Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

General guidance for fundraisers Here is general guidance on actions fundraisers can take based on fundraising trends and best practices drawn from the report. Craft personalized thank-you messages and updates to strengthen relationships with donors and enhance donor retention. Your own careful review of the report is encouraged.

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Action Report Practice Fundraising 73

Bloomerang

AUGUST 18, 2023

There are two alarming trends in the current nonprofit world, and they are profoundly and demonstrably linked. Across the nonprofit sector, the average donor retention rate is about 40% to 45%. So what can nonprofit leaders do to combat staff turnover and improve donor retention rates at the same time? Let’s take a look!

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Fundraising Retention Gift Nonprofit 69

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

According to the 2020 Benchmarks Report , revenue from monthly gifts increased by 22% in 2019 and now accounts for 17% of all online revenue for nonprofits. Also, data from the 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report reveals that 45% of online donors worldwide are enrolled in a monthly giving program.

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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. And donors like it. This data is important for donors to access for tax purposes.

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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.”. 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. Sustainers.

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Retention Donor Online Research 37

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. Officer Training and Retention Lead to Big Results.

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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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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Through extensive donor and market research, along with insights from supporters’ actual behaviors, she identifies ways fundraisers can leverage trends into enhanced programs and performance. Source: One & All human services clients; excludes gifts of $10,000+. Tracking new giving trends. Follow the Leaders. References.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

According to the latest M+R Benchmarks Study , monthly giving increased by 11% in 2022, making up 28% of all online revenue. To take advantage of this trend toward recurring giving, your nonprofit will need to look inward at its donor data. Here’s how you can learn from data about these donors: Average gift size.

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Analytics Data Giving Metrics 52

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.

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Environment Teach Fundraising Lesson 46

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

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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Measure Fundraising Benchmark Stats 40

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. Want some quick donor retention advice? Include a shareable.

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Resource Blackbaud Chart Retention 48

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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Track Donor Retention Metrics 28

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. The platform contains a donation page builder, nonprofit CRM, recurring gift functionality, and more.

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Software Free Tools Adobe 84

Neon CRM

JULY 19, 2023

Here are 10 year-end giving statistics that show just how important the final month of the year can be—and how your nonprofit can leverage these trends to make your end-of-year campaign a success. Still, the change in gift amount was pretty slight. The average monthly gift size increased, too, but only by $1. Get the guide 2.

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Statistics Giving Fundraising Benchmark 98

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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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. Despite the fact that online-acquired donors give higher gifts both initially and over time, they renew at lower rates overall.

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Attention Metrics Online Fundraising 36

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! It’s no surprise that participants returning to an event send more fundraising emails, receive more gifts, and raise more money than participants who are new. In 5Ks, they receive four times more gifts than other event participants.

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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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Donor Management Guide Retention 52

Care2

JULY 10, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Social Media Trend Advocacy Online 34

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

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? Obviously, to determine trends over time, you will need to obtain this information for multiple years. Donor Retention Rate. So why is donor retention such a big deal?

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Metrics Fundraising Retention ROI 87

Care2

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Don’t forget the phone!

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Social Media Advocacy Online Money 31

Qgiv

JULY 12, 2021

Matching Gifts Statistics. Online gifts made up roughly 13% of online gifts in 2020, up from 8.7% Online gifts across all nonprofit subsectors averages $148. The average one-time gift from email fundraising is $57. The average monthly gift is $20. The retention rate for peer-to-peer fundraisers was 25.1%

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Statistics Raise Fundraising Social Media 116

Connection Cafe

JUNE 14, 2019

Last month marked the inaugural meeting of a new benchmarking group created specifically to analyze and discuss trends in athletics giving [1]. The two days spent together was so valuable that it seemed like a perfect opportunity to share some insights and median trends with the higher education community at large.

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Benchmark Group Indiana Oklahoma 23

Allegiance Group

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Pre-conference Deep Dives will be held April 5-6 and feature a variety of topics, from Donor Retention Workshops to the Future of Fundraising Events. Join more than 40 nonprofit organizations and over 70 MLG professionals in sessions featuring overall trends, insights, and analysis. Want more time? You can attend one or both days.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Key Trends in Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 7th, 2011 Blackbaud has released two new groundbreaking research studies that reveal insights about peer-to-peer event fundraising.

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Trend Blackbaud Fundraising Benchmark 72

Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

This is the Sustainer Summit, after all, a group of sophisticated nonprofits committed to growing and strengthening their sustaining donor programs and nothing has been proven to improve retention better than that. million gifts for a total of $2.41 million gifts for a total of $2.41 million donors who gave 61.4

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Trend Giving Retention Rate 30

sgEngage

APRIL 29, 2021

The seventh annual donorCentrics® Sustainer Summit brought together, via webinar, 31 of the nation’s largest national fundraising organizations to share results and discuss sustainer growth and retention strategies against the backdrop of the pandemic and other significant events that impacted donors and giving in 2020.

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Retention Gift Rate Conversation 47

Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

Dive into your nonprofit’s CRM and start pulling reports to analyze past trends and data. Different types of donors—age, gender, gift size, frequency, type or level of involvement, etc.—probably Being asked for a second gift before you’ve been thanked for the first one will leave them with a bad taste in their mouth.

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Giving Help Tips Storytelling 52

Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2021

I was recently asked what I saw as a change or trend on the fundraising horizon. For example, simply saying “we prioritize major gifts” or “we focus on donor retention” isn’t helpful without understanding specifically how you’re doing so and then tracking and measuring your results so you can improve. .

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Digital Marketing Fundraising Strategy 95

Connection Cafe

MARCH 5, 2020

Now is the time to find out so you can benchmark your organization and boost your fundraising performance in 2020. Topics Discussed in This Episode: Why knowing the giving trends each year matters to the social good sector. The importance of measuring 3-year trends. Insights on online giving trends and strategies.

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Podcast Report Giving Blackbaud 31

Connection Cafe

APRIL 15, 2020

Benchmarking d ata, drawn directly from participant CRMs and standardized to allow for consistent comparisons, included 16 million donors who gave 56 million gifts for a total of $2.3 In FY2019, the median share of donors making sustainer gifts had increased by 5 percentage points to 18% since FY2015.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 6, 2017

These organizations participate in a donorCentrics Internet Benchmarking Group. The giving data examines demographic and donation data for donors that only gave online, donors that only gave offline, and donors that made both online and offline gifts in 2016. It’s a trend that often has more questions than answers.

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Offline Donor Online Retention 35

NetWits

MAY 30, 2012

It’s become increasingly common for new donors to give their first gift online, but without a strategy to move these new donors to an offline cultivation channel you’ll miss out on a significant increase in fundraising revenue. Here are few key insights about multichannel givers from our 2011 Multichannel Fundraising Report.

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Online Fundraising Offline Mail 234

Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Google’s recent report on digital marketing trends framed the opportunity this way: To stand out in 2022, brands should be more intentional about communicating their value and authentic purpose. Monitor the ad performance to gain benchmarks against which to measure future performance. Digital Marketing Wrap Up.

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Channel Marketing Fundraising Nonprofit 59

Connection Cafe

APRIL 21, 2020

What’s your average donor retention from one campaign or event to the next? What’s the average gift amount for your campaigns compared to events? This will help you pinpoint and benchmark your current retention rates by fundraising stream, and average donation information. Work with an integrated tech stack when possible.

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Charity Strategy Online Virtual 30