Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

But healthy donor retention numbers within Neon CRM users show that donors are more than happy to support organizations they’ve previously been involved with. As we’ll outline below, the time of day our clients sent emails on GivingTuesday did not have a direct impact on when donors made gifts. This correlates with an encouraging 39.5%

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Pamela Grow

APRIL 29, 2023

According to the latest data from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project , nonprofits continue to face a concerning decline in donors and donations. And the retention of those new donors was a leading cause of the decline. And the retention of those new donors was a leading cause of the decline. How can you turn this tide?

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Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

What are the nonprofit fundraising and communications books you turn to, time and time again? Creative Deviations, How you can infuse your story-telling, fundraising and direct response with more creativity by John Lepp For years, my go-to bible for direct response was Denny Hatch’s Million Dollar Mailings. What’s your favorite?

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

As a nonprofit professional, you understand the importance of a well-crafted fundraising development plan. Whether you’re creating a new plan or adapting an existing one to address new trends and unprecedented events – a common occurrence in recent years – it’s important to remember that fundraising plans are dynamic.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Few things are as important to successful fundraising teams as clean data around your prospect portfolio and moves management. However, many organizations fail to properly track gift officer portfolios, gift officer actions and donor pipeline management within their donor database management. Getting Started.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

One of the most important lessons a nonprofit practitioner can learn in their career is that budgets are moral documents. First use this year’s revenue to establish a baseline for all your expected revenue, including but not limited to individual giving, major gifts, events income, expected pledges, and grants. What does that mean?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2014

I’m a passionate philanthropist, fundraising nerd and former member of the Stock Market Club at Argyle Middle School. I’m Katherine and I’m a small shop fundraiser. As you know, working in fundraising isn’t easy or glamorous. I’m not writing this post to tell you the ‘5 Sure Fire Ways to Increase Your Donor Retention’.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Do you know what your retention rates are or how to increase donor loyalty? The sorry state of donor retention has been a topic of discussion for at least the past decade, since the Fundraising Effectiveness Project Report began collecting data. Yet too many nonprofits still don’t prioritize donor retention strategies. .

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Relevant: Confirm that your goal, increasing the number of monthly donors, and how you plan to pursue it align with your organizational goals, fundraising priorities, and mission. When you know how, when, where, and why your donors give, you can develop customized fundraising appeals that address those behaviors.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2020

Whether it be the tragedy of 9/11, a tsunami, an economic recession, an earthquake in Haiti, a country divided by an election or a devastating brushfire, there are many high-profile events of the past that have threatened to push the fundraising landscape to its limit. From each one of these events, a key fundraising lesson has emerged.

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Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

As nonprofits continue to navigate this “new normal” of event fundraising into 2021, a focus on virtual fundraising should be at the top of your priority list. As donor retention and engagement continue to challenge the space, virtual events are a viable tool you can explore to enhance these efforts. Thank-You Gifts (9.9%).

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Nonprofits typically participate by running a fundraising campaign with a specific GivingTuesday goal and leaning on mediums like social media, video, and email to rally support. Fundraising How Does GivingTuesday Work? GivingTuesday is in late November, a time when nonprofits are rightfully focused on year-end fundraising.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 30, 2014

If we don’t know our donor data, how can we effectively plan a fundraising appeal? Build a fundraising strategy? Combat the challenges of donor retention? Next problem, the fundraising advice. Yet all fundraising appeals and campaigns start with data. Many nonprofits don’t know their donor data.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

P2P fundraising is a heck of a competitive space. Here’s how Team Diabetes created improvements based on the lessons learned from the donor journey map. And we retain 90% of our top P2P fundraisers each year, providing 80% of our annual budget.” We now offer encouragement to fundraise to meet certain goals.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Tricia Marsherall is the Founder & President of Marsherall Partners, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in nonprofit donor database management & operations support and virtual & traditional fundraising events. The good news is that your data can be cleaned up and leveraged to inform your fundraising strategies.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The story goes that company co-founder, Jay Love, was attending a fundraising conference and caught a session by Adrian Sargeant. For decades, Adrian has been espousing the values of focusing on donor retention as a top-line metric of the health of an organization. Donor retention is about a donor coming back to you.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

They send Martha regular statements for her sustaining gifts, little gifts in the school colors (a pin, a scarf, etc.), But that isn’t the lesson here. To learn how to improve your fundraising through showing impact and stewarding your supporters, check out the Organizational Best Practices Fundraising learning path.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 7, 2015

His experiences range from fundraising and marketing to PR and grant writing (to name a few), so we thought he’d make an excellent interviewee for a follow-up story for our latest Nonprofit Hub Magazine issue focusing on donor retention. For our final lesson, let’s focus on this month (January) and on into February and March.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Fundraising and Development: Plans for generating financial resources to support the nonprofit’s activities. Operations & Leadership How To Write A Nonprofit Mission Statement in 7 Steps (Plus 4 Great Examples) 14 min read Read Now That’s a lesson you can apply to your own board communications.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 18, 2017

Blackbaud recently released its fifth annual Charitable Giving Report, and it offers major lessons for institutions of higher education looking to increase fundraising capacity over the coming years. Here are 3 major lessons for colleges and universities from this year’s Charitable Giving Report: 1. year over year.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 24, 2020

While it’s still uncertain how overall fundraising revenue in 2020 will look given the challenges presented by COVID-19, reports have shown that charities in the U.K. How can you translate this valuable life-lesson to your fundraising work to ensure your programs remain funded (and that you feel motivated instead of worried)?

