by Bill Jacobs | Oct 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Over the years, there are a couple of reoccurring mistakes that nonprofit organizations tend to make. One of the mostly costly are legacy “no mail” or “restricted mail” flags. One day, no one usually knows when or why, a donor gets flagged as “no mail.” And then, it...
by Bill Jacobs | Oct 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Goodness gracious. Are you serious? Apparently in UK, COVID19 cases were under reported due to an Excel limitation on the number of cases in a database. Lives are at stake people! Use the right tools of the trade. And even when lives are not at stake, use the right...
by Bill Jacobs | Aug 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
I’ll start with the obvious: No one knows how this fall’s fundraising campaigns will do. We are at in a turbulent time. Global pandemic. Rising unemployment. Stimulus checks. Divisive election. World powers butting heads. Us analyst rely heavily on past data to give...
by Bill Jacobs | Jul 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
I think few would argue that thus far, 2020 has been memorable for all the wrong reasons. However, while we all may be struggling, charitable donors have been very generous in the first half of this difficult year. This month (July 2020) we analyzed donor files of...
by Bill Jacobs | Jul 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
In the past months, we have all been faced with uncertainty. It’s our new normal. And while there is often confusion today between what is truth and what is fiction, each nonprofit organization has a gold mine of certainty at their fingertips – their donor database....
