Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 31, 2020

Creating measurable goals with actionable items is vital to a fundraising strategy, and just as important is checking in to see how you’re doing. Let’s check out what to consider when measuring your results. When reporting on these numbers try breaking it down into small digestible chunks of data that are easy to interpret.

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Bonterra

APRIL 13, 2024

Learn more Measure program outcomes in real time Built-in reporting Bonterra’s native reporting tool empowers grants administrators to measure program outcomes, not just outputs. With access to turn-key dashboards, automated reports, and support from our team of experts, reporting impact becomes easier than ever.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Example: Using more advanced learning analytics, one association was able uncover that the courses they offered with industry certifications had significantly higher completion rates than those without. Assessing Learner Sentiment Another important part of measuring the effectiveness of education programs is assessing learning sentiment.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Nonprofits have assets but instead of owners having equity in the balance sheet, net assets are tracked for a nonprofit. Almost all organizations produce some sort of annual financial reporting, but it’s may not always be public information. For example, your nonprofit might have a fund for scholarships.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 13, 2024

This blog provides an overview of how to establish your scoring model, establish a team of data champions, and adopt a regular reporting routine so that your association is set up for success. To better understand this, let’s look at an example comparing two members – Jay and Lynne. Let’s get started!

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

For example, a clothing store puts out a new line of clothing; they want to know how that line is performing. Some organizations utilize Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure their goals. An example of a KPI could be the number of surveys completed after an event. If it does well, it may produce more items like it.

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Greater Giving

JULY 24, 2023

In this guide, we’ll review three ways your fundraising software can help your nonprofit maintain compliance: Activity data Donation tracking Volunteer tools Fundraising events of all types require careful data tracking, but donations made at an auction are especially complex to manage and record.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Take Coca-Cola for example. American Eagle Outfitters (which has upped its maximum match amount), The Hartford (which has doubled its existing match ratio), Chicago Community Trust (which has increased its donation limit and its match rate) are all great examples of this trend in workplace giving.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance. Luckily, there are a number of great reports available to help you set a benchmark against industry averages. Track your own data. For example, retention rates tend to be higher for mid-level and major donors.

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2024

However, a clearly defined scope is critical to keeping a project on track throughout its life cycle. For example, you will be reviewing your expense management processes as part of this project, but any fundraising management topics will be reserved for a later initiative. out of scope). Goals and Metrics What does success look like?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

This post describes actions you can take to implement the findings of Bloomerang’s 2023 Fundraising Planning and Climate Report. General guidance for fundraisers Here is general guidance on actions fundraisers can take based on fundraising trends and best practices drawn from the report.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Some examples include: Data specific – What data empowers you? An example is how many new members did we acquire last month? More time – your staff can spend more time on valuable projects rather than creating reports or developing Excel spreadsheets. What limits you? What do you think about our data?

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The first step in starting to measure your impact is to identify the major outcomes that you want to examine. For each outcome, specify what observable measures, or indicators, will suggest that you’re achieving that key outcome for impact. By Julie Macalik, with Greenlights for Nonprofit Success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

“In the past year I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition. You can achieve amazing progress if you set a clear goal and find a measure that will drive progress toward that goal—in a feedback loop. You use the measurement as feedback to make adjustments.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

As a CPA working with nonprofits of all sizes, I’ve encountered numerous errors in Board of Directors’ financial reports and Statements of Activities documents. Being aware of these common pitfalls is crucial for maintaining the integrity of your financial reporting and in turn, the trust of your supporters.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It’s critical to actively track and measure your website traffic against your goals. Making the switch is vital — if you’re still using the old version, your data is no longer being tracked. Event-Based Tracking: Where the previous version was session-based, GA4 is event-based. leads) it’s bringing in.

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Candid

APRIL 25, 2023

EGA has a long-standing history that includes more than 10 years of data collaboration with Candid, to support their Tracking the Field (TTF) research program. EGA found only 21% of environmental grantees who reported have leadership that identifies as BIPOC—compared to 25% for nonprofits across all issue areas.

