Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

By Paige Kutliek , SEO Manager at GoFundMe ––a free fundraising platform for charities, people, and the causes you care about. To date, more than 50 million donors have given over $5 billion through the GoFundMe fundraisers. 1) Choose the right fundraiser images and videos. Collettey’s Cookies.

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Forum One

AUGUST 12, 2021

Pretty soon, nonprofit fundraisers everywhere will start thinking about their end-of-year campaigns. Here are our top tips for tuning up your digital fundamentals in advance of the most important fundraising season of the year. Your donors are going to be inundated with end-of-year fundraising messages.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 21, 2023

GivingTuesday is quickly approaching, meaning a big day of fundraising for nonprofits like yours. Many organizations use GivingTuesday as a social media campaign to increase fundraising and spread awareness for their cause. A tiered ad campaign can help hype your donors and get them into a giving mindset.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2022

Fundraising teams at the eye of the pandemic storm have experienced an eye-watering pace of change the past two years. Major donor and corporate engagements turned virtual overnight. Community fundraising and events were abruptly redirected online. Fundraising Requirements and Donor Needs: Revolution or Evolution.

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OneCause

JULY 7, 2022

Also consider that for many nonprofits, GivingTuesday marks the launch of their end-of-year fundraising campaign as they specifically target their mid-size and smaller dollar donors with online asks. An online solicitation strategy has indeed become a staple element of a comprehensive end-of-year fundraising campaign.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 13, 2021

This change would leave many of our donors (without email addresses) in the dark when it comes to news and feel-good stories about the organization. We continue to solicit donors using direct mail and emails. Here’s why: Donor retention continues to be the biggest problem in nonprofit fundraising.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2017

Blackbaud’s 2016 Charitable Giving Report shows us that donor retention for first time donors is still remarkably low – 29% for offline donors and 21% for online donors. This data shows that new donor retention should be a high priority for non-profit organizations. Donor Newsletters.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

Donor acquisition is all the rage, but did you know nearly 3 out of 4 new donors leave and never come back. Blackbaud’s latest Charitable Giving Report sheds light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. The average donor retention rates for first-year online-only donors is 22%.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Year-end fundraising is here. Yes, that’s right – up to 40% of donations come in at the end of the year for many nonprofits that have a solid year-end fundraising plan in place and an engaged list of supporters. Looking for some good data and examples for your fundraising team? Fundraising Facts. Charity Navigator.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

When it comes to donor data, there’s a lot to keep track of. A nonprofit CRM (also referred to as a donor management system ) is a software platform that allows nonprofits to store, update, and report on supporter data. This type of stewardship helps boost donor retention. What is a nonprofit CRM?

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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. The 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report provides analysis of 28 major nonprofit organizations and transactions for over 15 million donors and more than $1 billion in revenue.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

With those statistics in mind, let’s take a look at what this reveals about donors. If that’s the case, we’d expect to see a high volume of one-time donations made by donors who never engage with a nonprofit after their initial transaction. What Causes Do Donors Support? Who Is Giving?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Note from Beth: Here’s a guest post from my colleague Steve MacLaughlin that is a great example of “ data informed fundraising.” ” A Fundraising Cliff? Over the past few months I’ve been asked a lot of questions about giving trends: What explains the flat trend in overall fundraising?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Every nonprofit who relies on fundraising to accomplish their mission looks for more effective ways to raise money and improve donor retention. Fundraising effectiveness is an ongoing, evolving, and challenging reality. Here are a couple insights from the 2012 Fundraising Effectiveness Project.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

Many of the most respected professionals run their own blogs to shed light on best practices, challenge the status quo, and even offer humor to help folks fundraise smarter. Claire Axelrad ( @charityclairity on Twitter) has been called a Fundraising Ninja, and we have to agree. THE AGITATOR / DONOR VOICE. Clairification .

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2021

That’s why it’s important for your nonprofit to make the most of your peer-to-peer fundraising events. We put together some peer-to-peer fundraising software tips that can make it easier for your supporters to raise funds on your behalf, host more profitable fundraising events, and other tips to boost your peer-to-peer efforts.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Here are some highlights: Just as the strength of the donor-charity relationship heavily influences offline giving, the online giving experience has a significant impact on donor loyalty, retention and.( read more ).

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

There is often a lot of speculation and guessing about what’s happening to fundraising in the nonprofit sector. Another aspect of the Index data that is interesting is the growing percentage of total fundraising that comes from online channels. of their overall fundraising revenue. Steve MacLaughlin, Blackbaud.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 26, 2017

As nonprofits know well, preserving relationships with donors is imperative to an organization’s success. In philanthropy, the donor stewardship process begins with a donor’s first gift—the end point of the cultivation stage—and is a vital component of your donor retention strategy.

