Sloan's Old Knowledge & Prior Studies
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Private Fundraising Efficiency
Social Fundraising Efficiency
Little Known Facts about Dr. Seiler
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This means meeting the requirements set forward by ratings organizations within categories of financial transparency, human resources equity, and open disclosure in marketing and fund-raising publications.
What is Accountability?
100
According to the Author, this is the relative size of non-profit that is more likely to be included in the data set which was reviewed
What is large nonprofits
100
This term is defined as the overall return to fundraising, “payoff”, by individual nonprofits.
What is Private Fundraising Efficiency?
100
Charitable contributions have not exceeded 2.1% of this since 1970.
What is Gross Domestic Product?
100
He has held this position since 1994, longer than the founder!
What is Director of the Fundraising School?
200
“This is one of the three primary entities mentioned in the article which have instituted ratings systems which are available to the public.”
What is (either) the Better Business Bureau (“BBB”), Ministry Watch, or the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations
200
The results of the study showed that when a nonprofit received a “pass” rating, the amount donated in future years was affected in this way.
What is an increase?
200
The percent of TOTAL expenses spent by a nonprofit on fundraising.
What is Fundraising Expense Ratio?
200
There is no requirement to adhere to nonprofit accounting guidelines in this IRS document.
What is the Form 990?
200
During his time at this type of institution he cultivated a great passion for bingo.
What is a catholic school?
300
A greater flow of information to the public with regard to a charity’s activities is intended by many commenters to partially cure this problem:
What is Information Asymmetry between donors and organizations?
300
This is the amount (w/i $5,000) that donations increased on average in the year following a “pass” rating:
What is $75,000?
300
Fundraising to Contribution Ratio measures average cost, while ____________ measures the incremental cost of fundraising.
What is marginal cost?
300
One of two primary ways mentioned in the article to limit inefficient fundraising practices.
What is establishing standards or disclosures?
300
His undergraduate degree is in this subject, from this college.
What is English and St. Joseph’s College?
400
According to a 2001 Wise Giving Alliance survey of over 2000 Americans, this was the least preferred method of obtaining information regarding a charity.
What is a Watchdog Organization?
400
The results of the study showed that when a nonprofit received a “did not pass” rating, the amount donated in future years was affected in this way.
What is Not Affected?
400
This is one of the five confounding factors for calculating fundraising efficiency.
What is accounting for joint costs, accounting for volunteers, or the role of the professional fundraiser?
400
The defined term which measures the “efficacy” of an organization.
What is outcomes measurement?
400
On August 23 of 2013, Tim Seiler crossed "invisible educational boundaries" and spoke at this University's Philanthropic Academy.
What is Purdue?
500
According to a Wise Giving Alliance study, this is the percentage of adults who say it is “difficult to know whether or not a charity asking for their support is legitimate.”
What is Seven in 10 adults (70%)
500
These are three of the four main reasons the author speculated that a “did not pass” rating did not affect future donations.
What is i. Potential donors do not know about the ratings given (information asymmetry). ii. Potential donors do not care about the ratings because their giving is based in other considerations, such as emotional attachment to the cause. iii. Potential donors do not attach credence to ratings that evolve from a system of self-regulation. iv. Potential donors who are informed about a particular charity may be aware of extenuating circumstances that resulted in a negative rating.
500
Some research suggests that while investing in fundraising yields positive returns, investing in this activity does not.
What is investing in streamlining or trimming operations?
500
The "productivity" and utility of fundraising among all non-profits.
What is the Social Efficiency of Fundraising?
500
According to Dr. Seiler, this is how basketball was intended to be played.
What is women's collegiate basketball?
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