Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

With 12% of all gifts made during the last few days of the year , fundraising emails are a powerful tool to encourage year-end generosity among your donors. Creating a donor-centered experience is vital for both immediate results and long-term retention. Donor-centric language. It’s crunch time. An optimized donation experience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

Tailoring your messaging for each segment can result in increased engagement and higher email open rates, ultimately leading to more significant impact for your nonprofit. 4) Stewarding and Engaging Donors One of the best things about ChatGPT is its ability to assist with donor stewardship, which is critical to boost donor retention.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 18, 2024

For instance, matching gifts and volunteer grants allow companies to align their charitable giving with employees’ values, leading to greater employee retention and talent acquisition. The donor’s gift may be tax deductible. While some gifts are charitable donations, others are technically non-charitable support.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

When a donor clicks that Donate button and makes a gift, what’s the very next thing they experience? Thank you for your support.” …plus the standard default language. Thank you so much for your generous gift. For extra sizzle, add a video of your mission in action to show donors what their gift will make possible.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

When segmenting your list, be careful about language that could alienate certain donors. Williams suggests classifying donors by tiers, rather than by “major” or “minor” gifts. Automate your thank-you sequences so that, if someone gives you two gifts in one month, they don’t receive the same generic script each time.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

Blackbaud’s latest Charitable Giving Report sheds light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. According to the latest research from Blackbaud’s Charitable Giving Report : The average donor retention rates for first-year offline-only donors is 29%. That’s shocking (and pretty scary).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Artificial intelligence is providing enormous labor-saving help to fundraisers, helping them research prospects, talk to donors, and increase retention rates. It may take an experienced major gifts officer an entire week to complete this task. AI can increase online donor conversion and retention rates.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

When segmenting your list, be careful about language that could alienate certain donors. Williams suggests classifying donors by tiers, rather than by “major” or “minor” gifts. Automate your thank-you sequences so that, if someone gives you two gifts in one month, they don’t receive the same generic script each time.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 5, 2024

As you draft your messages, focus on incorporating clear calls to action, using personalized language, and appealing to supporters’ emotions. Along with texts’ speed and unparalleled open rates , one of the biggest benefits of text marketing is how easy it is for your recipients to respond quickly and directly.

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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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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

To do this, your organization will need to increase fundraising revenue by $10,000 by finding new outreach opportunities and strengthening relationships with existing supporters to increase donor retention. Meanwhile, you may assign another person to call new donors to thank them and increase your new donor retention.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 16, 2023

Once a donor’s initial gift is made, you can’t simply ignore them afterwards and expect them to give again. Personalize the ask In a study of email fundraising campaigns, we found that the emails with the highest engagement rates addressed the recipients by name and used “you” language, speaking directly to the recipient.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

In 2013, Chuck Longfield was on a mission to shed light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. According to Chuck, ten years ago the average retention rates of a newly acquired donor were roughly 33%. If the ten-year trend continues, we’ll eventually end up with donor retention rates under 20%.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

8 Fiscal Year-End Donor Retention Action Strategies + Practical Tips. There’s nothing more important to your bottom line and long-term sustainability than donor retention. I like to call first-time donors who made an above-average first-time gift. And this is the time of year you risk having donors fall off a cliff.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Build a marketing plan to promote the membership drive and include language that highlights the value proposition you defined in the previous step. Follow Up and Focus on Member Retention Recruiting new members is great, but retaining them is better.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

For decades, Adrian has been espousing the values of focusing on donor retention as a top-line metric of the health of an organization. The notion motivated Jay to introduce a powerful, affordable, easy-to-use donor retention product to help mid-market nonprofits. Donor retention is about a donor coming back to you.

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sgEngage

MAY 31, 2023

Optimize Participant Retention The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation is the only research foundation dedicated to finding a cure for this rare form of blood cancer. Assign top fundraisers to a development officer’s portfolio so they receive 1:1 outreach from a gift officer. What politicians do they support?)

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M+R

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

And, unfortunately, the reverse is also true—what seems like a minor drop-off in your mid-level acquisition or retention rates can create enormous drag on your revenue. . Do newly acquired mid-level donors retain at higher rates? Goals + strategies. First, let’s be clear about who we’re talking about. MASS EMAIL. DISPLAY ADS.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2024

This versatile tool can generate text, translate languages, create diverse forms of creative content, and more. Some giving options your nonprofit can consider are: Recurring giving Digital wallets Mobile donations Matching gifts Giving apps Crowdfunding platforms And more!

