EveryAction

MARCH 8, 2023

While you have minimum control of how individual donors enter their information in online donation forms, you can make sure your staff knows and adheres to standard operating procedures. It could take longer if you have lots of recurring donors and are migrating to a new merchant service provider. Update your database policies.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 27, 2020

One of the biggest challenges for a donor relations and stewardship program, as an indirect revenue generator, is success metrics. Now more than ever, we have the opportunity to demonstrate how a strong donor relations effort contributes to fundraising. You need to continually build trust and loyalty with donors.

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Tech Soup

JULY 2, 2009

overall in 2008. The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy's 2008 assessment of corporate gving (PDF) reports that corporate giving was down nearly 8% overall ($30.78 Tags: Donors Donors Finances Fundraising. Things were even worse on the corporate side. million compared to $33.19 million in 2007).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 25, 2019

Bitcoin was launched on January 3, 2008, in the midst of the financial crisis and bank bailouts. Some of the most notable donations include $100M+ to Fidelity Charitable, $29M to Donors Choose , $4 million to the Ellen Wildlife Fund , $50M to a dozen universities, and $56M to almost 60 different charities from an anonymous donor.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 26, 2024

Listen and respond to feedback from your participants, attendees, sponsors, donors, and staff throughout your campaign. Where to focus your resources – Whenever you can, use source codes in your online fundraising efforts to attribute registrants and donors to specific marketing channels.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Back in January of 2008 he told us (the non-profit sector) that we should be looking to use the internet in new and innovative ways to build community and engage our supporters because direct mail, although still a huge revenue source, was beginning to show signs of fatigue. First Year Donor Retention is 29.3%. My Question to You.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

We first extended Bookshare services internationally in 2008 with the launch of Bookshare in India. In this grantmaking area, too, The Fund was key to Bookshare’s global expansion and to our ability to better serve low-income users, in developing and developed countries alike.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 2, 2012

Yet I plan to give again in 2012 to the Christian humanitarian organization and not to my alma mater, a decision which seems to run counter to commonly held assumptions about donor stewardship. Donor stewardship is often defined as the activities and strategies utilized by a nonprofit organization to cultivate, engage and retain donors.

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Wouldn’t you like ALL your donors to feel “highly committed” to your organization? Wouldn’t you like ALL your donors to feel “highly committed” to your organization? Let’s look at the other side – what happens when your donors are not highly committed? Alas, these donors are your one-night-stand folks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 24, 2013

The Mobile Web is often discussed as a future trend that nonprofits have time to prepare for, but the reality is that by the end of 2014, the majority of your supporters and donors will be viewing your website, email communications, blogs, and social media content on smartphones and tablets. In truth, the Mobile Web is already here.

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DipJar

AUGUST 24, 2021

The idea for the first DipJar came from founder Ryder Kessler in 2008 as a way to tip coffee shop baristas. We love the nonprofit community and are so proud to help drive donor engagement to all the incredible missions of our customers. And man, how it has grown since then! What’s Next?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

Donor acquisition is all the rage, but did you know nearly 3 out of 4 new donors leave and never come back. Blackbaud’s latest Charitable Giving Report sheds light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. The average donor retention rates for first-year online-only donors is 22%.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Fortunately, many nonprofit donors and charity rating groups are moving away from this way of thinking and are now acknowledging that operating reserves play a vital role in building an organization’s long-term sustainability. A nonprofit’s net assets are divided into two categories: with donor restrictions and without donor restrictions.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program. Changed from brochure to interactive website, multi-facteed file building strategy and acquired over 1000 new names per month and have converted about 1% to donors in 6 weeks. Honorable Mention: National Parks Conservation Association.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

According to a study by The Russell Sage Foundation and The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, the GFC reduced total giving by 7 percent in 2008 and by another 6.2 percent from 2007 to 2008, and by nearly 32 percent from 2008 to 2009. This decline is not anecdotal. percent in 2009.

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Care2

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The Donor Confidence Report by Campbell Rinker which surveyed over 500 U.S. donors asked whether donors expected to give the same amount, more, or less in 2010 compared with 2009. According to the report, the overall Donor Confidence Index (DCI) fell 3.2 the lowest score since December 2008.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program Honorable Mention: National Parks Conservation Association Winner: Freepress for their StopBigMedia.com campaign Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. All rights reserved.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

An estimated 40% of the US is comprised of people of color, according to 2008 US Census data. Why aren’t nonprofits cultivating diverse activists and donors (a topic Jocelyn Harmon of Care2 , Shireen Mitchell of Digital Sistas , and Ivan Booth of Rootwork and I will be discussing on our panel at NTC on April 10th)?

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Through extensive donor and market research, along with insights from supporters’ actual behaviors, she identifies ways fundraisers can leverage trends into enhanced programs and performance. Donors respond to need. Lori Collins – SVP, Giving Sciences, One & All. Charitable giving in a recession is no different.

