Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

A well-crafted year-end fundraising plan helps nonprofits define clear and specific fundraising goals, identify potential donors, and tailor their messaging better to resonate with their supporters. Sending emails between Tuesday and Thursday and between 9 AM and 12 PM or 6 PM and 9 PM can also increase open and response rates.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

But for fundraisers, numbers can reveal a lot of insights that help you understand donors, demographics, and more. Fundraising metrics are the key to unlocking your most effective, generosity-encouraging strategies. Make this easier for those donors by including a QR code in your appeal that links to your donation form.

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EveryAction

JULY 12, 2023

Whether your nonprofit organization has used an omni-channel donor engagement strategy for years or you’re just getting started, busy fundraising seasons are the most important opportunities to communicate cohesively across mediums with your supporters.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 24, 2024

While your mission is what drives your nonprofit, your relationships with donors are what sustain it. The work you do wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of your donors, so it’s vital that you work to build genuine relationships that inspire them to continue giving. That’s where email automation comes in. Let’s dive in!

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Achieve

JUNE 1, 2023

Your nonprofit likely has plenty of strategies for gathering direct donor feedback. But donors can reveal just as much information about their motivations and interests through their unspoken actions. Review your donor demographics. Analyze your online giving trends and engagement metrics. Review your donor demographics.

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sgEngage

JULY 15, 2023

Donor relation management is the process by which organizations organize donor data and maintain donor relationships to support a long-term donor infrastructure. By solidifying a methodology for donor management, nonprofit organizations can optimize donor investment and engagement and identify areas for growth.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2022

At one of the first auction events she worked, she was reprimanded for showing a donor a seat a the far end of the room. Another coworker quickly took over and showed that donor to another seat right up front. Nonprofits use donor management software or a donor database to organize their donor data and ensure its accuracy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

It’s an ideal community to connect co-workers, influencers, donors, and corporate sponsors. And while that may sound low, it is double the rate of Facebook Pages. If your nonprofit is going to use LinkedIn Pages, then commit to posting a minimum of 2-3 times per week to maximize your click-through rate (CTR) and engagement.

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Neon CRM

MAY 22, 2023

In fact, matching gift emails sent in the first 24 hours after a donation result in 2-3 times higher than the average nonprofit email open rate ! At this point, donors are likely still riding an engagement high, and your team can and should leverage that momentum to drive matching gifts to completion. Let’s get started!

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sgEngage

APRIL 10, 2023

Simply focus your attention on donor engagement. Whether you’re ready to jump back into in-person fundraising or would rather host a virtual event-free fundraiser , you’ll need tools in place to keep donors’ attention and motivate them to give. Think about the people who make up your community of donors.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 5, 2024

Keep an eye on your metrics. Give your nonprofit more chances to interact with donors by asking every existing donor to opt in to receive texts from your organization. Beyond donors, you can also ask your volunteers, social media followers, and those who sign up for your email list. Segment your list of contacts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

But due to many common challenges to constantly reach new donors, retain existing donors, and increase operational efficiency the amount of effort to impact lives doesn’t always result in the high return it should. So what is at the core of reaching new donors, retain existing donors, increase efficiency to support a cause?

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

Well, I’ve got some eye-opening stats that might make you reconsider where to channel your communication efforts. According to the Nonprofit Email Engagement Benchmark Study by M+R , the average email open rate for nonprofits is around 25%, while the click-through rate hovers at 2.5%. The numbers don’t lie!

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

The goals you set will help you plan the rest of your campaign: The channels you use for appeals, decisions about your event, and even the types of stories you’ll tell your donors will hinge on the goals you’ve set for your campaign. Timely: Set a deadline for your fundraising campaign to create a sense of urgency and motivate donors to act.

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Media Cause

JULY 11, 2023

Imagine having the power to communicate your cause, connect with donors, and mobilize your community, all while saving time and resources. For instance, you can segment different content to first-time donors, recurring donors, or volunteers. For nonprofit organizations, making an impact without breaking the bank is crucial.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Data Analytics for Nonprofits: 13 Key Nonprofit Metrics. 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. Data Analytics for Nonprofits: 13 Key Nonprofit Metrics.

