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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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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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. The Many Risks of Poor Donor Privacy Policies. Great Reward, Great Responsibility.

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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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Forum One

AUGUST 12, 2021

Nearly one-third of annual gifts are made in December, and the last three days of the year alone account for 12% of all gifts. Review existing analytics and donor research to make sure your end-of-year fundraising is based on insights about your particular donors, not generalizations. Know and grow your audience.

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sgEngage

JULY 5, 2022

Employer matching gifts offer key advantages to nonprofit organizations that strategize for and receive the source of funding. In regards to the key question of “are corporate matching gifts and donor retention levels related?” What to Know About Donor Retention. The Basics of Matching Gifts.

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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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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

When it comes to donor data, there’s a lot to keep track of. Giving histories, gift amounts, and frequencies can reveal a lot about future willingness to give. 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.

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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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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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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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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

In this blog, you’ll learn about: Annual Giving, Donor Retention, Major & Legacy Gifts, Online Fundraising, Boards & Leadership, Content Marketing, Social Engagement , Strategy & Management, and Culture & Values. THE AGITATOR / DONOR VOICE. Abstractions and generalities fail to move donors to action.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Fundraising and Donor Analytics. The ultimate goal is to uncover trends, understand performance, and discover useful next actions to help nonprofits achieve their fundraising and donor stewardship goals. So for example, if you’re hoping to increase major gifts, focus on major gift-related metrics. Web Analytics.

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Everyaction

MAY 24, 2018

As nonprofits are using multiple channels to reach their supporters, they also need to be able to track engagement across these online and offline channels. From social media to events they’ve attended to their email engagement and donor history. The average size of a monthly gift received from an email appeal is now $18.

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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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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. and Canada.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2021

Make it easy for donors to support you. Your donors want to support your peer-to-peer fundraising events, but if your peer-to-peer fundraising software is hard to use or they can’t easily see their progress, they may get discouraged. Thermometers help donors visualize their progress toward your goal. People are visual by nature.

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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. They tend to be under 40 and their gifts are around $100. 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.

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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?

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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. recurring gifts, planned gifts, and tributes), and process donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The exact opposite is more likely especially for wealthier donors. The potential for tax code changes are more likely to encourage these donors to give now instead of waiting. The data shows a troubling trend in the nonprofit sector: Donor populations have been shrinking for the past five years and revenue per donor has been flat.

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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. Let’s continue to focus on delivering multichannel giving experiences for donors. Donor behavior is keeping pace with consumer behavior. Hint: Donor behavior is consumer behavior.).

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NTEN

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Network for Good has released a fantastic new report, " The Online Giving Study: A Call to Reinvent Donor Relationships ". Other findings include: 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 gift levels.

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2011

It’s about the relationship between the nonprofit and the donor who wants to support a cause. People who give online are no different from other donors in that most of them expect a relationship— not simply a transaction—with the organization they support. lower than for donors who give via charity-branded giving pages.

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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. In today’s competitive fundraising environments, it is all the more important to treat each donor as if they are the most important person to your organization (because they are).

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Connection Cafe

JULY 21, 2015

Some set a minimum amount threshold for this, others rely on the annual receipt or invite donors to go online and print their own receipt if they desire. superficial relationships where we measure our value by our Facebook “friends” or Twitter followers, would the nonprofit that truly thanks a donor stand out in the crowd?

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2023

Securing donors only to lose them is just silly business. If you want to move away from transactional one-time gifts, and towards longer-term, transformational giving, here is the single most important thing you need to know to keep nonprofit donors: RESOLVE to rock the power of thank you! to Nonprofit Donors 1.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Teaser: Network for Good has released a fantastic new report, " The Online Giving Study: A Call to Reinvent Donor Relationships ". Blog Content: Network for Good has released a fantastic new report, " The Online Giving Study: A Call to Reinvent Donor Relationships ". lower than for donors who give via charity-branded giving pages.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 10, 2010

A new study from Network for Good and TrueSense Marketing isn’t focused on the number of online gifts, but rather the online giving experience and how it impacts donor behavior overall. We know that donors that have a connection to an organization online have a greater propensity for giving more and more often.

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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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Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2011

Katie Beth: Disaster donors really have a trifecta effect going on. Not only are they new donors and getting new donors to convert is tricky, but there’s also the emotional response, plus they’re seeing a huge amount of news coverage about the disaster. Did they designate the gift? Is it working?”

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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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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Sustaining giving is the most valuable investment your organization can make - it's cost-effective and encourages retention and engagement. But in the USA, the emphasis is still on acquisition of one-time gifts, and first-time donors churn all too often. In Europe, it's all about monthly bank drafts for supporting charities.

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Care2

APRIL 5, 2011

Multichannel donors are gold. Annual revenues are often 4x that of direct mail only donors, with higher retention and much better net. The webinar will also dive into the major barriers to multichannel marketing, such as organizational structure, separate online and offline budgets, and lack of data integration.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

Donors and other supporters are accustomed to a multi-channel world. In fact, research into the habits of mid- and major-level donors shows that eight in ten have made donations online, and an equal number have written a check in response to direct mail, sent in via postal mail. Know your audience and their needs.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2022

Donor data can help you understand you donors and reach new ones, set goals and track successes and ways to grow, and—most importantly—data can keep your nonprofit on track to fulfill your mission! Donor acquisition cost: What it costs your nonprofit to acquire a new donor. Social Media Metrics. Paid Advertising Metrics.

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