by Rebecca Davis | Mar 5, 2020 | Data and Analytics, Fundraising, Planning, Productivity
You’ve sat in that meeting: the one where a member of the board says “if the drug prevention coalition across town can raise $175,000 at their gala, why can’t we?” Unknowingly, what your board member is offering is a benchmark comparison, measuring a peer institution’s performance against yours. Depending on what you want to learn from another organization, different peer institutions might be helpful comparisons.
by Rebecca Davis | Nov 6, 2019 | Data and Analytics, Fundraising, Planning
How to create a bottom-up budget estimate for development planning and 2020 budgeting customized for your organization using simple points of donor data.
by Rebecca Davis | Dec 31, 2015 | Data and Analytics, Development Directors, Productivity, Professional Development
Clean data: It doesn’t sound sexy. Yet, without it, you are wasting time and money. Here are some great reasons to spend some time on your donor database.