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sgEngage

JULY 5, 2022

In regards to the key question of “are corporate matching gifts and donor retention levels related?” Matching gifts and donor retention share a positive correlation, with each variable increasing alongside the other. What to Know About Donor Retention. Matching Gifts and Donor Retention Statistics to Know.

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NTEN

JUNE 8, 2011

We've been talking a lot about multi-channel fundraising in the last year or two, which begs the question: Are donors really multi-channel? Take some of the key findings: Every year, large proportions of online-acquired donors switch from online giving to offline sources - primarily to direct mail. The lesson?

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2011

million gifts 1.879 million unique donors 66,470 different nonprofits Seven-year time span (2003-2009) Donations from a wide range of nonprofit sizes and types About the Study The purpose of this data mining wasn’t to create another study about the rapid growth of online giving (though it is skyrocketing). We looked at: 3.6

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

We'll cover the how-to of integrating direct mail – still the biggest giving channel – with on-line giving and social media tools in your fundraising campaigns at " Fundraise Everywhere: Coordinating Your Campaigns & Appeals ". > > Learn more about "The Email Fundraiser's Toolkit". > Learn more and register today.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Last year for a research study, I signed up to get emails from 152 Canadian charities to see how they were capturing emails and then what they were sending when it came to fundraising (more on why and the research study here ). Retention increases by 29% for offline donors when you have their email address.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Year-end fundraising is here. Yes, that’s right - up to 40% of donations come in at the end of the year for many nonprofits that have a solid year-end fundraising plan in place and an engaged list of supporters. Looking for some good data and examples for your fundraising team? Fundraising Facts. – AFP.

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Everyaction

MAY 24, 2018

Digital fundraisers are busier than ever, reaching more people through digital channels than ever before. There is a lot of learning and experimenting going on in digital fundraising, which is fueling new innovations in how to raise money across the whole spectrum of digital channels. This is where EveryAction comes in!

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NetWits

JUNE 13, 2011

The data clearly shows that integrated direct marketing is essential for maximizing the long-term value of online-acquired donors. I don’t know whether it’s sloth, incompetence, lunch with printers, or just fear that the income from a donor won’t end in ‘my’ bucket. In MultiChannel Donors: Real? Where to go from here.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

In 1999, Blackbaud pioneered the nonprofit technology market by introducing reliable, secure, and donor-friendly online donation forms. The last three years, in particular, have shown how online giving continues to be a growth engine for fundraising in the nonprofit sector. of total fundraising revenue. of total sales.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Effective data management is key to understanding your constituency and building better fundraising and engagement strategies. Fundraising and Donor Analytics. For example, you can understand what impact, if any, a new communication channel had on fundraising outcomes. Fundraising and conducting research.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Constituent relationship management (CRM) refers to the various processes that nonprofits use to steward and build relationships with donors, volunteers, advocates, members, and other constituents to secure ongoing support. Donor management. Fundraising campaign management. Overview of CRM for Nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Thus, overcoming some of the obstacles in creating a nonprofit website will bring your fundraising to the next level. That’s way we believe that for the following reasons you might scare your donors: No branding elements – people have to know you in order to confide in you and to relate to your cause.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2015

Last week I kicked off the Blackbaud Power Hour series with a webinar on tips to get donors into the pipeline. With proper planning and execution, a stronger online fundraising and marketing strategy can grow all of your avenues of offline support. Implement a plan for donor recognition, stewardship and engagement.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Online donors can be summed up with a phrase that would make an excellent soap opera title: the young and the generous. Obviously, we want more donors like them: they account for most of our acquisition, and they are a leading source of new revenue for most nonprofits. Rebecca Higman and Katya Andresen , Network for Good.

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NetWits

DECEMBER 2, 2010

However, there is one component of soliciting your donors which should be considered for any and every communication you generate via email. As fundraisers, we are in the business of building relationships and knowing who we are talking to helps us to tailor our messages and ultimately communicate in a more meaningful manner.

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2011

] By Katya Andresen, COO, Network for Good When we think about giving online, we tend to focus on the latest new bell, whistle or widget for fundraising. It’s about the relationship between the nonprofit and the donor who wants to support a cause. For example, the loyalty factor for donors acquired through generic giving pages is 66.7%

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2009

By many measures, online fundraising had a red letter year in 2008: Online donors are younger and have higher incomes than traditional, primarily direct mail donors. Over the past few years, online giving has become an increasingly significant source of new donor acquisition. Fortunately, it's all true.

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Care2

MARCH 23, 2009

Have you ever analyzed your nonprofit organization's online donor list and wondered why many of the people listed aren’t recurring online donors? For example, 12 of the groups in the study had a median increase in online donors of 39% from 2007 to 2008, while their offline donors decreased a median -3% over the same period.

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