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The Surprising Truth About Online Donors and Offline Fundraising

NetWits

The Importance of Moving Donors Offline. However, this only holds true when the online donor has been converted to offline giving. Our study also found that when online-acquired donors move to an offline giving channel, they tend to do so soon, in their first renewal year. The Long-Term Value of Online Donors.

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2024 Online Fundraising Statistics for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Direct mail was the second most preferred channel at 21%, followed by social media (17%), text messaging (8%), and phone calls (2%). M+R Benchmarks ] Donor retention increases by 29% for offline donors when you have their email address. Double the Donation ] The current donor retention rate is 41.9%. increase in revenue. organizations.

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Channel Surfing: A News Roundup

NetWits

What I do know from this Target Analytics study is that ignorance and sloth are ruinous. The study confirms what we already know: online donors are younger, have higher incomes and give larger initial gifts than offline-acquired donors. It’s a great guide for making the most of your channel-surfing donors.

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Nonprofit Year-End Fundraising | The Free Checklist

Pamela Grow

And even digital fundraising powerhouse NextAfter has conducted studies that reveal that multichannel has 212% more revenue than offline only. What channels did you use last year? And, according to ANA/DMA, “Direct mail still pulls a higher response rate than any marketing medium.” Where do you begin? Clean up your data.

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2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report

NetWits

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. This is a recurring theme from previous studies.

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New Study: 60% of Americans Donate Money to Charity

Care2

economy is still recovering, the majority of Americans (60%) still give to charity, according to the Next Generation of American Giving study by Blackbaud. The study looked at giving habits and trends across four generations of donors – Matures (68+), Boomers (49-67), Gen X (33-48) and Gen Y (18-32). Even though the U.S.

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Facebook is Great, but Does it Really Work for Fundraising?

NetWits

“Of the 24 companies interviewed (in Forrester study ), only 7% cited social networking as one of their most effective sources for customer acquisition. Affiliate programs, organic search traffic and even offline advertising scored higher than social.

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