sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2024

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. When looking at online benchmarks and digital revenue, we saw that any growth or ground held was due to increases in sustainer metrics.

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Benchmark Blackbaud Report Online 80

DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you know that raising major gifts is one of the most strategic efforts your organization will complete. Because of this, it’s important to carefully measure major gifts key performance indicators (KPIs) to understand the success of your program as a whole and specific strategies individually.

Metrics 52

Metrics Gift Track Tech 52

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.

Measure 52

Measure Create Arizona Participatory 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2013

I think sometimes there is a disconnect between measurement and the actual practice. In some organizations, measurement is this thing done at the end to justify or validate social media. The next step in using this framework has been to established quantifiable measures – which allows organizations to see progress.

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Measure Learning Metrics Social Media 103

Candid

MAY 15, 2024

At the Honnold Foundation, we had been working in partnership with grassroots organizations for some time before we learned that there was a term for the kind of grantmaking we do: trust-based philanthropy (TBP). We realize that some of the most impactful work is being done by organizations HF might not know about.

Philanthropy 52

Philanthropy Proposal Application Metrics 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Brent Merritt is a digital strategy consultant at Metric Communications and blogger at The Caliper. How do you get your appeals in front of your Facebook audience despite the significant decline in organic reach and the resulting reduction in engagement caused by changes to the News Feed algorithm?

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Facebook Fundraising ROI Virginia 236

Nucleus

OCTOBER 1, 2020

For associations offering courses and certifications, having basic metrics on things like participation counts and revenue are critical – but just the start. Organizations that solely offer courses will want to deploy the Learning Management package. Which courses are most commonly taken after the completion of a given course?

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Learning Management Associations Data Learning 130

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

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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Statistics Stats Program Management 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

A flexible and scalable nonprofit CRM is at the center of an organization to enable the highest return on their cause initiatives. There is no shortage of CRM’s in the market that sell to nonprofit organizations. Does the platform provide powerful tools for data analysis, insight and built-in reporting for nonprofit metrics?

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Metrics Nonprofit Profile Platform 261

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2013

Last week, I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in a meeting organized by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation called “ Advancing Social Media Measurement for Foundations.” Despite the difficulty of working measurement in a generic way, the output from sessions was quite valuable. Elizabeth R.

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Measure Social Media Foundation Reflection 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

. Last week public relations and measurement professionals met in Lisbon for a Summit hosted by AMEC (The International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communications). 2: Measuring the Effect on Outcomes is Preferred to Measuring Outputs : Measure your results, not just numbers.

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Measure Social Media Media Metrics 115

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. Define the problem.

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Communication Campaign Channel Measure 98

Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The outcomes you can achieve tend to fall into four buckets that benefit your organization. These will support your business case by aligning with your goals: Consistent, trusted data with standard interactive reports using a common language that employees throughout your organization easily understand – all in a secure data warehouse.

Analytics 169

Analytics Language Associations Case Study 169

ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 8, 2014

posted by Terry McManus Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, TGen Foundation We all know the old adage “what gets measured gets done,” but knowing what to measure is easier said than done. Donors give to organizations they feel connected to. These must be tracked and evaluated. Fundraising outcomes (i.e.

Metrics 68

Metrics Fundraising Evaluation Measure 68

Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

And when it comes to creating a nonprofit business plan for your organization, that’s a task that generally falls to the board—a situation that can create a big disconnect between what you need and what you actually get. Strategic Goals and Objectives: Specific and measurable targets the nonprofit aims to achieve.

Guide 52

Guide Business Support Metrics 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2015

Methods and Metrics for Assessing Civic Tech, Guest post by Anne Whatley, Network Impact. Designers of these civic tech platforms and apps are already measuring results, such as the number of users, and are very familiar with tools like Google Analytics.

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Metrics Method Tech Government 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Note from Beth: As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m running several peer learning groups based on the ideas in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Maturity of Practice model. Because what gets measured gets better.

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Measure Track Model Seattle 99

Nonprofits Source

MAY 15, 2024

Your CRM, or customer relationship management system, stores and organizes information about your existing customers. Conversion: The client returns to your site to complete their registration and receives an automated confirmation email from your organization. These measurements should align with your campaign’s goals.

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Map Digital Business Marketing 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Most nonprofits do not have the resources to hire one of these in-demand professionals nor do you see many funding opportunities to build this type of commitment to measurement and learning from data into a nonprofit’s DNA. ” @ mmorino just finishing up talks in RI/Boston – some great discussions about measurement.

