Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

A good strategic plan ensures you have charted the necessary pathways to meet (and hopefully exceed) your organization’s goals. To do this, your organization will need to increase fundraising revenue by $10,000 by finding new outreach opportunities and strengthening relationships with existing supporters to increase donor retention.

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Examples Guide Model Nonprofit 122

Connection Cafe

JUNE 13, 2013

Focus on Event Fundraising Analytics , we looked at how peer-to-peer event metrics let us know if our event planning and execution efforts are paying off in fundraising results. Metrics and benchmarks can be our guides to whether your efforts at creating a great experience for participants are paying off. Profit/loss.

Metrics 42

Metrics Benchmark Fundraising Stats 42

3rd Sector Labs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Use charts and diagrams to help them visualize your organization’s impact. 5 – Donor retention. Improving your donor retention metrics even a few percentage points can make a world of difference in your long term fundraising success … and stability. Tweet the numbers, not just the call to action.

Data 184

Data Time Fundraising Retention 184

Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

When developing a fundraising strategy, your best bet is to concentrate on two areas: your most productive donor groups and high-impact donor recruitment and retention. Your fundraising strategy should include plans for donor acquisition and retention with an emphasis on recruiting high-impact donors. Gift range chart.

Campaign 98

Campaign Effective Fundraising Nonprofit 98

Nimble AMS

JANUARY 20, 2022

Personalization – The study shows that Pros with poor member retention in the past year tend to report worse member data. They’re also ideal channels to deliver what the study shows are top benefits for members (see chart in tip number 1 above), including industry news and information, training, certifications, and networking.

Associations 78

Associations Studies Trend Data 78

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In this article, we’ll discuss the following six concrete steps your nonprofit can take to boost revenue and grow your organization: Track your organization’s retention rate. Track your organization’s retention rate. But how can you improve this metric ? Focus on building relationships. Offer recurring donation options.

Donation 64

Donation Strategy Retention Rate 64

Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Or if a certain donation thank-you gift reliably increases donor retention, offer it in campaign after campaign. For example, long-form storytelling may still convert better than short snippets – the current long-form podcasts that top business charts are showing this. Lean into what works. This was an epiphany for Ogilvy.

Lesson 59

Lesson Fundraising Digital Test 59

Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

Development officers, executive directors, event planners, consultants, and emerging leaders came together to discuss fundraising trends, donor retention, DEI (diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace) strategies, and so much more. Implement procedures to asess metrics. The most successful campaigns begin with research. The outcome?

Social Media 52

Social Media Trend Storyboard Montana 52

Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

Gift range chart : Utilizing a gift range chart is a great way to created focused, goal-oriented campaigns. The Surprising Link Between Employee and Donor Retention : It can be difficult for a fundraiser to develop a relationship with donors when their average tenure is only 18-20 months. Want some quick donor retention advice?

Resource 48

Resource Blackbaud Chart Retention 48

NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

Take a look at this chart from the report: The lower retention rate drags down the lifetime value of online-acquired donors, as per this chart: So, while we're busy chasing down those high-value online donors, they may be costing us more in the long-run.

Attention 36

Attention Metrics Online Fundraising 36

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

You might answer this question with metrics like the number of new donors or the number of donations. While these basic figures can be informative from a year-over-year trend perspective, they do a poor job answering questions like: Why did these metrics change? I consider those basic metrics to be “rearview mirror” metrics.

Metrics 87

Metrics Fundraising Retention ROI 87

NetWits

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Most segmentation efforts are based upon three key factors: Demographics and Lifestyle – these are observable and traceable metrics such as location, age, region, marital status, etc. Past behavior is the best metric or predictor for future actions and behavior, so you should be tracking this in your database system of choice.

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email Marketing Mail Metrics 149

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This helps you monitor your progress with various campaigns, your donor retention rate, and other metrics that are important to your fundraising success. Donor retention is the key to unlocking a successful fundraising strategy. A fundraising app that also prioritizes retention will go a long way in making it happen.

Org 91

Org Raise Tools Help 91

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 7, 2013

Understanding the strategic plan and the course it is charting for the organization’s future. Take the time to read the plan, think about the plan and understand the key metrics that will be used to show progress against the plan. Strategic plans ARE NOT static documents.

Government 39

Government Metrics Chart Review 39

NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2011

What they do and don’t do has a big impact on donor relationships and the metrics we’ve uncovered. 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. Happy online fundraising!

Studies 95

Studies Donor Online Giving 95

Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 7, 2022

This data is likely not of relevant use to the daily CRM users, nor is it likely of relevant use to the institution in the long term but might be required to be retained due to data retention policies. Data warehouses do not exist in silos; they exist in tandem with an institution’s retention, governance, and integration strategies.

Education 84

Education Roles Data Strategy 84

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2012

The study takes a deep dive into the metrics associated with a multi-channel marketing program at CARE USA – particularly the relationship between traditional direct mail and digital channels (also referred to in the study as offline and online). See chart above]. Integration on both fronts is imperative.

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Channel Giving Donor Offline 104

CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In fact, studies have shown that nonprofits who effectively use storytelling in their fundraising efforts have a donor retention rate of 45%, compared to 27% for organizations that do not focus on storytelling. In fact, 33% of donors say clear visuals like charts and images would increase their likelihood to donate.

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Storytelling Impact Arts Nonprofit 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Measuring the success of social media efforts can't be done with a single metric. I think there will be different metrics for different strategies, organizations, and tools. Kaushik suggested these metrics for benchmarking blogs: Raw Author Contribution (posts & words in post). Audience Growth (content consumption ???

Reflection 50

Reflection Measure Technorati ROI 50

Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2023

You can recoup the time and resources spent creating the report by turning this report into a valuable donor engagement and retention tool. You can support your donor retention efforts by spotlighting top donors and partners in your report and highlighting exciting upcoming initiatives for supporters to get involved with.

Template 92

Template Report Rhode Island Guide 92

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Here are the metrics. People love to see like the run charts or, you know, the circle getting filled in. Steven: Well, I love what you said about investing in tech as being kind of an employee retention play. Actually, Bloomerang I’m pretty sure even has blog posts or guides about this. I think that’s awesome.

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Technology Video Nonprofit System 114

NonProfit Hub

JUNE 22, 2021

Review Important Nonprofit Metrics. Once your books and chart of accounts are set up properly, you’re ready to analyze key metrics to help drive outcomes. Using this metric, you can determine your most successful events, fundraising channels, and donor types. For example: Program Efficiency. How can you calculate this?

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ROI Donor Fundraising Storytelling 65

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). Donor retention rates are depressing. More than 7 out of 10 donors were lost.

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Story Nonprofit Social Media Content 54