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Helpful Ways to Measure and Optimize Your Nonprofit’s Performance

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Unless you measure your nonprofit’s performance, it’s impossible to know where you are succeeding and where you need to focus future efforts. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to measuring performance, but every successful fundraising team should have the ability to assess and refine its data.

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Philanthropic collaboratives are finding ways to more effectively measure impact

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In a 2022 survey, nearly 70% of respondents cited building measurement, evaluation, and learning capabilities as a critical area in which they would like to invest. Like other types of grantmakers, collaboratives seek to measure effectiveness and learn from feedback.

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Telling a compelling story: Communicating program impact in a grant proposal

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Often, the reason a foundation declines a grant has nothing to do with you. Funders seek a return on investment With so many applicants and limited funding to go around, foundations view a grant as an investment. How are you measuring progress? In addition to including only the most relevant metrics, keep your language simple.

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Let Data Drive Your Decisions

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Some organizations utilize Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure their goals. Donorbox defines KPIs as “a measurable value that demonstrates how effectively a nonprofit (or another type of organization) is achieving its key organizational objectives.” Think about what metrics you will use.

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From Data Deluge to Impactful Decisions: Mastering Data in Grantmaking

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Applications, proposals, progress reports, impact metrics – the data collected throughout the grantmaking lifecycle is vast and ever-growing. While this allows for a richer understanding of grant performance, it also creates complexity. Data Quality: What measures are in place to ensure data is accurate, complete, and consistent?

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Program Management Statistics: 12 Stats and How to Use Them

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From smaller, newer nonprofits to larger charitable organizations, measuring performance is a universally shared need, especially in the realm of fundraising. But for organizations that offer direct services to constituents, such as social services nonprofits, there’s another layer of complexity— impact measurement.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

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Board We, the ENA Board of Directors, will seek at all times to demonstrate: Excellence through collaboration, engagement, and accountability​​ Integrity through respect, compassion, and mindfulness A culture of inquiry while being inclusive, strategic, and visionary.​​ Working on culture isn’t a finite activity.