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Strategy Marketing Giving Ukraine 52

Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

Achieve was founded in 2008 and started off working in the nonprofit sector primarily in research, strategy, and fundraising. Given that they were the children of the financial crisis of 2008-2009, they didn’t have the income to support significant giving. This means donors don’t have to leave an organization’s website to donate.

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Robert Weiner

MAY 5, 2010

69% of the organizations they looked at raised more online in 2009 than in 2008, while 31% raised less. Donors were still giving, but in smaller amounts. Its findings included: The 151 nonprofits that provided data for both 2008 and 2009 reported that overall donations fell by a median of 9% while online gifts grew by 5%.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

We're looking forward to welcoming donors from the UK. For more on what's happening with different giving platforms, see Social Actions 9/12/08 roundup and Lucy Bernholz's philathanthropy predictions for Nov/Dec 2008. Will personable intermediaries and funding local issues be on the horizon for trends in 2008 year end or beyond?

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sgEngage

APRIL 12, 2011

The Truth About Donor Research This comes from the report Money for Good: The US Market Opportunity for Impact Investments and Charitable Gifts from Individual Donor and Investors. A lot of good information about how donors research their giving to nonprofits.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 17, 2008

It has the kind of functionality you’d expect from a donor database. Leverage the power of the open platform of Salesforce.com, and do the work that nonprofits (and consultants) have been having to do to bang Salesforce.com into shape as a donor database. It seems in a business sense, to be a brilliant move.

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NetWits

JUNE 9, 2011

billion in 2008, the council’s fourth annual “Run Walk Ride Thirty” study reports. 3) The Shift in Donor Attitudes. If you look at the shift in fundraising over time from door-to-door to the phone, mail, email, the Web and social media sites, you will also be able to see a fundamental shift in donors’ attitudes.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

Donor acquisition is all the rage, but did you know nearly 3 out of 4 new donors leave and never come back. In 2013, Chuck Longfield was on a mission to shed light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. If the ten-year trend continues, we’ll eventually end up with donor retention rates under 20%.

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Retention Donor Change eBook 55

Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Founded: 2014 Give Lively builds tech for peak fundraising experiences on both the donor and nonprofit side. This means a bit of a lift for donors, who will need to download the app and sync it with their bank account. Founded: 2008 MobileCause has a pretty simple goal: Help nonprofits raise more money with less time and effort.

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Care2

OCTOBER 7, 2008

The idea was that thefederal agency would work with Care2 to build support for the International Year of the Reef 2008. October 7, 2008 | Paul Greenberg Copyright © 2008, Care2.com October 7, 2008 | Paul Greenberg Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Great work. All rights reserved.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Before joining Salesforce in 2008, she held positions in customer support, professional services, product marketing, and program management at Oracle, Peoplesoft, Evolve, and Primavera. Marie is an active volunteer with the Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, her daughter’s high school, and board member of SF Basque Cultural Center.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 11, 2009

While an estimated $307 billion dollars was given to charitable causes in 2008; total fundraising declined an inflation adjusted of 5.7% With an estimated two-thirds of charities experiencing a decrease in 2008 overall giving, I decided to take a look at how things are shaping up so far in 2009. from 2007 levels.

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Double the Donation

JUNE 10, 2021

Develop a clear thank you program to ensure fundraisers and donors feel appreciated. Some things to consider: Create a process for communicating with team captains. Have a plan for reaching out to top fundraisers, your VIPs. Take time for one-to-one outreach. Consider picking up the phone and calling your fundraisers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2010

Online giving in 2008 was up 44% from 2007. Early estimates for 2009 show an increase in online donations of 46% from 2008. Pitches in Tweets and Status Updates help too. Online Donations. My suspicion is that this has much to do with nonprofits utilizing social media over the last few years.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2011

If you've read our major donor study The Wired Wealthy: Using the Internet to Connect with Your Major and Middle Donors , published in 2008 by Convio , Sea Change Strategies , and Edge Research , then you already know a few important things about major donors: half of wired major donors say that online giving is their preferred giving method.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Blackbaud's analysis of online giving in 2008 found that December accounted for about 21% of the year's transaction volume, but 48% of the total dollars raised. Online Giving Tops $15 Billion in 2008. billion was given in 2008 to US charities, exceeding $300 billion for the second year in a row. Giving USA estimates that $307.65

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

That said, the best practices below are based on Nonprofit Tech for Good’s experience using Twitter almost daily since 2008. So, be sure to regularly retweet partners, chapters, staff, activists, donors, and sponsors. If your nonprofit doesn’t, then either decide not to use Twitter or tweet minimally with low expectations.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2009

SupportingAdvancement.com has published the results of their 2008 survey on how nonprofits are handling corporate matching gifts. The findings included: Although 99% of respondents accept matching gifts, only 67% actively ask individual donors to request matching gifts. 63% raised over $50,000. 63% raised over $50,000.

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Qgiv

APRIL 7, 2021

Because over the edge fundraisers offer a memorable experience that donors won’t soon forget! Over the edge events are a unique type of fundraiser that combines motivation through competition with a once-in-a-lifetime experience for your most successful donors. This kind of event is perfect for donors motivated by unique experiences.

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