Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

It’s been proven time after time that data-driven strategy creates the most successful fundraising results. The challenge can be in knowing which nonprofit data to prioritize, along with how to evaluate it and use it to make improvements. What do we mean by “data?”. What can data help your nonprofit achieve?

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 15, 2024

This means that you’ll need to be more economical with your efforts, choosing only the communication channels and tactics that truly resonate with your audience. Start by digging into your customer data to better understand who they are. is the purchase of your product trending up or down?). Create customer personas.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

By using cause-specific language that clearly conveys the urgency of needs on the ground, you can compel donors to take immediate action through their communications across channels. Segmenting new donors based on demographics, interests and preferred channels can enable more personalized outreach. This plants a seed.

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 4, 2022

Survey your members to understand their volunteer motivations and connect them to the best volunteer or advocacy options. . TECH TIP: Capture the member perspective with the best survey solution available in the Salesforce AppExchange and accessible through Nimble AMS. Track member engagement through your AMS. Learn more.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 24, 2024

Then, when a donor gives, fills out a survey, or takes another specified action, they trigger that message and receive the corresponding email automatically. For example, if you use Salesforce and its marketing automation add-on, you can populate emails with data like donors’ first names and most recent donation amounts.

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sgEngage

JUNE 11, 2024

Then you need to identify the right students and deliver that message to those families at the right time using the right marketing channels. For their 2023–2024 The Ride to Independent Schools Report , the Enrollment Management Association (EMA) surveyed over 3,000 families about their experiences applying to independent schools.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

And with donor retention rates on the decline, new donor acquisition is a constant topic of conversation. It’s Time to Kick It Up a Notch The good news is that you only need three things to successfully identify, engage, and convert those elusive brand-new donors, and I’ll bet you already have them on hand: data, content, and technology.

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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. Multiple, practical action steps are presented below to advance your fundraising based on the survey results. Diversify fundraising channel s: The report documents shifts in donor behavior and preferences.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 20, 2022

One of the simplest ways to boost volunteer engagement and retention at your association is to have leadership create meaningful connections with volunteers. Additionally, it encourages volunteer engagement and retention at your association. . Acknowledging volunteers maximizes retention.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) noted that while 2020 saw an overall increase in giving, that year’s donor retention rate dropped by 4.1 Per the FEP , donor retention rates (which have been falling at least since 2006, the first year of the FEP) continued to fall last year. drop from the 2019 rate of 45.4%. .

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sgEngage

APRIL 10, 2023

Thanksgiving holiday each year, meaning that nonprofits have almost an entire year to analyze their data from this past Giving Tuesday and start planning for 2023. When you start Giving Tuesday planning early, you can devote time to crafting a data-driven, evidence-based fundraising strategy based on previous campaigns.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

Your plan should include your campaign’s messaging, theme, channels, and follow-up plan, for starters. For templates you can use to set up a welcome series for new donors and tips for donor retention, check out The Fundraiser’s Guide to Welcome Series. Make sure you plan how you’ll engage new supporters, too. Set S.M.A.R.T.

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Qgiv

APRIL 11, 2023

Regardless of the channel (website, email, mail, or the phone) or medium (in-person or digitally) you want to connect with donors in a way that is one-to-one, contextual, and collaborative. The data you receive for every event you run will help inform your next attempts. Your engagement should reflect that.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

conduct research Gather data on your current supporters Review your nonprofit’s existing data, such as donor records , volunteer information, and past survey results. Gather new data directly from your target audience This can be collected through methods such as surveys, interviews, and focus groups.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

According to Roger Craver in his book Retention Fundraising , “The average nonprofit has a 60-70% chance of getting additional gifts from current donors, a 20-40% chance from a lapsed donor and a 2% chance from a prospect.”. Let’s start with your data. Start with Your Data. Survey your file. Survey your file.

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sgEngage

MAY 27, 2021

When you start GivingTuesday planning early, you can devote time to crafting a data-driven, evidence-based fundraising strategy with a better chance of success. Key fundraising metrics like donor retention rate, donation frequency, and fundraising return on investment (ROI). You can create a research-based fundraising strategy. .

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 14, 2023

Consider your communication channels. Consider which types of communications result in higher engagement and which channels these communications take place through. Ask your donors which channels they would prefer your nonprofit use to reach out to them. Phone call. Social media. Attends an event. Implement donor segmentation.

