Candid

OCTOBER 16, 2024

They pick a goal, define strategies, and stay focused on the small handful of metrics that measure the execution of the strategy. Successful nonprofits try to solve one specific difficult problem.

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Gail Perry Group

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

You can build up your teams confidence by giving your fundraisers ongoing training and practice. Are You Focusing on a Metric Like "Asks per Month?" We are all for setting clear metrics! However, some fundraisers will send proposals or make lukewarm Asks simply to hit the metric for the month. It can be so confusing!

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Candid

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Leadership development: PBIs help train local leaders, build resilient organizations, and prevent burnout. Here are the primary functions of PBIs: Capacity building: PBIs provide support for grassroots organizations that may lack the infrastructure or resources to scale their impact. How have place-based intermediaries made a difference?

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Candid

JANUARY 28, 2025

Therefore, decisions made regarding technology, the practices guiding its use, and the training provided can lead to either equitable or inequitable outcomes for those communities. She also suggests they use metrics to demonstrate the difference you make. Will a CRM system help you track your beneficiaries more effectively?

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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. In addition to the successes, thoughtful consideration of the challenges faced can help you gain insights into areas where you need more training or different systems to ensure smoother grant processes.

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Just Write Grants

JANUARY 9, 2025

Set Up Metrics for Success Funders want to know that their money will make an impact. Clearly outline the metrics you will use to evaluate the success of your project. For instance: If your goal is to provide job training for 500 individuals, specify how you will measure outcomes such as job placements or increased income levels.

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DoJiggy

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Learning Curve Another concern is the time required to train staff on new tools. Be prepared to answer questions about costs, training, and security. Train Your Team Provide thorough training sessions, guides, and resources to ensure everyone understands how to use the platform effectively.

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Blackbaud

MAY 5, 2025

This includes a formal grading rubric that aligns the questions on your application to specific metrics. Require reviewers to participate in training so you create a consistent understanding of the requirements and rubric. Your training should also show them how to apply the requirements based on the goals of the program.

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Gail Perry Group

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Do Your Major Gift Officers Lack Experience and Training? Here's how you can help: You cant expect your team to perform at a high level without proper training. Youcanset your team up for success when you invest in their training and professional development. We are hearing: The fundraisers are new to major gifts.

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Blackbaud

JUNE 6, 2025

This finding is particularly puzzling because the majority of those surveyed expressed confidence in their abilities, in the effectiveness of their fundraising materials, and in the fairness of their performance metrics. This shift in perspective can transform how we engage with prospects.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Key practices include setting clear objectives, analyzing metrics, and celebrating successes to foster accountability andmorale. Quantify results: Use metrics like satisfaction scores, participation rates, and budget comparisons to identify patterns. Identify trends: Look for recurring issues or standout successes.

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Blackbaud

JUNE 12, 2025

Important activities: Allocate resources, launch programs, and train staff. Important activities: Prepare progress and financial reports that follow the funder’s specific guidelines, using both quantitative data (like metrics and KPIs) and qualitative insights (such as testimonials and stories).

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Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Are obsessed with defining metrics of success and tracking program outcomes. ® provides grant writing training and discounted services to underserved 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations with budgets of less than $3 million. ® Grant Writing Training and discounted services here. Let's chat here. Get.Grants.Better.®

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

To be successful in securing grant funding, individuals must grasp the basic components involved in the grant application process, including eligibility criteria, application procedures, and evaluation metrics. A solid impact assessment includes the methods for evaluation and metrics to track progress.

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GrantNews

JANUARY 2, 2025

For example, you can apply for grants to fund equality training for your team. In truth, tracking metrics like donor retention, return per acquisition, and volunteer engagement helps teams increases productivity, optimize their marketing budget and more. However, for some it has opened our eyes as to where we should put our efforts.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 28, 2025

Hold brand training sessions and provide simple brand guidelines so everyone feels equipped to share your story. Measure Your Progress and Refine Track Key Brand Metrics Brand clarity is about more than warm, fuzzy feelingsit also impacts measurable results. Keep an eye on: Donor Retention Rates: Are first-time donors coming back?

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Think and Ink Grants

JANUARY 13, 2025

This begins with defining your metrics of success before the project even starts. If your organization lacks expertise in grant-seeking, consider consulting professionals or training staff to bolster your efforts. Grant Writing Training and discounted services here. A well-thought-out plan is key to securing consistent funding.

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Assel Grant Services

JULY 6, 2024

Grant Professional Association’s GrantZone has over 70 discussion threads on grant metrics, from understanding if a new position’s expectations are realistic to helping directors identify accurate metrics for a team. Having a universal understanding of what an organization hopes to gain from metrics creates purpose.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 7, 2024

For more, check out master storyteller Vanessa Chase Lockshin’s 30 minute training. The email open rate for nonprofits is roughly 25%, according to many companies that track these metrics. Storytelling Email As in all donor comms — including your emails — let storytelling guide you. But how do you make yours engaging?

