Double the Donation

AUGUST 21, 2021

So, let’s take a look at three areas where you can improve your peer-to-peer fundraising results: 1. Getting participants to sign up to fundraise for your organization (and providing them with basic details, sample emails, and suggestions about how to raise funds from their family and friends) is just the beginning.

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Qgiv

MAY 14, 2021

Your page looks awesome,” and include tips for posting to social media and sample text for sending fundraising emails to friends. These basics will go a long way toward helping you create targeted peer-to-peer fundraising messages that get results. Automate your targeted communications. Additional Fundraising Resources.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Read time: 4 minutes Are you done running reports for your 2023 year-end fundraising? Email fundraising has become increasingly difficult, but many of the organizations in our sample of 24 nonprofits saw strong results this December. Good, it’s time to start planning for 2024 year-end fundraising!

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Qgiv

JUNE 7, 2021

Your page looks awesome,” and include tips for posting to social media and sample text for sending fundraising emails to friends. These basics will go a long way toward helping you create targeted peer-to-peer fundraising messages that get results. Automate your targeted communications. Additional Fundraising Resources.

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Candid

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Four common grant proposal documents (free samples included) by Melissa Pulis of Candid Next up, a familiar theme reemerges. As a bonus, get free sample documents to see what success looks like in practice. In this blog, Mary and Zahra describe our streamlined approach to crafting Candid’s annual report.

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M+R

APRIL 27, 2023

Total online revenue for nonprofits decreased by 4% in 2022 , and nonprofits reported especially sharp drops in revenue on Giving Tuesday and December 31. But the results for nonprofits in the Disaster/International Aid space looked very different. Is it time to start learning some new dance moves?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Almost all organizations produce some sort of annual financial reporting, but it’s may not always be public information. Donors and grantors both expect detailed reporting and deep financial transparency from nonprofit organizations. Raising funds and winning grants is difficult and requires significant staff time and resources.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

And last year the AFL-CIO reported CEO-to-median-worker pay ratios ranged from 6:1 to over 6,000:1 for the largest, publicly traded companies (i.e., The Council on Foundations ’ annual survey and report on staff salaries and benefits at U.S. The median for all reported CEO salaries in 2022 was $200,000. How do U.S.

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M+R

JANUARY 11, 2022

And the thing is, both of these activities expose our fundamental impatience — whether we’re sneaking a quick taste of pre-baked cookie dough or frantically hitting refresh on our fundraising results. . In 2020, maybe your results fell (because COVID) or rose (because COVID). We’re carrying that energy into 2022. Hello, SEARCH!

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Candid

APRIL 23, 2024

As a result, total dollars distributed through DAF grants increased significantly over the previous year, outpacing contributions for the first time since we started reporting this data in 2012. billion to community foundation-held DAFs in our sample, down 17% from over $11 billion in 2021.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 10, 2022

A study conducted by Edelman and Linkedin reported 65% of those surveyed said thought leadership content improved their perception of an organization. As a result of your thought leadership efforts, you’ll see an increase in member engagement and retention. Also, consider contributing to guest blogs in your industry. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

Today, NTEN’s Amy Sample Ward shared this fabulous video on Facebook. Does data collection from time-to-time, but not formal reporting. Monitors feedback from target audience in real time but balances with trend or survey data. Documents quantitative results against goals and value when asked by senior leadership.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Tip: Using the Giving Analysis for Appeals report in Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® is a great first step to analyzing your historical data. When over-segmentation occurs, it often leads to small sample sizes within each segment, which makes it harder to get statistically significant results and draw reliable conclusions.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

I quickly became responsible for identifying potential funding opportunities, grant-writing, stewardship efforts, and reporting to funders. I have learned how to deep dive into Foundation Directory, align our grant asks with funders’ typical award amounts, and use Candid Learning’s sample letters of inquiry (LOIs).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Access to real-time reports with donor and transaction information for your CRM, and forecasted donations for the month. Access to an entire library of marketing templates, sample fundraising campaigns, and industry best practices. The average RoundUp App user donates $15 – $20 a month and has an 80% retention rate.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

New in her role, with two new staff persons reporting to her and an already-packed end-of-year schedule—including appeals, a holiday catalog, events, and concerts—Melissa felt torn. In 2014, Meredith Niles had just taken over fundraising for Marie Curie in the UK when her phone rang. She made it fun with decorations and a staff photo contest.

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Candid

JULY 19, 2023

As a result, nonprofits were hit hard in multiple ways. Last month, Candid published results from the Foundation Giving Forecast Survey, an annual survey of large U.S. Individual donors specifically cited inflation as a major reason why they expected to give less last year. private and community foundations. Here’s what we found.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 22, 2020

Transparency about programmatic approach, results, governance, and finances are just a few ways a nonprofit can be open about its work, and this openness must start with the board. Sample Google Drive Structure Available for Download. Transparency is an essential quality for a nonprofit. 3) Conserve Resources.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

This is where the increasing amount of nonprofit sector research reports can help. This article will dissect the different types of nonprofit sector reports you may come across in your own research. No matter what type of report you may end up utilizing for your own work, it is important to ask a few assessment questions.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2010

The survey results included: Most Nonprofit Messages Don’t Connect Strongly with Key Audiences : Eighty-four percent of 915 nonprofit leaders who completed the survey last month said their messages connect with their target audiences only somewhat or not at all. Too much jargon. I can’t even understand what we’re saying.”.

