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One Thing Most Nonprofits Stink at (Donor Retention) and How You Can Change It in 2019

Connection Cafe

Blackbaud’s latest Charitable Giving Report sheds light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. According to the latest research from Blackbaud’s Charitable Giving Report : The average donor retention rates for first-year offline-only donors is 29%. Their donor file has quintupled since 2008.

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One Thing Most Nonprofits Stink at (Donor Retention) and How You Can Change It in 2014

Connection Cafe

In 2013, Chuck Longfield was on a mission to shed light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. According to Chuck, ten years ago the average retention rates of a newly acquired donor were roughly 33%. If the ten-year trend continues, we’ll eventually end up with donor retention rates under 20%.

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Charitable Giving in a down economy: Performance strategies for any market

Qgiv

An expert in her field, Lori has several decades of experience working with some of the largest commercial and nonprofits in the world, but prefers to use analytics for the greater good by helping social good organizations make a bigger impact in the work that they do. The economy is complex, and uncertainty is high. Follow the Leaders.

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Taking Advantage of a Crisis

Robert Weiner

Target Analytics' Index of National Fundraising Performance for the first quarter of 2009 had nothing but bad news. All key metrics declined for the index as a whole for the first quarter of 2009 as compared to the first quarter of 2008.

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The Best Donation Platforms for Nonprofits

Whole Whale

transaction Setup Fee: $0 Commitment: None Integration: Salesforce, MailChimp, Eventbrite, Optimizely, Google Analytics, Google Docs, HubSpot, Insightly, Stripe. Founded: 2008 MobileCause has a pretty simple goal: Help nonprofits raise more money with less time and effort. MobileCause.

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Taking Advantage of a Crisis

Tech Soup

Target Analytics' Index of National Fundraising Performance for the first quarter of 2009 had nothing but bad news. All key metrics declined for the index as a whole for the first quarter of 2009 as compared to the first quarter of 2008.

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Multi-Channel Approach is Key to Nonprofit Fundraising

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According to the donorCentric study published by Target Analytics, which gathered data from 25 large nonprofit organizations ranging from CARE to Amnesty International, many nonprofits have mastered raising money from Direct Mail campaigns, but haven’t quite figured out how to replicate their fundraising success online.

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