CauseVox

JUNE 7, 2022

Cultivating a major donor and setting the stage to make an ask for money doesn’t have to be a nerve-wracking experience. For context, when we talk about major donors, we’re referring to donors who make a significant gift to your org – one that’s above and beyond the typical gift that arrives in the mail.

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CauseVox

APRIL 6, 2023

Peer-to-peer fundraising can be a powerful tool for small nonprofits to raise funds and increase awareness about their cause. How to leverage AI to streamline the fundraising process, from creating a fundraising plan to crafting donor communications.

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Fundraising Benchmark Metrics Nonprofit 74

Classy

JUNE 30, 2021

While Classy’s annual report always seeks to explore the latest in donor behavior and offer insights that help organizations grow and scale , this edition focused on the strategies that not only proved effective but served as a means of strategic safeguarding into the future. . Benchmark Your Fundraising Performance. .

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Donors are your nonprofit’s greatest resource. From January to June 2022, the number of donors declined by 7%, and overall donor retention decreased by 4.2% Additionally, retention rates for first-time donors declined from 25.3% Additionally, retention rates for first-time donors declined from 25.3% year over year.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 16, 2024

Nearly all new reports and benchmarks show a decline in both donors and dollars, and the Fundraising Effectiveness Project’s (FEP) latest Quarterly Fundraising Report is no exception. High-Level Takeaways from the FEP Report FEP tracks three key metrics: donors, dollars, and retention. That brings a glimmer of good news.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

According to the Fidelity Charitable Overcoming Barriers to Giving Report , 65% of donors would give more if they knew the impact of their donations. Annual reports are too infrequent and written for foundations and major donors, thus not ideal for reporting impact to small and mid-size donors. M+R Benchmarks Report.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

The first “Donate Now” button was released in 1999 by a project of the Tides Foundation called Groundspring (acquired by Network for Good in 2005) and for the next two decades, nonprofit professionals have embraced the study of inspiring people to give online to good causes. And don’t be shy about sending emails!

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M+R

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Tune up your tracking in advance of key moments. For ads tracking and more, we highly recommend Google Analytics. For ads tracking and more, we highly recommend Google Analytics. Adding eCommerce tracking means you can track your conversions back to specific promotions. Optimize donation pages for paid traffic.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Use hashtags strategically to mention important causes, campaigns, and events, but hashtag spamming to try to increase your reach doesn’t work and has a negative effect on engagement. Like breaking news, cause awareness and giving day tweets have a short news cycle in the here and now that Twitter users respond to.

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Classy

JULY 28, 2021

Support your donors by engaging them through both their desktops and mobile devices. Desktop visitors may already be familiar with your cause, which could account for the higher donation rate we see. Ensure your website and campaigns are mobile-friendly to capture donations from band new donors. Track Top Donor Acquisition Days.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 13, 2022

There’s a science to why donors give. But when donors are deciding whether or not to give , they’re not just thinking about the amount—they’re also considering WHY they should give in the first place. Your donor’s decision to give is composed of three elements: beliefs, emotions, and habits.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

Being able to benchmark performance against what other nonprofits are doing is an important starting point to understanding your own data. Research can also shine a light on where your nonprofit may need to focus more energy in its engagement with donors.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Each step you take with a prospect, from the first communication to receiving a gift, needs to be carefully tracked and planned for. In the nonprofit world, this tracking process is referred to as moves management. Moves are the various connections and steps a nonprofit takes to usher a donor toward giving.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

A fundraising strategy helps keep you on track by offering deadlines and benchmarks to hit throughout the year. That’s because all nonprofits have similar goals, including connecting with more donors, boosting their donor retention rates, and developing strategic, sustainable partnerships with other organizations.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Social fundraising enables nonprofits and private individuals alike to generate support for their cause utilizing tools within a social media platform to target their users. The entrance of social media platforms into the fundraising space creates even more choice for nonprofits looking to empower their donors and fundraisers.

