisco 90

3rd Sector Labs

JULY 16, 2014

When it comes to nonprofit data, especially donor data, there’s a running debate. Which is more important, data quality or quantity? Put quality first, especially donor data quality. We have discussed the problem of data hoarding in the past. Donor data quality must come first. Why quality first?

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Data Retention History Government 144

Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

A member of the PRSPCT-L listserve (for prospect researchers) asked "What do other institutions do to regulate or “police” data entry work, specifically when you have multiple users with authority to make updates?". Here are a few approaches (other than locking down data entry): Policies. You need clear data entry standards.

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Data Listserv Database Policy 195

AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Whatever format you choose, your donor database can aid you in engaging supporters prior to, during, and after the event. In fact, leveraging your donor data may be the difference between event success and failure, regardless of whether the event is virtual or not. Run a report on previous registrants.

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Database Virtual Donor Registration 52

AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Whatever format you choose, your donor database can aid you in engaging supporters prior to, during, and after the event. In fact, leveraging your donor data may be the difference between event success and failure, regardless of whether the event is virtual or not. Run a report on previous registrants.

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Database Virtual Donor Registration 52

TechImpact

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Are they responding to your your methods the way you had hoped, or are you missing some so the important data. It’s easy to ask for data on “engagement” or for insights into the latest “campaign,” but what data is meaningful to defining those terms? Collect accurate data. Organize data.

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Data Donor Method Database 141

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Almost all organizations produce some sort of annual financial reporting, but it’s may not always be public information. Donors and grantors both expect detailed reporting and deep financial transparency from nonprofit organizations. Raising funds and winning grants is difficult and requires significant staff time and resources.

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Software Guide Award Grant 300

3rd Sector Labs

MAY 29, 2014

What about access to great data that helps us to understand the outcomes being produced by our programs and to know our donors and their interests better? Isn’t all this technology and data helping? Q3: When was the last time you cleaned your donor database(s)? As a kick-off to each event, we ask three short questions.

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Data Technology Fundraising Database 148

Robert Weiner

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

I'm planning a new workshop on selecting donor databases, focusing on the question, "Why is this so friggin' complicated?" The system needs to be intuitive for fundraisers, but streamlined for fast data entry. It needs to be easy to get reports from the database, but it also needs to support complex selection criteria.

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Database Donor Analysis System 122