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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Candid

MAY 4, 2023

Since 2014, Candid has been collecting demographic data about the people who work at U.S. To date, over 54,000 organizations have shared some data about how their staff and/or board identify by race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and/or disability status. Demographic data sharing varies by nonprofit subject category.

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Demographics Share Data Taxonomy 98

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

It was seemingly a year and forever ago when we last wrote about nonprofit trends reports. Back then, we were concerned about heady items like constituent-centric experiences, data-driven culture and strategy, technology for change, and use cases for technology. Trends in diversity, equity, and inclusion. and 26% in Australia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Last spring at the “ Advancing Social Media Measurement for Foundations ” meeting convened by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, practitioners from social media, measurement, evaluation, programs, communication, and philanthropy worked on a synthesis of these disciplines to address measurement. Technology!

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Association Analytics

APRIL 4, 2022

The data that you gathered from these events is a valuable asset to help inform your decision. Here are four easy ways to leverage your virtual event data. Four Ways to Leverage Virtual Event Data. This “Global Natural Experiment” has provided us with a treasure-trove of useful data after the fact.

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Hosting Virtual Associations Analytics 321

sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2024

It’s a reliable touchstone to identify giving trends as well as shifts in sustainer and email engagement in the nonprofit digital space. It’s also a valuable tool to help nonprofits evaluate their results by giving them a comparison point for their performance against organizations of similar sizes and issue areas.

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Benchmark Blackbaud Report Online 79

Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

It’s been proven time after time that data-driven strategy creates the most successful fundraising results. The challenge can be in knowing which nonprofit data to prioritize, along with how to evaluate it and use it to make improvements. What do we mean by “data?”. What can data help your nonprofit achieve?

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Data Metrics Nonprofit Analysis 69

sgEngage

MARCH 31, 2023

These changes not only gave them the data to make sure their funding matched their equity commitment but also encouraged them to look at their internal controls. Learn more about reporting options with your GMS by downloading our whitepaper, 3 Ways Dashboards Help Grantmakers Make Sense of Their Data.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

Creating measurable goals with actionable items is vital to a fundraising strategy, and just as important is checking in to see how you’re doing. With the year half way over, this is the perfect time to evaluate your progress so far. Let’s check out what to consider when measuring your results. 3) Past Trends.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 3, 2020

Performance measurement (PM) informs strategic decisions. It provides critical data for nonprofit leaders, board members and funders to understand the effectiveness of organizations in serving their missions. Use performance measurements sensitive enough to detect gradual changes so that small scale initiatives can be informative.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

You want to collect the data you need to make informed decisions, support your grantees’ success, and demonstrate your impact. Gather Data on Your Current Application Before you present your suggestions to your leadership, have the data on your current application ready.

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Application Leadership Grant Philanthropy 91

Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

You may be wondering where to focus your fundraising as we emerge from the fog of 2020 and into, perhaps, a less cloudy future when it comes to nonprofit giving trends. The data is available, and we know dire predictions of the death of philanthropy early in the pandemic have been disproved. Nonprofit Giving Trends on the Horizon.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The conference was framed around the question: Given the convergence of networks and big data and the need for more innovation, what evaluation methods should be used to evaluate social change outcomes along side traditional methods? I followed the developmental evaluation thread most closely. Here are my notes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Join me at Markets for Good on December 6 at 1 pm EST for a FREE roundtable discussion about the new Data Playbook. . It has been almost exactly four years since I published Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World , with co-author, Katie Paine. The four key questions are: What data to collect?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

To efficiently provide this information, nonprofits need detailed financial records and real-time data to help gauge their progress towards their financial goals on both a monthly and annual basis and meet reporting guidelines. A written list of requirements is the starting point for evaluating accounting software options.

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 4, 2022

To gain further perspective on which goals your organization should set, you’ll need to evaluate the type of members you hope to recruit. How do you measure goals and success through member engagement? . You can also leverage innovative technology to boost member engagement and measure the success of your organizational goals.

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Associations Goal Technology Analytics 121

Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 22, 2021

How rigorous or complex should the analysis of impact data be? Often, nonprofits react to funders’ requirements regarding what to measure, though it can be difficult to obtain funding for impact measurement. Moreover, funders, evaluators, and program managers can have different goals related to programs’ implementations.

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Impact Management Organization Evaluation 120

Candid

MAY 10, 2023

Next, define your goals by considering how you’ll track, measure, and evaluate its performance. Be sure to make your campaign’s goals specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound ( SMART goals ). Step 5: Launch, measure, and optimize It is time to launch your communications campaign.

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Communication Campaign Channel Measure 98

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2023

How will you measure volunteer impact in 2024? Have you set goals for 2024 using your volunteer data? Here are some questions that can help you measure volunteer impact: Did you have enough qualified and engaged volunteers? Evaluate which opportunities you notice the most volunteer activity in, and consider why.

