Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In this article, we’ll look at three important steps to take as you start planning your year-end fundraising campaign, including: Setting your year-end fundraising goals Identifying your campaign’s story Planning for donor retention Let’s take a look! If you ran a year-end fundraising campaign last year, look back at that data.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Recurring donations are gifts to a nonprofit organization made by a donor on an ongoing basis, typically monthly. The trend leans heavily toward a monthly gift cadence, with 94% of recurring donors preferring to give monthly. This data is important for donors to access for tax purposes. And donors like it.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Few things are as important to successful fundraising teams as clean data around your prospect portfolio and moves management. However, many organizations fail to properly track gift officer portfolios, gift officer actions and donor pipeline management within their donor database management. Getting Started.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

According to the 2020 Benchmarks Data from M+R , overall online giving revenue increased by 10% in 2019, and revenue from monthly gifts increased by 22%. The average RoundUp App user donates $15 – $20 a month and has an 80% retention rate. But for the nonprofit, those nickels and dimes add up.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

With 12% of all gifts made during the last few days of the year , fundraising emails are a powerful tool to encourage year-end generosity among your donors. Creating a donor-centered experience is vital for both immediate results and long-term retention. A $50 gift today helps make sure no family and no child is hungry this year.”

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Everyaction

MAY 24, 2018

The annual M+R Benchmarks Report has arrived again, shining a light on trends that are shaping nonprofits’ digital programs. Having shared and discussed this year’s Benchmarks Report with many of our partners, here’s twelve key trends that have resonated strongly within the EveryAction community.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

There are many factors in fundraising, from early engagement to a donor’s ultimate or legacy gift. Blackbaud’s research, however, shows the average time from the first solicitation to a donor’s first gift is four years, yet the average development officer’s term is only 18–24 months. That’s why retaining top officers is so important.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

The third post in this series, 10 Donation Page Best Practices for Nonprofits , provides detailed advice, but its worth reiterating that the first step in being successful in online fundraising is having well-designed, data-driven donation pages. According to the Global Trends in Giving Report , 33% of donors worldwide give tribute gifts.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

When asked by organizations whether their online fundraising programs should focus on donor acquisition or donor retention, I say, “Yes.”. Yet time and resources are limited, so from a strategic, data-driven perspective , we have to prioritize where our efforts should lie. Sustainers.

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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. Major gifts.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Securing major gifts is an incredibly strategic effort. Each step you take with a prospect, from the first communication to receiving a gift, needs to be carefully tracked and planned for. You can raise more funding and avoid rebuilding processes from scratch each time you want to secure a major gift. Making major gift asks.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 3, 2023

According to MR Benchmarks 2023 , both Giving Tuesday and December 31 saw a 13% decline in overall revenue compared to 2021. Number of donors vs. average gift size One reason December 31 earns more than Giving Tuesday involves the average gift size for individual donations on each day. billion for nonprofits alone.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

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% When planning an acquisition campaign, you should project revenue for the first gift and subsequent year giving. year over year. in 2016 to 19.3%

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Lori Collins leads One & All’s Giving Sciences group, which applies data science to charitable giving. Historical support shows that charitable response is swift in response to natural disasters, financial crises such as the Great Recession of 2008 – 2009 and the pandemic, as seen below: Revenue Trend: Human Services Benchmark.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Craft personalized thank-you messages and updates to strengthen relationships with donors and enhance donor retention. Invest in data analytics : Leverage data analytics to better understand donor patterns and preferences. Use this information to optimize your fundraising efforts and make data-driven decisions.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 11, 2017

It’s a new year and that means a new, comprehensive benchmark report on the performance of nonprofits using Luminate Online. While fundraising involves a lot of common sense and experience, data should be the points on the map that guide our decisions. Data showcases impact and lets us know how far off/on track we are.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

With diverse data sources, complex corporate giving programs , and stakeholder expectations on the rise, it’s no wonder that CSR directors are seeking advanced solutions. They use CSR software to streamline data collection, track progress, and ensure compliance with CSR goals and standards.

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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. Supporters either send a donation amount to be charged to their mobile carrier (text-to-give) or are sent a link to your online donation form (text-to-donate) where they can submit a gift. Donor stewardship challenges.

