Forum One

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The reality for many organizations, whether a smaller nonprofit, a large international advocacy organization or a government agency, is that their data lives in separate silos. Tools and channels that house data often do not make it easy to navigate. Not sure how to compare or connect data sources. Does this sound familiar?

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Data Analysis Map Accessibility 64

Whole Whale

MARCH 27, 2023

After it stops collecting data in July of 2023, it officially will be deleting account data at the end of 2023. As the clock runs out on the year, consider the types of requests you start getting for historical data from Universal Analytics. insert panic} Go through the 5 stages of grief (see below), then get to work.

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University Analytics Data API 52

Candid

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Collect data from as many clients as possible Our research showed that it is essential to collect survey responses from as broad and representative a sample of your client population as possible. If you can trust the data to be representative, you can trust it to yield actionable insights.

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Rate Survey Nonprofit Sample 128

M+R

APRIL 24, 2024

This year, 225 wonderful nonprofits partners joined in the fun, contributing data on fundraising, advocacy, engagement, mobilization, and marketing. Here’s a small sample of what you’ll find: Average online revenue declined by 1% in 2023, while direct mail revenue fell by 6%. Sign up now!

Benchmark 69

Benchmark Studies Ireland Metrics 69

sgEngage

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Tim sat down with Steve McLaughlin as part of the Blackbaud Institute Index’s 10 th Anniversary Celebration series to discuss how testing and data are critical to identifying and optimizing your value prop. What data or facts can you point to that substantiate your claims? The post Show Me the Data!: Watch the full webinar.

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Data Test Blackbaud Donor 68

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 17, 2011

However, we worry that crowdsourced data are not a good data source for doing statistics or finding patterns. An analysis team from European Commission's Joint Research Center analyzed the text messages gathered through Ushahidi together with data on damaged buildings collected by the World Bank and the UN from satellite images.

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Statistics Data Haiti Stream 263

Candid

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Featuring 40% more compensation data compared to last year’s report on 14 top leadership positions—including CEO, CFO, and more. Following frustrating pandemic-related delays, the IRS released around a million Form 990 files in May 2023, providing crucial data to offer a more complete picture of nonprofit compensation.

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District of Columbia Report Comparison Nonprofit 111

Candid

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Why that’s a big deal and what happens now by Cathleen Clerkin and Shane Ward of Candid Our sector relies on 990 data to understand how trillions of dollars flow to drive impact. They also share how Candid turned this massive influx of data into insights to support the sector’s work. The 990s are here.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

New research conducted using data from Candid suggests that understanding this relationship can boost your nonprofit’s fundraising success. I was familiar with using data from Candid to evaluate a nonprofit as a prospective employee or when considering giving a donation—I love digging into a 990 !

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Donation Language Homeless Statistics 137

.orgSource

JULY 25, 2023

When I asked Bard what data would be needed to produce a comprehensive analysis, it responded like this: Your website. I would look for surveys that have been conducted recently and that have a large sample size. If you were to feed Bard all of that data, you would probably have the foundation for a decent analysis.

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Team Marketing Build Analysis 221

M+R

APRIL 27, 2023

This year we are serving up data from 215 amazing nonprofit partners, with a refreshing mix of fundraising, advocacy, engagement, and marketing. yes) The full feast of data and analysis is waiting for you at mrbenchmarks.com. Is it time to start learning some new dance moves?

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Benchmark Studies Social Media Chart 100

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Crowdfunding platforms collect data and feedback from users to refine their models and policies. This feedback influences how they implement tipping and other features, but they don’t share that data publicly; it’s proprietary to the specific platform. That custom data is the best way for you to craft an effective fundraising program.

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Tips Donor Attitude Platform 92

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 29, 2020

The research reports listed below are a small sampling of the research available to nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide. The data can be used to help your organization craft your next online fundraising and digital marketing strategy.

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Research Report Digital Marketing 332

Candid

JANUARY 17, 2024

Even the most seasoned fundraisers need to stay abreast of the latest trends in the sector and can benefit from data and tools to help them find funding. We also know that most nonprofits don’t have funds available to divert from their programs and services to further invest in fundraising.

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Accessibility Resource Free Change 98

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

In fact, according to data shared by Peer-to-Peer Forum , peer-to-peer fundraising is the number one tactic that inspires donors to give to charity and 39% of Americans who’ve donated to charity have done so because a friend or family member asked them to. But did you know it’s also a great way to acquire new donors for your nonprofit?

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Donor Fundraising Template Game 342

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The survey fundings are based on a sample nonprofit CEOs whose organizations are receiving funding from foundations giving at least $5 million annually in grants called the “Nonprofit Voice,” with 170 respondents answering the questions on this survey.

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Data Measure Sample Seattle 111

Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2023

There are many free samples of a “include us in your Will” donor letter online if you search that subject. Thoughts on planned giving from 860 donors If I have not convinced you yet, this data will. Interestingly, donor-advised funds (DAFs) surpassed charitable gift annuities in the donor sample.

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Giving Sample Gift Chapter 82

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. For those of us who are not data scientists, are we clear about what AI really is and what it does? It will do so based on patterns it finds in your sample data. What outcome are you trying to predict?

