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How to Drive High Donor Retention Rates with Text Messaging

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However, with the average donor retention rate sitting around 45%, many nonprofits struggle to sustain newly acquired donors’ support. In this guide, we’ll cover four best practices to increase your donor retention rate with text messaging. Establishing a predictable donation pipeline is critical to your nonprofit’s longevity.

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5 Common Questions About Calculating Your Nonprofit’s Indirect Cost Rates

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Indirect costs can be confusing because there is conflicting information about indirect cost rates for nonprofits, what is considered an indirect cost, and how to calculate the costs. For example, Colleen is a program director at the local community center that offers senior programs and afterschool programs for youth.

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2024 Social Media Statistics for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Rival IQ Social Media Industry Benchmark Report ] Nonprofits have an average engagement rate of 0.066% on Facebook. 35% of nonprofits raised more money than they expected while 23% raised less. 32% raised what they expected. 35% of nonprofits raised more money than they expected while 23% raised less.

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Raise More Money - 4 Financial Secrets for Fundraisers

Blue Fox

” Our CEO, Chantal Sheehan recently wrote a guest feature article for Bloomerang addressing this exact question: 4 Finance Secrets to Help You Raise More Money. (1) Then you can focus on what really matters: your mission and serving your community. How much more effective could your fundraising team be?”

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What’s A Good New Donor Acquisition Rate?

Bloomerang

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on what would be considered a good new donor acquisition rate. I know about donor retention rates, goals, etc., but I’m not finding much data on what is a good new donor acquisition rate or goal annually. . per dollar raised. How much can you invest?

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Community foundations: Resilience in tough economic times 

Candid

At first glance, it would be easy to put a gloomy headline on the Council on Foundations ’ most recent CF Insights field survey tracking trends in community foundations’ 2022 asset growth, giving, and the activity of donor-advised funds (DAFs). Still, at $112.7 billion, total assets in 2022 were well above 2020 totals.

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Weaving Empathy into Action: The Crucial Role of Storytelling for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By sharing real stories of the real people or communities you serve, you can appeal to the hearts of potential donors, volunteers, and partners. 3) Higher Fundraising Success: A Stanford Social Innovation Review study found that nonprofits that tell engaging stories raise twice as much money on average as those that don’t.