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NetWits

MAY 31, 2011

This report continues to be the most significant analysis of online/offline giving trends based on actual data from nonprofits. Key Findings: The majority of giving still comes from offline channels, but online continues to be a significant source of giving and new donors. Retention rates for both new online and offline donors are bad.

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Benchmark Internet Report Giving 144

Socialbrite

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Donors are still eager to support the organizations and causes they care about, yet they expect to be engaged differently — often through digital channels. Nurture donor relationships through digital channels. As shown by the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy’s 2021 Fundraising Effectiveness Survey , just 18.6%

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In the recent report from the Blackbaud Institute, Philanthropy Through Recession: How Savvy Organizations Weather Uncertain Times , the data shows that the sector has remained relatively strong throughout. Retention should be your key focus no matter what challenges your organization is facing.

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Nimble AMS

JANUARY 20, 2022

While I don’t have a crystal ball, I do have some association trends data that can help. Personalization – The study shows that Pros with poor member retention in the past year tend to report worse member data. Get a handle on your member data by keeping it updated, de-duplicating, and managing it in one place.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Survey existing donors on what compelled them to support you before. Surveys, interviews, and data analysis can reveal the equivalent of that Rolls-Royce insight – the key emotional triggers, values, and desires of your existing and potential supporters. Analyze results data to double down on what inspires action.

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DipJar

AUGUST 6, 2021

Volunteer Retention. Post your volunteer opportunities on several different channels, from social media to your website to email newsletters. Sending volunteer feedback surveys so supporters can voice opinions. Volunteer Retention. As a volunteer coordinator, volunteer retention is your ultimate goal.

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Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

As donor retention and engagement continue to challenge the space, virtual events are a viable tool you can explore to enhance these efforts. Despite heavy adoption of technology across the space, recent data from Forbes found that 1 in 4 nonprofits are still “not sure” how to approach their events in 2021. Emails (19.9%).

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

You should be able to collect data for your impact metric in a timely manner and on a regular basis. . Collecting data can be time-consuming and expensive. Participant retention. Volunteer retention. Collect Data Regularly. Data collection should be a frequent, ongoing process. Is it timely? Volunteer hours.

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Bloomerang

MAY 10, 2022

We’ll explore: How does donor stewardship impact donor retention? How does donor stewardship impact donor retention? Your donor retention rate measures how many donors continue to give to your organization over time. Your donor retention rate measures how many donors continue to give to your organization over time.

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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. Data can make the difference between good decisions and great ones. The data can help you with that too!

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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% in 2020 , according to nonprofit organizations surveyed by the Association for Fundraising Professionals. year over year. in 2016 to 19.3%

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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

Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

A new survey from McKinsey finds responses to the Covid-19 pandemic sped business adoption of digital technologies by several years—and many of these changes will likely be here for the long haul. Once people walked toward online channels; today consumers are running towards them. . Prioritize Digital Transformation.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

Nonprofit professionals are constantly being challenged to be more “data-driven” in their work. Being able to benchmark performance against what other nonprofits are doing is an important starting point to understanding your own data. But they often find it difficult to know where to begin.

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2023

You might send surveys or host meetings with high-level supporters to get their input on your organization’s strategies. Let’s review three strategies for analyzing your donor giving patterns to create a data-driven fundraising and marketing strategy: Identify popular times of the year for giving. Their retention rate.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

However, successful volunteer recruitment, engagement, and retention are no easy feat. A successful volunteer management process ensures that volunteers are informed, engaged, and motivated, which in turn increases long-term volunteer retention. Improves volunteer engagement and retention.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 16, 2021

In the Blackbaud Institute’s incredible npExpert free e-book, The Great Reset: Moving Into the New Normal with Intention , Dr. Una Osili opens with some key findings from the last year of fundraising data compiled by the Lilly School of Philanthropy. Most notable is that in a recent survey of nonprofit organizations, 80.5%

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2022

It can help you cultivate strong relationships with your donors and increase your donor retention. Collect data about your current donors and potential donors including information like their age, backgrounds, wealth indicators, giving histories, and motivators. In other words, it’s how you make and keep your donors happy.

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Fundraising Donor Relationship Retention 59

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. which will make it harder to organize and sync your data.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 6, 2023

By collecting and analyzing key data points, you’ll be able to continually refine your strategy and stay at the forefront of social media fundraising. Let your data lead the way. Conversion Rate Once your organization has a bustling community of supporters on social media, how do you channel their enthusiasm into meaningful impact?

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