Benchmark Mail Rate Stats 
Whole Whale
AUGUST 25, 2021
2015 Stats. Mail stats. Direct mail response rate (to house): 4% Postage per letter: $0.49. 2016 Stats. Mail stats. Direct mail response rate: (to house): 5% Postage per letter: $0.47. 2017 Stats. Mail stats. 2018 Stats. Mail stats.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JUNE 1, 2021
Odds are your emails are going to spam folders and are in violation of email compliance laws that require opt-out information and a mailing address to be prominently featured in all email campaigns. If they can not, then those subscribers should be deleted to improve your open rate, thus email deliverability.
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Pamela Grow
JUNE 28, 2023
Well, I’ve got some eye-opening stats that might make you reconsider where to channel your communication efforts. When it comes to reaching your fundraising goals, email reigns supreme (after direct mail and face-to-face, of course). In fact, the average engagement rate on Facebook for nonprofit posts is a mere 0.08%.
Care2
MAY 24, 2013
Last month we reported that online fundraising response rates declined 27% between 2011-2012, according to the eNonprofit Benchmark study. According to the report, response rates on appeals declined by more than 18%. “This is present in direct mail, telemarketing, and face-to-face solicitation.”
NetWits
NOVEMBER 29, 2011
While nonprofits often deliver highly relevant content in direct mail appeals – based on giving history, interests and past actions – that approach isn’t always carried over to their email appeals. Delivering relevant content to your audiences, though, can significantly increase email click-through rates. *.
NTEN
APRIL 29, 2010
The new 2010 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from NTEN and M+R was just released today! The new report might look slim and slick, but this scrappy guide is thick with valuable insights and key industry benchmarks for online messaging, fundraising and advocacy, based on a full year's worth of results from 31 of your nonprofit peers.
NetWits
MAY 19, 2011
First and foremost, determine which existing audiences you wish to engage (board members, major donors, past event fundraisers or attendees, all donors, volunteers, etc) in your fundraising and how you will reach out to them (email, social networks, mail, phone, on-site events, etc).
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