Classy

MAY 24, 2021

We’ve surfaced the most valuable and forward-thinking insights from over 4,800 organizations and across 46,000 campaigns. Collectively, these new data points and recommendations give charitable organizations and leaders across the sector a clear path forward through the fundraising landscape. Key Lessons From a Year Like No Other .

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Philanthropy Report Fundraising Retention 102

CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

As a nonprofit professional, you understand the importance of a well-crafted fundraising development plan. Whether you’re creating a new plan or adapting an existing one to address new trends and unprecedented events – a common occurrence in recent years – it’s important to remember that fundraising plans are dynamic.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 30, 2024

The Right Shoe Can Change Your Life, and So Can the Right Nonprofit Fundraising Software How It Had “Always Been Done.” When I started my nonprofit fundraising career a decade ago, all I knew were spreadsheets, paper bid sheets, and manually charging sales for each guest at a fundraising event. It was a nightmare!

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

One of the most important lessons a nonprofit practitioner can learn in their career is that budgets are moral documents. Lastly, factor in your donor retention rate so you can anticipate the number of new donors you’ll need to acquire in order to meet or exceed this year’s revenue total. What does that mean?

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 19, 2021

For New York City-based Smile Train, the largest cleft organization in the world, its year-end efforts last year presented challenges, yet valuable lessons learned that it will utilize as it moves forward. Now, capitalizing on last year’s fundraising success is vital.

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Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

As nonprofits continue to navigate this “new normal” of event fundraising into 2021, a focus on virtual fundraising should be at the top of your priority list. As donor retention and engagement continue to challenge the space, virtual events are a viable tool you can explore to enhance these efforts. Fundraiser results.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

We faced a global pandemic, resulting in oftentimes disastrous fundraising. Organizations relying on event-driven fundraising suffered. And one of the biggest event-driven fundraising models shuttered their doors. Then, once nonprofits recovered their wits and resumed asking, fundraising initially rebounded big time.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

having your marketing team launch a new campaign and explore a different communication channel). Relevant: Confirm that your goal, increasing the number of monthly donors, and how you plan to pursue it align with your organizational goals, fundraising priorities, and mission. Next, specify exactly how you will achieve the goal (e.g.,

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Nonprofits typically participate by running a fundraising campaign with a specific GivingTuesday goal and leaning on mediums like social media, video, and email to rally support. Fundraising How Does GivingTuesday Work? GivingTuesday is in late November, a time when nonprofits are rightfully focused on year-end fundraising.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 30, 2014

If we don’t know our donor data, how can we effectively plan a fundraising appeal? Build a fundraising strategy? Combat the challenges of donor retention? Next problem, the fundraising advice. Yet all fundraising appeals and campaigns start with data. Many nonprofits don’t know their donor data.

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Attention Data Donor Retention 157

Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Few things are as important to successful fundraising teams as clean data around your prospect portfolio and moves management. Standardization around portfolio tracking, donor interactions, documenting proposals, and next steps is critical to the health and sustainability of any fundraising program.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Do you know what your retention rates are or how to increase donor loyalty? The sorry state of donor retention has been a topic of discussion for at least the past decade, since the Fundraising Effectiveness Project Report began collecting data. Yet too many nonprofits still don’t prioritize donor retention strategies. .

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Donor Strategy Retention Relationship 141

sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

P2P fundraising is a heck of a competitive space. Here’s how Team Diabetes created improvements based on the lessons learned from the donor journey map. And we retain 90% of our top P2P fundraisers each year, providing 80% of our annual budget.” We now offer encouragement to fundraise to meet certain goals.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Tricia Marsherall is the Founder & President of Marsherall Partners, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in nonprofit donor database management & operations support and virtual & traditional fundraising events. The good news is that your data can be cleaned up and leveraged to inform your fundraising strategies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

And critics, with a scarcity mindset, talk about slacktivism (“Not everyone who did the challenge donated or even mentioned ALS”) and fundraising cannibalism (“People won’t donate to other charities because they will be tapped out”). And, of course the valid concern of wasting water in a drought.

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sgEngage

MARCH 4, 2022

In the first half of 2021, OneCause conducted a survey of 1,026 Social Donors to explore how giving has evolved during the pandemic and what lessons we’ve learned from the virtual fundraising pivot. In fact, 83% of donors said it was easy to make donations during their event or campaign. What does this mean for you?

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Studies Experiment Giving Generation 88

Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The story goes that company co-founder, Jay Love, was attending a fundraising conference and caught a session by Adrian Sargeant. For decades, Adrian has been espousing the values of focusing on donor retention as a top-line metric of the health of an organization. Donor retention is about a donor coming back to you.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A lot of fundraisers will tell you, “Fundraising is different for my organization.” 5 ways fundraising is different for YMCAs 1. However for most YMCAs, the fundraising ask comes once a year during the annual appeal. Most of them are wrong. Unless you work for a YMCA , in which case you’re 100% right!

