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

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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%. That’s shocking (and pretty scary).

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How Nonprofits Can Use Storytelling to Boost Donor Retention

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Blackbaud’s 2016 Charitable Giving Report shows us that donor retention for first time donors is still remarkably low – 29% for offline donors and 21% for online donors. But if donors are retained passed that first year, the retention rate jumps significantly to 60% for offline donors and 58% for online donors.

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9 Underutilized Emails that Improve Donor Retention

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The 2014 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report was released last week and one of the more interesting findings was that donor retention remainsa lower priority. As my colleague Frank Barry mentioned, most nonprofits stink at donor retention. Over the past 10 years, donor retention has fallen from 33% to 27%.

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Stewarding #GivingTuesday: Increase Your Retention Rate

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Assuring you have a successful retention rate starts with these four steps: Inform: Your community needs to know about your involvement. You must inform them that your organization is participating in #GivingTuesday. Engage: It’s important to understand why a first-time donor chose your organization. Why your organization?

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Monthly Giving: 4 Ways to Improve Donor Retention and Recruit Sustainers

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Why on earth would a donor who has no relationship with you yet trust your organization enough to give you their credit card number or bank account information? As we all know, the key with improving donor retention rates is to get that important second gift as soon as possible, preferably within the first 3 months.

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Donor Retention vs. Donor Acquisition: What Research Shows About Overall Online Engagement

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When asked by organizations whether their online fundraising programs should focus on donor acquisition or donor retention, I say, “Yes.”. We can see from the 2016 Luminate Online Benchmark Report that nonprofits are having success in both areas, but that between the two, efforts are skewed toward donor retention.

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9 Underutilized Emails that Improve Donor Retention

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The 2014 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report was released last week and one of the more interesting findings was that donor retention remainsa lower priority. As my colleague Frank Barry mentioned, most nonprofits stink at donor retention. Over the past 10 years, donor retention has fallen from 33% to 27%.