The Fundraising Coach

MAY 30, 2025

Charitable gift annuities (CGAs): CGAs are contracts between a donor and a nonprofit. While planned giving programs can take years to yield actual gifts, it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be tracking every metric from the program’s inception! After the donor passes away, the nonprofit retains the remaining value.

CRM

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Performance of the organization: If the organization has strong growth and positive financial metrics , they will be more likely to share this information. Contributions increase when total assets, program ratio, and operating margin increase, which is why it’s important to understand these metrics for your own organization.

Metrics

Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Sales Ops Metrics & KPIs. Performance Metrics Analyses. Contract Lifecycle Management. Selection of Key Sales Metrics to Adopt. Contract Management. Contract Lifecycle Management. Customer contract life cycle management. Here’s everything we’ll cover in this guide. Performance.

IT

GrantNews

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The order and word usage will differ but they each contain the following sections: Project Goals Scope of Work Current Roadblocks and Barriers to Success Evaluation Metrics and Criteria Submission Requirements These categories are all geared toward helping you ascertain whether your organization will qualify for funding.

LOI

Millionaire Grant Lady

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

We work hard to research relevant literature and data to show the need our client aims to meet, and we always include measurable metrics to gauge the long-term success of the program. Most importantly, our success is tied to the success of our clients.

Grants

Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Well, if the M&G rate is capped at 10% but your organization’s M&G rate is 20%, then you should be aware that only half of the project’s M&G will be funded (if you are awarded the contract, that is). But the complexity of M&G continues!

Contract

Blue Avocado

JANUARY 30, 2024

Well, if the M&G rate is capped at 10% but your organization’s M&G rate is 20%, then you should be aware that only half of the project’s M&G will be funded (if you are awarded the contract, that is). But the complexity of M&G continues!

Applicant

CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Our activity metric is set to “minutes” so that people can track/log the minutes they spend doing whatever activity, rather than tracking miles. CauseVox’s activity metric supported this flexibility perfectly: participants could track minutes related to any activity and share more information on their fundraiser page. The Flexibility.

Metrics

Grant Professionals Association

MAY 22, 2024

What you do as a successful individual giving officer is, sit in front of a blinking cursor and a screen full of empty boxes that ask for outcome metrics. Complete the application in ninety days, and we will present your proposal at the next board meeting.” Create philanthropic policies that incentivize partnership.

Grants

Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

What can you do to improve the metrics that matter? Put all your goals on paper and include every metric you need to measure to meet the goals in your fundraising plan. A contract with your local school district? Check your metrics, focusing on overall numbers and growth. What’s working? What’s not working? A vehicle?

Metrics

Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

As the number of students we taught rose and tenure-track faculty left, they were replaced with wonderful, intelligent, highly-trained contingent faculty with heavy teaching loads, by-the-course or one-year contracts, and little to no support for equipment, materials, or professional development. There’s sick days built into your contract.

Ethics

CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

These strategies should also have specific metrics and/or KPIs associated with them to measure their success. Typical fundraising software is clunky, complex, and contract-bound, but CauseVox tidies up your digital fundraising to help you raise more with less effort. For example, how many new donors do you expect to acquire?

Calendar

The NonProfit Times

APRIL 18, 2024

The top 50 organizations outperformed the also-rans on a variety of metrics, as they have in the 13 years this study has been conducted (not a surprise).

Metrics

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

With Bloomerang , nonprofits can track and measure the metrics that matter most to them, including donor retention, major gift prospect numbers, and corporate giving totals. In addition, users note escalating contracts and unclear fee structures. You must also be a new HubSpot customer and willing to lock into an annual contract.

CRM

The Fundraising Coach

APRIL 9, 2024

You’ll also need to discuss the costs of the contract. You’ll also want to discuss what tools you’ll use to track your project’s success, such as fundraising software and CRM platforms like Salesforce , and decide on which metrics to pay attention to. Determine how your consultant will be paid.

Consultant

Center for Major Gifts

AUGUST 18, 2024

Charitable Gift Annuities A charitable gift annuity is a contract between a donor and a charity. However, you can measure early success through metrics like the number of new commitments and the growth of your legacy society. After the donor’s death, the remaining funds go to the charity.

Pass-Through