ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 1, 2022

The problem with ratios. They often use financial ratios to measure a nonprofit's impact, but these do not most accurately showcase a program's efficiency. Communicating what a nonprofit does through storytelling is a valuable and engaging tool for stakeholders. Storytelling as a solution.

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sgEngage

MARCH 11, 2024

You can barely go a day without hearing about ChatGPT or new AI tools, and for good reason—it’s reshaping our world and how we work in countless ways. AI tools enable major gift officers to do more with their time by minimizing administrative tasks, helping with research, and drafting communications.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Companies Are Matching Employee Donations At Higher Ratios. They offer a generous 2:1 match ratio and will match donations up to $10,000 per employee per year. Integrate a matching gift search tool directly into the donation process. Many companies have also increased the maximum donation amounts they will match.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

One of the points he made during our planning call is that in order to curate, you need two sets of tools – news discovery and curation tools. News discovery tools select and aggregate content based on keyword searches, but give a higher signal to noise ratio than general keywords searches or general news sites.

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Classy

JUNE 4, 2021

You can even use a tool like 360MatchPro by Double the Donation to check out the industry’s leading matching gift program database , through which donors can check their eligibility for matching programs in seconds. While most matching gift companies match at a 1:1 ratio, some even match at a 2:1, 3:1, or even 4:1 ratio.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Below I’ll provide the tools that support these principles. This tool by WebAIM checks the contrast between your foreground and background by providing ratios based on hex codes. . Remember, the contrast ratio between text and a text’s background should be at least 4.5:1. Contrast Checker. ALT Text Checker.

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DipJar

JANUARY 23, 2023

That’s where a matching gift tool comes in handy. As we’ll explore, a dedicated tool can make this information instantly available, even before a donor submits their gift. Implement a Matching Gift Search Tool. The most effective way to overcome this is by implementing a matching gift search tool on your website.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 27, 2021

According to these statistics from Double the Donation , 91% of companies match donations at a dollar for dollar ratio, while 5% match at even higher levels such as 2 or 3:1. Then, they request a match from their employer who happens to match at a 3:1 ratio. So what does that mean for your nonprofit fundraising?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

Not following on a 1:1 ratio on Twitter. If your nonprofit’s objective is to gain a lot of followers on Twitter, then you should follow on a 1:1 ratio. There are so many benefits to following on a 1:1 ratio, and sadly less than 1 percent of nonprofits on Twitter do. I am a big believer that less is more on Facebook.

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Media Cause

MAY 20, 2021

Paying attention to contrast ratios is one of the easiest ways we can adapt our websites to be more accessible for color blind people. By using tools like this, we can identify what needs to change, and a web designer can then make adjustments to fonts, backgrounds or image selections to improve a contrast score. and ADA.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 5, 2023

What’s a fundraising efficiency ratio? And what’s a “good” ratio to try to maintain? Your efficiency ratio measures the amount of money you spend on fundraising against the amount of revenue generated by those activities. Why Is Understanding My Fundraising Efficiency Ratio Important? Why should you track it?

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

Use financial management software with analytical tools. How to Avoid: Narratives should succinctly highlight achievements, financial strategies, and future plans in layman’s terms, while dashboards provide a visual summary of trends, ratios, and key indicators at a glance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

Indeed, I've been looking for some research that confirms that the lurker to participant ratio in online communities (see Nielsen ) holds true for some web2.0 Respondents were asked if they contributed to each group of tool or simply viewed the material offered. This was an attempt to find out the ratio of contribution to ???lurking???

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

For matching gifts, these typically include matchable donation minimum and maximum amounts and a match ratio to determine the match size. can simply begin typing a company name in a database search tool, which is automatically populated with the corporation’s complete giving program guidelines. An individual?—donors The Roadblock.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 24, 2023

One potent but underutilized tool at your disposal during this time is employee giving⁠ —a form of corporate philanthropy that directly engages a company’s staff. Employee matching gift programs Program overview: Employee matching gifts are a powerful tool for nonprofits, driving individual and corporate revenue alike.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Using a tool like Animato can make it easy for your nonprofit to create DYI videos, but to be successful you need to develop a strategy and use compelling storytelling. 16:9 ratios require that the viewer tilts their phone and watches it in a non-vertical orientation. It should be. Video is a medium uniquely suited to do just that.”.

