Blackbaud

JULY 16, 2025

A donor cultivation cycle is a systematic process that helps nonprofits build lifelong relationships with their donors through five key stages: identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship. Despite the length of time it takes to acquire a donor, many nonprofits struggle with donor retention.

Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 4, 2025

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Funding

NonProfit PRO

JULY 10, 2025

New data from the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy ’s “2025 Compensation and Benefits Report” reveals that average salaries have plateaued, but median compensation is rising faster than inflation, signaling a more equitable distribution of earnings across the nonprofit sector. Cole is the editor-in-chief of NonProfit PRO.

Retail

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Whether youre a nonprofit, educational institution, healthcare organization, or a socially responsible corporation, a well-designed website sets the stage for stronger donor relationships, more engaged volunteers, and deeper community trust. These metrics can then guide layout decisions, calls-to-action, and content structure.

Nonprofit

The Fundraising Coach

MAY 30, 2025

When your nonprofit aims to maximize donor outreach , you’re likely hoping to reach new supporters or secure recurring donations. Planned giving is a strategic approach that can benefit your nonprofit both immediately and in the long term. billion in charitable contributions in 2023, representing about 8% of total giving in the U.S.

CRM

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 18, 2025

Covering the period from 2021 to 2023, the 2025 GPEI marks a pivotal effort to understand the latest information on conditions influencing philanthropy during a time of significant global challenges, including natural disasters, economic upheaval, and a global health crisis. Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad.

Retail

NonProfit PRO

JULY 24, 2025

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Award

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

Find and win more grants for your nonprofit! ​Teresa Huff is a nonprofit grant strategist and a grant writer mentor/coach. She has helped nonprofits triple their funding. Teresa is a nonprofit grant strategist and a grant writer, mentor, and coach. Start saving 3 hours a week and increase your grant applications by 78%.

Instrumentl

Bonterra

JULY 16, 2025

The section of their website devoted to “purpose” states that, through nonprofit partnerships, they’ve leveraged social impact grants and their own Cisco Networking Academy to impact over one billion people. million to nonprofits and partner organizations, from a mix of employee contributions, matching gifts, and company donations.

Ethics

Bonterra

JUNE 24, 2025

And participation isn’t just a metric it’s a marker of culture, alignment, and impact. CyberGrants customers reported a 24% decrease in grant approval times from 2023 to 2024. Smarter giving leads to stronger partnerships The benefits of a digital-first CSR strategy extend beyond internal metrics.

Engineering

Tony Martignetti

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Dean Dalzell & Jerry Frick: Financial Literacy For Your C-Suite & Board Leadership that understands your numbers protects not only your nonprofit. It also protects the people filling those roles. It also protects the people filling those roles.

Finance

Tony Martignetti

AUGUST 14, 2023

John Mark Vanderpool: Impact Metrics First, we resolve any confusion over impact versus outcomes and outputs. It’s … Continue reading Nonprofit Radio for August 14, 2023: Impact Metrics → John Mark Vanderpool: Impact Metrics First, we resolve any confusion over impact versus outcomes and outputs.

Metrics

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Here’s what we suggest: We need to start rethinking annual giving metrics to create a new storyline about fundraising for higher education. Maybe we need to focus our attention on narrower metrics. News & World Report metric of alumni participation , the impact of this ranking indicator is going to show in our data for years.

Metrics

Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Recent nonprofit trends show that giving is on the decline, decreasing by 2.1% between 2022 and 2023. Chances are, your nonprofit offers many different services, covers several different sub-causes, or runs various projects at once. To evaluate your segments, your nonprofit should: Review engagement metrics.

Demographics

Qgiv

MARCH 14, 2023

2022 was a year of growth for many nonprofits across the country. While many have embraced the “new normal” as we move past the pandemic, there continue to be underlying challenges for nonprofits trying to raise money in 2023. Despite organizations utilizing fundraising best practices , many challenges for nonprofits remain.

Nonprofit

Candid

MAY 22, 2024

The Q4 2023 Quarterly Fundraising Report , released in April, found significant year-over-year declines across all metrics for 2023, including the number of donors, total dollars raised, and retention rates. The post 5 takeaways from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project’s 2023 data appeared first on Candid Blog.

Fundraising

Candid

JANUARY 20, 2023

Candid’s 2023 Seals of Transparency are here, and this year it’s even easier to earn your first Bronze Seal or update your current Candid Seal and take advantage of their perks. Research shows nonprofits that earn a Seal average 53% more in contributions. Update or add information,  as necessary.  Publish  your changes.

Strategic Plan

The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

With only rare exceptions, major metrics — total amounts given, number of funders, average grants — increased from the previous year. billion to charity during 2023, up from $11.2 More than 322,000 donors made contributions to nearly 199,000 nonprofits, up from just under 304,000 and 189,000, respectively.

Metrics

Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 30, 2024

Donor motivations are the “why” that drives their support of your nonprofit. By Ryan Carpenter For the last several years, nonprofits have struggled to make ends meet due to falling revenue, rising inflation, and an increase in community needs. Learn how to uncover those motivations and inspire more support in this guide.