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GrantNews

DECEMBER 23, 2024

This lets you show real metrics and results for what you’ve been doing all year. Oral Health, Animal Health, and Youth Agricultural Leadership : Grants to nonprofit organizations for projects and programs related to oral health, animal health, or youth agricultural leadership training.

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Just Write Grants

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Calculate anticipated expenses and projected outcomes to create a “cost per outcome” metric (e.g., Highlight these metrics in your proposal to build funder confidence in your financial stewardship. To showcase this, present both the outputs (e.g., "200 students trained") and outcomes (e.g., “80%

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 21, 2025

For instance, a people-centered proposal can lay the foundation for lifelong benefits, from early childhood education to higher education, workforce training, recreational activities, healthcare access, and senior living. The ripple effects of this practice also extend far beyond a single project.

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Center for Major Gifts

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

While emotion is a powerful tool, data-driven success metrics add credibility and transparency to the ask. Providing them with talking points, success stories, and impact metrics can help them feel confident when engaging potential donors. Donors appreciate knowing that their investment is backed by measurable results.

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Allied Grant Writers

MARCH 17, 2025

Ministry Development Grants: These grants support internal projects such as leadership training, volunteer development, and new ministry initiatives that aim to strengthen the internal structure and outreach capabilities of the church. Evaluation Plan: Outline the metrics and methods that will be used to assess the projects success.

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Planned Giving

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Making It Easy: Your Path to Legacy Giving Success For Your Team Training: Train all gift officers in planned giving basics (we saw a 35% increase in referrals). Set clear metrics for success. Build Your Team Train your gift officers. Every $1 invested in these communications generated $15 in documented planned gifts.

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Gail Perry Group

JANUARY 22, 2025

Its all based on thoughtful metrics like donor engagement, frequency of gifts, and giving history. We recommend that teams set individual and shared metrics for success which offer clear accountability. We recommend that every donor or prospect in a portfolio should have an engagement plan.

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Blue Avocado

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

While most who responded would agree that counting the number of program participants, clients served, and funds raised each year are solid metrics, success looks different to every organization. ” The entire Blue Avocado team was amazed by the number of thoughtful and enlightening answers that nonprofit leaders like you shared!

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Millionaire Grant Lady

MAY 3, 2024

Lately, it seems I can hardly open a newsletter, attend a training, or look at a conference schedule without seeing the word AI popping up everywhere. With this expertise in mind, we have tested many AI platforms, attended training on AI, and assessed the writing AI has produced for us. Can you train AI? Would you write that?

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Community Boost

APRIL 17, 2025

Fortunately, theres key metrics that can help you track whats working and what needs tweaking. Using tools like CRM systems for donors, social media analytics for online engagement, and software for managing volunteers makes tracking these metrics easier and gives you valuable data-driven insights.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Value propositions need proof points, which in nonprofits show the social return on investment by identifying and confirming the improvements and providing metrics like the percentage of the problem solved. When combined with proof points, a value proposition can transform and empower programs.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 13, 2024

Invest in onboarding and coaching messaging streams to train your new participants every step of the way. This metric is one to watch for the future. That’s whyreturning participants are so valuable and nonprofits need to keep stewarding, engaging, and communicating with P2P participants so they keep coming back.

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Blackbaud

OCTOBER 8, 2024

From my experience, this reveals a gap in their skillset or lack of fundraising training, not a chronic incapacity to solicit a matching gift or monthly donation. Leverage Technology Last, think about ways that technology can play a role in this training. Is it possible to give board members an online dashboard to track their progress?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

By examining details about these projects, such as the project title and abstract (if available), the award amount, the location of the funded organization, and other relevant metrics, nonprofits can tailor their grant proposals to that foundation.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

APRIL 14, 2023

I knew I would love the conversation the second I learned she attended Dr. Brené Brown’s Dare to Lead training, but I didn’t know that Julie had her own experiences that I related to. That is exactly how I felt when Julie Boll joined the Fundraising HayDay podcast.

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Candid

JANUARY 21, 2025

This includes not just purchasing tools but also covering costs for training, maintenance, and capacity building. How to measure success in equity with AI To ensure AI initiatives advance equity and impact, the nonprofit sector could adopt metrics that capture both quantitative and qualitative outcomes. Reframe authenticity concerns.

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Candid

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Any nonprofit can earn a Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum Seal by demonstrating its commitment to transparency and sharing information about its mission, programs, financials, leadership, and/or goals and metrics. This Candid insights article details how to earn a seal and increase visibility and, in turn, fundraising potential.

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Allied Grant Writers

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Evaluation Plan : A strategy for assessing the success of the project, including metrics to measure impact. Grant Writing Workshops and Training Engaging in workshops and training sessions focused on grant writing is an excellent way to improve skills and gain insights into best practices.

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