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Association Analytics

JULY 22, 2021

Example: email should be close to 100%, other fields like interests aren’t as important to capture initially. Even without a complete data set (which is practically unattainable), you can still do things like send renewals, get event registrations, create membership reports and raise funds for your foundation. Probably not.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 25, 2022

For example, at the highest level, your goals might be to: Grow your existing online community . TIP: These are examples of high-level goals. In addition to goals, establish a set of online community metrics to help you track progress toward your goals and find opportunities for improvement. Offer examples.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In this session, Nicole and Rupinder are joined by Blackbaud’s Nick Mills and Ryan Turner to explore real-world examples of how customers have utilized Blackbaud’s Professional Services teams to build integrations and streamline workflows. You also don’t want to create an undue burden on your grantees for extensive reporting.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 24, 2021

This prompt essentially asks users to opt-in and “allow” apps and websites to track their activity. Once the update goes live (currently projected for early Spring) this means an iPhone user with the update installed will open up an app like Facebook, for example, and see the following prompt: Source: Apple. How will iOS14.5

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

Nonprofits use CRMs to manage their donor relationships, to segment supporters by interest areas, streamline donor communication, automate fundraising, and report on outcomes to the board, donors, and community. Does the platform provide powerful tools for data analysis, insight and built-in reporting for nonprofit metrics?

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M+R

DECEMBER 9, 2022

We hope you like acronyms, because Google is making some big changes — and that means nonprofits will need to understand some important technical details in order to effectively reach, track, and mobilize supporters. GA4 has been built to provide cross-platform data, so user activity can be tracked across web and app access.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2021

You should have monthly reporting for ongoing stats that lead direction, but a Strategic Marketing Plan will help you create small manageable goals that correspond to an overall goal (more customers). New marketing and advertising channels with measurable goals will help your prospective customers hear about you.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Measure and track your success. How to measure the success of your nonprofit branding strategy There are several ways to measure the success of your nonprofit branding strategy. Examples of successful nonprofit brands The American Red Cross is one of the most well-known and respected nonprofits in the world.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

In the annual letters from Bill and Melinda Gates which was released today, measurement takes center stage. But in the past year I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2012

Five Steps You Can Take Now to Apply the New Measurement Standards In Your Organization. Everything You Need to Know about the Dublin Summit and the New Measurement Standards. SMMStandards Progress and Roadmap: Marklein and Paine Present the First Social Media Measurement Standards at the Dublin Summit. But where to start?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2022

Should we track retained dollar value in 2021 compared to total retainable revenue in 2021 (the same year) or compare that amount to total retainable revenue in 2020 (the previous year)? . The best place to find data—and the methodology that was used to collect it—is in resources like the Fundraising Effectiveness Project Reports.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 22, 2022

UA is what many organizations think of simply as “Google Analytics,” the code that’s on all your website pages and the companion reports that show page views, bounce rates, click-throughs, conversions, and other metrics. Those looking to have reliable, recurring reports will need to invest time in setting up custom reports in Looker Studio.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Robust CSR software helps alleviate the struggles of managing your company’s philanthropic initiatives and measuring impact, so you can focus on driving employee participation and making bigger waves with your efforts. They may also use CSR platforms to track their own contributions and impact. Who Uses CSR Software?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Or you can track the time it takes you to fill out the form, either with sample data or by trying to collect similar data from your own systems. Do you analyze it, report it, or share it with your stakeholders? Are organizations of a certain size more likely to abandon an application or submit it late, for example.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This year’s Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report, published by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) and Candid, tracked roughly $121 billion in aid to date in 2020 across multiple sources—including bilateral and multilateral aid, U.S. federal agencies, donor-advised funds, and giving platforms. Be flexible.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Strategic Goals and Objectives: Specific and measurable targets the nonprofit aims to achieve. Evaluation and Impact Measurement: Methods for assessing the effectiveness and impact of nonprofit programs. Let’s look at the Red Cross mission statement as an example. Surveys can be a great tool for this.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2013

This post summarizes the sessions I facilitated or participated in related to “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” which included a book signing, panel discussion in the Beacon Lounge , and a workshop with co-author KD Paine. Know What Success Is. Well, the purpose of the video was to get teens to donate used sports equipment.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Taking proactive measures. Good Survive is proactive Survive, and Steady state Survive is made up of the continual proactive measures leaders can take to ensure long-term stabilization. Plans ask us to review regularly and ask the question: Are we on track? Moving quickly in response to disruptions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Social Media Measurement is this month’s theme on the Zoetica Salon hosted on my blog Facebook page. “ For example, during Hunger Action Month in September, Feeding America created a tab on their Facebook page where people could share a different action every day.

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