Ethics

Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

A study by Edgerank Checker found that Facebook posts from nonprofit Pages only reached an average of 7.7% According to the Nonprofit Email Engagement Benchmark Study by M+R , the average email open rate for nonprofits is around 25%, while the click-through rate hovers at 2.5%. of their total audience. So, what do you think?

Nonprofit

Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2023

It’s that time of year to start your 2023 GivingTuesday prep! GivingTuesday is quickly approaching, meaning a big day of fundraising for nonprofits like yours. Once the email template is generated, insert your nonprofit’s details in the places provided by the template and double-check the email for any grammatical errors.

ChatGPT

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2023

It’s that time of year – time to create your nonprofit annual report. An annual report is a great way to give both donors and the community an overview of what your nonprofit accomplished during the year. The 1-Page Nonprofit Annual Report The 1-page nonprofit annual report is basically a big infographic.

Template

Candid

JUNE 12, 2023

In mid-May 2023, shouts of joy could be heard in the Candid offices. Candid uses 990 data as a starting place for our nonprofit profiles and grantmaking databases. In fact, between August 2022 and April 2023, the IRS released very little 990 data at all. how many nonprofits closed their doors in 2020?

Demographics

Candid

MAY 4, 2023

nonprofits through Candid’s nonprofit profiles. This initiative aims to standardize and centralize nonprofit demographic data collection. nonprofit sector, we want to better identify who , exactly, is sharing demographic data with Candid and what information they are sharing. Source: Candid, 2023.

Demographics

Blackbaud

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Despite its increasing utilization, reliable fundraising data around nonprofit text messaging results have been limited until now. Last month, Tatango and MissionWired released the Nonprofit Text Messaging Insights Report as a starting point for metrics on fundraising and engagement text messaging across the nonprofit industry.

Nonprofit

Millionaire Grant Lady

JULY 24, 2024

We have been in the grant writing business for a long time, and one important shift we have seen over the last several years has been that funders are requiring more data from more nonprofits. Millionaire Grant Lady and Associates has helped nonprofits earn more than $100 million in funding.

Grant Writing

CauseVox

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Considering the twists that fundraising plans may have taken in 2023, it’s crucial to recalibrate for the upcoming year. As we embark on the fundraising journey in 2024, the significance of a well-structured nonprofit annual development plan cannot be overstated. What’s your plan for 2024?

Calendar

Candid

APRIL 20, 2023

So, how can your nonprofit create a social media strategy that you can sustain? Twitter analytics Facebook insights Instagram insights LinkedIn analytics TikTok analytics Once you have exported data from the last year, sort posts by the metric you’re most interested in, such as engagement, reach, or link clicks.

Media

The NonProfit Times

JULY 30, 2024

Giving was up (4.1%) compared to the first quarter of 2023, but the number of donors and retention both declined again, 1.3% Despite the negative trend, dollar amounts have stabilized compared to 2023, with dollars donated by new donors decreasing by only 1.9% and 3% respectively. of all donors, had the sharpest decline at 10.4%.

Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 23, 2023

As a nonprofit leader, you are increasingly at the forefront of addressing societal inequity through your work. Here’s a comprehensive blueprint for nonprofits to effectively showcase their equity efforts for grant application success.

Application

Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

On April 16-18, 2023, 3,600+ fundraising professionals descended on New Orleans, LA for AFP ICON’s 63 rd annual conference, the largest turnout in six years. In order for your nonprofit to scale and succeed, you must understand your data, and often the best outcomes come from challenges within the data. Be intimate with your data.

Conference

CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In 2023, nonprofits raised over $3.1 Nonprofit storytelling is one of the biggest things we push for here at CauseVox, because we know that more than ever, people want to feel connected to a cause, and they want to know more than just numbers and factoids. billion across various platforms for GivingTuesday!

Media

DonorSnap

JANUARY 18, 2023

A nonprofit CRM will help you build meaningful relationships with your supporters. To reap the true benefits of CRM, your nonprofit will need both a system and a strategy. Although, sometimes nonprofits will refer to it as Constituent Relationship Management. What is a Nonprofit CRM System?

CRM

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 20, 2023

So many nonprofits found 2023 to be particularly stressful. Here are seven ways your team can make sure your nonprofit has a strong financial foundation this year. It gives your nonprofit breathing room when a problem or a new opportunity arises. Tip 1: Review how you are tracking grants and restricted funding.

Indirect Cost

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In the world of nonprofit fundraising, stories are more than just words on a page or images on a screen; they are the beating heart of your mission. Mission Based A mission based brandscript centers your beneficiaries and the work your nonprofit does. The Power of Storytelling in Fundraising Humans are meaning-making creatures.

Nonprofit

Candid

JUNE 20, 2023

Comprehensive and public nonprofit demographic data is central to supporting more transparent and informed decision making in our sector. To date, over 55,000 nonprofits have shared some information on their staffs’ and board members’ race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability status, through their Candid profile.

Demographics

Candid

MARCH 19, 2024

In 2023, 62,575 nonprofits earned or renewed their Candid Seals of Transparency. Over 1,000 nonprofits attended our 2024 Seals webinar , but we know there are many more out there looking to tell their story of impact and share that story broadly with current and potential donors to make their case for funding.

Metrics