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Top Nonprofits

AUGUST 17, 2021

If you’ve been through a check out lane in the US in the past couple of years, you have probably been asked if you’d like to donate to some cause or other. Anyone who is involved with fundraising, cause marketing, corporate social responsibility, marketing and communications, should absolutely watch this on-demand webinar. Amy DeVita.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

1,071 fundraising professionals were surveyed at small and medium-sized nonprofits supporting a variety of causes. Segment your donor base : Use the information from the report to segment your donor base effectively. Diversify fundraising channel s: The report documents shifts in donor behavior and preferences.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

alone, over £20m was donated to good causes for Giving Tuesday, a 43% increase in giving from 2019 — that’s more than £14k every minute! This will help you measure whether or not your campaign has been a success and will give you a benchmark for the year following if it’s your first time getting involved. Last year , in the U.K.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

According to the M+R Benchmarks 2023 report , 62% of nonprofits used text messaging for fundraising purposes in 2022. Text-to-give (also known as text-to-donate, text-to-pledge, or text fundraising) is a form of mobile fundraising that asks donors to send a keyword to a text fundraising phone number.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

Each asset should embody its commitment to the larger cause and constituency it serves, and also show the value that your organization brings to the proverbial table. Where are the milestones in our history that best display our track record of success and/or history of serving our community? Volunteers + Current Donors.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

However, if your goal is SMART—specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound—you’ll have a clear benchmark to work toward and measure progress. These goals are specific and have a clear timeline for completion, giving the nonprofit team a clear and attainable benchmark to strive for. Track progress.

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Volunteer Program Roles Training 89

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

These solutions power workplace giving programs by helping to match contributions to nonprofits, track volunteer hours, and manage other company-wide philanthropic efforts. The goal of this technology is to help companies structure valuable CSR programs to support the causes that are important to the business and its employees.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Businesses, nonprofits, and charities who normally host a holiday fundraiser have been forced to move online, and finding ways to connect to once generous donors is tough. . Additionally, funds could be raised through an online auction within the gala, and fundraising is tracked with a virtual fundraising thermometer.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

According to the 2019 Blackbaud Luminate Online Benchmark Report , total online transaction revenue increased by 3.11% overall, and by 6.79% for hospitals and hospital foundations. And that was before a global pandemic – which has caused online giving to skyrocket in ways we’ve never seen before. Add a Donor-Covered Fee.

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Care2

MARCH 25, 2009

Allyson Kapin, Editor-In-Chief ‘Tis the season for benchmark studies. In that spirit, Convio released their comprehensive online marketing study today that looked at close to 600 nonprofit organizations’ online marketing results and compiled benchmarks for evaluating fundraising, email, advocacy, and marketing success online.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

You work for a nonprofit that is totally stuck in the donor acquisition cycle from hell. You work long hours and spend a ton of resources getting new donors in the door, only to then see them never make a second gift, leaving you right back where you started. What is Donor Management? What is Donor Management? Sound good?

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Donor Management Guide Retention 52

Care2

MAY 22, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Tracking Earned Media Monitoring earned media has become a lot easier and faster.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

According to the latest M+R Benchmarks study , online giving increased 10% in 2019 and has been steadily on the rise, while monthly online giving has increased by 22%. Either way, it’s time to brush up on your peer-to-peer fundraising chops and check out some online fundraising ideas that you can use to attract donors to your nonprofit.

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Care2

MARCH 26, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" While donors continued to donate money, the average gift was smaller.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

While it’s impossible to track these donations unless you poll your online donors, the more your nonprofit utilizes social media to build your online brand and your e-newsletter list, the more likely potential online donors are to discover your nonprofit—and your nonprofit’s “Donate Now” landing page.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Second, year-end giving gives nonprofits an opportunity to use a big chunk of their resources to meet their annual fundraising goals, and it gives donors a last chance to get a tax-deductible gift out the door. At CauseVox, we’re all about helping everyone to meet their goals – donors and the causes they support.

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Guide Giving Campaign Social Media 73

AccelEvents

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Businesses, nonprofits, and charities who normally host a holiday fundraiser have been forced to move online, and finding ways to connect to once generous donors is tough. . Additionally, funds could be raised through an online auction within the gala, and fundraising is tracked with a virtual fundraising thermometer.

Virtual 52

Virtual Ideas Fundraising Stream 52

Care2

MARCH 28, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Check out the full study here.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Continue to embrace low dollar donors. Average gift size across organizations was $71 in 2008.

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Benchmark Social Media Studies Advocacy 28

Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Those are pretty significant numbers, and by ignoring them you could be leaving serious support from potential donors and advocates on the table. During your redesign, workflows and responsibilities are likely to shift, which can potentially cause friction between teams or individual team members.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The 2017 Luminate Online Benchmark Report , just released by Blackbaud, shows donation and email trends based on online fundraising and email campaigns by 707 Luminate Online customers. Encouraging people to become sustainers lets them support your cause in a way that’s consistent and easy for them. Email still works really well.

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Care2

DECEMBER 16, 2013

From all the donor data I have seen on Facebook, the answer is NO! BTW, you should check out the Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report , which historically shows that the majority of nonprofits have not raised a dime on Facebook. And remember the days of Causes on Facebook where many nonprofits struggled to raise money?

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