by Bill Jacobs | Feb 21, 2024 | analytics, Non-profit, Uncategorized
We are knee-deep in analyzing last fall’s results. While there is of course some variation in results by organization, the general narrative is that last fall wasn’t great . . . but it wasn’t awful either. It was just OK. What we are seeing is that overall revenue was...
by Bill Jacobs | Feb 13, 2024 | Non-profit, Nonprofits, Uncategorized
In honor of International Data Week, I’m sharing how the future of fundraising will evolve. Many people are concerned about fundraising (I’m not btw). For nearly two decades, the “experts” have been predicting the death of direct mail fundraising. Eventually, the...
by Bill Jacobs | Feb 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
For the past decade or so, when fundraising analysts gather together around the bar at a conference, the discussion invariably leads to a debate on how the generosity of the Boomer generation comes to an end (after we put away our slide rules and stop talking about...
by Sarah Smith | Jan 11, 2024 | analytics, Non-profit, nonprofit analytics, Nonprofits, Uncategorized
Thanks to the emergence of multi-channel fundraising, performance reporting and planning have become more complicated. One of the great challenges for nonprofits is forecasting their fundraising revenue and donor base. Projecting donor and revenue growth based on the...
