Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

Donor acquisition is all the rage, but did you know nearly 3 out of 4 new donors leave and never come back. In 2013, Chuck Longfield was on a mission to shed light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. There’s no time like the present to improving your donor retention rates.

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Care2

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Your donors are likely your organization''s lifeline, and it''s important to acquire donors, keep them egaged, and move them further up the ladder of engagement. But you need to treat your donors with love, and cultivate a real realtionship. What are other ways you like to thank your donors? Create a retention calendar.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Read on for explanations of each form element and why your donors will love it. When a donor first lands on this donation page, they’ll only see an impact statement, a compelling image, and options for choosing your donation amount and frequency. Long donation forms can feel intimidating or burdensome for your donors.

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Qgiv

JULY 30, 2021

When volunteer fundraisers reach out to their friends and family members, they’re building on established relationships. Donors are more likely to give when they know the person who’s doing the asking. This is a handy way to raise more money and give your participants and donors a way to show off their enthusiasm for your cause.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2014

In honor of the release of the newest npExperts ebook, Show the Love: Thoughtful Engagement to Retain Donors , this roundup all about retention. I mean, is it just me or is anyone else a little concerned that donor retention remains a lower priority for nonprofits across the industry? Donor retention.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2014

I work as the Donor Relations Coordinator at Lena Pope , an agency that serves children and families through counseling and education. We impact over 10,000 lives each year, and in 2013 we had a donor retention rate of 43% ( compared to 27% ). Over a 5 year period, we’ve gone from retaining 29% of our donors to 43%.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 24, 2024

Your passion and drive demonstrate why donors should give to your cause, but finding new donors and keeping existing ones takes something more: a solid fundraising strategy. It’s the story you tell potential and current donors. Donor stewardship What is the average donor’s experience with your nonprofit?

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Practice Strategy Guide Fundraising 52

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2014

Nancy helps nonprofits build strong and lasting relationships with the people whom they need to act—to give, volunteer, participate and more. Donor retention is an absolute priority (again) for 2014. Yet the path to retention success remains elusive for many organizations. And here’s how: R espect donors’ wants.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

How Are Major Donors Identified? To identify major donors, you need to analyze a prospect’s financial capacity to contribute and their philanthropic interest in doing so. Most donors only make major gifts to a nonprofit after multiple interactions with that organization—very few people will make a $5,000 gift right away!

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Since its conception, Giving Tuesday has turned into a worldwide movement championing radical generosity and encouraging donors to give in ways big and small in pursuit of making the world a better place. Kick things off with a great Giving Tuesday campaign that will wow your donors and get them excited about donating.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 21, 2022

The vast majority of financial support for the vast majority of nonprofit organizations comes from individual donors. Here are 6 significant ways companies can support your organization: Credibility: when individual donors see companies supporting you, that raises your credibility and connection to the community.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2023

We’ve put together a handy eBook on choosing the best software for your nonprofit. For best results, you have to tell the stories that your donors want to hear. Your stories should answer these questions for donors and inspire them to give. What is donor stewardship? Read on to learn more!

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2014

The subject which I was asked to write about was donor retention and, seemingly, these two things should really have nothing in common. At its core, Wish You Were Here is really just about peoples’ inabilities to engage with one another, which is entirely relatable to the way in which donor retention is often approached.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2014

Now, it’s much more broadly recognized that there needs to be absolutely integrated, holistic marketing… Marketing is everything you do between the asks, everything you do to connect with prospects and supporters, because you have to keep the relationship alive between the times you’re asking for money.- Nancy Schwartz.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

You work for a nonprofit that is totally stuck in the donor acquisition cycle from hell. You work long hours and spend a ton of resources getting new donors in the door, only to then see them never make a second gift, leaving you right back where you started. What is Donor Management? What is Donor Management? Sound good?