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CauseVox

MAY 9, 2023

With Open AI’s ChatGPT , nonprofits can generate high-quality emails in a fraction of the time it would usually take to write them. This model was developed by Open AI and is one of the few language models to pass the Turing Test. Helps with Donor Engagement : ChatGPT can help increase donor engagement for two reasons.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

That’s because all nonprofits have similar goals, including connecting with more donors, boosting their donor retention rates, and developing strategic, sustainable partnerships with other organizations. Donor stewardship. Donor stewardship. Also, review your fundraising metrics and data from previous campaigns.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Data integration allows nonprofit healthcare organizations to: Exchange data at a faster rate. These changes can be expressed by KPIs such as lower hospital readmission rates, higher patient satisfaction rates, and more. Nonprofit Data Integration Data integration opens the door to collaboration. Enhanced security.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Some individual board members may want to start with “easier” tasks like thanking donors, but eventually, they should be directly helping raise thousands of dollars annually. Be aware of key accomplishments, metrics, testimonials, and milestones. Offer to help write short updates to keep donors informed.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

Did you know that the average open rate for the nonprofit organization is around 25.17%, much higher than the industry average open rate, which is just 21.33%? To help you understand this, let’s look at Campaign Monitor’s research which states, that ‘ donors prefer email.’ According to Mailchimp ?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Did you know that, on average, 88% of total nonprofit donations comes from just 12% of donors? This small portion of your nonprofit’s supporter base is known as your major donors. To secure the support of these crucial donors, your nonprofit needs to build a robust major gifts fundraising strategy. billion in 2022.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Growth in first-time online donors. Takeaways from the metrics. The reliability of open rates. Growth in number of gifts, but not the amounts of the gifts. When the biggest spikes occurred. Lessons learned from 2020. Growth of email fundraising and engagement. Growing sustainer programs.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

What can you do to improve the metrics that matter? How many new donors do you need? Your SMART goals might look like these: Increase our donor list by 10%—from 950 to 1,045—by Dec. Put all your goals on paper and include every metric you need to measure to meet the goals in your fundraising plan. What’s working?

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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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Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

These same metrics are important to track during crises to effectively determine which indicators can signal alarm. Useful analytics come from a comprehensive data set, typically from a donor management software, that can be manipulated into an intuitive report that anyone can digest.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

increase in email conversion rate. Here’s a great read on the “death of the open rate. ”. 1 in 40 online donors is a recurring monthly donor. Here’s a great read on the “death of the open rate. ”. 1 in 40 online donors is a recurring monthly donor. This trend is unlikely to change.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

We opened with a short audience survey about nonprofit data management. 2 – When was the last time your organization cleaned your donor data? And from the Q&A at the end of the event … QUESTION: You talked about using social media logins, like Facebook, to help capture more information about donors and prospects.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

This is a popular time for charitable giving because supporters are motivated by the holiday spirit and because it’s the last opportunity for donors in the U.S. 31% of offline-only first-time donors are retained for over a year , versus 25% of online-only first-time donors. What were the demographics of our year-end donors?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2024

Put together a list of friends, family, co-workers, workout buddies—anyone who might be a potential donor. Professional fundraisers already know the power of handwriting a thank-you note; that personal touch is just as effective when you reach out ahead of your campaign to current major donors and planned givers. Hit them up.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2010

how you collect and calculate your data in the first place — since the most important metrics for your organization are, of course, YOUR metrics. Here are three tips for better collecting and calculating your organization's metrics: 1. Let's say you want to track your email fundraising open rate. How's that work?

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Candid

OCTOBER 17, 2022

This is the biggest day for donors to research nonprofits they want to support, whether to simply check legitimacy or to dive deeper into mission and impact. Your logo is a quick and easy way for donors to confirm the charity they are searching for is the same one they see on GuideStar. Add a logo. Add your current mission statement.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

While focused on selling products, many of Ogilvy’s principles and “rules” around research, messaging, and motivating action remain surprisingly relevant today, especially for nonprofit organizations seeking to engage donors and volunteers. Survey existing donors on what compelled them to support you before.

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sgEngage

MAY 12, 2023

From expanding your nonprofit’s reach and making your events more accessible to donors all over the world to boosting your revenue, a virtual auction is a modern and exciting fundraising event that every nonprofit should consider adding to their calendar. Streamlined registration and checkout process.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 27, 2020

One of the biggest challenges for a donor relations and stewardship program, as an indirect revenue generator, is success metrics. Now more than ever, we have the opportunity to demonstrate how a strong donor relations effort contributes to fundraising. You need to continually build trust and loyalty with donors.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

MAY 15, 2019

Other factors could include the increased distance from the momentum of the 2016 election, or the impact of tax changes on donors. Most individual email metrics have continued to decline. Open rates, fundraising click-through rates and page completion rates for both fundraising and advocacy all went down.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Accountability to beneficiaries and their communities, or downward accountability, involves voluntarily opening your organization up to scrutiny by those you serve. Beneficiaries have rated organizational effectiveness lower than the staff, managers, or board members. Encourage reciprocal donor communication.

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