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2020

Perhaps they ask for their monthly gift support to be put on pause for 3 months. These events can cause a metric like retention or new donor acquisition to swing up and down. The world is going to face economic challenges and there are various key metrics to monitor as this happens.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

For instance, donors who regularly give to your organization will often make an additional gift in December if they’re asked. We recommend extending a personal invitation to sustainers, inviting them to give an additional gift. Offer a match to donors, as this form of giving often has the highest response rate. #3

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Even though the calls were simply to check in with donors and see how they were doing during a trying time, it also resulted in gifts. Focus on how their past gifts are still making a difference and give them opportunities to ask questions about your organization. This is any type of gift that isn’t financial!

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

This is a good best practice in terms of any type of communication, especially if your nonprofit focuses heavily on your retention rates , but an event is a great opportunity to flex those muscles for the first time if segmentation is new to you. Your organization likely has many unique types of supporters that warrant unique outreach.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

This is a good best practice in terms of any type of communication, especially if your nonprofit focuses heavily on your retention rates , but an event is a great opportunity to flex those muscles for the first time if segmentation is new to you. Your organization likely has many unique types of supporters that warrant unique outreach.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Recent data shows that total commitments and donor retention are both down in 2020. Whether it’s rethinking how they contact their donors, the language they use on donor calls, where they ’ re direct ing their funds, or even how they ’ re partnering with students to drive donor engagement. So how do we combat this?

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

In addition, ensure your training materials are accessible for people with disabilities, whether that means including captions for training videos, large-font printed materials, or training manuals in multiple languages. When it comes to volunteer retention, appreciation is the golden ticket. Track progress.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 26, 2014

Retention rates suck and we’ve got a lot of work to do, but the key is remembering always what you’re working towards. Here are this week’s nonprofit highlights: Katherine Lindstedt said it best on the Big Duck blog – “the English language is rich with possibilities.” Did you know?

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

While many nonprofit professionals are digital immigrants , we’ve had 20 years now to learn the language and customs of the digital native world. There is perhaps no more telling data point than this: online donors 65-years and older have the highest retention rate. This online versus offline wall is mostly in our own heads.

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BoardAssist

MAY 10, 2016

Across the board, nonprofits retain only 1 in 5 new donors, usually because of an abysmal post-gift experience for the donor. Here is the first place to start — by tackling your donor retention. Look at Giving Tuesday’s results: Blackbaud reported that 17% of gifts it processed came from mobile devices.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

You work long hours and spend a ton of resources getting new donors in the door, only to then see them never make a second gift, leaving you right back where you started. Understanding the Donor Journey Donor Acquisition Donor Retention Donor Stewardship How to Communicate With Your Donors Donor Data Management 1. Sound good?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2022

So, pick a 3 or 4-line paragraph in your appeal where you can adjust the language to speak to your donor segments – such as active, lapsed, major, and monthly. Vary Gift Amounts. The suggested gift amounts listed in your appeal should be based on the donor’s last gift. Moreover, matches often boost average gift size.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

Common examples of nonprofit KPIs include average donation size, number of recurring or repeat donors, new donor acquisition rate, and donor attrition rate. Neon CRM gives you the tools to automate receipts and thank-you emails once donors submit a gift online. You’ll then see higher digital retention and conversion rates.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

Nearly 70% of people make gifts to charity during their lifetimes but only 6% leave a bequest. It’s hard to sort of talk to somebody about making a legacy gift and say, “Well, now you have to go visit your attorney,” but people do go visit their attorneys and they need to know that you accept legacy gifts.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Which fundraising email inspired the most gifts? How do you know what stories, images, and language to use in your upcoming campaign? But do you know the names of monthly donors who give smaller gifts year after year? Your donor data can tell you! Nevertheless, nonprofit data management can help you build better relationships.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

When it comes to requesting a donation, your donor database should keep track of potential major gift opportunities. For example, you might include your donor retention rate, current fundraising campaign revenue, and other metrics that are most relevant to your goals. Your dashboard. A communications audit tool.

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Achieve

JULY 14, 2022

Retention Emails. Email 3: Remind readers that purchasing a single, low-cost item, such as a coffee mug, helps support vulnerable species and include a link to your online gift shop. . Email 4: Give insight into the day-to-day costs of conservation and invite your subscribers to donate or set up a recurring gift.

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Qgiv

MARCH 26, 2024

These resources often offer great advice so you can create a first-rate fundraising strategy. Use Bloomerang’s blog to learn expert insight into donor retention, volunteer management, fundraising, and more. This blog can keep you up to date on matching gift best practices. Ask An Expert Archives. Nonprofit Tech for Good.

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