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Donor Management Guide Retention 52

Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

From their website: “For over 60 years, fundraisers, nonprofit leaders, donors and volunteers, scholars, and other individuals who work in or with the charitable sector have counted onGiving USA to provide the most comprehensive charitable giving data available. Want some quick donor retention advice?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A donor database is much more than a glorified phonebook for nonprofits. When nonprofits invest in the right donor management tools and use them properly, they can become an incredible asset. These solutions optimize and expand your fundraising and donor stewardship activities to help form long-lasting relationships.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

These virtual ideas have already been successful for many of our clients here at Qgiv, helping to fill the gaps in their fundraising revenue and sustain donor engagement during the pandemic and post-pandemic. Without a dedicated online strategy or a social media presence, many potential donors will view your organization as out of touch.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2014

Here are this week’s nonprofit highlights: Nearly 3 out of 4 new donors leave and never come back. From big picture goals to hot topics (like Retention), the report offers benchmarks and statistics to help you validate and navigate your nonprofit’s communication in 2014. Take a look. Yours truly, Madeline.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 20, 2022

For retention-minded fundraisers with a strong donor cultivation plan in place, the early days of a new calendar year might even be busier than any day in November and December. Here are five tips for thanking your year-end donors that will increase the likelihood of them being retained in the following year: 1.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 28, 2019

This report, presented by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, offers insight into why social impact professionals work, how they work, and what will enhance their work, along with information and data about what it means to be an active donor. Compare your fundraising performance against the Overall Index.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 19, 2017

Each group was then further segmented into 3 separate audiences: Giving history divided donors into: Current donors : Members who have donated in the past year. Lapsed donors : Members who have donated, but not in the last year. These identifiers then match your information to donor Facebook profiles. 6-12 month activist.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 30, 2017

From donor retention to nonprofit marketing to organizational leadership, every ebook is an invaluable resource. The ‘old rule’ that donors who come in via one channel should be communicated with through that same channel. Here’s how silos negatively impact donors. Again, put yourself in the donors’ place.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Kari Trent Stageberg, MBA and Jackie Smith will equip you with easy, practical, and actionable steps to help you win back your lapsed donors, including learning how to identify, qualify, and communicate with them. We are here to talk about how to win back your lapsed donors. Full Transcript: Steven: All right. That’s right.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

Donor Data is a Top Priority Track Performance Using KPIs Prioritize Donor Stewardship Use Technology to Automate Processes Set S.M.A.R.T. Donor Data is a Top Priority When conducting any sort of fundraising campaign, you need to make sure you are working with data about your donors.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 27, 2014

You see, making new friends is like acquiring new donors. A single donation without donor stewardship is a waste – you know it as attrition. About a year ago we were hit with the depressing reality of the state of donor retention across the nonprofit industry. Make sure your donor retention strategy reflects this.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 8, 2014

While organizations focus on their development goal and raising money through major gifts, events, direct mail, grants and online, we continue to see a lack of focus on stewardship and retention. Consider that for every 100 new donors gained, 105 donors were lost through attrition. There is always a reason to say thank you.

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Retention eBook Donor Offline 49

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 23, 2014

In my weekly coaching email I wrote about the single biggest donor retention mistake I see new nonprofit leaders making. These well meaning leaders think they are being donor-centered. They think they are treating donors like people and not ATMs. They think they’re building relationships in a way that retains donors.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 29, 2021

” Yes, one of my favorite topics, not just peer-to-peer fundraising, but also peer-to-peer retention. But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang besides the webinars, we are also a provider of donor management software. We are here to talk about “Retaining Your Peer-To-Peer Peeps.” So check that out.

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Donor Video Fundraising Strategy 110

Connection Cafe

MAY 20, 2020

Mission + Operations: Giving donors something they can feel good about. Jen Shang: In a recent study by the Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy , we discovered donors are not feeling very positive about themselves, which presents an opportunity for you to build supporter loyalty unlike what we have seen before. Surveying donors.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2014

Read more from Marc by downloading the npEXPERTS ebook and by following him on Twitter. In the nonprofit world, we also spend considerable amounts on donor acquisition. But the problem is, many of us fail in the most important last mile, when it’s time to recoup our initial losses by getting our donors to come back. Consistency.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 27, 2014

Measure your donor retention rates. Then, develop a strategy to better optimize your relationship building tactics. Keeping your supporters happy is about building meaningful relationships and ensuring they understand their value to your organization. For even more expert advice, check out the latest npEXPERTS ebook!

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Trend Tips Marketing Retention 46

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). More and more donors are giving online, especially towards the end of year.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2017

From donor retention to nonprofit marketing to organizational leadership, every ebook is an invaluable resource. And we all have likely asked these same questions: How much do I really know about my donor’s relationship with my charity? Donor retention rates across lifecycles.

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