sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

By marrying design principles with insights from behavioral science, nonprofits can create more engaging and efficient donation platforms that enhance the donor experience and boost conversion rates. This also led to a 25% higher average gift amount.

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Donation Online Canada System 91

Double the Donation

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Double the Donation and SimplyFundraisingCRM are proud to unveil their new integration partnership, opening the door for nonprofit organizations to identify more matching gift opportunities for their donors with every donation. Activate in Seconds and Start Raising More from Matching Gifts?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

By Laura Bucher , Storyteller at Donor Perfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Your established experience in the nonprofit industry and your ability to adapt to ever-changing circumstances have gotten you this far. Now your team can boost your open rates to 37% just by adding video!

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Donor Ideas Social Nonprofit 328

Double the Donation

JUNE 1, 2021

Double the Donation and Fundraise Up have enhanced their matching gift integration to include a matching gift upsell, which is an exciting new feature that drives matching gift requests and increases initial base donations. This enhancement will ensure no matching gift opportunities fall through the cracks.”.

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Double the Donation

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

360MatchPro by Double the Donation , the leading provider of matching gift automation software, integrates with the best school and university fundraising platforms. This allows your institution to raise more and take advantage of the $4-7 billion in matching gift revenue left unclaimed each year. GiveCampus & Matching Gifts.

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Platform Gift Fundraising Integration 52

Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

The nonprofit industry loves talking about how to run a successful GivingTuesday campaign. If those new donors never make a second gift, that return on your investment won’t grow. But, if you can inspire new donors to give a second $50 gift, you’ll net $60 instead of $10. Made in-kind gifts? And why not? Attended classes?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

the industry standard is 48 hours. And I, like you, feel the imperative of a prompt, personal thank you that’s powerfully indicative of the impact of the donor’s gift. I began by gathering everyone who touched the gift and/or the thank you from the minute the gift arrived until the minute the acknowledgement letter left our office.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The Golden Bridge Awards program recognizes and honors the world’s best businesses in organizational performance, products and services, innovations, and more, from every major industry in the world. “We To learn more about these awards, read the full press release below!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2019

Many CRMs are feature-rich but you want to choose once that is built and designed for the nonprofit industry – it needs to be donor-centric and meet the needs of each persona working at your organization. Does it allow donor wealth screening to assist Major Gift Officers? Is their expertise – nonprofit industry specific?

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Metrics Nonprofit Profile Platform 261

Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. It’s a remarkably ineffective way of working for an industry built on numbers. . “We If you have no idea what a good or poor donor retention rate is, it’s difficult to measure your own performance. Number of donors who increased their gift.

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Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 122

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

According to the 2020 Benchmarks Data from M+R , overall online giving revenue increased by 10% in 2019, and revenue from monthly gifts increased by 22%. Access to an entire library of marketing templates, sample fundraising campaigns, and industry best practices. That’s where RoundUp App comes in.

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Effective Fundraising Nonprofit Channel 278

sgEngage

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The nonprofit world reached a “Tipping Point” in 2020: we believe the future of our industry will look significantly different from its past. . The sector is moving away from galas and golf tournaments toward a strategic focus on raising more through major gifts.

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Data Houston Classes Analytics 94

The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Having your own fundraising system brings an array of benefits: Full Control & Flexibility : You can manage donations, campaigns, and recurring gifts by your own rules. Industry-low Processing Cost Flipcause’s Guaranteed Effective Rate helps you retain more of your donations. in a calendar quarter.

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Facebook Tools Change Guide 98

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

With this functionality, donors can tap their credit card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay digital wallet onto a mobile device and have their gift processed through the Bloomerang mobile app. Small nonprofit with fewer transactions: A pay-as-you-go or flat-rate model works best for these organizations. per transaction. per transaction.

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Pamela Grow

APRIL 29, 2023

The sharp decline in new donor retention, which decreased by 21.8%, represents a significant challenge to the industry. The struggle to retain donors is widespread, with the lowest recorded donor retention rate at 42.6%. The decline in donors is always a cause for concern for the industry. How can you turn this tide?

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Retention Newsletter System Donor 52

Nimble AMS

MAY 5, 2022

Fundraising helps to ensure you have the funds to continue providing member value through activities such as conducting industry research and providing student scholarships – even if membership revenue decreases for a bit. This approach can ultimately make members feel a closer connection to your organization. . Manage your donor data.

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Associations Effective Tips Fundraising 122

TechImpact

APRIL 25, 2014

Emails boast a 12% open rate There’s been a 14% increase in the number of online gifts Additionally, there’s been a 14% increase in online revenue. Industry News Mobile Tech content marketing email marketing infographic nonprofit nonprofit technology npTech technology' Image courtesy of M+R Benchmarks.

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2022

There are some in the industry who preach that older donors simply won’t accept digital communication, or that young donors reject traditional mail ,” said Ron Sellers, President of Grey Matter Research. A 2020 study by Ballantine found that direct mail response rates ranged from 5-9% compared to 1% for email.

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Mail Retention Practice Donor 108

Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Charitable Giving Stipends: Companies can award employees with gift cards or add funds designated for donating to their accounts within their employee giving portal. Employer Matching Gifts: Companies offer to match employees’ charitable donations, effectively doubling the impact of their contributions.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 18, 2022

And, when looking at new, first-time donors nearly two-thirds never make a second gift. Ignorance in not knowing the organization’s retention rate or not understanding what to do to stem donor loss. If you have a 66% donor burn rate—the industry average—it actually costs you $45.00 This is not a new phenomenon.

