Double the Donation

MARCH 11, 2024

Good stories are backed by hard data. Translating collected data or evidence into a compelling and insightful narrative is known as data storytelling. The storyteller sets the vision, values & agenda of an entire generation that is to come.” The skill […]

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EveryAction

AUGUST 29, 2023

However, relying on legacy data and outdated tools can hamper your fundraising efforts and keep you from meeting your fundraising needs. Here’s how—and why—nonprofits should move from legacy systems to data-driven decision-making. Legacy-modeled data often fails to take details like these into account.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

Fortunately, data can help you make good decisions during uncertain times. Why data should drive your decisions Many key industries, including retailers, manufacturers, and healthcare organizations, use data to inform decisions. To be successful despite uncertainty, you must let data drive your decisions.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 26, 2021

Even during the pandemic, the Blackbaud Institute’s "Charitable Giving Report" confirmed that the fourth quarter continued to dominate the year for charitable giving, representing 36% of giving in 2020. This statistic holds strong from year-to-year, so taking advantage of the season is essential.

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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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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 9, 2022

How can organizations with limited funding and thin margins address the root causes of issues and have a ripple effect on the clients they serve? The answer may lie in data.

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Association Analytics

MAY 11, 2021

The three most common myths that hold associations back from getting started on their analytics journey are data cleanliness, data governance and data strategy. Most think that these steps must come before data analysis, when, in fact, they can be developed together, step-by-step.

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Association Analytics

JUNE 17, 2021

Whichever format you choose, you should consider your historical event data as you develop your event marketing strategy. Be deliberate as you start to dig into the data you need. In our previous blog posts on retention and product value , we illustrated how data isn’t one dimensional. Does it fluctuate? ).

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

So, how can you be sure that the funds you receive are used most effectively? Effective nonprofit financial management helps you maximize the value of the donations you receive and fulfill the vision of your nonprofit. By learning about and prioritizing nonprofit financial management.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 29, 2022

Join this free webinar on 7/20, presented by Bonterra and Cathexis Partners, to learn simple yet effective tips on how to use your nonprofit’s data to uncover trends and find new opportunities to improve your fundraising results. Taking your fundraising to the next level is easier than you might think.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 6, 2021

Inaccurate data keeps you from reaching donors and leads to missed opportunities. Melissa’s solutions for data quality, address verification and identity resolution will help you find, fix or flush bad data so you can connect with supporters, prevent bad data from entering your database and fuel marketing effectiveness.

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Candid

APRIL 2, 2024

Raise your visibility online and beyond Effective fundraising requires more than providing meaningful programming and presenting a well-written grant proposal. Photo credit: SolStock via Getty Images The post Visibility and relationships: Effective fundraising for small nonprofits appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Forum One

JANUARY 31, 2023

Not that long ago, powerful data management and analysis tools were often only accessible to the commercial sector. Today, there is a wealth of modern tools that make deep and meaningful data analysis more accessible to the nonprofit and social good sector. When people think about data, the concept of data visualization (aka.,

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Achieve

MAY 3, 2024

When hosting a fundraising event, such as a Math-A-Thon , silent auction , or charity gala, closely tracking data and adapting your event based on that data can drive higher engagement, participation, and donations. Unbiased questions and open-ended prompts can offer valuable insights into event success and areas for improvement.

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Candid

APRIL 25, 2023

As equity emerges as the lynchpin of decades of investment for generations of impact, Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA) is clear on its role to facilitate the shift from discussion to tangible action and offers deep data to affect the course of racial equity as a relevant lens for environmental philanthropy.

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Candid

MAY 13, 2024

Measuring and learning at the intersection of donors, grantees, and systems Let’s look at how philanthropic collaboratives can equitably and effectively measure, evaluate, and learn in the pursuit of greater impact. Like other types of grantmakers, collaboratives seek to measure effectiveness and learn from feedback.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Building from your theory of change, it is crucial for organizations to have a comprehensive, clear set of metrics (also called “indicators” in the social sector) that track inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes; all of these build evidence of your program’s effectiveness. Data access. .

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Unfortunately, social sector data has also been impacted. Staff working long hours responding to multiple crises have little time and energy for data collection and dissemination. This creates a data/crisis catch-22: While it’s important to have recent data when managing a crisis, it’s also harder to get. foundations.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 18, 2022

Hatch has developed a platform for nonprofit organizations that leverages ethical AI to enrich donor data and predict individuals’ giving with funding from prominent investors.

