B
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36% -- organizations reporting difficulty leveraging data for decision making for nonprofit organizations (2025)
36% of nonprofit organizations reported difficulties leveraging data for decision-making in 2025 according to the 2026 CCS Philanthropy Pulse report.
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36%
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2025
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95
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30
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45
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95
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CCS Fundraising
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https://www.ccsfundraising.com/insights/nonprofit-data-management/ ↗
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Nonprofit Data Management: Turn Messy Data into Quality Insights
Most organizations are familiar with CRM systems, yet many still face challenges in using data effectively for fundraising decisions. According to the 2026 CCS Philanthropy Pulse report, 36% of organizations reported difficulties leveraging data for decision-making in 2025, up from 14% the previous …
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CCS Philanthropy Pulse survey report; up from 14% in 2024
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nonprofit organizations: 36% organizations reporting difficulty leveraging data for decision making. Source: CCS Fundraising (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/nonprofits-data-decision-difficulty-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/nonprofits-data-decision-difficulty-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>36%</strong> -- organizations reporting difficulty leveraging data for decision making for nonprofit organizations<br><small>Source: CCS Fundraising (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/nonprofits-data-decision-difficulty-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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