Excellence in Giving Blog

Posted September 9, 2019 by Al Mueller 2 comments

The best charity evaluation platform just got better, deeper, simpler, and automated. But what’s really changed? Starting in September 2019, subscribers now have 5 NEW FEATURES:

• New Member Dashboard to track the latest updates on your favorite Nonprofits
• Automated notifications when your Favorite Nonprofits have new performance data
• Simpler search results show total expenses, number of staff, and program locations
• Advanced search filters include number of Board members, Clients served, and Donors
• Discounted price on Expert Evaluations that identify strengths & weaknesses in a page

Why give money to support good intentions when our nonprofit strategy, finance, leadership, and impact data can show you who’s really making a difference? Set up one-click access on your mobile device today to search our nonprofit database and select which charities you want to get notified about new performance updates on your Member Dashboard. Monitoring and evaluating charities just got so much easier!

Tags: Charity Evaluation, Effective Philanthropy, Impact, Nonprofit Evaluation, Nonprofit Performance, Strategic Giving

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Posted April 8, 2019 by Al Mueller 5 comments

Common questions asked about CEO pay:

• Nonprofit Boards: “How much should a nonprofit CEO get paid?”
• Donors: “Is that charity CEO over-compensated?”

We at Excellence in Giving have to answer this question all the time for major donors our firm advises. And we have the data to do it.

We collected 70,000 fields of detailed organizational data from February 2018 to January 2019. So our nonprofit CEO Compensation study includes data from 396 nonprofits whose CEO compensation was analyzed according to staff size, annual expenses, CEO age, donor base, Board size, and geographic location. Here are the results…

Tags: Charity Evaluation, Nonprofit Analytics, Nonprofit CEO Compensation

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Posted July 16, 2018 by Al Mueller 0 comments

With increased competition, the pressure on nonprofits to invest more in fundraising has brought about better marketing materials, more development staff, and stronger donor pitches. This trend has made it harder for even the smartest donors to tell the difference between hearing a good story and identifying the right place to make a big gift.

Tags: Charitable Giving, Nonprofit Evaluation, Nonprofit Fundraising, Nonprofit Performance

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Posted May 13, 2018 by Al Mueller 0 comments

Many nonprofits are turning to traditional business models to supplement their fundraising income or, in some cases, walk away from the donation model entirely. How are these nonprofits freeing themselves from donor dependency? And which organizations should consider doing the same?

Tags: Non profit organizations, Nonprofit Finance

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Posted March 29, 2018 by Al Mueller 0 comments

Charitable Giving in the United States reached record levels in 2016 for the third year in a row (Giving USA). It grew 16% from $335 billion in 2013 to $390 billion in 2016. How many nonprofits caught the national giving wave? Why did some miss it and others exceed it?

Tags: Charity, Nonprofit Finance, Nonprofit Fundraising

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