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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. What is a Nonprofit Data Warehouse?

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Double the Donation

MAY 9, 2024

From local communities to global movements, effective nonprofit data collection is a silent hero. Collecting nonprofit data involves systematically gathering, analyzing, and using information to track performance, enhance decision-making, and amplify impact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

We recommend running your campaign for at least a week to get sufficient data before analyzing performance. After a week, review the following data points: 1) CTR (Click-Through-Rate): The CTR is the number of times your ad is clicked on after it is visible on the SERP (search engine results page).

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Nimble AMS

MAY 5, 2022

Here’s how fundraising can help your association and what best practices you can use to raise funds more effectively. Fundraising can be a highly effective way to drive more non-dues revenue. Let’s take a look at how fundraising can help your organization and what you can do to raise funds effectively. . Manage your donor data.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Here are some best practices for effectively managing staff turnover and onboarding with your grantmaking software, including some methods of reassigning existing records to new staff members, establishing clear security roles, and building a comprehensive policies and procedures guide to keep everyone on the same page.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 9, 2023

Create an effective grantmaking cycle. Aggregating all of your data can help streamline your tasks and encourage analysis across multiple sources. Then map out your technology and data ecosystem so you know what you use and how it connects. Augment your reporting with data analysis. One data point is interesting.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The recent hype is driven in part by how accessible AI has become: You no longer need to be a data scientist to use AI. Responsible, effective, and trustworthy AI requires human oversight. For those of us who are not data scientists, are we clear about what AI really is and what it does? What outcome are you trying to predict?

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Candid

MARCH 26, 2024

Forward-looking nonprofit organizations know that leveraging data is key to determining where a community’s unmet needs are, securing resources to address those needs, and advocating for more effective policies. Individual donors and foundations increasingly view data “ as the fuel for innovation and social change.”

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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?

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Candid

MARCH 28, 2024

Candid began collecting demographic data from nonprofit organizations in July 2019, encouraging them to share information on their leadership, staff, and board members on their nonprofit profiles. What supports could help reduce the burden on nonprofits and increase engagement with this data via Candid?

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 17, 2024

The asset growth of the past 15 months caps a five-year period during which foundation portfolios grew by more than 50% ($550 billion) from the $1 trillion they had on hand at the start of 2019, according to new data compiled by research outfit FoundationMark in Lewes, Delaware. In 2023, foundation disbursements rose only 5.7%

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Candid

JANUARY 5, 2023

If you’ve been waiting for an invitation to the data conversation, this is it. Whether you’re a nonprofit, funder, or a consortium of both, fundamental questions are surfacing about social sector data that merit your attention. Is social sector data a type of public good? We’ve already unlocked all 2.8

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sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2023

Data is power and behind every data point is a human story. Your data tells you who is supporting your mission and offers insights into how, when, and even why they choose to give. Building an informed strategic plan relies on your ability to gather, interpret, optimize, and safeguard this data.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 8, 2021

Data provides actionable insights and can give associations a navigable path to make better informed business decisions. And yet, the ability to use data to serve your association’s mission has never been more important and timely. Developing a SMART goal is seldom complex from a data standpoint. Engage in Analysis.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2024

No matter your role, the following 10 simple fundraising tips are guaranteed to improve your effectiveness. Cast a Wider Net For individual fundraisers participating in a peer-to-peer (P2P) event, high-volume outreach is the most effective approach. Share tangible effects for multiple donation levels on your home page.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

As more funders seek to use demographic data to inform their grantmaking decision-making, 125 partners have now joined the Demographics via Candid movement. Here I highlight their best practices for collecting this data from grantees, as well as what this information is helping foundations to achieve.

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Candid

APRIL 24, 2024

PEAK Grantmaking’s “Reimagining Philanthropy” conference in March exploring these themes was a fitting setting for a session Candid organized about advancing systems change via data collaboration at scale. As a grantmaking public charity, United Way of Massachusetts Bay is both a fundraiser and a grantmaker with a place-based focus.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 4, 2024

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. Make better strategic decisions: Take advantage of data-driven insights for informed planning and execution. Sounds ideal, right?

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