Blackbaud

JANUARY 23, 2025

Those who have discovered and leveraged it are successfully unlocking new opportunities by maximizing their complimentary ad budget to drive donor engagement, increase event attendance, and raise awareness of their programs and initiatives. Join thousands of other organizations to expand your digital presence.

Grants

Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Blog Summary: Post-school fundraiser reviews are essential for ensuring long-term success and continuous improvement. Key practices include setting clear objectives, analyzing metrics, and celebrating successes to foster accountability andmorale. What Are the Best Practices for Conducting a Post-School Fundraiser Review?

Fundraising

Strategic Grants

MAY 18, 2025

To that end, estimating the dollar value of your volunteer program is an important metric you should consider measuring and tracking. Calls for more government support Volunteering has been overlooked in the latest Federal Budget with no new measures for the volunteering ecosystem.

Strategic Plan

Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2025

Most profitable school fundraising ideas Driving a high return on investment (ROI) with your fundraising efforts is crucial to earning money for your school while staying on budget. Raffles You can host a raffle at any time and with almost any budget. Bake sales A bake sale is a classic fundraiser for a reason.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JULY 18, 2025

Working with your program and development teams, your finance staff identifies funding gaps, supplies important budget numbers, sets up projects in your accounting software, establishes spending approvals, and creates reporting schedules. Address budget variances and determine how you will spend any remaining funds according to grant terms.

Government

NonProfit PRO

JULY 30, 2025

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Retail

Greater Giving

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Their key responsibilities include: Creating fundraising plans and strategies Setting fundraising goals Establishing the budget for fundraising activities Working with other departments to ensure a smooth fundraising process This role is crucial for your organization’s nonprofit success, so choose the right individual to fill it.

Fundraising

Blackbaud

JUNE 16, 2025

If your community outreach programs are grant-funded, your funder likely requires you to report key metrics like the number of individuals served or how you were able to expand your programs into new areas. For instance, a dashboard showing ROI metrics for each program helps fundraisers answer donor questions on the spot.

Finance

Qgiv

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

To determine these target metrics, review past event results. Determining the auction budget. To set an accurate budget for this event, assess past event budgets for similar experiences. To set an accurate budget for this event, assess past event budgets for similar experiences. Continue to use email.

Procurement

Grant Professionals Association

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Year to Date As you review the year so far, review your metrics to illustrate the excellent work you and your team completed. Prepare to request budget or timeline revisions as needed. Develop or revise your budget for professional development in 2025. Consider the following: How many grants and LOIs did you submit?

GPCI

Greater Giving

JULY 23, 2025

Focus on relevant metrics. For instance, platforms with customizable dashboards might let you toggle between data for relevant metrics, like donor retention, acquisition trends, and campaign return on investment. When assessing new data management software, be mindful of your budget and timeline. Invest in scalable practices.

Management

NonProfit PRO

JULY 14, 2025

Even with strong performance data, questions about staffing, budget and planning could stand in the way of getting a texting program off the ground. ‘It’s Not in the Budget.’ ’ If your current budget is tight, consider reallocating funds from underperforming digital channels. setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

Retail

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 27, 2025

nonprofits rely on government grants, but these vital funds are increasingly at risk due to federal budget cuts. Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad. window.dfp_npp_interstitial = googletag.defineSlot("/124057991/npp_interstitial", [[640,480]], "napco-ad-npp_interstitial").addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

AI

Community Boost

JUNE 27, 2025

You don’t need 100 metrics, just the 5–10 that truly drive relationships and retention for your organization 2. DonorDock’s ActionBoard and Otto is one example of how tools are evolving to serve real nonprofit needs, not just big orgs with big budgets. Your nonprofit doesn’t need another dashboard. You need clarity. You need direction.

Burnout

NonProfit PRO

JULY 18, 2025

Budget-Friendly Incentives That Actually Work One of the most common concerns we hear from nonprofits is, “But we don’t have the budget for big prizes.” Here are just a few budget-friendly ideas: VIP access. Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

Retail

Blackbaud

JULY 31, 2025

The post Annual Giving Basics: A Fundamental Guide for Yearly Donations first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud. Introduction to Annual Giving in Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT®️ : Watch this webinar to learn how to maximize your annual giving potential.

Donation

Blackbaud

APRIL 22, 2025

Nonprofits tend to operate on tighter budgets than their for-profit counterparts, meaning that recruitment scopes might vary between the two. The post Recruitment for Nonprofits 101: A Guide to Getting Started first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud. Connection to the cause. Resource availability.

