Greater Giving

AUGUST 30, 2024

Use Your Experience to Put Together a Post-Event Case Study to Learn From. If you want to learn more about the success of a specific program, initiative, or event, a case study can help. In this article, we’ll show you the power of a post-event case study and how to create your own. There’s no better teacher than experience.

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The Fundraiser Coach

JANUARY 20, 2025

Pressure to Meet Metrics: Fundraisers are often measured (sometimes exclusively) by dollars raised, not relationships nurtured, leading to a “chase the next gift” mentality. This includes aligning metrics and goals to reward relationship-building, not just dollars raised. It omits avenues for relationship building.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 30, 2024

Decision: The supporter subscribes to the nonprofit’s newsletter and registers for a beach clean-up and recycling event. At the event, the donor asks staff about the specific ways your organization prioritizes sustainability before ultimately making a donation. Personalize communications.

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The Fundraising Coach

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

If you’re unsure about which data metrics to keep an eye on, then you’re in the right place. In this guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about website data metrics, including: . Why Are Website Data Metrics Important? Top Website Data Metrics to Track. Why Are Website Data Metrics Important? .

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2023

Use these donor insights to support your nonprofit’s text-to-give strategies and drive a greater ROI: Donation frequency Donation recency Donation amount Demographics Level of involvement To track these metrics and set your text-to-give campaign up for success, you’ll need the right tools.

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CauseVox

JULY 6, 2021

If you’re planning on hosting a fundraising event and you want the perfect online fundraising platform, you need to do your research. A good nonprofit event fundraising platform will help you raise more with less effort: it creates a streamlined, simple experience for you, your fundraisers, and your donors. Ease Of Use.

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DoJiggy

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Organizing an event, whether its a charity gala or a school carnival , involves juggling multiple moving parts. Fortunately, incorporating technology into your event planning process can significantly boost efficiency and revenue. Real-Time Updates: Event software can send reminders to attendees or update them about schedule changes.

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Greater Giving

MAY 25, 2022

Fundamental Strategies to Maximize your Event Marketing ROI. Hosting and marketing a successful event can require a significant investment of time and resources. This guide will look at four transformational fundraising strategies for increasing your nonprofit’s ROI from its event marketing outreach. Previous event attendance.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

MAY 28, 2024

Make sure to cover more logistical questions during the interview as well, like how the partner will track impact metrics during the partnership. Your nonprofit could hold a dog-friendly 5K and work with a local dog daycare to support the fundraising event. Casey Dorman is the Sales Manager at Gingr software.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 12, 2022

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. One of the most effective ways to propel your fundraising event and campaign to the next level, both in terms of financial and promotional support, is through sponsorships.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2022

To get started, let’s go over some of the types of metrics your nonprofits can track: Types of Data Analytics for Nonprofits. Fundraising Metrics. One of the most crucial data sets to keep an eye on are your fundraising metrics. Social Media Metrics. Fundraising Event Metrics.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Before you begin any project involving data analysis, start by clearly outlining your goal so you know which metrics to analyze. A giving trigger is the marketing tactic, event, fundraising appeal, or other form of communication that motivates a donor to give. Understand donors’ giving behaviors. Monitor data and adjust your appeals.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 30, 2011

This month, our Chief Apricot goes behind the scenes to share information about our support team, and how we track our support metrics. He also provides more information about our future releases, including screenshots of our proposed event redesign! read more ).

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Joe Garecht Fundraising

MARCH 7, 2022

Use these metrics to better understand your fundraising efforts, find areas for improvement, and create a more impactful fundraising strategy. #1: This dashboard will help you track the metrics that matter and demonstrate your fundraising performance over time. . #2: 1: Donor Acquisition Rate. 2: Donor Lapse Rate.

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Blackbaud

JUNE 21, 2024

If supporters or students have questions about an event, fundraiser, application, or anything else, they can easily ask and receive an answer via text. Depending on your unique marketing and fundraising goals, you might also use texts to thank donors, request feedback, promote events, share links to your website or social media , and more.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

OCTOBER 2, 2024

By Jay Love Is your nonprofit looking to reach new audiences with your fundraising appeals , volunteer events, and advocacy opportunities? Co-host events with community organizations. Reach out to other organizations to see if they’d be interested in co-hosting events with your nonprofit. You’re in the right place!

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Pamela Grow

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Event participation: Acknowledge their involvement in past events, volunteer efforts, or advocacy work to deepen their connection to your mission. Consider what action you want readers to take after reading your letter or postcard, such as donating to a specific initiative or attending an event.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2024

This is very common for fundraising campaigns and inviting people to events, as well as including a link to your email newsletter on your social media platforms. You’ll also want to send regular reminders for fundraising appeals and event invitations. The same is true for event invitations or recruiting volunteers.

