The Fundraising Coach

MARCH 15, 2021

Specifically, a handful of fundraising data points can help you track performance, illuminate opportunities for growth, and set ambitious yet realistic goals. We’ve helped thousands of successful nonprofits understand the fundraising metrics which are most critical to crafting a winning fundraising strategy. Donor Retention Rate.

Metrics

Candid

APRIL 6, 2022

Our goal is to develop platinum level Black- and Brown-led organizations. Meme: In 2019, we used the CARE Model to launch the award-winning Innocence Initiative. How do Candid nonprofit profiles fit into your curriculum? Black-led organizations receive only 1% of philanthropic funding.

Education

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

But if the event meets your goals for revenue and awareness, it might be ok. Typically, a Heartstrings Event has one main goal – to ask people for support. The more clear you are about the event and the more planning you do, the more likely you’ll be to hit your revenue goals with your Signature Event. Point blank.

Fundraising

Qgiv

JUNE 8, 2021

All three metrics dropped slightly from 2019 to 2020. drop from the 2019 rate of 45.4%, likely brought down due to the 2020 first-time donor retention rate dropping 9.2% To put that in perspective, less than one in five donors who gave for the first time in 2019 to a charity gave to the same charity last year.

Fundraising

CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

I think the last time we did this event, in 2019, we maybe raised $5k? Our activity metric is set to “minutes” so that people can track/log the minutes they spend doing whatever activity, rather than tracking miles. The Platform. The Flexibility.

Metrics

Candid

OCTOBER 3, 2024

When GuideStar and Foundation Center merged to become Candid in 2019, we created a 2030 vision as our guiding light. Start with the end goal in mind. Metric: Nonprofits spend less time and money per dollar raised. Metric: Nonprofits led by people of color receive their fair share of grant dollars. Our lesson learned?

Metrics

Blackbaud

APRIL 8, 2024

Since she signed the Giving Pledge in 2019 and began her momentous campaign of organization-changing donations, MacKenzie Scott has given away more than $17.3 These grants typically have goals associated with them—the foundation has a specific mission, or the government grant wants to address a specific societal issue.

Funding

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Creating a sustainable, scalable fundraising campaign that will help you grow your future impact is just as important as reaching your fundraising goal. All fundraisers know that their main goal is to raise money, but not all of them think about sustainability or scalability. Realistic fundraising goal. Let’s begin.

Fundraising

CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Second, year-end giving gives nonprofits an opportunity to use a big chunk of their resources to meet their annual fundraising goals, and it gives donors a last chance to get a tax-deductible gift out the door. At CauseVox, we’re all about helping everyone to meet their goals – donors and the causes they support.

Goals