Blackbaud

MARCH 15, 2024

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to measuring performance, but every successful fundraising team should have the ability to assess and refine its data. If you are not sure which metrics are essential or how to convert your data into something stakeholders can grasp and absorb, start simply by setting clear goals.

Strategic Plan

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

A very common “go-to” funding idea for small nonprofits is fundraising events. Some fundraising events are huge, drawing attendees and sponsors like moths to a flame. You can raise money with all kinds of fundraising events like parties, galas, sporting events, concerts… and the list goes on and on. BUT the flip side?

Fundraising

CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

Need to create your 2021 fundraising plan? Register for the course, “How To Create A Fundraising Plan For 2021” for only $115. “If And as far as fundraising planning goes, your fundraising plans were thrown off. Creating a Fundraising Plan. Creating a fundraising plan may seem daunting.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 12, 2022

As nonprofit fundraisers, we’re always thinking about our donors first. But donors aren’t the only people who make your fundraising events and campaigns successful, and they aren’t the only people whose needs you should be considering. Fundraising campaign promotion to their audience. ” tweet this. Gift match agreement.

Fundraising

Qgiv

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We’ll cover: How to set up a donation page Donation page best practices Our favorite donation page examples How to set up a donation page With today’s robust, user-friendly fundraising tools, building a donation page for your nonprofit is easier than ever. Track the performance of your form and keep adjusting to improve your fundraising.

Donation

Pamela Grow

JUNE 14, 2023

One way to cultivate positive donor relationships that increase retention is to choose fundraising ideas and donation methods that engage your audience. Here are simple definitions of and key differences between pledges and donations: Pledges. Some fundraisers are better suited to one gift type over the other.

Donation

Get Fully Funded

JULY 23, 2023

Using social media for fundraising isn’t a new strategy. And most nonprofits use Facebook for fundraising, especially around the holidays. Fundraising is all about building relationships and social media is just one tool to help you do that. It may not mean much for fundraising or it could mean a lot. It’s not an ATM.

Media

CauseVox

JANUARY 12, 2025

As virtual fundraisers have grown in importance and popularity over the past couple years, peer to peer fundraisers have emerged as a necessary tool for nonprofits looking to raise more with less effort. CauseVox offers users the opportunity to run optimized peer to peer fundraising campaigns with our easy-to-use software.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 13, 2022

While goals are vital to success, SMART fundraising goals help make sure you’re setting goals that you just can’t miss. The reality is this: goals ARE vital to success —especially when fundraising for new nonprofits. Fundraising goals help a nonprofit fulfill its mission. So, what exactly is a SMART fundraising goal?

Goals

Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Most nonprofit fundraisers consider general operating support (GOS) to be the holy grail of nonprofit donations. Foundations don’t share the same definition of general operating support Foundations surveyed were also invited to add comments about their general operating grants. private and community foundations by total giving.

Award

Selfish Giving

APRIL 29, 2019

They include activities that are both common to the fundraising sector and unique to their nonprofit at the same time. It’s hard to come up with one single definition of what the word means, or create best practice tactics that work for everyone. Go Beyond the Metrics. Numbers and metrics are always great!

Metrics

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Update: Marc has followed up with some more insight about how orchestras could improve their social media metrics. The full report is 24 pages, but it's definitely worth a look. Respondents were right in not treating social media as a silver bullet for fundraising , but the apparent focus on website traffic seems odd to me.

Media

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

From smaller, newer nonprofits to larger charitable organizations, measuring performance is a universally shared need, especially in the realm of fundraising. By collecting essential metrics as part of your program management process, you’ll be able to use this information to: Identify program gaps and areas of need. Diversity Metrics.

Management

Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2023

Fundraising is both an art and a science. To make fundraising a little easier for nonprofits, we put together this list of nonprofit fundraising best practices. Employ a strategic fundraising plan The first of our fundraising best practices for nonprofits is to employ a strategic fundraising plan.

Fundraising

NextAfter

MAY 17, 2023

But we definitely recommend enlisting the help of your dev and data teams to reduce the anxiety of making the leap from Universal Analytics to GA4. And the truth is that GA4 is ultimately more user-friendly (once you get the hang of it), offering more control and more valuable insights for digital fundraisers like you!

