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2024 Year-End Recap: Evaluating Fundraising Events

Greater Giving

Whether your events included auctions, galas, or virtual campaigns, understanding key metrics and takeaways will set you up for even greater success next year. Heres why you should prioritize a thorough review: Measure Performance Track goals like attendance, revenue, and donor engagement.

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Projected Grant Writing Trends for 2025: What Nonprofits Need to Know

Just Write Grants

In this blog post, well explore the key grant writing trends anticipated for 2025, including technological advancements, shifting priorities, and emerging best practices. DEI Metrics and Reporting Nonprofits will be required to report on DEI metrics , including: Workforce Diversity : Providing data on the diversity of staff and leadership.

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Start Strong: Build Donor Connection That Lasts

The Fundraiser Coach

blog series, a six-part guide for building stronger, more sustainable donor relationships. In unsettled times, it’s tempting to focus on metrics: number of meetings, dollars raised, goals hit. Build Connection: The First Step in Securing Transformational Gifts Welcome to my B.R.I.D.G.E. What Gets in the Way of Connection?

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Return on Mission: A Framework to Measure Success at Philanthropic Organizations

Blackbaud

To better understand the shortcomings of for-profit metrics as a true measure of nonprofit success, lets look at how return on investment (ROI) is calculated. You will have the elements to translate between and marry the business metrics that ROI measured and your mission impact criteria.

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Rethinking Annual Giving Metrics: A New Storyline for Higher Ed

Blackbaud

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.

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What Are Key Event Metrics and Why Do They Matter?

Greater Giving

These key event metrics quantify the success of your events, and can show you how to improve them. Tracking these key event metrics can deliver critical insight into what you’re doing well, and where your events need improvement. So what are those metrics, and what data do you need to track to analyze them? Sponsorship Dollars.

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7 Database Goals for Your Independent School’s Capital Campaign

Blackbaud

Just as a successful capital campaign follows defined steps and milestones, so does the work of a database manager—nitty-gritty, behind-the-scenes tasks to keep the campaign moving toward its goal. Gifts from prospects on the top of your giving pyramid are necessary to meet your campaign goal. Review reporting. Add data health tools.

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