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How to Use Your Nonprofit Data For Strategic Planning

Strategic planning can feel like a big undertaking, especially for small and mid-sized nonprofits where staff wear multiple hats and time is limited. But a solid strategic plan does not have to be complicated. What it does need is grounding in real data. The good...

Why Data Governance Should Be Part of Your Nonprofit CRM Plan

Your nonprofit is about to invest in a CRM. You have shopped around, attended demos, and made your shortlist. But one thing many nonprofits overlook is how they will actually use that database once it is live. A nonprofit CRM can provide a wealth of information to...

How to Customize Your Nonprofit CRM for Better Results

Your nonprofit's mission is unique. Your donor relationships are unique. Your CRM should be too. Most nonprofits start with a donor management system, enter the basics, and then quietly work around the gaps, keeping a separate spreadsheet for membership levels here, a...

How to Clean Up Your Nonprofit Donor Data

Your donor database is only as valuable as the data inside it. Duplicate records, outdated addresses, and inconsistent entries do not just create an organizational headache. They produce inaccurate reports, waste money on undeliverable mail, and can quietly erode...

How to Use Financial Data in Nonprofit Storytelling

Accurate financial data is the foundation of evidence-based storytelling. Learn how to transform your nonprofit’s bookkeeping data into a powerful story.

Why Nonprofit Reporting Matters and How a True CRM Delivers

We hear it more often than you might expect. A nonprofit team logs into their CRM, enters a few contacts, maybe records a donation or two, and calls it a day. The reporting tab? Untouched. The data? Sitting there quietly, doing nothing. If that sounds familiar, you're...

What Is RFM Reporting and Why Should Nonprofits Care?

Not all donors are the same. Some give every year like clockwork. Some made a generous one-time gift and haven't been heard from since. Some are just waiting to be asked again at the right moment. RFM reporting helps you tell them apart and reach out accordingly. If...

The Most Important Donor Retention Metrics (and How to Use Them)

Donor retention is one of the most important fundraising metrics a nonprofit can track. It plays a major role in long-term sustainability, donor relationships, and overall revenue growth. Acquiring new donors takes more time and money than keeping existing ones...

Start the Year Strong: 7 Ways to Analyze Your Fundraising Data for Success

Your nonprofit CRM holds a wealth of information about your fundraising. However, so many nonprofits are sitting on their data without taking the time to leverage it to boost their fundraising. The start of a new year is a great time to run through your data and spot...

6 Practical Ways AI Can Help Your Nonprofit Work Smarter (Not Harder)

You're wearing five hats today: grant writer, event planner, donor steward, social media manager, and somehow you still need to figure out why donations are down this quarter. Sound familiar? You've probably been hearing about AI constantly. Maybe you're curious but...

Top 4 Fundraising Reports to Watch

Blog, Fundraising

Is data part of your fundraising strategy? Fundraising Report Card defines data-driven fundraising as fundraising that is compelled by data, not intuition or gut-feel. Using the data in your database will help you develop a more cohesive fundraising strategy....

DonorSnap April 2021 System Updates

System Updates

Added searching to DataMiner Platinum Field Export Selection and Query Builder tabs and alphabetized the field order. Updated the following reports to include a standardized set of fields in the export, include user-defined fields, and various functionality additions:...

How to Account for Credit Card Fees When Collecting Online Donations

Tips & Tricks, Uncategorized

Collecting online donations is a great way to reach potential new donors. It is no surprise that millennials prefer online and social giving, and organizations need to provide an outlet for this demographic. Online payment processors charge small fees for accepting...

SalesForce™ Not Designed For Non Profits

Donor Management Software, Uncategorized

Salesforce is one of the largest software companies in the world. It is well known as one of the most successful business Customer Relationship Management platforms on the market. While Salesforce is a great CRM solution for for-profit organizations, it was not...

DonorSnap Responsive Forms Tool Updates: February 2021

Blog, System Updates, Tips & Tricks

DonorSnap's Responsive Forms tool allows you to create interactive web forms to collect information directly from your contacts over the internet. The Responsive Forms tool has been recently updated with two new features. Both donation and interaction with payment...

Excel vs DonorSnap for DonorManagement

Blog, Donor Management Software, Uncategorized

Excel vs DonorSnap for Donor Management In the blog article “6 Reasons to Upgrade from Excel to a NonProfit CRM” we covered the pitfalls of using Excel as your nonprofit database. Excel can be a useful tool to start, but quickly outlives its effectiveness. As your...

Comparing PayPal and DonorSnap with goEmerchant for Online Donations

Blog

Watch the PayPal vs. DonorSnap with goEmerchant Webinar. Are you using PayPal to collect online donations? Many nonprofits use PayPal because of their discounted nonprofit rates. While PayPal is a great choice for many nonprofits, there are other options for...

6 Reasons to Upgrade from Excel to a Nonprofit CRM

Blog, Donor Management Software

Is your nonprofit using excel as its database? Many small or newer nonprofits will use excel to track all of their donors and donation data. This is a common and affordable approach for a season, but there are a number of reasons why most nonprofits can’t afford to...

Four Ways Automation Will Help Your Nonprofit Succeed

Blog, Donor Management Software

Do you agree that people are your nonprofit’s most valuable resource? If so, then you know how much your staff and volunteers do to carry out your mission. With only so many hours in the day, are you focusing on tasks that could be left to automation? Many nonprofits...

Giving Tuesday ⇨ Spam Tuesday ⇨ Blacklist Tuesday

Fundraising

Are you going to damage your email reputation for the dream of easy money? This is an extremely important question to ask yourself as you get ready for Giving Tuesday. Don’t let it become the day that you SPAM all of your supporters, and lose the privilege to email...

How to Find Duplicates in your Database using an NCOA Cleaning

Blog

There is no magic pill that will keep your contact list free of duplicates. Even the organizations with full-time staffs are plagued with this problem. In a past article, I wrote about DonorSnap’s live duplicate checking tool that will alert you to possible...

Protecting Your Donors’ Information on the Internet

Blog

Lately you’ve seen many news stories relating to data breaches and personal information being hacked, and you may be wondering, “How can I protect my nonprofit organization?” The advent of the internet world in many ways have been a blessing and a curse. Data is now...

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