Metrics

Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Few things are as important to successful fundraising teams as clean data around your prospect portfolio and moves management. Standardization around portfolio tracking, donor interactions, documenting proposals, and next steps is critical to the health and sustainability of any fundraising program.

Management

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Check out this Fundraising Fundamentals eBook we made with our friends at Donorly to keep learning and honing your fundraising skills! If you’ve got events to highlight, reserve a section of your newsletter to promote your upcoming fundraisers and need-to-know events. Upcoming nonprofit events. Track email performance.

Fundraising

Just Write Grants

APRIL 8, 2024

If you answered B or C, you're definitely not alone. Celebrating Successes: Announce noteworthy milestones achieved in your mission, such as fundraising goals met or program expansions. Here are the key metrics to keep an eye on: Open Rates: This stat reveals how many people actually open your newsletter. The good news?

Metrics

OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

ways to bring in fundraising dollars and engage supporters is the time-tested fundraising event. If you’ve got event fundraising on the brain, you’ve come to the right post. Here, we’ll walk through 10 steps to putting together a fundraising event that’s out of this world. Set up for the big day.

Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 6, 2022

If your fundraising plan doesn’t include a strategy for finding, cultivating, and asking major donors for a large donation, you’re missing out on some big gifts for your small nonprofit. Actually, the Fundraising Effectiveness Project shows that 88% of all funds come from 12% of donors. Fundraising gets less stressful.

Nonprofit

The Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Simply having enough fundraising revenue isn’t enough to gauge if your nonprofit’s financially healthy. For instance, if 75% of your fundraising revenue comes from one-time donors, you should probably look into expanding other revenue streams such as corporate partnerships to build a more reliable support base. Expense efficiency.

Nonprofit

The Fundraising Coach

MAY 1, 2024

While communication metrics and donor feedback are good places to start stewarding donors, your nonprofit may overlook a valuable resource for enhancing donor stewardship: your bookkeeping data. This information is a powerful tool for communicating donor impact and establishing a plan to further their involvement over time.

Nonprofit

Qgiv

MAY 11, 2021

Nonprofits are expected to spend the entire $10,000 dollars each month, and there are performance-related metrics nonprofits must meet in order to continue receiving the grant (more on those later). However, Google has a separate Google for Education program you can check out if you’re fundraising for a school. The Basics.

Grants

Tom Ahern

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

I've heard it on 3 continents from top fundraisers. 400% is a HUGE upside in retention because of one OTHER bit of research, tracked routinely by the likes of Blackbaud and the Fundraising Effectiveness Project : 70-80% of first-time donors do NOT NOT NOT NOT make a second gift. Hello, Arianne! Great question.

Training

NextAfter

MAY 17, 2023

But we definitely recommend enlisting the help of your dev and data teams to reduce the anxiety of making the leap from Universal Analytics to GA4. And the truth is that GA4 is ultimately more user-friendly (once you get the hang of it), offering more control and more valuable insights for digital fundraisers like you!

Nonprofit

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The story goes that company co-founder, Jay Love, was attending a fundraising conference and caught a session by Adrian Sargeant. For decades, Adrian has been espousing the values of focusing on donor retention as a top-line metric of the health of an organization. Believe it or not, the latter is a major part of the story.

Software

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

Sometimes the only thing standing between you and launching a successful fundraising campaign to fund a new, needed program is an extra set of hands. You can definitely find a VA to do those. Your VA can track metrics and work with you to strategize on getting more out of your social media channels. FUNDRAISING.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

Here at Qgiv , we provide online fundraising solutions for nonprofit organizations. See how Qgiv can help you with your fundraising campaign! Determining each of these components can provide valuable clarification and insight for your team as you prepare for a specific fundraiser or general marketing push. Request Demo.

Nonprofit

Center for Major Gifts

AUGUST 18, 2024

Definition and Importance of Planned Giving Planned giving refers to the process of making a charitable gift during a donor’s life or at death that is part of their financial or estate plan. Balance your planned giving focus with other fundraising efforts to meet immediate needs while building for the future.

Pass-Through

CauseVox

JANUARY 16, 2025

Whether fundraising went as you desired in 2024 or veered off your ideal path, its crucial to recalibrate for the upcoming year. An annual nonprofit development plan (or fundraising plan ) is simply a document that includes your fundraising goals for the year and how you plan to reach them. Whats your plan for 2025?

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