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

You can download the complete report here , and don''t forget the companion online benchmarking tool , where you can compare some of your organization''s data against your peers in our research. Another way we measure technology staffing levels is determing the Tech Staff - to - Organizational Staff Ratio.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Match ratios (i.e., Donor research is critical, but it’s nearly impossible to manage without the right tools. an automation tool can handle the entire process, saving your team time and money. greater than $50, less than $10,000). 2:1 for full-time employees, 1:1 for retirees). Match request deadlines (i.e., Not to mention?—an

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Surveys can be a great tool for this. Pledges fulfilled / pledges promised (expressed as a %) Donor Lifetime Value This tells you how much you can expect your average donor to contribute to your organization and is a great tool for forecasting future funding. To learn more about its features, contact us for a demo.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

Websites are a tool for people to find information, learn, read the news, donate to causes that matter to them, shop, and more. These users may use accessibility tools that come built into browsers such as magnification, custom styling, font size adjustments, keyboard shortcuts, and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2012

And, of course, I’ll also cover the tools. His deep knowledge of the practices and the tools is impressive. There are over 250 tools in this collection, so it might be a little bit overwhelming for beginners. Curation tools are platforms that let you display your collection.

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Consider these important fundraising opportunities, compliments of Adam Weinger, president of Double the Donation, a company that provides tools to nonprofits to help them raise more money from corporate matching gift and volunteer grant programs. So how should a non-profit, no matter its size, leverage corporate philanthropy? Make a Match.

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sgEngage

APRIL 3, 2023

When a supporter who works for a company with a matching gift program contributes to your organization and submits a match request, their employer will match their donation, usually at a 1:1 ratio. As with other passive fundraisers, marketing is critical to reaping the benefits of matching gifts.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Using a powerful website builder is necessary for optimizing your website as a fundraising tool. The Google Ad Grants program is a powerful tool for increasing your organization’s visibility. Your website builder allows you to reorganize your navigation interface, add essential information, and brand your site to your nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

" This year the answer to the question isn't overhead ratios and executive salaries. . Nonprofit experts cite many reasons that focusing on an overhead ratio is not the best way to choose a charity: It tells you nothing about the impact the charity has on people it's trying to help. Are overhead ratios important to you?

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Achieve

MARCH 29, 2023

Look for a provider that offers access to robust prospect databases and wealth screening tools. Some solutions even have AI tools that can help you further qualify your prospects. You can make this process go even faster by leveraging a matching gifts tool that has auto-submission capabilities. Set up a major gifts program.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 14, 2022

Equipping your organization with matching gift-specific technology and making the most of your existing tech tools can go a long way. Integrate your matching gift and online fundraising tools. This tool can provide users with a ton of information on a company’s program guidelines with just a quick search of the business name.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

For example, net zero long term goals, CEO-to-employee pay ratios, employee injury statistics, and incremental improvement in diversity hiring. Being able to see the link between engagement and purpose gives team leaders a new tool to build higher performing teams. Whole Organization Strategy.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Matching Gifts Matching gifts are a form of corporate philanthropy in which companies commit to financially matching their employees’ contributions to nonprofits, often at a 1:1 ratio. Leverage matching gift software to embed a search tool donors can use to quickly find out if they’re eligible and what they need to do to request a match.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2014

If you are finding yourself looking through a lot of unrelated or useless stuff or the content you are sharing is not resonating with your audience, news discovery tools can help. It is a content discovery tool that helps tune your Facebook newsfeed based on keywords. What content discovery tools do you use?

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Neon CRM

MAY 22, 2023

Email marketing has emerged as a powerful tool for nonprofits to drive supporter engagement and boost their overall fundraising efforts. This should include: Minimum and maximum donation amounts Matching gift ratios Types of qualifying employees Types of qualifying nonprofits Submission deadlines And more!

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 31, 2023

Luckily, there are affordable and effective tools you can leverage to spread awareness and get people excited about your fundraising efforts—namely, your website. This tool makes the event planning process simple for both you and your guests! If your CMS has a survey tool, consider using that to keep track of your event attendees.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

By last month, the user ratio between male and female had come up to about 70/30 and the country with the second highest number of users was India at about 13 percent. One of the core principles in community engagement is to use the tools your community is using. If they are using the tool, then join them. Apples and Oranges.

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Qgiv

JULY 25, 2022

However, when it comes to nonprofit fundraising, crowdfunding platforms often lack tools for supporters to get more involved in raising money. Each participant has their own fundraising page, access to essential fundraising tools, and a dashboard with resources from a nonprofit. Bloomerang.

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Nonprofits Source

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Maintain a colour contrast ratio of at least 4:5:1 to facilitate a positive reading experience. Choose a donation tool that includes a secure payment processor so your donors’ private information is protected and your nonprofit can safely receive donated funds. Colour contrast. PCI-compliant payment processor.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Simply determine a match ratio, such as 1:1 or 2:1, and donate as the requests come in! Invest in workplace giving software Your company likely invests in various tools to streamline its operations, and your workplace giving program should be no different! Before choosing a tool, be sure to research your options thoroughly.

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Double the Donation

MAY 25, 2021

When it comes to engaging the employees at your company in your workplace giving programs , it can be challenging to find the right tools that promote participation. Benevity is one of the leading providers of corporate giving software, offering employee engagement tools that companies can use to do social good. . Let’s begin.

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