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Measure Roles Support Literacy 99

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The ROI Methodology was implemented globally in the 1990s and since then has become one of the most used evaluation systems in the world, as it is used routinely in more than 6,000 organizations in 70 countries.

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Work ROI Law Project 63

.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. The police, healthcare organizations, religious groups, financial institutions, and news outlets are all subject to greater scrutiny and skepticism.

Associations 221

Associations Leadership Question Wisconsin 221

sgEngage

JUNE 9, 2023

Table of Contents Grant Lifecycle Who Handles Grant Management for Grantmaking Organizations? Pre-Award Stage Generating Grant Guidelines Developing grant guidelines requires creating a comprehensive outline of the grant’s objectives, eligibility requirements, application procedure, and evaluation metrics.

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Grant Management Award Evaluation 52

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2018

As a nonprofit organization, which factor do you believe best showcases the success of your mission? Coffman stated in their 2004 GuideStar article : “There’s no question that nonprofit organizations have an obligation to manage their finances responsibly. Overhead to program expense ratio. How is ROI calculated?

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Measure ROI Organization Ratio 31

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

A few months ago, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. The group included a mix of Google grantees as well as measurement professionals. Create a roadmap for measuring your financial + social impact. Set Program Goals & Metrics.

Measure 50

Measure Impact Program San Francisco 50

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 effective is that organization in creating real world social change?

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Evaluation Charity Ratio Rate 77

sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2024

By embracing these principles of equity, fostering collaboration, and committing to meaningful action, philanthropic organizations can continue to be powerful catalysts for positive change. Philanthropic organizations can embrace experimentation, innovation, and learning to identify what works best in advancing equity goals.

Philanthropy 87

Philanthropy Action Structure Law 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

I now spend more of my time evaluating communications and digital projects so, I read with interest Lean Analytics , the book in the Lean Start up series on measuring what matters. This strikes me as a metric that would be easier to compute and apply for some projects or programs and a real bear for others.

San Francisco 104

San Francisco Organization Kiva Metrics 104

Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Internalizing and externalizing an organization-wide culture of philanthropy. If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance. Once you know the benchmarks, you can compare your data to them and evaluate how successful your efforts are. Start with benchmark data.

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Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 122

Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

How are you measuring your success? What can you do to improve the metrics that matter? The results of your self audit will show you what to refine and how to position your organization to get results. Create SMART goals for your marketing activities so you know where you are going and what you need to measure.

Marketing 69

Marketing Guide Metrics Nonprofit 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

While my family and their home dodged a bullet, like millions in NYC, other locations had catastrophic flooding and there was a loss of lives. We learned that it predicting the path of hurricanes is a more precise science than the measuring their destructive force. What are the key results of this campaign ? What does success look like?

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Hurricane Measure Social Media Pledge 97

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 5, 2024

Text marketing , also known as SMS marketing, can help your organization engage supporters, build relationships, and ultimately boost your fundraising results. Keep an eye on your metrics. Give your nonprofit more chances to interact with donors by asking every existing donor to opt in to receive texts from your organization.

Practice 59

Practice Puerto Rico Fundraising Metrics 59

Forum One

OCTOBER 17, 2023

They directly contribute to the organization’s programmatic mission, making a significant difference in the lives of those they serve. City Health Dashboard NYU’s Langone Health’s Department of Population Health developed the City Health Dashboard to share and compare data on 37 measures of public health across more than 500 U.S.

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Product Develop Impact Case Study 87

Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The challenge can be in knowing which nonprofit data to prioritize, along with how to evaluate it and use it to make improvements. These same metrics are important to track during crises to effectively determine which indicators can signal alarm. What do we mean by “data?”.

Data 69

Data Metrics Nonprofit Analysis 69

Forum One

APRIL 23, 2024

Just as you’ve finally settled into the shift from Universal Analytics (UA) to Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and started to get a handle on its new metrics, Google has yet another deadline for organizations to meet. Organizations need to act before that deadline if they want to preserve their historical data.

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Analytics University Data API 50

Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

An effective nonprofit mission statement draws supporters and donors to an organization. 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 ! from 2016–2018 and added a number of financial metrics to the spreadsheet.

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Donation Language Homeless Statistics 137

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2022

The ROI Methodology was implemented globally in the 1990s and since then has become one of the most used evaluation systems in the world, as it is used routinely in more than 6,000 organizations in 70 countries.

ROI 52

ROI Law Authoring Measure 52

Forum One

JULY 13, 2021

Apple’s latest privacy updates will affect data sources commonly used by mission-driven organizations. Let’s explore how your organization can adapt to the changes. For organizations running ad campaigns, these changes could impact results and data in numerous ways.

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Impact Organization Track Analytics 46