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Rethinking Annual Giving Metrics: A New Storyline for Higher Ed

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For many years, the overarching narrative for annual giving in higher education fundraising has been the same: We’re getting bigger gifts from fewer donors. And it seems that no matter what we do, there are fewer donors year over year. Maybe we need to focus our attention on narrower metrics. Here are two explanations.

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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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4 Financial Metrics to Increase Transparency for Your Nonprofit

sgEngage

Every day, you and your donors are inundated with thousands of pieces of news and bits of information. You want your donors to trust your work, your impact, your stewardship of resources, and your connection to the community, and stand out in a sea of information. It can be tricky to figure out what’s real and who you can trust.

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Nonprofit Leaders: How Does Your Nonprofit Measure Success?

Blue Avocado

We recently asked the Blue Avocado community, “How does your nonprofit measure success?” While most who responded would agree that counting the number of program participants, clients served, and funds raised each year are solid metrics, success looks different to every organization.

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Philanthropic collaboratives are finding ways to more effectively measure impact

Candid

In the United States, philanthropic collaboratives—entities that either pool or channel resources from multiple donors to nonprofits— collectively directed between $2 billion and $3 billion to a variety of grantees in 2021, and our research indicates that figure has grown since then.

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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. Key performance indicators (KPIs) are measures of how much money your fundraising events are raising, how your audience is growing, and which parts of your event are the most successful. Important Event Metrics to Track.

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How to Create a Mid-Level Donor Strategy

CauseVox

As nonprofit professionals, we spend a lot of time focused on major donors or on crowdfunding campaigns that target smaller donors. As a result, we can often miss the hidden gems of our donor base, the passionate, engaged, and consistently generous mid-level donors.

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