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Volunteer Report Demonstration Activities 84

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. Measure Impact: Link fundraising successes to specific projects or programs, showcasing the tangible outcomes made possible through donor support.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Cybersecurity for nonprofits is the practices, technologies, and strategies you employ to protect your digital assets, sensitive data, and online operations from possible cyber threats. This limitation can make it even more challenging to implement and maintain comprehensive cybersecurity measures. Secure sensitive information.

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Nonprofit Software Practice Offline 111

Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Begin by defining AI for non-technical team members, explaining that it can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as learning from data, making predictions, or recognizing patterns. By analyzing historical data, AI models can anticipate future donor behavior and identify potentially valuable fundraising opportunities.

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Team Tips Fundraising Training 98

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2017

Impact evaluation in the arts, and its broader use for leaders of any nonprofit, can drive results. Qualitative yet empirically-based impact evaluation bridges the gap left by other evaluative methods providing the context of mission fulfillment for a nonprofit organization. How do you measure that?

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Evaluation Arts Story Impact 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Meet Bib Filbon and Jeff Bladt who have the job title, “Data Scientist,” and are on staff at DoSomething.Org. They work in partnership with DoSomething’s program staff to collect, analyze, and make sense of data to improve impact of DoSomething’s programs. DoSomething.org does not consider this overhead.

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Measure Roles Support Literacy 99

Candid

JANUARY 24, 2023

In September 2022 (and thanks to support from our Innovation Fund, which you can learn more about in Candid CEO Ann Mei Chang’s open grant report to MacKenzie Scott ), we decided to dive into creating short-form videos for social media to evaluate the potential benefits. You don’t have to follow trends to make good videos.

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Video Social Media Evaluation Audience 140

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2014

At TechSoup, I've noticed we're talking more and more about the importance of data for nonprofits. We're reflecting a larger trend in business, government, and IT to pay more attention to the plumes of information our websites, databases, PCs, and mobile devices are generating. Measuring impact is the last thing to tackle.

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Data Hunger Evaluation Analytics 67

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

From navigating donor data to finding the most effective ways to communicate, AI for fundraising can be applied to many aspects of your organization to help lift some of the burden of changing the world. These systems follow predefined instructions without the ability to learn from new data. How can charities use AI?

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Fundraising Nonprofit Analysis Donor 97

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

General guidance for fundraisers Here is general guidance on actions fundraisers can take based on fundraising trends and best practices drawn from the report. Invest in data analytics : Leverage data analytics to better understand donor patterns and preferences. Your own careful review of the report is encouraged.

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Action Report Practice Fundraising 75

Care2

JUNE 18, 2013

They stated that donors should not measure a charity’s performance based on overhead expenses. In the letter, the three ratings companies recommend that donors measure a charity’s performance in transparency, governance, leadership, and results. How transparent is the organization with their data and findings?

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Evaluation Charity Ratio Rate 77

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Running Facebook fundraising ads is an excellent way to reach your target audience and optimize for donations while generating data that allows you to measure your success. Perhaps the most important factor in setting your budget is that you want to generate enough data to decide if the financial return from running ads is worthwhile.

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Facebook Fundraising ROI Virginia 245

Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 4, 2024

Year-over-year strategic planning includes changes in operations, processes, initiatives, measurement of impact and outcomes, and the need to find new ways to connect with stakeholders. A point solution makes data collection from multiple sources difficult and often requires integration with third-party applications.

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Nonprofit Application Integration Grant 52

sgEngage

JANUARY 30, 2024

Some of the most helpful solutions for fundraising are data processors like IBM Watson or Google Cloud AI. You add the data to a machine-learning solution, which uses the information to learn about your donor base. Your team tests the new solution with new data points to see how it responds and the accuracy of its outputs.

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Tools Donor Fundraising Survey 86

.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

You need to constantly evaluate the data and analyze progress. ENA brings objectivity to the process by using the net promoter score as a tool to measure success. She is a futurist and avid consumer of the latest research, data, and provocative insights from industry thought leaders.

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Associations Leadership Question Wisconsin 221

DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

According to SureImpact’s Primer on Nonprofit Impact Measurement , impact is “the quantifiable difference an organization makes … the collective effects (intended and unintended) of a nonprofit’s work on the communities it serves.” Evaluate and improve the effectiveness of programs and services. How Do You Use Impact Metrics?

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Metrics Impact Guide Literacy 52

Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

The first step in creating any marketing campaign is to conduct preliminary research that investigates and explores data about your organization’s current audience and past campaigns. Analyzing your nonprofit’s data and industry trends can uncover insights about: Existing donors. Data comes in handy again at this step.

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Mail Fundraising Nonprofit Channel 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

It is from the recent workshop that NTEN and NPower in Charlotte, NC to help participants understand the power of data to drive decision-making for nonprofits. It’s a topic that NTEN’s executive director, Holly Ross, has covered with this must-read post: “ Four Ways Nonprofits Can Increase Their Impact With Data.”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

When evaluating CRM software for your nonprofit, you need to look for these five key differentiators: 1) Importance of Platform. Does the platform provide powerful tools for data analysis, insight and built-in reporting for nonprofit metrics? Are you able to measure outcomes that directly relate to your cause?

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