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Three Ingredients for Successful Year-End Fundraising

NetWits

Looking for some good data and examples for your fundraising team? In 2010 an estimated $291 billion was raised. Online fundraising grew 34% and raised over $20 billion dollars in 2010 – Blackbaud. First year retention for multichannel donors was 51%. Year-End Fundraising Examples. Fundraising Facts.

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Making Your First Donor Retention Calendar, Step by Step

Connection Cafe

Guest post by Mazarine Treyz, author of The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising , called one of the Top 10 books of 2010 by Beth Kanter, and author of the Networked Nonprofit. According to Chuck Longfield , ten years ago the average retention rates of a newly acquired donor were roughly 33%. Her latest book, Get the Job! Friendraisers.

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Pandemic Lessons Learned: 4 Tips for School Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

For example, product fundraising companies now provide customized online stores and in-person forms for hybrid fundraising events. If you don’t have one already, create a consistent strategy for donor retention that includes using multiple platforms to reach out to community members. This is often easier than you think!

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Remember Me? 5 Website Tips to Retain Loyal Donors

NetWits

When you hear ‘retention’ in the nonprofit industry, you often think about “donor&# retention. As an example, I volunteered for years at an local organization working in one specific area on a weekly basis. For example, having a “Volunteer of the Month&# is a great way to highlight and thank your loyal volunteers!

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Relationships Matter Most (The Big Finding from the 2010 Online Giving Study from Network for Good and TrueSense Marketing)

NTEN

Our analysis [ from the 2010 Online Giving Study ] showed the following: Fundraising is still about relationships. Just as the strength of the donor-charity relationship heavily influences offline giving, the online giving experience has a significant impact on donor loyalty, retention, and gift levels.

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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

Boards continue to adopt conflict-of-interest policies, whistleblower, and document-retention policies. Sixty-two percent of respondents felt that the board was ‘well informed” or “very well informed” of its responsibilities” as compared to 58% in 2010. Below are a few examples to help you get started. Document retention.

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Rock Your Year-End Fundraising

Care2

Looking for some good data and examples for your fundraising team? In 2010 an estimated $291 billion was raised. Online fundraising grew 34% and raised over $20 billion dollars in 2010 – Blackbaud. First year retention for multichannel donors was 51%. Fundraising Facts. – Charity Navigator.