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Dan Pallotta started his Uncharitable activity back in 2008 with his first book that highlighted the inequity that exists for not for profits – the unjust focus not on what they get done, but how little they spend doing it. In the 15 years since there have been multiple conversations and activities to highlight and explain the ‘not for profit starvation cycle’, but overall it has remained unsolved.

The Benchmarking Project’s data will help you identify where your opportunities lie compared to the market. However, have you considered how your organisation’s culture can significantly impact your ability to maximise these opportunities?

The Benchmarking Project is helping member charities better understand their donors’ behaviour by standardising data and results across core programme areas.

When The Benchmarking Project embraced Power BI as their delivery platform, I was super excited. I knew what type of gems we could find in a tool like that.

Teams managing high volume fundraising programs have navigated a few challenging years recently. Devastating bushfires in 2019/2020, COVID lockdowns, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the RBA raising the country's cash rate, to name just a handful of significant events.

Are you in a smaller charitable organisation and want to know if growth is possible for your cause? We have some good news.

So, you’ve got your benchmarking data. Maybe your charity is meeting the mark, maybe not. Maybe there’s an area of your program that’s consistently underperforming but you don’t know why. You’re doing everything you can push that extra bit out of your program, but things remain below par.

Fundraisers are fascinated by the results that come out of the Benchmarking Project. We can spend hours or days going through the minutiae of how our average gift compares to the market across different channels.

With privacy legislation expected to get tighter and acquisition costs rising, contactability has become a hot topic in fundraising.