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Nonprofit work is complex, including juggling fundraising, donor engagement, volunteer coordination, and program delivery. Arts and culture nonprofits have the added complexity of a leadership team including an artistic director in addition to executive and board. This often leaves little time for leadership alignment and strategic decision making.

For time-strapped nonprofit professionals, dashboards can be a big help. They consolidate information from multiple systems, highlight trends, and simplify reporting.

In our experience, nonprofits tracking data in real-time digital dashboards have an easier time communicating important information with their internal and external stakeholders, including board, staff, funders, customers, clients, and more. Explore the many benefits, including real-life examples of how they could help your organization save time and increase revenues.

What are dashboards?

A dashboard is a visual tool that organizes and displays key data in one place, making it easier to monitor performance and make decisions.

Key features include:

Data visualization — Charts, graphs, and tables that turn raw numbers into clear insights.

Real-time updates — Many dashboards pull live data from your systems, so you always see the latest information.

Customization — You can choose which metrics matter most — such as tickets, donations, program outcomes, or financial health.

Integration — Dashboards often connect to multiple sources (CRM, accounting software, ticketing systems) to consolidate data.

How arts and culture organizations can benefit from using dashboards

Dashboards allow nonprofits to:

Get consistent agreement on metrics (both quantitative and qualitative) that matter.

Structure and focus board discussion — all parties get familiar with “what success looks like.”

Visualize and simplify complex and large amounts of information. Create a top-down, bottom-up data-driven culture.

Many nonprofits don’t know where to start with data. There are multiple systems, innumerable KPIs they want to track, funding restrictions, etc. Starting with an artistic, executive or board dashboard sets the tone and can scale into a holistic digital transformation effort.

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