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Kickstarter founder launches new nonprofit concept

It's always interesting to speculate about which new ideas and websites are likely to change the world of online fundraising forvever. Over the last five years I've written about some that have changed the landscape dramatically and others that seemed...

October 8, 2014 Read More

Blackbaud Index shows healthy nonprofit results and optimism for year end

A very warm welcome back to the Miratel blog and today sees the release of the monthly nonprofit fundraising report from Blackbaud that provides us with one of the most valuable overviews of the state of the nonprofit sector. The...

October 7, 2014 Read More

New Blackbaud Index shows a period of very stable growth for nonprofit fundraising in 2014

Welcome back to the blog as we continue the week with encouraging nonprofit fundraising news from Blackbaud as the most recent data from The Blackbaud Index is released which includes data through the end of July 2014. The Blackbaud report...

September 9, 2014 Read More

New study highlights value of annual funds for nonprofits

A brand new study by the Nonprofit Research Collaborative reveals that organizations are much more likely to reach or exceed their yearly fundraising goals if they operate an 'annual fund'. While that information could be considered somewhat intuitive the report...

July 17, 2014 Read More

5 tips to help your nonprofit fundraising content get shared on Facebook

Using social media to help reach your online nonprofit fundraising goals is an important ongoing concern for organizations of all sizes. While almost all charities now have some presence on Facebook are you doing all you can to help your...

July 10, 2014 Read More

Blackbaud Index shows nonprofit fundraising heading into a slow summer of growth

The May Blackbaud Index for nonprofit data has just been released and the nonprofit fundraising results continue to demonstrate that the sector is still showing modest growth versus 2013. Considering that we're measuring a very large sample of data via the Blackbaud report which...

July 8, 2014 Read More

M+R Benchmarks Report reveals email and social media trends for nonprofits

Welcome back to the blog, from time to time there are nonprofit fundraising studies released that contain so much information that it is impossible to review all of the findings in a single blog post. Such is the case with...

May 13, 2014 Read More

Nonprofit fundraising showing signs of plateau per Blackbaud Index

The new Blackbaud nonprofit fundraising index report for March has just been published and as I wrote last month the trend for continued diminishing growth has once again been reported for the rolling three-month period. Overall year-to-year growth softened into negative territory...

May 8, 2014 Read More

What the end of net neutrality could mean to nonprofits (and everyone else)

Chances are you've seen or heard a few headlines concerning the potential reversal of 'net neutrality' and while the topic seems to border on the tech-heavy side it could in fact entirely change the internet as we know it and...

May 6, 2014 Read More

M+R 2014 Benchmarks study reveals valuable information about online fundraising

Gaining a better understanding of how donors and supporters interact with nonprofits is key in the world of fundraising. Although not the biggest report compiled, the annual M+R / NTen study provides a wealth of data that I would encourage...

May 1, 2014 Read More

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