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Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 2, 2024

If you’re relying too much on grants and events and those aren’t bringing in the revenue you need, focus more on individual giving. Look at metrics such as website visits and email open rates. It will be different for every organization. If you’re doing okay, keep it up. Many nonprofits raise the most money from individual giving.

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Candid

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Relying on one-time events or mass marketing efforts One-time events such as auctions, galas, and raffles are expensive to produce and almost always result in limited return on investment. Events, social media, and marketing are only small links in a much bigger chain of interactions with supporters.

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The Fundraiser Coach

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

One of the biggest challenges we face as major gift fundraisers is balancing two distinct ways of thinking: our internal, metrics-driven mindset versus the donor-focused approach that builds relationships. Call to share a quick update, invite them to an event, or simply say thank you.

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DoJiggy

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Collecting Data While it can seem daunting to think about collecting data for lesser-known metrics, it is worth noting that your nonprofit probably already uses software that can help. 9 Important Fundraising Metrics 1. The good news is that there’s now more information than ever to help us make informed, data-driven decisions.

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Blackbaud

MARCH 13, 2024

As peer-to-peer fundraisers are all too aware, those were particularly disruptive years for the industry given the impact of COVID-19 on in-person events. Have in-person events rebounded? Key Takeaways Fewer Total Events Compared to a baseline of total events in 2020, the total number of events declined by 18.8%

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

How’d your last peer-to-peer event go? If you want to attract more participants to your peer-to-peer fundraising event, consider how you’re marketing it! Where will your audience see your event advertised? Read on for Qgiv’s peer-to-peer fundraising best practices for event marketing. Start with a Facebook event page.

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Planned Giving

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

You’ve seen it before: a nonprofit posts about a successful event on its Facebook page (or LinkedIn, or Twitter, or Pinterest, or…) and racks up thousands of likes and shares. Put the right analytics in place to track quantitative proxies for qualitative metrics. The team high-fives and takes a bow and … then what happens?

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Qgiv

JANUARY 16, 2024

When you start planning your fundraising events, you want to make registration and management as easy as possible for both you and your donors. With the right event management software for nonprofits, you can run your fundraising events more efficiently, helping you raise more money for your cause.

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The Fundraising Coach

MARCH 15, 2021

We’ve helped thousands of successful nonprofits understand the fundraising metrics which are most critical to crafting a winning fundraising strategy. In this article, we’ll explore the following 6 fundraising metrics: Fundraising ROI. Essentially, this metric reveals how much money you raised for each dollar you spent on fundraising.

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Candid

MAY 14, 2024

A social media audit involves reviewing your organization’s complete social media presence, not just analyzing the metrics (to learn about assessing metrics, read my article on creating a social media plan ). Like your annual spring cleaning, it’s something you should do every year, and it’s a great way to clean up your digital space.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Progress bar with CauseVox automated matching And it’s not just about the money—CauseVox also displays impact metrics, so donors can see the tangible results of their gifts, like meals served, trees planted, or hours of service funded. Plus, when there is a match in place, these metrics automatically double!

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 30, 2024

When I started my nonprofit fundraising career a decade ago, all I knew were spreadsheets, paper bid sheets, and manually charging sales for each guest at a fundraising event. I’ve had a few teams ask if they should be entering their donor information into both their donor software and Greater Giving pre-event.

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CauseVox

APRIL 26, 2021

When you put on a fundraising event, the most important element of success is ticket sales: if no one shows up to your event, none of your other metrics will be successful. As we’ve moved into more and more virtual or hybrid events , nonprofit leaders have been asking how to get people on board for this new style of event.

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Not Your Father's Charity

MAY 25, 2022

For instance, you could create an event with them in mind. A good plan also includes metrics to measure your progress over time. So, you could ask them if they would host an event for potential donor prospects at the major gift level. This type of event works very well with corporations.

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Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

They often are triggered to donate by a cultural event, international conflict, or legal decision. Did they donate in the days or hours after a motivating event, such as a convention, debate, or speech? A postcard or a personalized invitation to an event with a handwritten signature sets your organization apart.

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OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

[Event-ebook-top] There are plenty of ways to raise money, but one of the most popular (and let’s face it: fun!) 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. Set up for the big day.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2024

Elevate Your Impact: Crafting a Winning Fundraising Plan for Your Next Charity Event As a nonprofit professional, you understand the importance of effective fundraising. This blog post outlines the key elements for creating a successful fundraising plan for your next charity event, empowering you to maximize your impact.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Event Invitations Craft Engaging Event Experiences The Invitation Chair takes the reins on the Event Committee , orchestrating a symphony of creativity and strategic communication to create an unforgettable event experience. Devising Engaging Campaigns Bring the event to life online.

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DoJiggy

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Organizing a fundraising event can be both exciting and daunting. But when it comes to hosting a charity gala event, there’s a distinct kind of magic in the air. From the minute guests walk into these special events, they are typically enveloped in a spirit of generosity and want to make a positive mark on the world.

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