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Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

Never fear, this lesson will walk you through setting up (or retooling) your own monthly giving program. In this lesson, we’ll cover: Setting a goal for recurring giving. Will these sustaining gifts be applied to a particular program or purpose? Your online monthly gift string might look like: $10 $15 $25 $50 $100.

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Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

Never fear, this lesson will walk you through setting up (or retooling) your own monthly giving program. In this lesson, we’ll cover: Setting a goal for recurring giving. Will these sustaining gifts be applied to a particular program or purpose? Your online monthly gift string might look like: $10 $15 $25 $50 $100.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2020

Retention is terrible for darn near everything – peer-to-peer participants and donors alike. With an industry average of 28% retention in the peer-to-peer space, we proved that the environments we were creating with our events were not terribly fulfilling. I did not learn that day’s lesson. It is not “major gifts officer.”

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 13, 2015

Appreciation is key to donor retention,”. He donated $5 to 50 nonprofits and was shocked and saddened by the gift acknowledgement habits of many. According to Shattuck, gift acknowledgement needs to be be fast, personalized and communicate impact. We cannot sit on crappy chairs while helping the world,”.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 2, 2014

To reserve your free copy of our January/February issue on donor retention, sign up today. ————————————————. New donors at or below your average gift amount. Returning donors at or below your average gift amount. New donors above average gift amount. Returning donors above average gift amounts. The lesson here?

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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? The study confirms what we already know: online donors are younger, have higher incomes and give larger initial gifts than offline-acquired donors. The lesson?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A lot of fundraisers will tell you, “Fundraising is different for my organization.” 5 ways fundraising is different for YMCAs 1. However for most YMCAs, the fundraising ask comes once a year during the annual appeal. Most of them are wrong. Unless you work for a YMCA , in which case you’re 100% right!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The lesson here is age-old: Don’t put all of your funding eggs in one basket. As we plan for 2023 fundraising and all that the year might bring, we know that diversified revenue streams mitigate the risk of losing any single source of funding. Peer-to-Peer and Team Fundraising. Major Gifts. 1) Monthly Giving and Pledges.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 15, 2013

npNEXT was an experimental event to bring together experts and fundraising leaders from across the nonprofit sector to discuss emerging trends and next practices. This past September 30th, Blackbaud hosted over 30 senior fundraising leaders from the largest charities in the US. Million Dollar Gifts and Donor Loyalty.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

As a fundraising professional, it is easy to feel helpless in these conditions as you watch response rates, average gift, and total revenue decrease. You could alleviate all sorts of budget shortfalls during a period of declining revenues due to less giving. The city of Washington, D.C.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

A diverse and holistic fundraising strategy is crucial to a nonprofit’s success. Whether you are fully dependent on donations or utilize a variety of revenue sources like government grants, corporate partnerships, major contributions, or membership fees, successful fundraising is key to maximizing your impact on your mission.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 21, 2015

But one of the most important lessons didn’t happen in a workshop or general session. So, what does this have to do with fundraising? . And would taking 8 seconds (I timed it) to write “Thank you for your gift!” As fundraisers, we are good at producing content—online, offline, videos, presentations, proposals and more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. A creative fundraiser can make any of these items sound attractive to the donor. Every tactic here is as much about retention and appreciation as it is about perks. Thank them on the anniversary of their gift, directly tying it to a win or impact.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 15, 2022

When it comes to the world of peer-to-peer fundraising, dance-a-thons are one of the most unique and engaging fundraisers. No matter what you’re fundraising for, hosting a dance-a-thon can help you raise lots of money while also giving your supporters the opportunity to get moving and have fun. Plan your event.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Considering the twists that fundraising plans may have taken in 2023, it’s crucial to recalibrate for the upcoming year. As we embark on the fundraising journey in 2024, the significance of a well-structured nonprofit annual development plan cannot be overstated. What’s your plan for 2024?

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

Know Your Audience Storytelling for Impact Leverage Social Media Harnessing the Power of Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Optimizing Your Website and Donation Forms Participate in GivingTuesday Don’t Leave Out Your Board! Different types of donors—age, gender, gift size, frequency, type or level of involvement, etc.—probably

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