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Data Partners & Contributors
We simply couldn't achieve what we need to without our Data Partners and Contributors. The organisations showcased below know that their investment in the Benchmarking Project demonstrates their commitment to an informed and best-practice fundraising sector. We thank each and every one for their support.
Amplify Fundraising is a strategic fundraising agency and full-service fundraising solution helping for-purpose organisations in Australia and New Zealand.
We focus on more than revenue. Amplify centres fundraising and your purpose in everything we do, measuring our success by the impact you create for the people and causes you serve.
Fundraising strategy + readiness assessments Define strategic goals and implement proprietary BASIS framework that guides organisations from vision to execution.
Fundraising Audits Review your existing program, identify insights and actions to improve revenue or imploding ROI. Uncover inefficiencies + growth opportunities.
Campaign + Program Management Full-service appeal project management
Program Development Translate strategic goals into actionable plans + cases for support
Board + Leadership Consulting Transform leadership understanding of fundraising’s strategic role
DTV is a global, full-service fundraising agency who uses research and audience insight to deliver sustainable, long-term income through integrated creative and multi-channel programmes, for over 60 organisations in 30 countries.
Benchmarking matters to us because collective data sharing is critical in influencing fundraising practice – perhaps more so now than ever. It allows us all to see beyond our own fundraising worlds and gain broader perspectives that challenge, reassure and inspire us.
In 2026, we look forward to benchmarking providing confidence and credibility to help the right investment decisions be made in a challenging market. And, as programmes shift more towards integrated and omni-channel approaches, seeing how the resulting data is interpreted and the insights that emerge will be fascinating.
Exuberance is a boutique creative agency servicing the fundraising sector. Exceptional copywriting, and the thinking behind it, is our core offering. Copy is the magical connection point between a charity’s vision and strategy and the deep emotional needs of donors.
Benchmarking provides context for our team of writers: the realities of our clients’ needs, the goals we should be aiming for, and the measurable impact of our work. Benchmarking puts skin in the creative game. It supports accountability and encourages excellence.
In 2026, Exuberance looks forward to the continued value that benchmarking brings to our sector. Data can help us understand human response, and inspire ideas. These two things are at the heart of copywriting craft.
F&P is Australia and New Zealand’s only independent knowledge platform dedicated to helping nonprofit professionals raise more for their causes. Our audience engages deeply with our curated content, both online and in-person, turning to F&P when they need to understand complex topics, learn from their peers, and find actionable, practical tactics they can apply to their fundraising, communications and marketing campaigns.
Benchmarking matters to us because it gives fundraisers deep, data-driven insight into how they are performing across the various fundraising channels compared to their peers. This insight will guide their fundraising programs to greater impact.
In 2026 we are looking forward to meeting and learning more about our fabulous F&P members. And the 2026 TBP Essentials Report, of course.
Face to face fundraising remains one of the most effective ways for charities to build long term donor relationships at scale. It brings the cause directly to the public, allows real human conversations about impact, and consistently generates new Regular Givers who go on to support charities for years.
In a market where the donor pool is not expanding quickly, strong acquisition channels like F2F remain essential for growth.
F2F Fundraising Mystery Shopping gives charities direct visibility of what is actually happening in the field. It provides an independent view of compliance, quality of conversations, and how fundraisers represent the cause in real situations. FP clients gain practical insights that help strengthen training, protect brand reputation, and improve donor experience.
The Benchmarking Project shows what results look like across the sector, while Mystery Shopping explains what is driving those results on the ground. Together they connect performance with behaviour.
Giving Architects is a strategic fundraising consultancy working across Australia and New Zealand. As your trusted partner, we integrate with your team to deliver effective giving strategies that strengthen donor relationships and maximise your impact.
We believe benchmarking is essential for a thriving sector. It replaces opinion with evidence, reveals performance gaps, and shows what success looks like enabling smarter decisions, better focus, and greater confidence across teams and boards.
In 2026, we look forward to sharper insights into what drives overall fundraising effectiveness, with a particular focus on high-value giving. As pressure grows, strong benchmarks will help fundraisers plan boldly, prioritise wisely and invest where it counts most.
We will build your team’s long-term capacity to help you get the very best results from regular giving. We support regular giving strategy development; New regular giving program implementation; Regular giving review and program optimisation; Regular Giving channel strategy including F2F fundraising implementation; Regular giving supply chain support and due diligence.
As specialists in regular giving, we know that accurate data is vital to maximising fundraising success. The Benchmarking Project offers the only verifiable and reliable source of truth for Australian and New Zealand fundraisers, it is irreplaceable and essential.
In 2026 we’re interested to see what are the long term trends in regular giving and which organisations are maximising the value of their programs and how?
Strategic Grants is Australia and New Zealand’s most trusted team of grants specialists, delivering the largest funding base of AU and NZ funders through the GEMS software platform – customised for every organisation – and wrap-around consulting services.
Benchmarking transforms operational experience into insight. It offers meaningful data that allows for informed strategic planning and data-driven decision making to advance mission delivery.
In 2026, we’re excited to again contribute to sector knowledge together and in parallel with The Benchmarking Project, to bring to the fore trends in grants fundraising specifically. In a rapidly changing landscape where the intergenerational wealth transfer is already delivering demonstrable impacts, we look forward to seeing what our next data sets reveal, and exploring the implications, and opportunities, that become apparent.