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Time Build Retention Blackbaud 74

NetWits

MAY 17, 2011

Organizations increase overall fundraising revenue by 40% more than industry benchmark. Fundraising emails have a 90% or greater open rate and a 25% conversion rate. Average gift size from email is $60 and average gift size from social media mentions is $40. Users raise six times more than non-users.

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Fundraising Social Social Media Newsletter 279

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

Does it seem like everyone you know is raving about a new tool that’s revolutionizing the way employees in all industries are doing their work? With the ability to generate human-like responses to a variety of topics, employees of all industries are using it to increase their efficiency!

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Tools Fundraising Analytics Analysis 361

Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2023

Today’s question comes from a director of development who wants advice on how to quickly and efficiently find the best major gift and planned giving prospects: Dear Charity Clairity, We recently purchased donor analytics and now have a database overlay indicating who has major gift and planned gift likelihood.

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Analytics Donor Gift Database 63

Whole Whale

AUGUST 25, 2021

Direct mail response rate (to house): 4% Postage per letter: $0.49. Very large charitable donations—categorized here as gifts of $100 million or more… that were publicly announced totaled at least $3.3 Direct mail response rate: (to house): 5% Postage per letter: $0.47. Charitable bequests included $31.76 Mail stats. 2016 Stats.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 2, 2018

One of the most commonly asked questions we receive at HEPdata is, “How do I make my donors aware of the benefits of matching gifts?” Many donors don’t know about matching gifts, while others may think if they make a gift, the recipient institution is responsible for seeking the match amount from their employer.

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Gift Awareness Raise FAQ 31

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

At Blackbaud, we take a unique approach to our employee matching gift program, one that is popular amongst other corporate giving programs. Through this approach, Blackbaud achieves much higher than the average participation rates of 9% for year-round matching programs – in fact, in 2017 22.7% Second, how “open” will your program be?

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NetWits

DECEMBER 1, 2011

So significant that organizations who run effective online advocacy campaigns followed by timely and relevant fundraising appeals are seeing double the fundraising response rates. The Gift that Keeps on Giving: Build a Sustainer Program. Download the full report ). Connecting Online Advocacy and Fundraising: The 1 Key to Success.

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Giving Advocacy Rate Action 235

Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

And how does their impact compare to those of one-time donations and gifts from major donors? Don’t get us wrong: One-time donations and major gifts should both play big roles in your organization’s fundraising. Use SSL encryption and comply with industry-standard security measures to protect donors’ financial information.

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Donation Gift Platform Nonprofit 52

Kindful

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

To determine this metric, take the total revenue your campaign brought in and divide it by the number of gifts your donors made to your campaign. . Have you made it easy for donors to make their gifts? . Metric 2: Response Rate. The second metric that I review is the campaign’s Response Rate.

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Results Action Metrics Rate 62

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Data-Driven Industry Insights. Here, we’ll discuss a few of the most common types of programs and how you can leverage each for your nonprofit: Matching gifts. Matching gift programs are one of the most common types of corporate philanthropy and are well-loved by nonprofits, companies, and employees alike.

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Philanthropy Organization Gift Donation 82

Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

One thing that phonathons have historically struggled with has been identifying donors who may be eligible for a matching gift from their employer?—and So how do you optimize matching gifts in your phonathons? Train callers on matching gifts. Include matching gifts in call scripts. Gift confirmation: Success!

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

In fact, you’ve most likely heard every industry leader teach this until they’re blue in the face! As with one-time gifts, the image should relate to the giving plan and a brief description of what the recurring gift provides. Studies have shown that adding videos to your landing page can increase conversion rates by 80%!

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Los Angeles Impact Donation Kansas City 116

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%? So you must optimize email templates for mobile users to ensure higher open-rates and click-through rates. According to Mailchimp ? Using bad subject lines.

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email Marketing Spam Rate 85

Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2014

We impact over 10,000 lives each year, and in 2013 we had a donor retention rate of 43% ( compared to 27% ). So, what led to our above industry average donor retention rates? We had one letter that was sent to everyone regardless of the gift, program or purpose. Not asking for a second gift unless asked.

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Retention Rate Donor Lesson 53

Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Additionally, retention rates for first-time donors declined from 25.3% The cost of donor acquisition Typically, acquisition campaigns will result in an initial net loss because the cost to acquire a new donor (list rental, creative, production, and postage) is greater than the amount of the new donor’s first gift.

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Mail Donor Strategy Files 52

Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2023

Types of fundraising software to consider When you think about fundraising software, you probably first think of online donation platforms that allow nonprofits to facilitate online gifts. In peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns, supporters create personalized fundraising pages and collect gifts on behalf of a nonprofit.

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Software Guide Fundraising Platform 87

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Thanking donors well is an essential aspect of fundraising that is often done just once—when the donor makes a gift, or, worse, it’s overlooked entirely. Feeding America , originally founded in 1979 as a faith-based organization, is headquartered in Chicago, IL, a central hub of the food industry. Aaron LaMonica-Weier , Sr.

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