Online donations to nonprofits increased dramatically in 2020, particularly in certain sectors, according to the new M+R Benchmarking report, which also includes new data on email marketing open rates and text messaging campaigns. Some sectors saw their online...
How does board turnover affect nonprofit financial performance? New research, published in the March 2021 issue of Nonprofit Management and Leadership, finds that a certain amount of board turnover is healthy and benefits nonprofits, as new board members bring new...
Facebook data can be valuable for nonprofits targeting new donors, according to research published earlier this year in the journal Decision Support Systems. The researchers constructed a model using certain Facebook data with high predictive value — data...
A new report takes an in-depth look at 150+ charities who used Facebook for fundraising in 2019 and 2020. How much money are groups raising using Facebook fundraisers? Note: the report was produced by GivePanel, a firm that produces a tool used for Facebook...
An analysis of 2,600 donor-advised funds in Michigan sheds new light on how the philanthropy vehicles distribute money. The study was commissioned by the Council of Michigan Foundations and carried out by researchers at Grand Valley State University. The findings,...
If boards want lower compensation for their executives, they might consider this one neat trick: kicking CEOs out of the room during compensation discussions, according to new research. Researchers recently dove into 990s of over 1,600 New York nonprofits to analyze...