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Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

We addressed these problems through data investigations and corrections, and enhancements to how we sample data. Misclassifying sensitive population groups results in an incorrect understanding of the work being done in the sector, who is being served, and where grant dollars are still needed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Provide sample email text and social media graphics and avatars to your ambassadors. After the Giving Day: Follow-up and Report. Blackbaud: # GivingTuesday Trends Report (PDF). 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report. Consider a.ngo domain for your landing page, microsite, or third-party redirect. are still available.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

One of Google Analytics/ Universal Analytics inconvenient quirks is how reporting can often be based on sampled data, particularly when dealing with large data sets and applying advanced segments. In GA4’s standard reports, sampling has been eliminated and the data being collected is now unlimited. A new interface.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

One hot take: We did an informal survey of several groups, and while we found that most are not yet using peer-to-peer texting to reach their mid-level donors, the handful of organizations who are doing so are getting GREAT results. Sample impact report from Oxfam America. . . Sample impact report from Oxfam America. . .

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

I quickly became responsible for identifying potential funding opportunities, grant-writing, stewardship efforts, and reporting to funders. I have learned how to deep dive into Foundation Directory, align our grant asks with funders’ typical award amounts, and use Candid Learning’s sample letters of inquiry (LOIs).

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

In the report “ How Giving Contests Can Strengthen Nonprofits and Communities ,” sponsored by the Case Foundation and released today, Geoff Livingston analyzes the impact of Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington and the repercussions for other regions and nonprofit communities.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

Donors are in the driving seat, with a plethora of giving options distributed across a smaller sample of the population. Measuring your results is as valuable as the initial goal setting, and often overlooked in the flurry of looking ahead to the future. Why is 2023 the right time to focus on major giving?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

The Real-Time Web and Its Future , a new report from ReadWriteWeb , focused on the changing ecosystem of the Web, one that runs in real-time. “For the following report, we interviewed 50 companies, developers and executives building or leveraging real-time Web technology. First, what does the “real-time Web&# really mean?

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Bloomerang

MAY 19, 2021

How easy is it to see and run reports? . Are there sample automation sequences to help you get started? If it is costing you extra staff time, headaches and lost features (like segmentation) that result in churn with subscribers it’s not free, it’s actually terribly expensive! . Segmentation. Automation. Future Proofing.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Download this Sample Year-End Fundraising Goals Spreadsheet: You’ll see this fundraising goal sheet is broken up into 2 parts: A donor thank-you campaign from 11/2-11/13 and a fundraising campaign from 11/14-12/31. Compile Impact and Results: Gather all the information you need to report the results of the campaign.

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Bloomerang

MAY 3, 2021

Ask them if they’ll write a brief handwritten note on the next appeal you mail (give them a few sample notes). Enclose tribute giving envelopes in mailed newsletters and/or annual reports. At one charity where I worked, these generated about $30,000/mailing (we mailed three newsletters and one report/year).

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Byte Technology

MARCH 11, 2016

Here is a sampling of some advanced features and set-up tips that Craft recommends. It tells you “what content and products your visitors want, optimizes their experience and identifies any gaps where no results are returned,” notes Craft. Go Custom with Report and Dashboards. Don’t Ignore Commerce.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 17, 2011

This is not surprising, as most of the text messages in this data set were requests for food, water, or medical help, rather than reports of damage. Then they used spatial statistical techniques to show that the pattern of aggregated text messages predicted where the damaged buildings were concentrated.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The survey fundings are based on a sample nonprofit CEOs whose organizations are receiving funding from foundations giving at least $5 million annually in grants called the “Nonprofit Voice,” with 170 respondents answering the questions on this survey. The report ends with some reasons why there might be a disconnect.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

The sorry state of donor retention has been a topic of discussion for at least the past decade, since the Fundraising Effectiveness Project Report began collecting data. Over the period of the pandemic, the Merkle “ 2021 Loyalty Barometer Report ” showed four trends in consumer thoughts on rewards and benefits. . Earning trust is work.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

Donors are in the driving seat, with a plethora of giving options distributed across a smaller sample of the population. Measuring your results is as valuable as the initial goal setting, and often overlooked in the flurry of looking ahead to the future. Why is 2023 the right time to focus on major giving?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

You don’t need to go all-out creating a design system with code samples—even a living document with screenshots and a few notes on how each pattern is used would help. It’s surprisingly interesting and fun to click around and could be an interesting way to inspire people to engage with an annual report. In practice: 1) Freely in Hope.

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