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Action Effective Model Hype 80

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 4, 2011

Data: Strategy and Storytelling. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. We also talked about user testing and storytelling with data. Whether you were in the class or not, I’d love to hear if there’s more you’d add or more questions you’d like me to address! Presentation. Community & Content.

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Lecture Storytelling Data Strategy 137

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 22, 2012

Through data, of course! FLOW is an on-site technology that broadcasts data instantaneously to the Water for People website/FLOW map providing important information about the operating status of WFP projects. I love to see projects that are focused on measuring and evaluating data about their work and progress. Read More.

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Data Map Broadcast Project 241

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2011

We’re reacting to the following claim: “Data collected using unbounded crowdsourcing (non-representative sampling) largely in the form of SMS from the disaster affected population in Port-au-Prince can predict, with surprisingly high accuracy and statistical significance, the location and extent of structural damage post-earthquake.”

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Issue Data Haiti Stream 160

Candid

APRIL 23, 2024

The data—looking at fiscal year 2022—showed that, although community foundation assets and fundraising revenues were both down from the previous year, grantmaking was up, demonstrating the resilience of community foundation giving. billion to community foundation-held DAFs in our sample, down 17% from over $11 billion in 2021.

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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. Access one set of data in the format you need as often as you need. Automate, simplify grant compliance. ?Access

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Software Guide Award Grant 312

Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

Understanding bias and harm Modern AI tools are trained on vast amounts of mostly human-generated data. In many cases, the training data is curated from the internet, with all the prejudices and biases of the humans creating it. Even in cases where subject matter experts carefully manage data, biases can creep in.

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Tools Guidelines Model Grant 52

M+R

JANUARY 11, 2022

As always, we’re compiling and collating a mountain of data generated from last month’s fundraising efforts, but who wants to wait until that’s fully cooked? We’re hungry for data now. . Help us map the whole year in data. We’re carrying that energy into 2022. Kinda like…2021. Hello, SEARCH! How about you?

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Fundraising Gift Sample Benchmark 109

NTEN

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

In April 2012 NTEN worked with Idealware to conduct a survey of nonprofits about their relationships with data, and what we found was a large dichotomy—either they were doing a lot with their metrics or not much at all. Download the complete report, "The State of the Nonprofit Data.". 39% use donor data to make budgeting decisions.

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Research Data Metrics Nonprofit 85

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Listen in to hear Melissa speak with Steve MacLaughlin about why retention matters so much right now, how to successfully leverage personas, what organizations are doing differently from a data and analytic standpoint, and how to cut through the noise and better communicate with donors. Which sample sets are being looked at and compared.

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Podcast Data Donor Analytics 37

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The audience consisted of data geeks, data scientists, and analytics professionals! I told this crowd of data geeks that they should volunteer with nonprofits by signing up for the Analysis Exchange or serve on a nonprofit board – that nonprofits would welcome their expertise.

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Data Change Boston Literacy 100

Nimble AMS

MAY 10, 2022

Consider surveying your members, non-members, or a sample of leaders in your industry to gain valuable qualitative and quantitative data. . After you receive your research results and begin to unpack the data, you’ll notice various narratives and will easily be able to present the data in different content pieces.

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Associations Leadership Content Benefit 181

Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 17, 2021

Together they are a powerful set of tools for nonprofits, especially with integrations to automatically sync data between them. The initial investment to integrate your website with your Salesforce instance pays off through better data quality and consistency with less staff time spent on data administration.

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WordPress Integration Plugin License 113

Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Pilot customer sandboxes, populated with sample data. Tens of thousands of automated regression tests. Realistic mock customer upgrade. Exploratory milestone testing of new features. Pilot features. New Nimble AMS features are introduced as pilots to selected customers to obtain early feedback. Change log.

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ROI Associations Software Test 136

EveryAction

AUGUST 3, 2023

While the perks and parameters can vary greatly from one organization to the next, here’s a sample major donor rubric: Bronze level (e.g., From personalized solicitation efforts and effective stewardship to leveraging best-in-class technology and data-driven insights, think of these strategies as your roadmap for optimal major giving success!

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Strategy Giving Fundraising Gift 177

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

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

M+R

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Email fundraising has become increasingly difficult, but many of the organizations in our sample of 24 nonprofits saw strong results this December. For a more robust data set and many, many, many charts, stay tuned for the upcoming 2024 M+R Benchmarks Study! And illustrating it with an eye-catching graphic: perfection!

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email Campaign New York City Photography 111

NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2013

Over the last few years, NTEN has been working with nonprofits to understand how to better wrangle all the data they’re creating and what’s available to them into improved results: more mission impact. In 2010, we organized an online workshop we affectionately titled “Taming the Data Monster.”

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NTEN Data Metrics Sample 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2018

The reports listed below are a small sampling of some of the research available to nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide. The data can be used to help your nonprofit craft your next online communication and fundraising plan. If you would like to suggest a specific report be added to the list, please contact Heather Mansfield.

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Research Report NGO Asia 262