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Campaign Fundraising North Carolina Bookmarking 69

Connection Cafe

JULY 18, 2017

Blackbaud recently released its fifth annual Charitable Giving Report, and it offers major lessons for institutions of higher education looking to increase fundraising capacity over the coming years. Here are 3 major lessons for colleges and universities from this year’s Charitable Giving Report: 1. year over year.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2021

Arizona State University (ASU), for instance, needed an easier way for its students, faculty, and staff to communicate, share lesson plans, and gather feedback. Professors are also creating surveys in Slack, allowing them to gauge student interest and retention of new material. In the 2020 U.S.

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Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

Never fear, this lesson will walk you through setting up (or retooling) your own monthly giving program. In this lesson, we’ll cover: Setting a goal for recurring giving. If you don’t have a clear goal in mind for your program and campaigns, it’s challenging to crystallize what you’ll need to do to reach your target.

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Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

Never fear, this lesson will walk you through setting up (or retooling) your own monthly giving program. In this lesson, we’ll cover: Setting a goal for recurring giving. If you don’t have a clear goal in mind for your program and campaigns, it’s challenging to crystallize what you’ll need to do to reach your target.

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Program Giving Gift Goal 52

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Findings from Nonprofit HR’s 2021 Nonprofit Talent Retention Practices survey showed that 42% of responding nonprofit leaders expected their employee turnover to increase in the coming year. Because the lessons are on demand, your staff can also take refresher courses or uplevel their skills as needed.

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The Modern Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Lessons Learned from Giving Tuesday – Making the Most Out of the Busiest Giving Season For nonprofit organizations, Giving Tuesday is more than just a day of fundraising. The Power of Storytelling Successful Giving Tuesday campaigns have a common factor: they tell a clear, compelling story.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 23, 2023

While finding new members is always a priority, member retention is often overlooked—even though it’s less expensive to retain members than to find completely new ones. If you’re interested in building a thriving base of highly engaged members, retention should be a priority. Retention isn’t a once-a-year event.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 7, 2018

When someone submits their email address on the ONE Campaign website , they receive a welcome email with a friendly message and a simple question: ”Do you think we’ll see the end of extreme poverty in our lifetime?” The example offers us two good lessons. The example offers us two good lessons.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

As a fundraising professional, it is easy to feel helpless in these conditions as you watch response rates, average gift, and total revenue decrease. The huge upfront investments and significant ongoing costs required by proprietary vendors are dollars that can and should be spent on programs or actually executing fundraising campaigns.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants. Participants will acquire a foundational understanding of this increasingly important component of fundraising strategy and will be able to identify and distinguish between the most common planned giving vehicles. Fundraising & Grants/ @CASEAdvance. Nonprofit Management.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

A diverse and holistic fundraising strategy is crucial to a nonprofit’s success. Whether you are fully dependent on donations or utilize a variety of revenue sources like government grants, corporate partnerships, major contributions, or membership fees, successful fundraising is key to maximizing your impact on your mission.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The lesson here is age-old: Don’t put all of your funding eggs in one basket. As we plan for 2023 fundraising and all that the year might bring, we know that diversified revenue streams mitigate the risk of losing any single source of funding. Peer-to-Peer and Team Fundraising. Major Gifts. 1) Monthly Giving and Pledges.

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Fund Pledge Nonprofit Gift 319

CauseVox

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Considering the twists that fundraising plans may have taken in 2023, it’s crucial to recalibrate for the upcoming year. As we embark on the fundraising journey in 2024, the significance of a well-structured nonprofit annual development plan cannot be overstated. What’s your plan for 2024?

Develop 72

Develop Calendar Nonprofit Retention 72

Qgiv

AUGUST 15, 2022

When it comes to the world of peer-to-peer fundraising, dance-a-thons are one of the most unique and engaging fundraisers. No matter what you’re fundraising for, hosting a dance-a-thon can help you raise lots of money while also giving your supporters the opportunity to get moving and have fun. Plan your event.

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Care2

AUGUST 8, 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) The lesson? Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. A creative fundraiser can make any of these items sound attractive to the donor. Every tactic here is as much about retention and appreciation as it is about perks. By Sean Kosofsky , is the Nonprofit Fixer and founder of Mind the Gap Consulting.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 5, 2010

Some lessons learned here could be put to use by the “forces of good.” I bet they use direct mail in their retention mix, too, since they pretty soon have their customers’ billing addresses. But I asked a lot of questions because I’m always interested in what’s working & why.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

As nonprofits and donors alike make a mad dash towards the December 31 finish line, your nonprofit’s giving season campaign can stand apart by implementing these ten tips and strategies. You can use the answers to these questions to map out this year’s giving season campaign. Are you ready? When (and What) Is the Giving Season?

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Teachers: Students might already be familiar with fundraising on behalf of their school, but there are countless opportunities for teachers and faculty members to encourage volunteering. Email: A strong email campaign targeting current donors and volunteers can help you identify existing supporters who may want their kids to get involved.

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