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Givinga

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

With donation tracking and impact reporting, businesses can collect and analyze data on their philanthropic impact, projecting their results into the market. Unlike traditional employee incentive programs that simply offer a monetary bonus, gift card, or product rewards, CR incentive programs are connected to positive community impact.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2020

Perhaps they ask for their monthly gift support to be put on pause for 3 months. These events can cause a metric like retention or new donor acquisition to swing up and down. The world is going to face economic challenges and there are various key metrics to monitor as this happens.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

That means you likely won’t see the results—increased fundraising revenue, increased donor retention rate, increased average gift size—that you would likely see when using a paid solution. Now let’s look at Excel , which a lot of nonprofits initially use to track their data. Their team found its solution in Bloomerang.

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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. Define your volunteer roles.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Your nonprofit’s constituent relationship management (CRM) software contains one of your organization’s greatest assets — your data. Investing in a new CRM is a costly decision, from the migration of all of your nonprofit’s data to the training needed to familiarize your team with the new solution. Blackbaud CRM.

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NetWits

JUNE 13, 2011

Although the findings of the recently released 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report haven’t changed much since the last edition three years ago, its release has (re)fueled the conversation fire in the #nptech community. It shows that where we fail to engage donors, we also fail to raise funds.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

If your campaign is beating the benchmarks, it gives you the tools you need to show off to your boss! There are pages upon pages (43 to be exact) of data and insights to help you set goals and shape your fundraising strategy. Cyclists raise more money, attract more and larger gifts, and use online tools more often and more effectively.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2019

The FY2018 analysis features median metrics from the over 200 institutions that participate in the annual donorCentrics Collaborative Benchmarking service. . This report unpacks some of the key ways these strategies have had an impact on retention, reactivation, acquisition and donor migration (upgrading and downgrading).

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

While it might seem a little early to start thinking about 2018 to some (hint: it’s not ), it’s the perfect time to benchmark where 2017 has taken you. Gift range chart : Utilizing a gift range chart is a great way to created focused, goal-oriented campaigns. Toolkit utilizing the findings in Giving USA.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2013

Blackbaud’s 2013 Peer to Peer Fundraising Benchmark report provides information that you can use to not only measure your success but to learn about trends and best practices in event fundraising. Online Gift Average : The average online gift increased in every event type ranging from 2 – 6%.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 8, 2016

It’s understandable why Retention Fundraising author Roger Craver chose Burnett to write the forward for this book. Unfortunately, many fundraisers accept low donor retention as a fact of life. We asked Craver about how to make a case for retention activities if you need to enlist your colleagues and leadership in the process.

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Care2

JUNE 2, 2011

Blackbaud just released the 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report. This report analyzes data from 28 organizations (some of the biggest national nonprofits in the U.S.) Online-acquired donors tend to give much larger gifts and to give more in total revenue. That said there is a catch.

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Neon CRM

JULY 19, 2023

1/4th of Annual Nonprofit Revenue is Raised in December Source: M+R Benchmarks According to the 2023 M+R Benchmarks Report , December giving accounts for roughly one fourth (26%) of annual nonprofit revenue. Get the guide 2. As those last-minute donations are coming in, you should be getting ready to follow up with your donors.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The culture of End-of-Year (EOY) giving is well ingrained in the American donor’s psyche—December is when many nonprofits raise 80% or more of their total revenue for the year, according to Blackbaud benchmark reports. People give in December because nearly every nonprofit asks them to, every December.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

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. Understanding the Donor Journey Donor Acquisition Donor Retention Donor Stewardship How to Communicate With Your Donors Donor Data Management 1. Sound good?

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

According to the donorCentric study published by Target Analytics, which gathered data from 25 large nonprofit organizations ranging from CARE to Amnesty International, many nonprofits have mastered raising money from Direct Mail campaigns, but haven’t quite figured out how to replicate their fundraising success online.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

I just finished reading the 2008 donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarks Analysis , put out by Blackbaud company Target Analytics. Online donors give much larger gifts than traditional donors. And there really hasn't been a lot of data. Well, this report has some pretty telling data. Get the report and read it.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

bbcon 2020 is just around the corner, and I’m excited to be presenting on the critical role of benchmarking and analytics in shaping your fundraising strategy. Average gifts, retention rates, channel giving, big data, small data…the sheer volume of information involved with fundraising can be daunting.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Its payment platform processed donations from millions of generous supporters in 44 countries who flooded the foundation with critically needed gifts. The fund chose Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT donation forms and processed gifts using Blackbaud Merchant Services. It helps us with our retention,” Nair said.

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