Nonprofit

Bonterra

JULY 31, 2025

Users can also create their own messaging and campaigns then track success metrics. Real-time reporting: Design custom reports on events, campaigns, donor segments, and other metrics. Fundraising pages can be built for supporter donations, or users can enable supporters to create and share their own peer-to-peer fundraisers.

CRM

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 23, 2025

Only two-thirds offer health insurance; this drops to 12% for organizations with annual budgets of less than $250,000. and Noble Accounting Join Forces The Real Cost of Nonprofit Budget Cuts? Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("pid",

Funding

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 19, 2025

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AI

Big Fundraising Ideas

MARCH 18, 2025

How to Secure Sponsorships for Your School Fundraisers Blog Summary: School fundraisers are crucial for enhancing educational experiences. Sponsors may have concerns, budget limitations, or other commitments. Were Tight on Budget RightNow In this case, you can propose a payment timeline or a smaller sponsorship package.

Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

JULY 10, 2025

However, in organizations with operating budgets of $5 million or more, the salary gap between the executives and their staffs widens as organizational size increases. Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic", setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

Retail

Blackbaud

JULY 21, 2025

In this blog post, you’ll see why fund accounting software is the cornerstone for transforming your finance office into a modern, tech-enabled operation. For example, your system can automatically provide updates based on program or grant-specific budgets, so you know how much you still have left to spend. The result?

AI

NonProfit PRO

JULY 21, 2025

Despite widespread concerns for potential federal budget cuts and funding instability, 63% of nonprofit professionals remain optimistic about their organizations future. Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic", setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

Retail

amplifi

JANUARY 30, 2025

At amplifi, we use the 12-month metric but feel free to choose what works best for your audience. If youre like us and use the 12-month metric for active donors, you can consider anyone whose last gift was 13-23 months ago at risk of lapsing, and those who last gave 24 to 36 months ago as lapsed. Engagement. Click here!

Metrics

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 24, 2025

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Retail

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 6, 2025

Email Marketing This is a fine way to reach mass audiences on a budget. He has authored more than 150 guest columns that have appeared in daily newspapers, business journals and blogs across the country, and publishes Stratagems, a monthly e-newsletter exploring timely issues and trends in philanthropy. addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",

Retail

Big Fundraising Ideas

APRIL 22, 2025

Beyond Fundraising: Building Community Through SchoolEvents Blog Summary: School fundraising is more than just collecting donations-its an opportunity to bring together students, parents, teachers, and local businesses to create lasting memories and a sense of belonging. Include a range of bidding options to accommodate different budgets.

Fundraising

Wild Apricot

JULY 24, 2025

We’ll share a few smart, manageable steps (no big budget or marketing team required). User Engagement Metrics like bounce rate, dwell time and click-through rate show whether your site is delivering value. Internal Linking Linking related content throughout your site helps users explore more of your mission.

AI

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 25, 2025

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Retail

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 19, 2024

These metrics can then guide layout decisions, calls-to-action, and content structure. Make room in your budget and workflow for ongoing maintenancecontent updates, technical fixes, and periodic refreshes. For example, do you want to increase online donations by 15% in the next year, or reduce your sites bounce rate by 10%?

Nonprofit

NonProfit PRO

JULY 29, 2025

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Retail

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

For some reason, whether it be some requirement that they had to be a certain type of organization or a certain budget or serve a certain population, it's like, oh, okay. And then once I finally dug deeper and deeper and deeper, I would come across something that totally disqualified the client. What kind of program?

Instrumentl

Blackbaud

JANUARY 8, 2025

Another challenge is the over-dependence on data and quantitative metrics , which places undue emphasis on numbers while often neglecting qualitative insights, lived experience, diversity of perspectives, and real-world implications. Funding constraints and grant dependency further exacerbate these issues.

Burnout

Blackbaud

JULY 18, 2025

Practices may lose income due to small inefficiencies, outdated systems, or missed opportunities to engage and retain patients, even while sticking to an existing budget. Monitor key metrics like denial rates, clean claim rates, and payer response times. Maximizing revenue requires you to go beyond setting a budget.

Insurance

Ann Green's Nonprofit

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Marketing your organization on a budget is easy when you know the right strategies and tools to use. Once it comes time to get the word out about your event, you quickly realize you don’t have that much money left in your budget to create promotional materials and decide to deprioritize marketing.

Budget

Blackbaud

JULY 3, 2024

It’s easy to go over budget on marketi ng without seeing significant results. By tracking the right metrics, you’ll be able to determine what parts of your nonp rofit advertising stra tegy are successful and what needs to be adjusted. But what metrics are the right ones to monitor? Impressions What is this metric?

Metrics