sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

While grant funding may not require the continual stewardship efforts and nurturing of traditional donor-led funding, it often presents its own challenges: extensive reporting mandates, a list of requirements to qualify for funding, and the possibility of mission creep to meet those requirements. Seek clarity.

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Grant Process Management Tips 94

Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

This post describes actions you can take to implement the findings of Bloomerang’s 2023 Fundraising Planning and Climate Report. No matter where you are in your growth stage, taking action, in concert with your internal stakeholders, will always bring you closer to the goal of raising more revenue. One size does not fit all.

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Action Report Practice Fundraising 74

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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Activities Active Activism Comparison 79

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. Luckily, there are a number of great reports available to help you set a benchmark against industry averages. Track your own data.

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Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 122

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. It’s important to note that engagement scoring should not act as a grading system for either your members or your internal departments.

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Analytics Associations Model Metrics 169

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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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2024

However, a clearly defined scope is critical to keeping a project on track throughout its life cycle. Document the specific goals you plan to accomplish, including any key performance metrics (KPIs) you’ll use to measure success. Leave space in your list to track when each deliverable was completed. out of scope).

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Project Fund Software Help 91

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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Analytics Google Track Data 90

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. ” World Wildlife Fund (WWF ) is a leading international conservation organization.

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Strategy Tips Nonprofit Conservancy 110

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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Measure Ethiopia Summary Nonprofit 102

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The ability to track and monitor those relationships should be the #1 priority for organizations seeking to expand their donor base or increase their revenue. Individual pledge commitments or reports on pledged revenue by date, campaign, or program can be tracked easily. 3) Little Green Light :: littlegreenlight.com.

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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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Time Metrics Analytics Adopt 72

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. Millions are also internally displaced within Syria. Be flexible.

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Puerto Rico Disaster Philanthropy Lebanon 98

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

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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Software Business Guide Companies 52

sgEngage

AUGUST 9, 2023

Measure your outcomes and tell your story. In healthcare organizations, it is vital to be able to show quantitative measurement of your impact, whether you are showing the community benefit impact, tracking dollars spent delivering direct services or reporting back to donors. Augment your reporting with data analysis.

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Effective Tips Grant API 69

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. The theme was “ 30 Ways for 30 Days “ Dan says, “We measured that through each action and each was track-able. Michel reports that those increased during the month of September at a faster rate.

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Feeds Social Media Measure Summary 102

Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 28, 2021

It can streamline tracking and reporting processes, enhance communication with donors and constituents, and consolidate necessary information. The second key tip that customers have reported is the importance of investing in resources — whether that’s staff, training, time, or consultants. Futureforce Intern, Salesforce .

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

If the numbers you are tracking don’t give you an action, how valuable are they? If the numbers you are tracking don’t give you an action, how valuable are they? For example, if you track just how many people come to your website, it doesn’t give you much action. What do you think?

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Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This was a considerable commitment, but many in the sector saw a need to measure the impact and effectiveness of such funding—specifically, whether the funds were going to nonprofits led by communities of color or to more traditional, white-led institutions. The best way to answer these questions is to measure and analyze consistent data.

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Data Support Demographics Evaluation 59

TechImpact

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Can your nonprofit even measure its return on investments (ROI)? Putting together an ROI report can be time consuming, but can also lead to great data and help you find ways to trim costs without shirking quality. And employees become more motivated when they can visually see the results of their efforts or measure their performance.

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ROI Relationship Aggregator System 206

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

We are here to talk about reporting impact, specifically creating tools and some good processes to do that for your donors. dang, this is a great topic, this is so timely as people are, you know, perhaps getting annual reports together. well, five areas of conversation revolve around, “What is impact reporting?

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Report Measure Impact Process 78

NTEN

DECEMBER 19, 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. Databases - Nonprofits can use these tools to track data in real time and report on results.

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Measure Issue Impact Method 81

sgEngage

MARCH 31, 2023

Reviewing Internal Processes for Equity The first place to start is internally with your organization’s operations. With applications that feed directly into the grants management system, funders can easily run reports to see if they are meeting their goals for a diverse set of grantees. And how it was a continual journey.

