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4 Financial Metrics to Increase Transparency for Your Nonprofit

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If the data is proven, why in the world isn’t everyone doing this? Performance of the organization: If the organization has strong growth and positive financial metrics , they will be more likely to share this information. Here are the metrics: Program ratio = program expenses / total expenses.

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What Are Key Event Metrics and Why Do They Matter?

Greater Giving

These key event metrics quantify the success of your events, and can show you how to improve them. Tracking these key event metrics can deliver critical insight into what you’re doing well, and where your events need improvement. Getting clean, accurate data makes for clean, accurate KPIs, and setting yourself up for future success!

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How to Demonstrate ROI to Your Nonprofit Board Members

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Your board may well be aware of metrics surrounding the cost to raise a dollar and be keen to understand what that number is for your nonprofit. Be aware, however, that in the world of nonprofit research, many experts discount that this metric has any real value in rating a nonprofit. However, gaps in management (i.e.,

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Supporting a Nonprofit Business Plan: A Leader’s Guide to Guiding Your Board

Neon CRM

That way, you will know what decisions your board is making and can provide them with the data that will guide them to the right ones. Defend Your Programs and Services with Data Board members may have varying opinions on which programs and services should be prioritized or expanded. What will convince them is data.

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Myth Busters: Why Donors Shouldn’t Rely on the Overhead Ratio

NonProfit Hub

Rottenness is not a very useful criteria for picking where to eat, but GuideStar President and CEO Jacob Harold said this scenario happens every time a person chooses to rely upon a nonprofit’s overhead ratio to make a donation. The post Myth Busters: Why Donors Shouldn’t Rely on the Overhead Ratio appeared first on Nonprofit Hub.

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8 Ways to Improve Your Matching Gift Emails & Drive Results

Neon CRM

This should include: Minimum and maximum donation amounts Matching gift ratios Types of qualifying employees Types of qualifying nonprofits Submission deadlines And more! Some matching gift email metrics are similar to those of a standard nonprofit marketing email. However, others are more specific about matching gift promotions.

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Facebook Metrics Nonprofits Need to Know

Care2

If you are a social media data junky, then you are in luck because M&R and NTEN recently analyzed Facebook statistics for the 40 organizations surveyed in their 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study. The Wildlife/Animal Welfare sector had the highest ratio of Facebook users to email subscribers at 242 per 1000.