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Practice Trend Grant Gartner 72

Whole Whale

MAY 11, 2022

Shakespearean answer : If the topic of Google Analytics and all things web tracking feels like a foreign language and you’re more of a theatre person here is a quick Shakespearean summary of what is going on. This article is meant to help people that were familiar with UA and are now trying to make the transition to GA4 for reporting.

Analytics 59

Analytics University Difference Metrics 59

Forum One

AUGUST 3, 2022

Knowing what not to measure can be as important as measuring at all. In the early stages, we investigate meaningful measurement. Does the organization already track this data? In some cases we’re part of an internal team, helping to maintain or run reports or evolve data practices over time.

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Analytics Team Data Skills 67

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

We covered how to do Community Mapping (identifying the segments and goals of the community), Content Mapping (creating a plan for which content goes where, and why), and Data Tracking (pulling all the numbers together). Do you have volunteers, interns, or adjunct staff? Metrics Tracking. >> Presentation. Do-It-Yourself.

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Metrics Community Map Template 219

Media Cause

MAY 31, 2023

On the surface, it makes sense that privacy and tracking would be at the bottom of a marketer’s task list. But if you engage in targeted advertising or use Google Analytics to track website visitors, privacy-first marketing should be a priority for your organization. The Importance of First-Party Data What’s the Big Deal?

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Marketing Plugin Track Policy 52

Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 10, 2022

With 28 sessions across five content tracks, you will find thought-provoking discussions, practical takeaways from your peers, and have questions answered in real time by Salesforce product experts. Reason #2: Dynamic Speakers & International Panels. Explore this year’s tracks below: 1. Still not convinced to join us?

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San Diego Ukraine Virtual Nonprofit 106

Volunteer Hub

MARCH 21, 2023

Running reports and compiling volunteer data. Keeping track of volunteer hours. Most volunteer management software consists of a suite of features that help organize, track, and automate various tasks associated with managing volunteers. Believe it or not, only 55% of nonprofits are actively measuring volunteer impact.

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Volunteer Management Software Database 82

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

While most nonprofits aren’t gathering sticks to build a fire, survival does often depend on the small, unglamourous tasks of research, communication, and reporting to keep your funding streams alive. Internal controls are not just for finance people anymore. Three Best Practices for Successful Grant Management.

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Grant Management Award International 77

Candid

AUGUST 25, 2021

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is making a bold and public move to use Candid’s GuideStar profile and demographic survey to track data from grant applicants and recipients. The first is that our most recent CEP Grantee Perception Report from July 2020 included important and humbling feedback—that U.S.

Data 105

Data Conversation Demographics Profile 105

DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Additionally, this makes it a breeze to provide past impact reports and future projections for grant proposals. Strengthen your financial reporting efforts. You want to track a variety of interactions between your organization and its supporters, going beyond the basics. Conduct effective strategic planning.

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Data Guide Proposal Nonprofit 52

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Why are you measuring or tracking something that you can’t (or don’t want to) impact? An organization has, for example, 20 volunteers, and they want to track the hours contributed, the impact on programs, and so forth. Is data helpful if you can’t change it? data nten'

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Metrics Impact Change NTEN 158

Forum One

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

GA4 will still capture the pages your visitors view, but with configuration, it has the capability to track much more about what your users are doing. GA4 also provides few built-in reports, compared to UA. It’s important to both rethink what’s possible, and what you’re really measuring. How do I switch from UA to GA4?

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FAQ Organization Analytics Google 58

Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 21, 2022

This role reports to the Director of Professional Services. Location : Virtual, Home-based office in the USA or Canada Work Authorization : Citizens or Permanent Residents of USA or Canada. Cannot provide Visa sponsorship Travel: ?10

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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. When a shock (either internal or external) hits, your organization moves into “triggered Survive.” Moving quickly in response to disruptions.

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